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Body Quotes

"I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right."

"I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right."

Mike Tyson, American Athlete

Body, Right, Talking

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"I was asleep, in the upstairs bedroom, in the rear of the house. There was this tremendous crash, there was a terrible wind force hitting my body, and then I blanked out."

"I was asleep, in the upstairs bedroom, in the rear of the house. There was this tremendous crash, there was a terrible wind force hitting my body, and then I blanked out."

Larry Miller, American Comedian

Body, Force, Wind

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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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"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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"I took a bottle of pills. I'd been in Europe and I had a lot of absinthe and I was just drinking and drinking, trying to, you know, just shut my body down."

"I took a bottle of pills. I'd been in Europe and I had a lot of absinthe and I was just drinking and drinking, trying to, you know, just shut my body down."

Jack Osbourne, English Celebrity

Body, Drinking, Europe, Trying

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"I want my careless song to strike no minor key; no fiend to stand between my body's Southern song - the fusion of the South, my body's song and me."

"I want my careless song to strike no minor key; no fiend to stand between my body's Southern song - the fusion of the South, my body's song and me."

Margaret Walker, American Poet

Body, Key, Song, Want

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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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"I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more."

"I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more."

e. e. cummings, American Poet

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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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"Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get, so I very much recommend a meditation program. The whole picture of how to recover from this has to do with body, mind, and spirit. That's applicable to any kind of depression."

"Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get, so I very much recommend a meditation program. The whole picture of how to recover from this has to do with body, mind, and spirit. That's applicable to any kind of depression."

Judy Collins, American Musician

Body, Depression, Help, Meditation

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"Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body."

"Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body."

Dan Millman, American Author

Body, Secrets, Universe

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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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"My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough."

"My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough."

Noel Coward, English Playwright

Body, Mind, Suspicion

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"I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything."

"I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything."

Al Sharpton, American Politician

Body, President, School, Vice

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"Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a woman of my years."

"Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a woman of my years."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Body, Care, Woman, Years

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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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"If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?"

"If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?"

William Jennings Bryan, American Lawyer

Body, Man, Spirit, Will

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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

13

"The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech."

"The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech."

Dogen, Japanese Leader

Body, Mountains, Running, Sound

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"The incompetence regarding body and vehicle armor rises almost to a level of criminal negligence."

"The incompetence regarding body and vehicle armor rises almost to a level of criminal negligence."

John Olver, American Politician

Body, Incompetence

13

"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

13

"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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"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

13

"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

13

"I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?"

"I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?"

Karen Duffy, American Actress

Body, Care, Illness, Ownership

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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."

"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, American Musician

Body, Cancer, Environment, Mind

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"I have the body of an eighteen year old. I keep it in the fridge."

"I have the body of an eighteen year old. I keep it in the fridge."

Spike Milligan, Irish Comedian

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"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

13

"I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day."

"I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

Body, Day, End, Hate

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"I am Armenian, so of course I am obsessed with laser hair removal! Arms, bikini, legs, underarms... my entire body is hairless."

"I am Armenian, so of course I am obsessed with laser hair removal! Arms, bikini, legs, underarms... my entire body is hairless."

Kim Kardashian, American Celebrity

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"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

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"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

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"I cried when I found out I was a finalist, I kind of went limp when they called my name. I felt like my spirit jumped out of my body, and I was just flesh - it was just amazing."

"I cried when I found out I was a finalist, I kind of went limp when they called my name. I felt like my spirit jumped out of my body, and I was just flesh - it was just amazing."

Naima Adedapo, American Musician

Body, Name, Spirit

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"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

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"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

12

"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

12

"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

12

"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

12

"Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living."

"Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living."

Theophile Gautier, French Poet

12

"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

12

"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

12

"It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is stopping judicial nominations, the Energy bill, or this Medicare bill."

"It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is stopping judicial nominations, the Energy bill, or this Medicare bill."

Jim Bunning, American Politician

Body, Energy, Want

12

"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

12

"I don't want my body to look like a man's. I just want to tone my body."

"I don't want my body to look like a man's. I just want to tone my body."

Sherilyn Fenn, American Actress

Body, Man, Want

12

"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

12

"You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a room at all times but no matter how vigilant you are as a parent, at some point, you'll look around a room and can't find them and there's a searing pain that goes through your body."

"You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a room at all times but no matter how vigilant you are as a parent, at some point, you'll look around a room and can't find them and there's a searing pain that goes through your body."

Jodie Foster, American Actress

Body, Eye, Pain

12

"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

12

"In my opinion it's not about gay or straight or bi, we're attracted to spirits, whatever body they're in. There are other reasons too, but that's how I see it."

"In my opinion it's not about gay or straight or bi, we're attracted to spirits, whatever body they're in. There are other reasons too, but that's how I see it."

Dana Plato, American Actress

Body, Gay, Opinion, Spirits

12

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

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

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

12

"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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