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"Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower."

"Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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"The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction."

"The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

Body, Causes, Destruction

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"I sink down into my body as into a swamp, fenland, where only I know the footing. I'm a cloud, congealed around a central object, the shape of a pear, which is hard and more real than I am and glows red within its translucent wrapping. Inside it is a space, huge as the sky at night and dark and curved like that, though black-red rather than black."

"I sink down into my body as into a swamp, fenland, where only I know the footing. I'm a cloud, congealed around a central object, the shape of a pear, which is hard and more real than I am and glows red within its translucent wrapping. Inside it is a space, huge as the sky at night and dark and curved like that, though black-red rather than black."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Body, Consciousness, Imagination, Emotion

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"It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate."

"It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

Body, Fact, Will

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"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills."

"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Body, Man, Water, World

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"Love: always inclusive, never divisive."

"Love: always inclusive, never divisive."

Renae A. Sauter, American Writer

Body, Love, Unity, Inclusion, Peace

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"The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse."

"The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Body, Sky, Stars

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"If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free."

"If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"Your body isn't just a body. It's an ecosystem."

"Your body isn't just a body. It's an ecosystem."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"One doesn't even think ofthe liverand if the liverdoesn't think ofus, that'sfine."

"One doesn't even think ofthe liverand if the liverdoesn't think ofus, that'sfine."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Body, Health, Neglect, Humor

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"The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind."

"The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

Body, Information, Mind, State

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"We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind."

"We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Body, Mind, Nothing

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"The body is not a reliable friend."

"The body is not a reliable friend."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Body, Friend, Reliability, Trust

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"Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves."

"Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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"The body has a mind of its own."

"The body has a mind of its own."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures."

"Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body."

"The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be."

"Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Body, Living, Man, May

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"He was certain he was anorectic, because every time he looked in a mirror he saw a fat man. It was the Archchancellor, standing behind him and shouting at him."

"He was certain he was anorectic, because every time he looked in a mirror he saw a fat man. It was the Archchancellor, standing behind him and shouting at him."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Body, Truth, Power, Today, Inspirational

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"Treat your body good, because your body is your boat, it is your horse, it is your car, your wings, your every possible vehicle to take you to every possible place!"

"Treat your body good, because your body is your boat, it is your horse, it is your car, your wings, your every possible vehicle to take you to every possible place!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Body, Life, Power, Truth, Happiness

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