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    I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea of independence is the key. It really is like colonialism. The colonies suddenly decide that they can and should exist with their own personality and should detach from the control of the mother country. At first the colony is perceived as being treacherous. It's a betrayal. Ultimately, it can be seen as the separation of a partner that could be very valuable as an equal rather than as something you dominate.

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Hide your body in the Big Dipper

Hide your body in the Big Dipper

by Zen Proverb Found in: Body Quotes,
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

by General George S. Patton Found in: Body Quotes,
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We are bound to our bodies like an oyster is to its shell.

We are bound to our bodies like an oyster is to its shell.

by Plato Found in: Body Quotes,
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The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other read more

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

by W. H. Auden Found in: Body Quotes,
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The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

by Heraclitus Found in: Body Quotes,
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My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from read more

My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. [Listing what body parts he has broken].

by Jackie Chan Found in: Body Quotes,
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Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies.

Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies.

by Frank Gelett Burgess Found in: Body Quotes,
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The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.

The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.

by Carol Leifer Found in: Body Quotes,
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A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.

A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Body Quotes,
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