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Sufjan Stevens Musician
Body

"There's a sense of urgency in understanding that your body is not really your own. We can control it to a certain extent through habits and good behavior, but there's so much we don't have control of."

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
Body

"Not only we can, but some have reached perfection; so no matter what finer bodies come, they could only be on the relative plane and could do no more than we, for to attain freedom is all that can be done."

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
Body

"Superstitions are all materialism, because they are all based on the consciousness of body, body, body. No spirit there. Spirit has no superstitions - it is beyond the vain desires of the body."

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Sylvester Stallone Actor, Filmmaker
Body

"Lighting can bring out certain contours in the body, in the face, in the eyes, that otherwise flat lighting couldn't."

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Rene Descartes Philosopher, Mathematician
Body

"The nature of matter, or body considered in general, consists not in its being something which is hard or heavy or coloured, or which affects the senses in any way, but simply in its being something which is extended in length, breadth and depth."

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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter
Body

"What would your head have been doing in Hogsmeade, Potter?" said Snape softly. "Your head is not allowed in Hogsmeade. No part of your body has permission to be in Hogsmeade."

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Naomi Watts Actress
Body

"I go to a dance class myself called BBS - Body By Simone - its little mini dance routines and I am often the oldest person in the room although I forget that. I'm fairly fit."

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Lana Del Rey Singer-Songwriter
Body

"Body Electric... It is the first song from my new short film called #‎ Tropico that is coming out in the end of the month."

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Laozi Philosopher
Body

"The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?"

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Oscar Wilde Writer
Body

"I see that any materialism in life coarsens the soul, and that the hunger of the body and the appetites of the flesh desecrate always, and often destroy."

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