Legs Quotes - Page 33

• Stotting is jumping upward with all four legs simultaneously. My advice: do not die until you've seen a large black poodle stotting in the snow.

  Douglas Adams

  Jumping, Snow, Advice

  Douglas Adams (2005). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.40, Del Rey

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• It was shocking to see a leg! You've never seen a leg in these stories. We made it a little saloon girl. We played up on many elements because everything is just very covered and the tights are very thick and heavy. And then to have it all fell apart, absolutely, we wanted to see the leg!

  Jerusha Hess

  Girl, Tights, Stories

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• I cheated at school. I remember on one occasion I wrote some history dates in pen on my leg. So when there was a question like 'What year did that happen?', I'd lift my skirt up and have a look.

  Delia Smith

  School, Years, Looks

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• Run. For your life, for your joy, for your calm and peace of mind. Run. Because your legs are strong and your lungs are aching for the taste of air. Run. Because what's the point of a life spent walking in the middle?

  Tyler Knott Gregson

  Running, Strong, Air

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• My leg was made for kicking things. Doesn't matter the circumstance, style or formation. It's all about putting your foot on the right spot of the ball and letting your leg velocity do the rest.

  Pat McAfee

  Feet, Style, Balls

  The Bleacher Report Interview, bleacherreport.com. May 30, 2009.

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• It astonishes me already when I compare my condition today with what it was a month ago. Before that I knew well enough one could fracture one's legs and arms and recover afterward, but I did not know that you could fracture the brain in your head and recover from that too.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Brain, Arms, Today

  Vincent van Gogh, Ronald Pickvance (1984). “Van Gogh in Arles”, p.29, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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• I sometimes despair of getting anything quite simple and honest done in this world by the help of men. They would have to be passed through a powerful press first, to squeeze their old notions out of them, so that they would not soon get upon their legs again.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Honesty, Powerful, Simple

  Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.42

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• My stern chase after time is, to borrow a simile from Tom Paine, like the race of a man with a wooden leg after a horse.

  John Quincy Adams

  Horse, Men, Race

  John Quincy Adams, William Harwood Peden (1946). “The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams”

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• Getting older means you don't have to shave your legs anymore.

  Nora Ephron

  Mean, Getting Older, Getting Old

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• Selling is a person-to-person business. You cannot send the sales manual out to make the sale. Sales manuals have no legs and no voice.

  Jim Rohn

  Voice, Selling, Persons

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 27, 2013

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• I actually learned about sex watching neighborhood dogs. And it was good. Go ahead and laugh. I think the most important thing I learned was: Never let go of the girl's leg, no matter how hard she tries to shake you off.

  Steve Martin

  Girl, Letting Go, Dog

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• Immortality is a by-product of good work. Masterpieces are not for artists, they're for critics. Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together. My message to the world is 'Let's swing, sing, shout, make noise! Let's not mimic death before our time comes! Let's be wet and noisy!'

  Mel Brooks

  Artist, Swings, Together

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I got into acting so that I could meet girls. Pretty girls came later. First, I wanted to start off with someone with two legs, who'd smile at me and look soft.

  Dustin Hoffman

  Girl, Two, Acting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I trust my arm as much as I trust my legs.

  Michael Vick

  Arms

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• Until my legs break off or I get paralyzed, I can play this way. It helps me be me.

  Metta World Peace

  Break Off, Play, Way

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• To be pessimist is to amputate one's own legs and arms! Only an optimist man has the ability to move!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Moving, Men, Arms

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• We can see a man smiling without legs or without hands, but we can't see a man smiling without hope!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Men, Hands, Without Hope

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• We don't move with our legs and arms, but with courage and will power.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Moving, Arms, Will Power

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• I have a strong hips and groin. It's the leg speed, the way I approach the ball. My first step is not very hard, but my second is explosive.

  Sebastian Janikowski

  Strong, Balls, Way

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• To sing is to praise God and the daffodils, and to praise God is to thank Him, in every note within my small range, and every color in the tones of my voice, with every look into the eyes of my audience, to thank Him. Thank you, God, for letting me be born, for giving me eyes to see the daffodils lean in the wind, all my brothers, all my sisters, for giving me ears to hear crying, legs to come running, hands to smooth damp hair, a voice to laugh with and to sing with...to sing to you and the daffodils.

  Joan Baez

  Running, Brother, Eye

  Joan Baez (1968). “DAYBREAK”

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• The players need to remember to run with their bodies above their legs.

  Tony Kornheiser

  Running, Player, Needs

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• I must admit I suffered a bit when I first came to England. But then I realised that there was nothing to be intimidated by, everybody had two legs.

  George Lucas

  Two, Firsts, England

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• A man's balance depends on the weight he carries between his legs.

  James A. Baldwin

  Men, Balance, Weight

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• I’m three legs toward completing the career Grand Slam at 25. So, I’m feeling pretty good right now.

  Rory McIlroy

  Careers, Feelings, Three

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• Lobsters displays all three of the classic biological characteristics of an insect, namely: 1. It has way more legs than necessary. 2. There is no way you would ever pet it. 3. It does not respond to simple commands such as "Here, boy!"

  Dave Barry

  Boys, Simple, Pet

  Dave Barry (2009). “Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus”, p.110, Ballantine Books

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