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"The soul has many motions, body one."

"The soul has many motions, body one."

Theodore Roethke, American Poet

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"Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow."

"Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Soul, Thoughts, Blood, Language

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"When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul."

"When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul."

Ralph W. Sockman, American Leader

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"The destiny of man is in his own soul."

"The destiny of man is in his own soul."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Soul, Destiny, Man

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"Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul."

"Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul."

Gaston Bachelard, French Philosopher

Soul, Mind, Reverie

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"An actor works with their soul and their thought."

"An actor works with their soul and their thought."

Monica Bellucci, Italian Actress

Soul, Thought, Actor

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"During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me."

"During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me."

John Nelson Darby, English Clergyman

Soul, Thoughts, Effect, Exercise

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"The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten."

"The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten."

James Hillman, American Psychologist

Soul, Body, Choice, Circumstances

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"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it."

"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it."

Edward R. Murrow, American Journalist

Soul, America, Dissent, Opposition

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"One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity."

"One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity."

George W. Bush, American President

Soul, Moments, Popularity

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"Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul."

"Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul."

Wayne Dyer, American Psychologist

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"If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about."

"If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about."

Aretha Franklin, American Musician

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"The Soul selects her own Society."

"The Soul selects her own Society."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Soul, Choice, Society, Individual

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"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened."

"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened."

Anatole France, French Novelist

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"I'd like to do more Shakespeare. I'd like to do Iago in Othello. I look so benign. It would be interesting to see that black evil come out of my soul."

"I'd like to do more Shakespeare. I'd like to do Iago in Othello. I look so benign. It would be interesting to see that black evil come out of my soul."

Kyle MacLachlan, American Actor

Soul, Evil, Shakespeare

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"Variety is the soul of pleasure."

"Variety is the soul of pleasure."

Aphra Behn, English Dramatist

Soul, Pleasure, Variety

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"I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul."

"I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

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"By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul."

"By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Soul, Action, Battle, Endurance

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"Rock'n'roll saved my soul."

"Rock'n'roll saved my soul."

Thurston Moore, American Musician

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"Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul."

"Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul."

Wavy Gravy, American Activist

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"I've sold my soul for freedom. It's lonely but it's sweet."

"I've sold my soul for freedom. It's lonely but it's sweet."

Melissa Etheridge, American Musician

Soul, Freedom, Lonely

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"From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world."

"From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world."

Andrei Platonov, Russian Writer

Soul, Ugliness, Will, World

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"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard."

"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard."

Anne Sexton, American Poet

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"Johnny Cash was plenty good enough to fool his fans. They believed he felt it in his soul when he sang the Gospel while stoned on drugs."

"Johnny Cash was plenty good enough to fool his fans. They believed he felt it in his soul when he sang the Gospel while stoned on drugs."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

Soul, Drugs, Fans, Fool

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"People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day."

"People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

Soul, People, Day

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"Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."

"Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

Soul, Enthusiasm, Skin, Years

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"Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty."

"Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty."

Moliere, French Playwright

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"This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my soul's triumph over the powers of darkness."

"This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my soul's triumph over the powers of darkness."

Isaac Mayer Wise, American Clergyman

Soul, Thoughts, Darkness, Despair

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"Like a firework, a person's life flashed brightest right before expiration."

"Like a firework, a person's life flashed brightest right before expiration."

Katherine McIntyre, American Novelist

Soul, Life, Time, Death, Change

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"What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room."

"What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room."

Ray Charles, American Musician

Soul, Electricity, Force, Light

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"Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!"

"Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!"

George Meredith, English Novelist

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"The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written."

"The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written."

Jerome Lawrence, American Playwright

Soul, Mind, Writing

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"You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things."

"You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

Soul, People, Myth

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"To the timid soul, nothing is possible."

"To the timid soul, nothing is possible."

John Bach, Welsh Actor

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"Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy."

"Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy."

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

Soul, Debate, Democracy

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"Impropriety is the soul of wit."

"Impropriety is the soul of wit."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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"Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene."

"Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

Soul, Fancy, Tea

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"We forget that the soul has its own ancestors."

"We forget that the soul has its own ancestors."

James Hillman, American Psychologist

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"Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections."

"Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections."

Daniel Boone, American Explorer

Soul, Curiosity, Influence, Man

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"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

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"It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity."

"It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity."

W. E. B. Du Bois, American Writer

Soul, Contempt, Eyes, Pity

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"The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl."

"The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl."

William Cowper, English Poet

Soul, Children, Dogs, Windows

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"Tone has the living soul."

"Tone has the living soul."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

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"Human soul is a car and human body is a driver. One cannot run without the other."

"Human soul is a car and human body is a driver. One cannot run without the other."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Soul, Body, Balance, Life

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"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all."

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Soul, Hope, Words

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"Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it."

"Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Soul, Ambition, Moderation

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"Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul."

"Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul."

Will Durant, American Historian

Soul, Knowledge, Desire, Eye

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"I have to get inspired by something that touches my soul, or rocks my soul."

"I have to get inspired by something that touches my soul, or rocks my soul."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

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"A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder."

"A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder."

Eileen Caddy, English Celebrity

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"Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do."

"Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do."

Glenn Close, American Actress

Soul, Heart, Acting, Adventure

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