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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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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."

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Lauren Oliver Author
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"Juliet!' I whip around but not quickly enough. She's swallowed by the crowd, the gap that allowed her to break for the door closing just as quickly as it opened, a shifting Tetris pattern of bodies."

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Francis Bacon Philosopher, Statesman
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"Certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and if he be not kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature."

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"Maybe I could just James Bond my way down the cable if I draped the scarf over it, clinging to the ends as my body careened down it to safety-- Careened. What an ugly word that was"

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Leonardo da Vinci Artist, Scientist, Inventor
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"The soul is content to stay imprisoned in the human body... for through the eyes all the various things of nature are represented to the soul."

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