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"From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity."
Edvard Munch
"From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity."
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"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."
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"Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds."
Saint Teresa of Avila
"Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds."
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"In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
"In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body."
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"Upon the union of the male germ cell with the female egg cell, a new cell is created which almost immediately splits into two parts. One of these grows rapidly, creating the human body of the individual with all its organs, and dies only with the individual."
Christian Lous Lange
"Upon the union of the male germ cell with the female egg cell, a new cell is created which almost immediately splits into two parts. One of these grows rapidly, creating the human body of the individual with all its organs, and dies only with the individual."
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"Israel remains a foreign body in this large area, and it always proved that it is unable to coexist with this environment, because the, the scope of the massacres that it has committed does not permit it to coexist."
Hassan Nasrallah
"Israel remains a foreign body in this large area, and it always proved that it is unable to coexist with this environment, because the, the scope of the massacres that it has committed does not permit it to coexist."
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"When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body."
Saadi
"When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body."
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"It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body."
Lasse Hallstrom
"It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body."
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"I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first."
Haile Gebrselassie
"I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first."
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"Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered."
B. R. Ambedkar
"Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered."
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"To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock."
Emma Goldman
"To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock."
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"Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words."
Deborah Bull
"Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words."
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"For me, the first fact of human existence is the human body. But if you embrace the reality of the human body, you embrace mortality, and that is a very difficult thing for anything to do because the self-conscious mind cannot imagine non-existence. It's impossible to do."
David Cronenberg
"For me, the first fact of human existence is the human body. But if you embrace the reality of the human body, you embrace mortality, and that is a very difficult thing for anything to do because the self-conscious mind cannot imagine non-existence. It's impossible to do."
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"Moreover, no one is judged from the natural man, thus not so long as he lives in the natural world, for man is then in a natural body; but everyone is judged in the spiritual man, and therefore when he comes into the spiritual world, for man is then in a spiritual body."
Emanuel Swedenborg
"Moreover, no one is judged from the natural man, thus not so long as he lives in the natural world, for man is then in a natural body; but everyone is judged in the spiritual man, and therefore when he comes into the spiritual world, for man is then in a spiritual body."
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"Your body hears everything your mind says."
Naomi Judd
"Your body hears everything your mind says."
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"When are we going to say cancer is cured? I'm not sure when that will happen, if that will happen because cancer is a very slippery disease and it involves a vast number of cells in the body and those cells are continually mutating."
David Baltimore
"When are we going to say cancer is cured? I'm not sure when that will happen, if that will happen because cancer is a very slippery disease and it involves a vast number of cells in the body and those cells are continually mutating."
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"If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem."
M. H. Abrams
"If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem."
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"When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel."
Harold Kushner
"When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel."
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"If I would be happy, I would be a very bad ball player. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body."
Roberto Clemente
"If I would be happy, I would be a very bad ball player. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body."
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"My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me."
Mahalia Jackson
"My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me."
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"The third stage was the reaction that came when the body struggled to compensate for its ills - when, for instance, the white count not only returned to normal but increased to much higher than normal levels."
John Hersey
"The third stage was the reaction that came when the body struggled to compensate for its ills - when, for instance, the white count not only returned to normal but increased to much higher than normal levels."
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"Hatred is the air I breathe. It permeates every cell in my body."
Jim Goad
"Hatred is the air I breathe. It permeates every cell in my body."
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"Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body."
Grenville Kleiser
"Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body."
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"Your body has such a memory."
Kristanna Loken
"Your body has such a memory."
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"I wouldn't say I'm lucky, but I do take care of my body. I never drink or smoke, and I get the most out of my body."
Terry Vaughn
"I wouldn't say I'm lucky, but I do take care of my body. I never drink or smoke, and I get the most out of my body."
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"The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body."
Stan Getz
"The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body."
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"I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album."
Bruce Cockburn
"I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album."
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"Look at me and tell me if I don't have Brazil in every curve of my body."
Carmen Miranda
"Look at me and tell me if I don't have Brazil in every curve of my body."
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"My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline."
Michael Jordan
"My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline."
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"Yoga teaches you how to listen to your body."
Mariel Hemingway
"Yoga teaches you how to listen to your body."
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"I should like these few words to be read over the grave when my body is placed in the earth; for though it is possible I may be present and conscious of what is going on, I shall not be able to communicate."
Edward Carpenter
"I should like these few words to be read over the grave when my body is placed in the earth; for though it is possible I may be present and conscious of what is going on, I shall not be able to communicate."
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"The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body."
George H. Mead
"The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body."
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"I just believe that whatever you put into your system you're going to see on your face and your body."
Joely Fisher
"I just believe that whatever you put into your system you're going to see on your face and your body."
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"Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness."
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"Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres."
John Dryden
"Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres."
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"Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body."
J. F. C. Fuller
"Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body."
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"A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body."
Gene Tunney
"A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body."
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"I'm aware of my body."
Joanna Lumley
"I'm aware of my body."
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"Hitting Ali in the body or on the arms was like hitting a piece of cement."
Ken Norton
"Hitting Ali in the body or on the arms was like hitting a piece of cement."
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"Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body."
Arnold Schwarzenegger
"Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body."
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"The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech."
Dogen
"The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech."
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"My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body."
Claire Bloom
"My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body."
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"I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially."
Denzel Washington
"I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially."
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"The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into one body for the liberty, free exercise, and unmolested enjoyment of this right."
Ezra Stiles
"The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into one body for the liberty, free exercise, and unmolested enjoyment of this right."
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"The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again."
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again."
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"When my body is strong, I feel stronger inside. I feel more capable of handling emotional situations. Usually I'm more of a inside-out person, but this was a great case of me from the outside in."
Mariska Hargitay
"When my body is strong, I feel stronger inside. I feel more capable of handling emotional situations. Usually I'm more of a inside-out person, but this was a great case of me from the outside in."
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"As far as wrestling goes, as long as my body is able to withstand the physical beating, I will keep wrestling."
Trish Stratus
"As far as wrestling goes, as long as my body is able to withstand the physical beating, I will keep wrestling."
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"True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united."
Wilhelm von Humboldt
"True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united."
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"Mounting a large rock, I was able to see a considerable body of the enemy moving by the flank in rear of their line engaged, and passing from the direction of the foot of Great Round Top through the valley toward the front of my left."
Joshua Chamberlain
"Mounting a large rock, I was able to see a considerable body of the enemy moving by the flank in rear of their line engaged, and passing from the direction of the foot of Great Round Top through the valley toward the front of my left."
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"All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body - like radiation, cancer, and all."
Ornette Coleman
"All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body - like radiation, cancer, and all."
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