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Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2762/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/a/2762.v6.jpg" alt="Mahatma Gandhi"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Mahatma Gandhi</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="115cf"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a2762/115cf/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/3066/1073747407.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="115cf" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2762/115cf/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Spiritual%20relationship%20is%20far%20more%20precious%20than%20physical.%20Physical%20relationship%20divorced%20from%20spiritual%20is%20body%20without%20soul.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2762%2F115cf%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/3066/1073747407.v1.jpg&description=Spiritual%20relationship%20is%20far%20more%20precious%20than%20physical.%20Physical%20relationship%20divorced%20from%20spiritual%20is%20body%20without%20soul." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/39/">Soul</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/447/">Relationship</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/261/">Spiritual</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a994/11740/">I watch vlogs on YouTube. 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And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2529/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1/2529.v4.jpg" alt="Gail Carriger"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Gail Carriger</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="117c9"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="117c9" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2529/117c9/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20consider%20science%20fiction%20and%20fantasy%20my%20genre.%20And%20I%27ve%20noticed%20over%20the%20years%20that%20there%20doesn%27t%20tend%20to%20be%20a%20lot%20of%20lighthearted%2C%20comedic%20stuff.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2529%2F117c9%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/30/">Science</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/6130/">Science fiction</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3534/11975/">I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3534/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/e/3534.v6.jpg" alt="Dana Goodyear"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Dana Goodyear</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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I thought that just being an athlete I could get by. 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This is why I'm very happy for people to change my recipes, alter them, replace one ingredient for another.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a814/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/e/814.v4.jpg" alt="Yotam Ottolenghi"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Yotam Ottolenghi</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="13162"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="13162" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a814/13162/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=One%20of%20the%20troubles%20with%20food%20is%20that%20people%20take%20themselves%20too%20seriously.%20This%20is%20why%20I%27m%20very%20happy%20for%20people%20to%20change%20my%20recipes%2C%20alter%20them%2C%20replace%20one%20ingredient%20for%20another.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa814%2F13162%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1005/">Why</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/456/">Happy</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1408/133ac/">This must be such a relief for the TV executives managing a business in decline, suffering from a thousand cuts from social media and other new platforms. Trump arrived on the scene as a kind of manna from hell.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1408/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/1408.v5.jpg" alt="Brown Campbell"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Brown Campbell</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="133ac"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="133ac" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1408/133ac/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=This%20must%20be%20such%20a%20relief%20for%20the%20TV%20executives%20managing%20a%20business%20in%20decline%2C%20suffering%20from%20a%20thousand%20cuts%20from%20social%20media%20and%20other%20new%20platforms.%20Trump%20arrived%20on%20the%20scene%20as%20a%20kind%20of%20manna%20from%20hell.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1408%2F133ac%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/18/">Business</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1357/">Suffering</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/5266/">Trump</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1427/135c3/">I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep your hands clean and try to represent the university.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1427/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/13/1427.v7.jpg" alt="Earl Campbell"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Earl Campbell</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="135c3"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="135c3" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1427/135c3/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20talk%20to%20student-athletes.%20I%20try%20to%20get%20them%20to%20remember%20that%20they%27re%20not%20just%20athletes%2C%20but%20student-athletes.%20You%20need%20to%20get%20an%20education%2C%20keep%20your%20hands%20clean%20and%20try%20to%20represent%20the%20university.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1427%2F135c3%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/460/">Remember</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/220/">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/59/">Hands</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3815/136ab/">I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in Bengali, and I need to be surrounded by the Bengali language and culture.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3815/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/3815.v4.jpg" alt="Taslima Nasrin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Taslima Nasrin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="136ab"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="136ab" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3815/136ab/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20want%20to%20live%20in%20Kolkata%3B%20I%20don%27t%20want%20to%20live%20in%20Europe%20-%20I%20can%27t%20write%20there.%20I%20write%20in%20Bengali%2C%20and%20I%20need%20to%20be%20surrounded%20by%20the%20Bengali%20language%20and%20culture.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3815%2F136ab%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/199/">Live</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/315/">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1023/">Language</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2690/136c7/">Whether it's mending a failing company, fighting corruption, tackling disease, or rebuilding a marriage, the hardest problems defy just-add-water remedies. 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