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Body Quotes

"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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"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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"Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as Hustler is that scribbling child in a grown-up body wondering if anybody is listening."

"Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as Hustler is that scribbling child in a grown-up body wondering if anybody is listening."

Herbert Gold, American Author

Body, Light, Listening, Writer

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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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"The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for."

"The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for."

Suzanne Farrell, American Dancer

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"Why we cannot build a system like El Al to be proactive. Why do we have only to react? The shoe bomber - reaction? Take off your shoes. The Nigerian - the body scanner is a result of the Nigerian guy."

"Why we cannot build a system like El Al to be proactive. Why do we have only to react? The shoe bomber - reaction? Take off your shoes. The Nigerian - the body scanner is a result of the Nigerian guy."

Isaac Yeffet, Israeli Security Expert

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"Anytime I am around a male body part it is kind of exiting."

"Anytime I am around a male body part it is kind of exiting."

Nicole Richie, American Actress

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"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

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"Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body."

"Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body."

Thomas Bulfinch, American Writer

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"The body is an inviolable limit. And you have to really hurt it before you know that."

"The body is an inviolable limit. And you have to really hurt it before you know that."

Peter Coyote, American Actor

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"I am through with this body, and what becomes of it will make no difference with me in the future."

"I am through with this body, and what becomes of it will make no difference with me in the future."

Alex Campbell, Canadian Politician

Body, Difference, Future, Will

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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."

"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, English Activist

Body, Earth, Grave, May

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"Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew."

"Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew."

Shannon Miller, American Athlete

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"I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach."

"I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

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"And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them."

"And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them."

Henri Bergson, French Scientist

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"I just got a body wave because I wanted it to look good when it was down."

"I just got a body wave because I wanted it to look good when it was down."

Christy Romano, American Actress

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"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

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"If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end."

"If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end."

Julius Erving, American Athlete

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"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

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"It feels wonderful to be go back to the 1940s and recreate the whole era through my clothes, voice and body language. I am tired of playing the larger-than-life hero."

"It feels wonderful to be go back to the 1940s and recreate the whole era through my clothes, voice and body language. I am tired of playing the larger-than-life hero."

Akshay Kumar, Indian Actor

Body, Clothes, Language, Voice

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"Today we have big, crude instruments guided by intelligent surgeons, and we have little, stupid molecules of drugs that get dumped into the body, diffuse around and interfere with things as best they can. At present, medicine is unable to heal anything."

"Today we have big, crude instruments guided by intelligent surgeons, and we have little, stupid molecules of drugs that get dumped into the body, diffuse around and interfere with things as best they can. At present, medicine is unable to heal anything."

K. Eric Drexler, American Scientist

Body, Drugs, Medicine, Present

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"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

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"You know, at 35 or at 38 or 40 you really start to see what your body could look like if you just don't do anything all winter long. So that's another motivating factor, our vanity."

"You know, at 35 or at 38 or 40 you really start to see what your body could look like if you just don't do anything all winter long. So that's another motivating factor, our vanity."

Stone Gossard, American Musician

Body, Vanity, Winter

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"Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive."

"Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

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"The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature in the world quite like the U.S. Senate."

"The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature in the world quite like the U.S. Senate."

Max Baucus, American Politician

Body, Remarkable, Senate, World

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"You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you."

"You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you."

Phil McGraw, American Psychologist

Body, Listening

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"I don't use my body to seduce, no. I just stand there."

"I don't use my body to seduce, no. I just stand there."

Ursula Andress, Swiss Actress

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"The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd."

"The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd."

Ida B. Wells, American Activist

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"Same with souls. They can't survive without a body for long."

"Same with souls. They can't survive without a body for long."

Alex Chiu, American Businessman

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"The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe."

"The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe."

Clive Owen, English Actor

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"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

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"My movements, ma'am, are all leg movements. I don't do nothing with my body."

"My movements, ma'am, are all leg movements. I don't do nothing with my body."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

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"I don't really have an issue with showing certain parts of my body. I'd rather not, but it's not a big deal. Growing up in Sweden, it's natural over there."

"I don't really have an issue with showing certain parts of my body. I'd rather not, but it's not a big deal. Growing up in Sweden, it's natural over there."

Malin Akerman, Swedish Actress

Body, Growing up

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"When I sing full-on I use my whole body. I open my throat and let it fly out."

"When I sing full-on I use my whole body. I open my throat and let it fly out."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

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"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

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"A moving body whose motion was not retarded by any resisting force would continue to move to all eternity."

"A moving body whose motion was not retarded by any resisting force would continue to move to all eternity."

Hermann von Helmholtz, German Physicist

Body, Eternity, Force

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"Yep, my body is doing good and everything feels good and I'm ready."

"Yep, my body is doing good and everything feels good and I'm ready."

Carly Patterson, American Athlete

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"It is not I who become addicted, it is my body."

"It is not I who become addicted, it is my body."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

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"As long as my body is in shape, my mind is working at its full capacity."

"As long as my body is in shape, my mind is working at its full capacity."

Victoria Principal, American Actress

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"But it was soon ascertained that this quaternary matter of the animal body was chemically the same in the plant, was elaborated there, and only appropriated by the animal."

"But it was soon ascertained that this quaternary matter of the animal body was chemically the same in the plant, was elaborated there, and only appropriated by the animal."

Asa Gray, American Scientist

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"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

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"I think of my body as a side effect of my mind."

"I think of my body as a side effect of my mind."

Carrie Fisher, American Actress

Body, Effect, Mind

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"I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them."

"I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them."

Kathy Acker, American Activist

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"We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve."

"We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve."

Sallust, Roman Historian

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"The Buddha is your real body, your original mind."

"The Buddha is your real body, your original mind."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

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"Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was putty in my hands."

"Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was putty in my hands."

Douglas Sirk, German Director

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"I don't have a problem with my body. I'm not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don't think there's any way round, I'm absolutely fine."

"I don't have a problem with my body. I'm not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don't think there's any way round, I'm absolutely fine."

Keira Knightley, English Actress

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"If there's something dangerous, sauces are dangerous for the body."

"If there's something dangerous, sauces are dangerous for the body."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

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"My fat years were when I was not human shaped. I was a 16-stone triangle, with inverted triangle legs, and no real neck. And that's because I wasn't doing human things. I didn't walk or run or dance or swim or climb up stairs; the food I ate wasn't the stuff that humans are supposed to eat. No one is supposed to eat a pound of boiled potatoes covered in Vitalite, or a fist-sized lump of cheese on the end of a fork, wielded like a lollipop. I had no connection to or understanding of my body. I was just a brain in a jar. I wasn't a woman."

"My fat years were when I was not human shaped. I was a 16-stone triangle, with inverted triangle legs, and no real neck. And that's because I wasn't doing human things. I didn't walk or run or dance or swim or climb up stairs; the food I ate wasn't the stuff that humans are supposed to eat. No one is supposed to eat a pound of boiled potatoes covered in Vitalite, or a fist-sized lump of cheese on the end of a fork, wielded like a lollipop. I had no connection to or understanding of my body. I was just a brain in a jar. I wasn't a woman."

Caitlin Moran, British Journalist

Body, Identity, Disconnection, Healing

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"I can't say this enough, I'm totally comfortable with my body. I like my body, I don't think it's a bad thing, I think I have a nice body, I'm happy with it."

"I can't say this enough, I'm totally comfortable with my body. I like my body, I don't think it's a bad thing, I think I have a nice body, I'm happy with it."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

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