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Soul Quotes

"I couldn't get my album played over the so-called smooth jazz stations. Jazz stations would not play it. You don't always know who you're making that soul connection with."

"I couldn't get my album played over the so-called smooth jazz stations. Jazz stations would not play it. You don't always know who you're making that soul connection with."

Roy Ayers, English Musician

Soul, Connection, Jazz, Play

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"Nothing is secret once you tell anyone. If you want to keep it quiet - don't tell a soul."

"Nothing is secret once you tell anyone. If you want to keep it quiet - don't tell a soul."

Richard Chamberlain, American Actor

Soul, Nothing, Quiet, Want

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"It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul."

"It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul."

William Ernest Henley, English Poet

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"Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through."

"Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through."

Germaine Greer, Australian Activist

Soul, Instinct, May, Pain

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"I had to learn to do everything because I couldn't find another kindred soul. Now you see eighty people listed doing the same things I was doing by myself."

"I had to learn to do everything because I couldn't find another kindred soul. Now you see eighty people listed doing the same things I was doing by myself."

Ray Harryhausen, American Director

Soul, People, Now

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"My soul is fine, thanks."

"My soul is fine, thanks."

Juliana Hatfield, American Musician

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"Soul meets soul on lovers' lips."

"Soul meets soul on lovers' lips."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

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"I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?"

"I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?"

Martin Lawrence, American Comedian

Soul, Key, Sound, Want

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"The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts."

"The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts."

Dean Inge, English Author

Soul, Thoughts, Leisure

7

"Well, from an acting point of view, I bear no relation, I don't look like Alfred Kinsey at all, but I thought somewhere in my artist's soul, my actor's soul, I could capture something of the spirit of the man."

"Well, from an acting point of view, I bear no relation, I don't look like Alfred Kinsey at all, but I thought somewhere in my artist's soul, my actor's soul, I could capture something of the spirit of the man."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Soul, Thought, Acting

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"Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul."

"Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"In our western civilization we have the glorious example, the great standard of perfection and the teachings of the Christ to guide us. He acts for us as Mediator between our personality and our Soul."

"In our western civilization we have the glorious example, the great standard of perfection and the teachings of the Christ to guide us. He acts for us as Mediator between our personality and our Soul."

Edward Bach, English Scientist

Soul, Civilization, Christ, Example

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"Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul."

"Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Soul, Virtue, Nothing, Politeness

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"From one Soul of the Universe are all Souls derived."

"From one Soul of the Universe are all Souls derived."

Georg Hermes, German Theologian

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"But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage."

"But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage."

Ralph A. Cram, American Architect

Soul, Body, Freedom, Liberty

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"Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background."

"Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Soul, Night, Stars, Truth

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"What is more important is finding the soul of the character, and making sure it fits well into this story. And that it be dramatic and interesting and captivating, because these people weren't entertainers, you know."

"What is more important is finding the soul of the character, and making sure it fits well into this story. And that it be dramatic and interesting and captivating, because these people weren't entertainers, you know."

Mary Stuart Masterson, American Actress

Soul, People, Character

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"From the wrestling of his own soul with the great enemy, comes that depth and mystery which startles us in Hamlet."

"From the wrestling of his own soul with the great enemy, comes that depth and mystery which startles us in Hamlet."

Jones Very, American Poet

Soul, Enemy, Mystery, Wrestling

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"I was so astonished that another had penetrated so deeply into the secrets of my soul, and that he knew what I did not know myself, that when I recovered from it he had already been long upon the street."

"I was so astonished that another had penetrated so deeply into the secrets of my soul, and that he knew what I did not know myself, that when I recovered from it he had already been long upon the street."

Max Muller, German Educator

7

"'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore."

"'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore."

Euripides, Greek Poet

7

"I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments."

"I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

Soul, Being, Moments

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"Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit."

"Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit."

William Shirley, British Politician

Soul, Greatness, Spirit, Words

7

"There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech."

"There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech."

Allan Bloom, American Philosopher

Soul, Existence, Magic, Practice

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"But the mind is here accepted not for the soul, but for that which is the more excellent in the soul."

"But the mind is here accepted not for the soul, but for that which is the more excellent in the soul."

Peter Lombard, French Theologian

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"I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul."

"I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul."

Phil Jackson, American Coach

Soul, Body, Mind

7

"I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul."

"I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul."

Mary Ellen Mark, American Photographer

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"Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him with old wives' tales as to what is to become of him afterward, and you have hooked a fish, a mental slave."

"Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him with old wives' tales as to what is to become of him afterward, and you have hooked a fish, a mental slave."

Theodore Dreiser, American Novelist

Soul, Fish, Man, Old

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"The one thing in the world of value is the active soul."

"The one thing in the world of value is the active soul."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Soul, Values, World, Life

7

"The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on."

"The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on."

J. G. Holland, American Novelist

7

"Don't sell your soul to buy peanuts for the monkeys."

"Don't sell your soul to buy peanuts for the monkeys."

Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American Writer

7

"Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation."

"Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation."

Joseph Conrad, Polish Novelist

Soul, Forget, Resignation

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"Regrets and recriminations only hurt your soul."

"Regrets and recriminations only hurt your soul."

Armand Hammer, American Businessman

6

"I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done."

"I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done."

Pierre Bayle, French Philosopher

Soul, Protest, Sense

6

"The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; his heart is an abyss which can only be filled by that which is godly."

"The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; his heart is an abyss which can only be filled by that which is godly."

Olivier Messiaen, French Composer

Soul, Heart, Being, Body

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"Style used to be an interaction between the human soul and tools that were limiting. In the digital era, it will have to come from the soul alone."

"Style used to be an interaction between the human soul and tools that were limiting. In the digital era, it will have to come from the soul alone."

Jaron Lanier, American Artist

Soul, Style, Tools, Will

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"A Parliament is that to the Commonwealth which the soul is to the body. It behoves us therefore to keep the facility of that soul from distemper."

"A Parliament is that to the Commonwealth which the soul is to the body. It behoves us therefore to keep the facility of that soul from distemper."

John Pym, English Politician

Soul, Body, Parliament

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"For me, personally, Mind, Body and Soul is my real debut."

"For me, personally, Mind, Body and Soul is my real debut."

Joss Stone, English Musician

Soul, Body, Mind

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"The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't dictate to her."

"The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't dictate to her."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

6

"Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement."

"Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

6

"When the whistle blew and the call stretched thin across the night, one had to believe that any journey could be sweet to the soul."

"When the whistle blew and the call stretched thin across the night, one had to believe that any journey could be sweet to the soul."

Charles Tennyson Turner, English Poet

Soul, Journey, Night

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"Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles."

"Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles."

Alex Karras, American Athlete

6

"I don't think I do have a soul."

"I don't think I do have a soul."

Al Purdy, Canadian Poet

6

"Soul inhabits body that fits."

"Soul inhabits body that fits."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Soul, Truth, Power, Life, Inspirational

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"Though the body moves, the soul may stay behind."

"Though the body moves, the soul may stay behind."

Murasaki Shikibu, Japanese Novelist

Soul, Body, May

5

"Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul."

"Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul."

Paul Whiteman, American Celebrity

5

"There are a lot of laughs in this movie, but it's not just about the laughs. It's really about the story, about a guy who finds his soul and realizes what's truly important."

"There are a lot of laughs in this movie, but it's not just about the laughs. It's really about the story, about a guy who finds his soul and realizes what's truly important."

Peter Farrelly, American Director

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"I must get my soul back from you, I am killing my flesh without it."

"I must get my soul back from you, I am killing my flesh without it."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Soul, Life, Death, Emotion

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"Soul, soul is nothing. Can you see it, smell it, touch it? No."

"Soul, soul is nothing. Can you see it, smell it, touch it? No."

Dan Totheroh, American Journalist

5

"My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed."

"My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed."

Francis Asbury, English Clergyman

5

"Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain."

"Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain."

Anna Seward, English Writer

Soul, Blessings, Fate, Wrongs

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