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Tracy Morgan Comedian, Actor
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"I don't have a hateful bone in my body. I don't believe anyone should be bullied or made to feel bad about who they are."

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"But this we know, the obstacle that checked And tripped the body, shot the spirit on Further than target ever showed or shone."

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Susan Sontag Essayist, Critic, Activist
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"A man never forgets his body the way a woman does, because a man is pushing his body, a part of his body, forward, to make the act of love happen. He brings the jut of his body into the act of love, then takes it back, when it has had its way."

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Sylvia Plath Poet, Novelist
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"I want, I think, to be omniscient. I think I would like to call myself "the girl who wanted to be God." Yet if I were not in this body where would I be-perhaps I am destined to be classified and qualified. But, oh, I cry out against it."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"The kitchen of the body darkens the lives of lovers. Fasting came to enlighten them."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"The ocean of the body crashes against the ocean of the heart. Between them is a barrier they cannot cross."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"Body of earth, don't talk of earth Tell the story of pure mirrors The Creator has given you this splendor-- Why talk of anything else?"

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"Water, stories, the body, all the things we do, are mediums that hid and show what's hidden."

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"This relationship is the vessel wherein is nurtured the life force of both individuals, whereby they create the future of the human race in body and thought."

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