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"Freedom can never be reached by the weak. Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind that it is strong, and have unbounded faith and hope in yourself."
"...it is certain that I am really distinct from my body, and can exist without it."
"I feel confident with myself, and if that inspires other women to feel confident with their bodies, great."
"Beck behaved himself, though it was really difficult, especially during the slow dances when they were so tantalizingly close. He savoured the feel of her against his body, the light scent of her perfume, the in her eyes that told him he was the center of her universe. It was a new and totally overwhelming experience."
"In a body [like Congress] where there are more than one hundred talking lawyers, you can make no calculation upon the termination of any debate."
"I'm very comfortable with my sexuality, my body, my face - well, sometimes I'm not comfortable with my face, but it's stuck there and there's nothing I can do about it."
"There is no quick easy way to the body you want... commit yourself now to your workout and get started."
"I am overwhelmed by the strength of my body and the power of my mind. For one moment, just one second, I feel immortal."
"Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?"
"I made an oath to myself: as long as I live as long as my soul remains in this body I won't deviate from the right way but later I looked to my left and then to my right and I saw our beloved everywhere how could I make a wrong turn?"
"There is only one heart in my body, have mercy on me."
"I drink coconut water before my workouts. It has just the right amount of calories and electrolytes to get me going. My body has actually started craving it."
"It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation."
"Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form."
"Lust weakens both body and mind."
"Genuine feelings cannot be produced, nor can they be eradicated. We can only repress them, delude ourselves, and deceive our bodies. The body sticks to the facts."
"OUR ORDINATION: Sir Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1747 About the times of the End, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition."
"If the body is stiff that is understandable. But if the mind is also stiff then you can’t get anywhere. The mind has to become flexible."
"Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together."
"I drink to keep body and soul apart."
