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Body Quotes

"My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline."

"My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline."

Michael Jordan, American Athlete

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"I kill myself for my body."

"I kill myself for my body."

Cher, American Musician

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"You never know yourself till you know more than your body."

"You never know yourself till you know more than your body."

Thomas Traherne, British Clergyman

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"Souls are designed to fit inside a body."

"Souls are designed to fit inside a body."

Alex Chiu, American Businessman

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"I'm just saying, it's got to be about something more than just body parts when you're with somebody."

"I'm just saying, it's got to be about something more than just body parts when you're with somebody."

Brian Austin Green, American Actor

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"Sculpture occupies the same space as your body."

"Sculpture occupies the same space as your body."

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

Body, Sculpture, Space

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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."

"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, American Writer

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"You can develop good judgement as you do the muscles of your body - by judicious, daily exercise."

"You can develop good judgement as you do the muscles of your body - by judicious, daily exercise."

Grenville Kleiser, American Author

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"Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much."

"Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much."

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American Athlete

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"You gotta have a body."

"You gotta have a body."

Jayne Mansfield, American Actress

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"A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him."

"A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him."

William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

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"I just had a full body cleanse. And am eating right and exercising a lot."

"I just had a full body cleanse. And am eating right and exercising a lot."

Alfre Woodard, American Actress

Body, Eating, Right

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"My physics teacher, Thomas Miner was particularly gifted. To this day, I remember how he introduced the subject of physics. He told us we were going to learn how to deal with very simple questions such as how a body falls due to the acceleration of gravity."

"My physics teacher, Thomas Miner was particularly gifted. To this day, I remember how he introduced the subject of physics. He told us we were going to learn how to deal with very simple questions such as how a body falls due to the acceleration of gravity."

Steven Chu, American Scientist

Body, Day, Gravity, Physics

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"It was like a miracle, but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumbled into dust and passed from our sight."

"It was like a miracle, but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumbled into dust and passed from our sight."

Bram Stoker, Irish Writer

Body, Eyes, Sight

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"My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it."

"My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

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"Dancing is bigger than the physical body. Think bigger than that. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that. You're dancing spirit."

"Dancing is bigger than the physical body. Think bigger than that. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that. You're dancing spirit."

Judith Jamison, American Dancer

Body, Dancing, End, Spirit

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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."

"Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

Body, Exercise, Spirit, Stress

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"My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body."

"My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body."

Claire Bloom, British Actress

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"Thing, body, matter, are nothing apart from the combinations of the elements, - the colours, sounds, and so forth - nothing apart from their so-called attributes."

"Thing, body, matter, are nothing apart from the combinations of the elements, - the colours, sounds, and so forth - nothing apart from their so-called attributes."

Ernst Mach, Austrian Physicist

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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."

"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, American Actress

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"I find nothing wrong with the naked body."

"I find nothing wrong with the naked body."

Moira Kelly, American Actress

Body, Nothing, Wrong

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"Modesty is the conscience of the body."

"Modesty is the conscience of the body."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Body, Conscience, Modesty

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"The body should be strong enough to obey the mind; a good servant must be strong. I know that intemperance stimulates the passions; in course of time it also destroys the body; fasting and penance often produce the same results in an opposite way. The weaker the body, the more imperious its demands; the stronger it is, the better it obeys. All sensual passions find their home in effeminate bodies; the less satisfaction they can get the keener their sting."

"The body should be strong enough to obey the mind; a good servant must be strong. I know that intemperance stimulates the passions; in course of time it also destroys the body; fasting and penance often produce the same results in an opposite way. The weaker the body, the more imperious its demands; the stronger it is, the better it obeys. All sensual passions find their home in effeminate bodies; the less satisfaction they can get the keener their sting."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

Body, Discipline, Mind, Strength

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"Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas."

"Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

Body, Language, Senses

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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."

"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, American Actor

Body, Commitment, Drinking, Goodness

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"I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens."

"I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens."

John James Audubon, American Scientist

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"I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is to have a good body."

"I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is to have a good body."

Rachel Blanchard, Canadian Actress

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"I have a woman's body and a child's emotions."

"I have a woman's body and a child's emotions."

Elizabeth Taylor, English Actress

Body, Emotions, Woman

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"Life and death live and die in exactly the same spot, the body."

"Life and death live and die in exactly the same spot, the body."

Yann Martel, Canadian Author

Body, Life, Death, Reality

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"Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem.Maybe you should get rid of the body before you do the wash."

"Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem.Maybe you should get rid of the body before you do the wash."

Jerry Seinfeld, American Comedian

Body, Now, Pretty

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"Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental."

"Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

Body, Doctrine, Logic, World

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"You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words."

"You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words."

Eartha Kitt, American Actress

Body, Want, Words

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"If the assumptions used in calculating energy are changed, then this seriously affects the final result, even though the same body of data might be used."

"If the assumptions used in calculating energy are changed, then this seriously affects the final result, even though the same body of data might be used."

Charles Francis Richter, American Scientist

Body, Energy, Result

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"I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game."

"I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game."

Steve Yzerman, Canadian Athlete

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"I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. His body was elastic and he could make his extremities as long as he wanted. As a youngster I didn't fully appreciate. But I'm now thinking Plastic Man was probably pretty popular with the ladies."

"I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. His body was elastic and he could make his extremities as long as he wanted. As a youngster I didn't fully appreciate. But I'm now thinking Plastic Man was probably pretty popular with the ladies."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

Body, Ladies, Man, Now

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"Hitting Ali in the body or on the arms was like hitting a piece of cement."

"Hitting Ali in the body or on the arms was like hitting a piece of cement."

Ken Norton, American Athlete

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"Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always 'I am healthily in body and mind'."

"Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always 'I am healthily in body and mind'."

Swami Sivananda, Indian Philosopher

Body, Disease, Mind, Thinking

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"What a mysterious thing madness is. I have watched patients whose lips are forever sealed in a perpetual silence. They live, breathe, eat; the human form is there, but that something, which the body can live without, but which cannot exist without the body, was missing."

"What a mysterious thing madness is. I have watched patients whose lips are forever sealed in a perpetual silence. They live, breathe, eat; the human form is there, but that something, which the body can live without, but which cannot exist without the body, was missing."

Nellie Bly, American Journalist

Body, Madness, Silence

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"I have a boy's body. I would prefer to have more curves because I think that's more beautiful. I would much rather have J. Lo's body than mine."

"I have a boy's body. I would prefer to have more curves because I think that's more beautiful. I would much rather have J. Lo's body than mine."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

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"The best way to detoxify is to stop putting toxic things into the body and depend upon it's own mechanisms."

"The best way to detoxify is to stop putting toxic things into the body and depend upon it's own mechanisms."

Andrew Weil, American Scientist

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"It's my body. And I like my body. And I like my breasts. And no, they're not fake."

"It's my body. And I like my body. And I like my breasts. And no, they're not fake."

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

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"A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder. There was no more to be done for him and I left him to his rest. I have never mended that hole in my sleeve."

"A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder. There was no more to be done for him and I left him to his rest. I have never mended that hole in my sleeve."

Clara Barton, American Public Servant

Body, Rest, Right

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"A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body."

"A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body."

Gene Tunney, American Athlete

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"It might feel good to be out of your body for awhile. But you can't stay like that forever."

"It might feel good to be out of your body for awhile. But you can't stay like that forever."

Alex Chiu, American Businessman

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"The human body is essentially something other than an animal organism."

"The human body is essentially something other than an animal organism."

Martin Heidegger, German Philosopher

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"I don't need plastic in my body to validate me as a woman."

"I don't need plastic in my body to validate me as a woman."

Courtney Love, American Musician

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"Common sense should tell us that there is no reason for civilians to have access to easily concealable handguns with the capability to shoot through body armor."

"Common sense should tell us that there is no reason for civilians to have access to easily concealable handguns with the capability to shoot through body armor."

Carl Levin, American Politician

Body, Commonsense, Reason

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"A stem cell is essentially a blank cell capable of becoming another, more differentiated cell-type in the body, such as a skin cell, a muscle cell or a nerve cell."

"A stem cell is essentially a blank cell capable of becoming another, more differentiated cell-type in the body, such as a skin cell, a muscle cell or a nerve cell."

Virginia Foxx, American Politician

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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."

"As far as wrestling goes, as long as my body is able to withstand the physical beating, I will keep wrestling."

Trish Stratus, American Entertainer

Body, Will, Wrestling

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"The more aware a man is of a woman's body, the better. He needs to know he has to tend to a woman. She might not always return the favor, but a man always has to tend to a woman first."

"The more aware a man is of a woman's body, the better. He needs to know he has to tend to a woman. She might not always return the favor, but a man always has to tend to a woman first."

Rachel Bilson, American Actress

Body, First, Man, Needs

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