Legs Quotes - Page 14

• The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that to nature, which is altogether owing to early instruction: Miss is scarce three years old, but she's spoke to every day to hide her leg, and rebuked in good earnest if she shows it; whilst little Master at the same age is bid to take up his coats, and piss like a man.

  Bernard de Mandeville

  Believe, Men, Years

  Bernard de Mandeville (1723). “The Fable of the Bees”, p.34, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Beauty is that little something that fills the whole world, and is contained neither in a single straight nose, a long eyelash, nor a blue mountain. Some see it in a leg of mutton, others in a compound fracture; and to expect others to accept one's own definition of it is as absurd as to expect all humanity to use the same toilet-brush.

  William Morris Hunt

  Blue, Eyelashes, Long

  William Morris Hunt (1878). “W.M. Hunt's Talks about Art: With a Letter from J.E. Millais”

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• One time you smash a bug with no mercy. Another time you find one helpless on his back with his legs flailing the air, and you flip him over and let him go on his way. The struggle that touches the heart.

  Charles Portis

  Struggle, Heart, Air

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• But understand that I want to remain alone, truly alone, so I can precede my face, my voice, my hell without anyone telling me which is the best path, without anyone laughing at the giant's wings and the dwarf's legs that impede my gait.

  Abdellatif Laabi

  Dwarves, Wings, Voice

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• I love hiking in the mountains in Aspen. Breathing the clean, fresh air is great. Plus, it gives me a cardiovascular workout and firms my legs.

  Chris Evert

  Workout, Air, Breathing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.

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• It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which some find titillating. If a woman wears a high-heeled shoe it changes the apparent musculature of the leg so that you get an effect of twanging sinew, of tension needing to be released. Her bottom sticks out like an offering. At the same time, the lofty perch is an expression of vulnerability, she is effectively hobbled and unable to escape. There is something arousing about this declaration that she is prepared to sacrifice function for form.

  Stephen Bayley

  Fashion, Sacrifice, Offering

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• I shopped for body shapers for the first time in my life and I was horrified. They were thick - it was like wearing workout clothes and they all had a leg band on one side that showed through the pants.

  Sara Blakely

  Workout, Clothes, Band

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• I learned how to horseback ride in English style, which is very hard, by the way. I had no idea how challenging it was. I've always ridden horses, but Western is like riding a horse in a rocking chair, as opposed to English, where you have to balance and hold on with your legs.

  Minka Kelly

  Horse, Ideas, Challenges

  "Minka Kelly Interview CHARLIE’S ANGELS". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 25, 2011.

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• My favourite part... I guess it's my legs.

  Alessandra Ambrosio

  Favourite

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

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• My dad used to call me 'the human pretzel' because I was able to bend my body, and because my legs are very long.

  Erin Andrews

  Dad, Long, Body

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• Sometimes we think of a creature like a person in a suit, but then you have limitations of two eyes and two legs - they have to see and breathe. I got more into puppetry because it offered more possibilities.

  Rick Baker

  Eye, Thinking, Two

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• I cannot feel my legs from the waist down any longer. But who cares? I look good and that's all that matters. And when I die of hypothermia for wearing formal shorts in winter, tell them to put that on my tombstone.

  Eliza Coupe

  Tombstone, Winter, Who Cares

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

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• Am I an ego on legs? No I am not. Do I want to be seen out there all the time saying everything? No, I don't.

  Catherine Ashton

  Ego, Want

  "Lady Ashton - once 'Lady who?', now the EU's diplomatic secret weapon" by Anne Perkins, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2013.

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• It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful.

  Gary Carter

  Successful, Pie, Shaving Cream

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• I think the shyness one feels in childhood is often overcome with time. There are children who hide behind their parents' legs, but you don't see grown-ups hiding behind people. It just doesn't happen. I mean, not that often. People develop social skills over time.

  Susan Cain

  Children, Mean, Thinking

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• Playing the running back position, your legs, that's your living, that's how you make your living. You have to have great thighs, knees, everything.

  Eric Dickerson

  Running, Knees, Thighs

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• I went to Walter Reed hospital a couple of times to visit wounded soldiers, kids with no legs and one arm. You start to question some things.

  Jeff Daniels

  Couple, Kids, Soldier

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• When I have a creative block, I take walks. I like to see what shapes stick out - so many legs rushing by at once, it can seem abstract. I don't need to see great art to get stirred up. Music does that for me more easily.

  Caio Fonseca

  Art, Block, Rushing

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• I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.

  Maggie Grace

  Fit, Too Short, Used

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, conservatives have succeeded by adhering to a platform that rests firmly on three legs: smaller government, faith and family, and a strong national defense. These three legs do not merely represent a political coalition; they are three necessary components of a strong and secure America.

  Frank Gaffney

  Strong, America, Government

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• If you engage people honestly, and you're willing to do the leg work, people will respond to that.

  Matt Gonzalez

  People, Honestly, Willing

  "All Hope is Local: Quit Whining and Run for Office" by Allison Kilkenny, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 2, 2008.

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• I always bounce my legs when I'm sitting.

  David Eagleman

  Sitting, Bounce

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• The Open is the one that we all want and strive for and to be able to hold this Claret Jug is an incredible feeling. To be three legs towards the career grand slam at the age of 25 is a pretty good achievement. It's not going to sink in for a while.

  Rory McIlroy

  Golf, Careers, Achievement

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• Her legs went on forever, like staring at infinity through a wisp of cotton panty along a skin of satin sea.

  Jethro Tull

  Sea, Forever, Skins

  Song: Budapest

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• Hot legs, bring your Mother, too.

  Rod Stewart

  Mother, Hot, Compliment

  Song: Hot Legs

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