"Pass the pub that wrecks your body And the church, all they want is your money"
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"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."
"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."
"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."
"If bad decorating was a hanging offense, there'd be bodies hanging from every tree!"
"Lighting can bring out certain contours in the body, in the face, in the eyes, that otherwise flat lighting couldn't."
"Sometimes it's just enough to keep your body moving. I get depressed if I don't move."
"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."
"Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched."
"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."
"As I kissed her the heat of her body increased, and it exhaled a wild, untamed fragrance."
"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."
"With my meager knowledge of my own religion I do not want to belong to any religious body"
"The spinning wheel is the auspicious symbol of sharir yajna, body labour."
"I sing the National Anthem, while I'm standing, over your body, hold you like a python."
"Body Electric... It is the first song from my new short film called # Tropico that is coming out in the end of the month."
"The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?"
"If there's something dangerous, sauces are dangerous for the 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."
"We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body."