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"Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!"

"Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!"

Padraic Pearse, Irish Revolutionary

Blood, Horror, Nation, Slavery

6

"The Jew always lives from the blood of other peoples, he needs such murders and such sacrifices."

"The Jew always lives from the blood of other peoples, he needs such murders and such sacrifices."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

6

"We should demand his blood not from the Arabs of Gaza but from ourselves. Let us make our reckoning today."

"We should demand his blood not from the Arabs of Gaza but from ourselves. Let us make our reckoning today."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

6

"If the guilt of sin is so great that nothing can satisfy it but the blood of Jesus; and the filth of sin is so great that nothing can fetch out the stain thereof but the blood of Jesus, how great, how heinous, how sinful must the evil of sin be."

"If the guilt of sin is so great that nothing can satisfy it but the blood of Jesus; and the filth of sin is so great that nothing can fetch out the stain thereof but the blood of Jesus, how great, how heinous, how sinful must the evil of sin be."

William Throsby Bridges, Australian Soldier

Blood, Evil, Guilt, Nothing

6

"We are a conquering race. We must obey our blood and occupy new markets and if necessary new lands."

"We are a conquering race. We must obey our blood and occupy new markets and if necessary new lands."

Albert J. Beveridge, American Historian

6

"Every gesture is a gesture from the blood, every expression a symbolic utterance... Everything is of the blood, of the senses."

"Every gesture is a gesture from the blood, every expression a symbolic utterance... Everything is of the blood, of the senses."

Henry Williamson, English Author

Blood, Expression, Senses

6

"Boxing is show-business with blood."

"Boxing is show-business with blood."

David Belasco, American Playwright

6

"I went to school for about 2 years on a technical course, and I learned a lot. I learned about air mixture ratios and all the stuff; I learned how to draw blood."

"I went to school for about 2 years on a technical course, and I learned a lot. I learned about air mixture ratios and all the stuff; I learned how to draw blood."

Tom Araya, American Musician

Blood, School, Years

6

"I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it."

"I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it."

Pontius Pilate, Roman Politician

6

"When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out."

"When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out."

George Crook, American Soldier

6

"No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me."

"No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me."

Truman Capote, American Novelist

Blood, Right, Will

6

"They are always telling us that Carolina Blue is not a color, that it is really Columbia blue or sky blue. But there is no bad blood amongst the teammates. All of our kidding is in good fun."

"They are always telling us that Carolina Blue is not a color, that it is really Columbia blue or sky blue. But there is no bad blood amongst the teammates. All of our kidding is in good fun."

Lorrie Fair, American Athlete

Blood, Fun, Sky

6

"Nothing changes without blood flowing."

"Nothing changes without blood flowing."

Tom Metzger, American Celebrity

6

"Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever."

"Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever."

Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani Poet

Blood, Destiny, Prison, Water

6

"They had to match blood type and meet all sorts of things I don't know about."

"They had to match blood type and meet all sorts of things I don't know about."

Shelley Fabares, American Actress

5

"The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals."

"The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals."

Stokely Carmichael, American Activist

5

"You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow up. Your legs are so tired that you are in fact slowing. If you don't keep running, keep your blood circulating, the muscles stop pumping the blood back and you get dizzy."

"You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow up. Your legs are so tired that you are in fact slowing. If you don't keep running, keep your blood circulating, the muscles stop pumping the blood back and you get dizzy."

Roger Bannister, British Athlete

Blood, Fact, Pain, Running

5

"Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day."

"Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day."

Charles Kingsley, English Clergyman

5

"Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood."

"Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood."

Herb Ritts, American Photographer

Blood, Culture, Photography

5

"The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood."

"The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood."

Ernst Moritz Arndt, German Poet

Blood, Land, Man

5

"Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric."

"Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric."

Thomas Sowell, American Economist

Blood, Freedom, Rhetoric

5

"Writing was like digging coal. I sweat blood. The spell is on me."

"Writing was like digging coal. I sweat blood. The spell is on me."

Zane Grey, American Author

5

"Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire."

"Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire."

Karl Liebknecht, German Politician

5

"Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp."

"Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Blood, Body, Mind

5

"When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD."

"When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD."

Gavin Bryars, English Composer

5

"The humble and meek are thirsting for blood."

"The humble and meek are thirsting for blood."

Joe Orton, English Playwright

5

"But cord blood also holds the great potential of producing pleural potential cells that could cure many other diseases such as juvenile diabetes, a disease that I live with every day."

"But cord blood also holds the great potential of producing pleural potential cells that could cure many other diseases such as juvenile diabetes, a disease that I live with every day."

Dan Lipinski, American Politician

Blood, Cure, Day, Disease

5

"Also, we're all actually different blood types and we have one represented by each guy in the band."

"Also, we're all actually different blood types and we have one represented by each guy in the band."

Anthony Kiedis, American Musician

5

"It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme."

"It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme."

William Cowper, English Poet

5

"I don't see on television the kind of blood and guts and body parts blown apart that maybe you're referring to, but it certainly is in that BATMAN feature and I found it very offensive."

"I don't see on television the kind of blood and guts and body parts blown apart that maybe you're referring to, but it certainly is in that BATMAN feature and I found it very offensive."

Burt Ward, American Actor

Blood, Body, Television

5

"I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be."

"I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

Blood, Right, Sons, Will

5

"I think there should be bad blood between all clubs."

"I think there should be bad blood between all clubs."

Earl Weaver, American Coach

5

"I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins."

"I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins."

Ryan Giggs, Welsh Athlete

5

"The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me."

"The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

5

"There are two times of the year that stir the blood. In the fall, for the hunt, and now for lacrosse."

"There are two times of the year that stir the blood. In the fall, for the hunt, and now for lacrosse."

Oren Lyons, Jr., American Chief

Blood, Now, Oren Lyons, Jr.

5

"It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes."

"It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes."

Jeffery Deaver, American Writer

Blood, Crime, Mind, Research

5

"Our nation's blood supply is safer than it's ever been, and it's getting safer as we speak."

"Our nation's blood supply is safer than it's ever been, and it's getting safer as we speak."

David Satcher, American Surgeon General

4

"In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian."

"In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian."

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian Poet

Blood, Hate, Now, Reason

4

"Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat."

"Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat."

Robert Anton Wilson, American Writer

Blood, Importance, Nothing

4

"I think that at the supper I neither receive flesh nor blood, but bread and wine; which bread when it is broken, and the wine when it is drunken, put me in remembrance how that for my sins the body of Christ was broken, and his blood shed on the cross."

"I think that at the supper I neither receive flesh nor blood, but bread and wine; which bread when it is broken, and the wine when it is drunken, put me in remembrance how that for my sins the body of Christ was broken, and his blood shed on the cross."

Jane Grey, British Royalty

Blood, Body, Christ, Remembrance

4

"So why sign your name in blood for more? It seemed like a sensible arrangement for me. I didn't sell large numbers of records and the record company paid advances they rarely recouped."

"So why sign your name in blood for more? It seemed like a sensible arrangement for me. I didn't sell large numbers of records and the record company paid advances they rarely recouped."

David Knopfler, British Musician

Blood, Company, Name, Numbers

4

"All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood."

"All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

3

"My organs are too powerful... I manufacture blood and fat too rapidly."

"My organs are too powerful... I manufacture blood and fat too rapidly."

Robert Baldwin, Canadian Politician

3

"The mainstream media showed, for example, no blood and guts resulting from the 9/11 attacks."

"The mainstream media showed, for example, no blood and guts resulting from the 9/11 attacks."

Bruce Jackson, American Public Servant

Blood, Example, Media

3

"To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood."

"To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

Blood, Deep, Delight

2

"A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood."

"A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood."

Jessica Savitch, American Journalist

2

"One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very blood of thought!"

"One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very blood of thought!"

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

2

"I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive."

"I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive."

Dean Koontz, American Author

2

$"Concentrated serum albumin fractionated from blood plasma was effective in battlefield treatment of shock."$

"Concentrated serum albumin fractionated from blood plasma was effective in battlefield treatment of shock."

Paul D. Boyer, American Scientist

Blood, Treatment

2

"What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?"

"What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?"

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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