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• Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Hair, Would Be, Way

  "Benedict Cumberbatch landed Star Trek role with pitch filmed on iPhone" by Henry Barnes, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2012.

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• I'm afraid I was very much the traditionalist. I went down on one knee and dictated a proposal which my secretary faxed over straight away.

  Stephen Fry

  Love, Proposal, Secretary

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• Muhammad Ali - he was a magnificent fighter and he was an icon... Every head must bow, every knee must bend, every tongue must confess, thou art the greatest, the greatest of all time, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali.

  Don King

  Art, Icons, Boxing

  "Only in America!". Interview with Greg Hanlon, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2009.

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• The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.

  Edward Abbey

  Pads, Knee Jerk Reactions, Conservative

  "A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal". Book by Edward Abbey, 1989.

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• Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Heart, Wounded Knee, My Heart

  "American Names" l. 30 (1927)

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• I reached my full height at age 11, and I was clumsy as all get-out - all elbows and knees, couldn't get up a flight of stairs without falling down. I wanted to be a cute, petite blonde, but I'm a big ol' strapping thing, so I just accept it.

  Jeannette Walls

  Cute, Fall, Age

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• The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came. Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory.

  R. A. Torrey

  Motivational, Success, Christian

  R. A. Torrey, Edward D. Andrews (2016). “CHRISTIAN LIVING: How to Succeed in the Christian Life [Updated and Expanded]”, p.259, Christian Publishing House

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• You think you're safe. Until you see a picture like that. And then you know you'll always be a slave to the present because the present is more powerful than the past, no matter how long ago the present happened.

  Ann-Marie MacDonald

  Powerful, Past, Thinking

  Ann-Marie MacDonald (2011). “Fall On Your Knees”, p.246, Simon and Schuster

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• It's important to attend funerals. It is important to view the body, they say, and to see it committed to earth or fire because unless you do that, the loved one dies for you again and again.

  Ann-Marie MacDonald

  Fire, Views, Funeral

  Ann-Marie MacDonald (2011). “Fall On Your Knees”, p.487, Simon and Schuster

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• They are so young, they forget that the world is not as in love with them as they are.

  Ann-Marie MacDonald

  World, Forget, Young

  Ann-Marie MacDonald (2011). “Fall On Your Knees”, p.288, Simon and Schuster

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• To get nations back on their feet, we must first get down on our knees.

  Billy Graham

  Prayer, Feet, Christian Inspirational

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• Lies like that are not a sin, they are a sacrifice.

  Ann-Marie MacDonald

  Lying, Sacrifice, Deceit

  Ann-Marie MacDonald (2011). “Fall On Your Knees”, p.257, Simon and Schuster

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• Some have been to the mountain. I have been to my knees by the side of my bed.

  Robert Breault

  Prayer, Mountain, Bed

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• I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read.

  Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

  Hands, Opera, Sometimes

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• Fall to your knees and thank God for Fox News. Pray for Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch. Pray for them. Pray for strength and spine, and pray that everybody involved has chicken salad for lunch so it doesn't clog anybody's arteries. Keep them going.

  Glenn Beck

  Strength, Fall, Lunch

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• Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics.

  Roger Ebert

  Years, Daddy, Election

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. August 1, 2003.

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• Ankles are nearly always neat and good-looking, but knees are nearly always not.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Ankles, Looking Good, Neat

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• Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.

  T. S. Eliot

  Christmas, Children, Moving

  T.S. Eliot (2009). “Collected Poems 1909-1962”, p.95, Faber & Faber

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• Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.

  Duke Ellington

  Has Beens, I Can

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

  Euripides

  Love, Men, Heaven

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• Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Stress, Home, Circles

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• Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.

  Bill Gates

  Simple, Hands, People

  "Unleash the Billionaire Within: Learn the Mastermind Principles for Acquiring Wealth Beyond Imagination". Book by Esmonde Holowaty, p. 298, 2011.

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• Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.

  David Hume

  Passion, Men, Melancholy

  David Hume, Tom L. Beauchamp (2007). “A Dissertation on the Passions: The Natural History of Religion : a Critical Edition”, p.42, Oxford University Press

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• The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Prayer, Destiny, Men

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• When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Moving, Swings

  LeRoy Paige, Satchel Paige (1993). “Maybe I'll Pitch Forever”, p.26, U of Nebraska Press

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