Arms Quotes - Page 40

• My arm bones looked like chicken bones.

  Tammy Duckworth

  Hands, Bones, Chickens

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• It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage.

  Debbie Allen

  Children, Men, Thinking

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• You cannot of yourself move your arm or alter your position, situation, posture, do to other men good or evil, or effect the least change in the world.

  Nicolas Malebranche

  Moving, Men, Hands

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• At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control.

  Ellen Tauscher

  Leadership, India And Pakistan, America

  "A need for U.S. to lead" by Ellen Tauscher, www.sfgate.com. September 24, 2006.

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• She bowed her head, clasping her hands tightly before her upon the arm of his chair, for her heart yearned towards him, yet could not reach him, and it made her throat ache with unhappiness to meet that look of his that rested on her face without seeing it.

  Georgette Heyer

  Heart, Hands, Looks

  Georgette Heyer (1939). “Royal Escape”

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• His desperation and misery swept her up like a storm capturing the sea. She turned her mind to even these feelings, because they were his, like his terrified rage in the lift when they had first met, being wrapped in his arms in the cold well, being dazzled by his wonder at the woods and her home and her. Like being a child, awareness of him the morning chorus that woke her and the lullaby that sent her to sleep, his thoughts always her first and last song.I love you, Kami told him, and cut.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Love, Song, Morning

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• My husband's personality was filled with serenity and sunlight. Not even the incurable illness which fell upon him soon after our marriage could long cloud his brow. On the very night of his death he took me in his arms, and during the many months when he lay dying in his wheel chair, he often said jokingly to me: 'Well, have you already picked out a lover?' I blushed with shame. 'Don't deceive me,' he added on one occasion, 'that would seem ugly to me, but pick out an attractive lover, or preferably several. You are a splendid woman, but still half a child, and you need toys.

  Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

  Love, Husband, Children

  Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (2015). “Venus in Furs”, p.31, Cosimo Classics

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• The nation in arms is virtually a communist state: the people must be paid wages and fed and protected and regimented behind the lines as much as on the front. Minds must be kept loyal and at the right pitch of hate, so that successive drafts of fighters are accepted without murmurings. Letters and newspapers must be censored while the propaganda mill grinds on. As for decisions of strategy and overall command, they must please many masters: dissenters in the cabinet, the heads of the allied states and public opinion. Hence failures must be disguised or concealed.

  Jacques Barzun

  Hate, Tyrants, People

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• They were playing old Bob Dylan, more than perfect for narrow Village streets close to Christmas and the snow whirling down in big feathery flakes, the kind of winter where you want to be walking down a city street with your arm around a girl like on the old record cover.

  Donna Tartt

  Girl, Winter, Cities

  Donna Tartt (2013). “The Goldfinch”, p.462, Hachette UK

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• Let's kneel down through all the worlds of the body like lovers. I know I am a tree and full of life and I know you, you are the flying one and will leave. But can't we swallow the sweetness and can't you sing in my arms and sleep in the human light of the sun and moon I have been drinking alone.

  Linda Hogan

  Drinking, Sleep, Moon

  Linda Hogan (1985). “Seeing Through the Sun”, p.16, Univ of Massachusetts Press

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• The gymnasiacs of Venice, in California, are so addicted to these practices that there has arisen a nation of men who can no longer put their arms against their sides

  Quentin Crisp

  Men, Practice, California

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• The World War demonstrated the importance of Field Artillery. The majority of casualties were inflicted by the arm.

  John J. Pershing

  Military, War, Majority

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• We need to put no confidence in the arm of flesh, but rather trust ourselves entirely to the arm of the Lord.

  Joyce Meyer

  God, Christian, Religious

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• If he looked into her face, he would see those haunted, loving eyes. The hauntedness would irritate him - the love would move him to fury. How dare she love him? Hadn't she any sense at all? What was he supposed to do about that? Return it? How? What could his calloused hands produce to make her smile? What of his knowledge of the world and of life could be useful to her? What could his heavy arms and befuddled brain accomplish that would earn him his own respect, that would in turn allow him to accept her love?

  Toni Morrison

  Moving, Eye, Loving Life

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• Finn crossed his arms and glared at Volusian. It was kind of a bold move, considering Finn looked like a cartoon character and Volusian looked like he ate the souls of small children. For all I knew, he probably did.

  Richelle Mead

  Children, Moving, Character

  Richelle Mead (2012). “Richelle Mead Dark Swan Bundle: Storm Born, Thorn Queen, Iron Crowned & Shadow Heir”, p.335, Zebra Books

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• I sat back in my wooden chair as they signed the paperwork and stared down at the arm rests, studying the various layers of paint, the chips and cracks. How many hands had gripped them? I wondered. What lives were attached to those hands, what dreams were shattered, what sorrows were they trying to squeeze out of their souls?

  Jimmy Santiago Baca

  Dream, Hands, Soul

  Jimmy Santiago Baca (2007). “A Place to Stand”, p.102, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I don't believe in different ways of fighting now. I mean, unless human beings have 3 arms and 3 legs, then we will have a different way of fighting. But basically we all have two arms and two legs so that is why I believe there should be only one way of fighting and that is no way.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspiring, Believe, Mean

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• How long has it been since you took your children, whatever their size, in your arms and told them that you love them and are glad that they can be yours forever?

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Love, Children, Long

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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• Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Strong, Men, Hands

  "The Village Blacksmith" st. 1 (1839)

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• I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.

  Al McGuire

  Leadership, Sports, Zero

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• The psyche is highly flammable material. So we are always wrapping things in asbestos, keeping our images and fantasies at arm's length because they are so full of love

  James Hillman

  Asbestos, Fantasy, Length

  James Hillman, Laura Pozzo (1983). “Inter Views: Conversations With Laura Pozzp on Psychotherapy, Biography, Love, Soul, Dreams, Work, Imagination and the State of the Culture”, Harpercollins

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• When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm.

  Chinua Achebe

  Men, Harvest, Be Good

  Chinua Achebe (1996). “Things Fall Apart”, p.13, Heinemann

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• My central arms control objective has been to reduce substantially and ultimately to eliminate nuclear weapons and rid the world of the nuclear threat. The prevention of the spread of nuclear explosives is to additional countries is an indispensable part of our efforts to meet this objective. I intend to continue my pursuit of this goal with untiring determination and a profound sense of personal commitment.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Determination, Commitment

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• Each increase of tension
  has produced an increase of arms;
  each increase of arms
  has produced an increase of tension.

  John F. Kennedy

  Increase, Tension

  Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Address to the Nation, delivered 26 July 1963

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• I can sing better after shooting smack in both arms than after eating too much.

  Linda Ronstadt

  Shooting, Too Much, Eating

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