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" A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands. "

Edwin Louis Cole

" After a sound drubbing followed by half a day's fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a while, all was forgotten and my wickedness began afresh and worse than ever. "

Stijn Streuvels

" Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love. "

" For Islamist terrorist groups such as ISIS, the holy month of Ramadan - a time of fasting and prayer for the vast majority of Muslims - is seen as a particularly auspicious time to launch terrorist attacks. "

Peter L. Bergen

" He that lives upon hope will die fasting. "

Benjamin Franklin

" I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight. "

" If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do. "

" If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting. "

" In anything, there has to be that moment of fasting, really, in order to enjoy the feast. "

" I was obsessed with the idea of fasting and isolation. "

" Juice fasting destroys your metabolic rate. I see a lot of women who are like, 'Oh, I lost seven pounds and then I gained 10.' That's not what detoxification is about. "

" Most cultures traditionally link food and spirituality directly with periodic restrictions and celebrations punctuating the year. Abstinence from particular foods or full-on fasting is part of many religious traditions and holidays. "

Marcus Samuelsson

" Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit. "

Ezra Taft Benson

" Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting. "

" The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer. "

" Through prayer, fasting, and studying, God will answer. "

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