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"They put me in a whole body suit, from my neck to my ankles. It was so bad, I couldn't straighten my legs."

"They put me in a whole body suit, from my neck to my ankles. It was so bad, I couldn't straighten my legs."

Kieran Culkin, American Actor

5

"Nevertheless the meaning is not that the blessed bread which is divided, which is offered, and which the apostles received from the hand of Christ was not the body of Christ but becomes the body of Christ when the eating of it is begun."

"Nevertheless the meaning is not that the blessed bread which is divided, which is offered, and which the apostles received from the hand of Christ was not the body of Christ but becomes the body of Christ when the eating of it is begun."

Martin Chemnitz, German Theologian

Body, Christ, Eating, Meaning

5

"Model. Two mobile eyes in a mobile head, itself on a mobile body."

"Model. Two mobile eyes in a mobile head, itself on a mobile body."

Robert Bresson, French Director

5

"There's all body types, but there's just one size."

"There's all body types, but there's just one size."

Conor Oberst, American Musician

5

"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

5

"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

5

"Well, I was passionately curious about what my body was doing, and when I got the lessons on how to meditate, it seemed really solid to me. It seemed real."

"Well, I was passionately curious about what my body was doing, and when I got the lessons on how to meditate, it seemed really solid to me. It seemed real."

Mariel Hemingway, American Actress

5

"As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body is the proper foundation for a well-appointed inner ground."

"As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body is the proper foundation for a well-appointed inner ground."

Johannes Tauler, German Theologian

5

"Ever since then, all descendant vertebrates have had the forward end of the digestive system and the forward end of the respiratory system very much involved with each other. This manifests itself in the human body with a crossing of the two systems in the throat."

"Ever since then, all descendant vertebrates have had the forward end of the digestive system and the forward end of the respiratory system very much involved with each other. This manifests itself in the human body with a crossing of the two systems in the throat."

George C. Williams, American Scientist

5

"The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual chronic pain in my left arm from elbow to fingertips and the right side of my body from my ear to my breast area."

"The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual chronic pain in my left arm from elbow to fingertips and the right side of my body from my ear to my breast area."

Karen Duffy, American Actress

Body, Pain, Right

5

"Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body."

"Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body."

Cesare Pavese, Italian Poet

Body, Hate, Spirit

5

"I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament."

"I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

5

"Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing real about it; it's an adult using a kid's body as a mouthpiece."

"Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing real about it; it's an adult using a kid's body as a mouthpiece."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

5

"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

4

"I like exercise. I like a healthy body."

"I like exercise. I like a healthy body."

Erin Gray, American Actress

4

"Well, there are two kinds of stem cells: adult stem cells, which you can get from any part of a grown body, and embryonic stem cells. These are the inner- core of days-old embryos that can develop into any kind of cell."

"Well, there are two kinds of stem cells: adult stem cells, which you can get from any part of a grown body, and embryonic stem cells. These are the inner- core of days-old embryos that can develop into any kind of cell."

Mort Kondracke, American Journalist

4

"In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me."

"In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me."

William Congreve, English Poet

Body, Conscience

4

"I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities."

"I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities."

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American Politician

4

"I have a book of buildings from 25,000 BC. These are huts built out of mammoth bones. These buildings were beautifully made, from the bones of the body into shelter."

"I have a book of buildings from 25,000 BC. These are huts built out of mammoth bones. These buildings were beautifully made, from the bones of the body into shelter."

Ben Nicholson, British Artist

4

"The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up."

"The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

4

"Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active. I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active places."

"Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active. I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active places."

John Searle, American Philosopher

4

"In all Diseases strengthen the part of the Body afflicted."

"In all Diseases strengthen the part of the Body afflicted."

Nicholas Culpeper, English Scientist

4

"I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it with every breath in my body, but you don't need to sit next to a white person to learn how to read and write. The NAACP needs to say that."

"I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it with every breath in my body, but you don't need to sit next to a white person to learn how to read and write. The NAACP needs to say that."

Clarence Thomas, American Judge

Body, Fight, Needs, Wrong

4

"Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind."

"Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind."

Johann G. Seume, German Theologian

Body, Idleness, Mind, Stupidity

4

"Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you don't eat."

"Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you don't eat."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

4

"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

4

"Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else."

"Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else."

Hannah Cowley, English Dramatist

4

"Chicken fat, beef fat, fish fat, fried foods - these are the foods that fuel our fat genes by giving them raw materials for building body fat."

"Chicken fat, beef fat, fish fat, fried foods - these are the foods that fuel our fat genes by giving them raw materials for building body fat."

Neal Barnard, American Author

Body, Building, Fish, Giving

4

"I always had really long swimmer's arms. The last to totally go is always my thighs and butt, but my old body is there somewhere."

"I always had really long swimmer's arms. The last to totally go is always my thighs and butt, but my old body is there somewhere."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

4

"Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting."

"Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting."

Lucy Liu, American Actress

4

"Ireland. Great for the spirit - very bad for the body."

"Ireland. Great for the spirit - very bad for the body."

Hugh Dancy, British Actor

Body, Ireland, Spirit

4

"I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it."

"I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it."

Irwin Shaw, American Novelist

4

"An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes."

"An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes."

Hernando Cortes, Spanish Leader

4

"When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner."

"When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner."

Charles de Secondat, French Philosopher

Body, Laws, Liberty, May

4

"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

4

"To have a body is to suffer."

"To have a body is to suffer."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

4

"You have to contort your body in a certain way to hit a low note. When you're on film, you can't. So you do, in a sense, get to hide behind your voice, which is nice."

"You have to contort your body in a certain way to hit a low note. When you're on film, you can't. So you do, in a sense, get to hide behind your voice, which is nice."

Will Friedle, American Actor

Body, Film, Sense, Voice

4

"Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there was a definite attempt to dress each group in different styles."

"Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there was a definite attempt to dress each group in different styles."

Colleen Atwood, American Designer

Body, Class, Dress, Trying

4

"The mind must be cured as well as the body, as the mind so is the body."

"The mind must be cured as well as the body, as the mind so is the body."

Daniel D. Palmer, Canadian Celebrity

4

"I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment."

"I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment."

Don Henley, American Musician

4

"My body is a vehicle for the mechanics of my sport."

"My body is a vehicle for the mechanics of my sport."

Gabrielle Reece, American Athlete

4

"To me style is just the outside of content, and content the inside of style, like the outside and the inside of the human body. Both go together, they can't be separated."

"To me style is just the outside of content, and content the inside of style, like the outside and the inside of the human body. Both go together, they can't be separated."

Jean-Luc Godard, French Director

Body, Content, Style

4

"Then you must look for a new body. That's what we call reincarnation."

"Then you must look for a new body. That's what we call reincarnation."

Alex Chiu, American Businessman

Body, Reincarnation

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"A portal is a transitionary device of sight or sound that functions as a sort of third gravitating body between the this and the that, pulling us toward itself, allowing us to bridge into the unknown from the known."

"A portal is a transitionary device of sight or sound that functions as a sort of third gravitating body between the this and the that, pulling us toward itself, allowing us to bridge into the unknown from the known."

Roy H. Williams, American Businessman

Body, Sight, Sound

4

"True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment."

"True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment."

William Penn, English Leader

Body, Mind, Rest, Silence

4

"I've seen a dead body, I've seen some pretty gruesome fist fights, I've been a hunter since I was a child, though I don't anymore, I've gutted wild game."

"I've seen a dead body, I've seen some pretty gruesome fist fights, I've been a hunter since I was a child, though I don't anymore, I've gutted wild game."

George Eads, American Actor

4

"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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