Lifting Quotes - Page 2

• On bended knee is no way to be free lifting up an empty cup I ask silently that all my destinations will accept the one that's me so I can breath Circles they grow and they swallow people whole half their lives they say goodnight to wive's they'll never know got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul so it goes.

  Eddie Vedder

  Teacher, Circles, People

  Song: Guaranteed, Album: Into The Wild, 2007

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• When I was 14, and for the next four years, I was lifting and hauling 10-gallon milk cans full of milk. That will put muscles on you even if you're not trying.

  Harmon Killebrew

  Years, Trying, Next

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• I've been lifting weights since I was literally 15 or 16 years old. My muscles are short and powerful and built to lift heavy weights, not to be graceful and glide around a dance floor.

  Jake Pavelka

  Powerful, Lifting Weights, Years

  "Jake Pavelka, Vienna Girardi ('The Bachelor')". Digital Spy Interview, www.digitalspy.com. March 2, 2010.

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• There is something about a well-fitted modern jacket that feels like armor. If it's cut well, it adds a dose of cool to anything you wear it with and does the heavy lifting when it comes to creating a flattering shape.

  Stacy London

  Cutting, Creating, Doe

  Stacy London (2012). “The Truth About Style Deluxe”, p.49, Penguin

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• After another half second, he's locked me in a bear hug, crushing me into his chest and lifting my feet a couple inches off the ground as I kick furiously with my heels, twisting my head back and forth, snapping at his forearm with my teeth. And the whole time his lips tickling the delicate skin of my ear. "Cassie. Don't. Cassie..." "Let...me...go." "That's been the whole problem. I can't.

  Rick Yancey

  Crush, Couple, Feet

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• Discipline is what makes a writer. If writing was like lifting weights, then I'd look like Mr. Universe. Write every day. Give the Muse a chance to get to know you.

  Tony D'Souza

  Writing, Lifting Weights, Giving

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• I was happier going back to my roots: training like men do in my hometown of Pittsburgh. Back home the guys in the gyms don't lift to look good; they're lifting to lift. They do it because they want to squat more and bench more.

  Joe Manganiello

  Home, Men, Roots

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• When I first started lifting I wanted to be a Super Hero.. But that was my motivation. I was huge into comics at a very young age and nothing made me feel better than helping people. So I wanted to build muscle to be like Superman, Captain America, Wolverine, etc.

  Scott Herman

  Motivation, Hero, Feel Better

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• I find being a mother is a huge advantage. Of course, I'm probably a little more tired than I might be if I didn't have children, but I think they provide me the balance that I need to keep my mind off of lifting.

  Melanie Roach

  Mother, Children, Tired

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• This is about Americans getting off the sidelines and getting onto the playing field, .. This is about each and every one of us who have been blessed by the wealth of this country sharing that blessing by reaching down and reaching back and lifting up somebody in need. That's what America is all about. That's what being American is all about.

  Colin Powell

  Country, Blessed, Blessing

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• Conservatives are better talking about opportunity and growth in the abstract, while liberals talk more about poor people. Right now we [americans] need a good, optimistic, conservative opportunity ideology that is totally geared toward lifting up the poor. That's what I most want to see in candidates.

  Arthur C. Brooks

  Optimistic, Opportunity, Talking

  "Q&A: 'The Conservative Heart'" by Dana Perino, www.foxnews.com. July 29, 2015.

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• A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God.

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, Heart, Remembrance

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• Strange that so few ever come to the woods to see how the pine lives and grows and spires, lifting its evergreen arms to the light,--to see its perfect success; but most are content to behold it in the shape of many broad boards brought to market, and deem that its true success! But the pine is no more lumber than man is, and to be made into boards and houses is no more its true and highest use than the truest use of a man is to be cut down and made into manure.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Nature, Cutting, Men

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “The Maine Woods: The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume III (of 20)”, p.71, Trajectory Inc

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• Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting his head high, can pretend that he does not perceive the scorns that are poured down on him from above.

  Edmund Burke

  Men, Mind, Doe

  Edmund Burke (1841). “Works”, p.332

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• No matter how carefully you plan it, there are times when you suddenly find yourself a committee of one, in charge of lifting the entire world with a lever.

  Ivy Baker Priest

  Responsibility, Finding Yourself, World

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• We all been playing those mind games forever, Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil, Doing the mind guerrilla, Some call it magic the search for the grail. Love is the answer and you know that for sure, Love is a flower you got to let it grow...

  John Lennon

  Life, Flower, Love Is

  "Song: Mind Games". October 29, 1973.

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• There's always [on women's magazines] that great photo of the actress or model lifting up her shirt just to show you the bone structure and the six-pack of her own. It's almost like when horses are auctioned and they show you their teeth. 'Am I good enough?'

  Janeane Garofalo

  Horse, Teeth, Magazines

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• Think, for a moment, about our educational ladder.
  We've strengthened the steps lifting students from elementary school to junior high, and those from junior high to high school.
  But, that critical step taking students from high school into adulthood is badly broken. And it can no longer support the weight it must bear.

  Melinda Gates

  Inspirational, Strength, Strong

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• Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his/her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.

  Zig Ziglar

  Attitude, Life Is Too Short, Optimistic

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• The only really good thing about acting in movies is that there's no heavy lifting.

  Cary Grant

  Acting, Good Things, Heavy

  Nancy Lynn Nelson, Cary Grant (1991). “Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best”, William Morrow & Company

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• You get as big as possible from becoming as strong as possible. When I started lifting I went into the gym with that ‘how much can I bench, curl, squat , and deadlift?’ attitude. That’s when I discovered how fast my strength could increase, and it made me crazy intense to get even stronger.

  Kevin Levrone

  Strong, Attitude, Crazy

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• We can choose to humble ourselves by conquering enmity toward our brothers and sisters, esteeming them as ourselves, and lifting them as high or higher than we are. . . .

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Sister, Brother, Humble

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• Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can. The revelation, if it comes at all, will come in a small fraction of a second with an unconscious gesture, a gleam of the eye, a brief lifting of the mask that all humans wear to conceal their innermost selves from the world. In that fleeting interval of opportunity the photographer must act or lose his prize.

  Yousuf Karsh

  Eye, Opportunity, Men

  Yousuf Karsh, David Travis (2009). “Regarding Heroes”, David R. Godine Publisher

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• "Abby," he murmured, lifting a hand to curve around her neck. "I love you." A sob slipped free and she wrapped her arms around his waist. One of his hands cupped the back of her neck and cuddled her in close. As he bent around her, he whispered, "I’ve loved you so long, I can’t remember what it’s like to not love you. And I’ll go to my grave loving you. You’re my everything."

  Shiloh Walker

  Love You, Curves, Hands

  "Wrecked". Book by Shiloh Walker, 2013.

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• This is called "spiritual lifting." It's not heavy lifting. The governor of Texas should not be confused with Arnold Schwarzenegger. That's a powerful position. The governor of Texas can't do any heavy lifting really. It's not that powerful a position.

  Kinky Friedman

  Spiritual, Powerful, Confused

  "Kinky Friedman Talks with Bill O'Reilly About Why He Wants to be Governor of Texas". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. March 15, 2005.

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