"Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside” is a jocular saying against drinking alcohol. “Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside. ~Author Unknown” was cited in print in September 2006. Not one of the many citations of the saying cites any authorship.
Related sayings include “My body is a temple…to Dionysus” and “My body used to be a temple. Now it’s a combination of a liquor store & a Mexican restaurant.”
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Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside.
- Author Unknown
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Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside. ~Author Unknown
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Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside. ~Author Unknown
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Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside. ~Author Unknown
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Against Drunk Driving – Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside.
Posted on July 20, 2010 by Sunny
Chandrika DeSilva was killed by a drunk driver outside her Reseda, CA home on Sunday July 18, 2010. She was struck by a Jeep Cherokee driven by Richard Buitron, a 22-year old marine.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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