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• Razo hopped back up and adopted a posture that said he was completely unruffled, never had been, and in fact was ready to do something manly like lift boulders or swallow live worms.

  Shannon Hale

  Boulders, Facts, Said

  Shannon Hale (2010). “River Secrets”, p.75, A&C Black

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• And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revelers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Fall, Gay, Night

  Edgar Allan Poe (1927). “Tales by Edgar Allan Poe”, p.266, Dimitrios Spyridon Chytiris

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• As Barbara Streisand discovered, adopting a militaristic posture against a tech-savvy mob of civil libertarians is not going to be of much help: Many of them run their own servers and blogs - and have thousands of friends on their social networks - so overzealous attempts to silence them only lead to wider dissemination of sensitive information.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Running, Silence, Libertarian

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• Women are better at reading body language everywhere in the world. As a matter of fact, it's associated with the female hormone estrogen. Women are better at figuring out of tone of voice, reading your face and posture and gesture.

  Helen Fisher

  Reading, Voice, Matter

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• After everyone has had a chance to bluster, posture, and pontificate, we are left with one basic question: under any foreseeable circumstance, would it be in our national interest to default on our debt? The answer is unequivocally no.

  John Sununu

  Debt, Answers, Chance

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• People don't realize that when they 'throw out' their back, it's often because of weak abs. These muscles are essential for lower-back strength and good posture.

  Sylvester Stallone

  People, Essentials, Realizing

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• When I consider the deeper meaning of yoga, I realize it's about a lot more than simply performing a variety of postures on a mat.

  Carre Otis

  Yoga, Realizing, Performing

  "Flexibility, Inside and Out" by Carre Otis, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 12, 2012.

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• Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world.

  Peter O'Toole

  Husband, Home, Water

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've always had bad posture, and Pilates makes me feel taller and reminds me to keep my shoulders back. And hiking isn't just about doing cardio, it's also when I can get my 'me time' to be alone with my thoughts. After Pilates I should do some cardio, and after hiking, I need to do some resistance training.

  Mandy Moore

  Hiking, Training, Needs

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• People assume when they come into a church and see a person up there speaking, 'That person must be a good person.' My challenge through the years has been believing that: 'I guess I must be a really good person.' I struggle with it. It just helps me to keep that confessional posture.

  Max Lucado

  Believe, Struggle, Years

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• If the height of the heel is the same as the length of your foot, it starts to look wrong. And if the heel is positioned badly on the sole, you get into ballerina territory, where the body is pushed into a very strange posture. You can exaggerate the arch only so much.

  Christian Louboutin

  Feet, Looks, Arches

  "Head Over Heels" by Lisa Armstrong, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 1, 2009.

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• Nothing true can be said about God from a posture of defense.

  Marilynne Robinson

  Defense, Said

  Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.177, Macmillan

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• Humility is the only lens though which great things can be seen--and once we have seen them, humility is the only posture possible.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Humility, Lenses, Great Things

  Parker J. Palmer (2017). “The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life”, p.157, John Wiley & Sons

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• When you wear a bow tie, doors open for you. Your posture is a little more erect; your shoulders are a little further back; your style is a little more dynamic. It's about the reestablishment of the gentleman.

  Dhani Jones

  Doors, Ties, Gentleman

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• A lot of people see doubt as legitimate philosophical posture. They think of themselves in the middle, whereas of course really, they're nowhere.

  John le Carre

  Philosophical, Thinking, People

  John le Carre (2002). “The Honourable Schoolboy”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• A drink this good deserves one's best posture.

  John Green

  Drink, Deserve

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.106, Penguin

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• His hands are off," Gabrielle pointed out. "Posture's wrong," Kat said. "He's still ... hot," Gabrielle said, as if it were the greatest insult in the world. "I feel so objectified. So ... cheap," Hale told them.

  Ally Carter

  Hands, Hot, World

  Ally Carter (2011). “Uncommon Criminals”, p.37, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• There was something striking about her posture; something about the tilt to her head. She was like a beautiful and lonely piece of art, lovely but unreachable.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Beautiful, Lonely, Art

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.38, Scholastic Inc.

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• Whoa, Dimitri," I said, tossing my bag on the floor. "I realize this is actually a current hit in Eastern Europe right now, but do you think we could maybe listen to something that wasn't recorded before I was born?” Only his eyes flicked toward me; the rest of his posture remained the same. "What does it matter to you? I'm the one who's going to be listening to it. You'll be outside running.

  Richelle Mead

  Running, Eye, Thinking

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.53, Penguin

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• You're always in a rush, or else you're too exhausted to have a proper conversation. Soon enough, the long hours, the traveling, the broken sleep have all crept into your being and become part of you, so everyone can see it, in your posture, your gaze, the way you move and talk.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  Moving, Sleep, Soon Enough

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• It's such a biblical posture in worship that speaks of reverence. If you look through the Bible, there's a whole host of people who faced up to the glory of God and found themselves facedown in worship. So the album weaves through a theme of reverence, wonder, and mystery in worship, things I feel we really need to grasp more of in our worship expressions. I know that I do!

  Matt Redman

  Biblical, Expression, People

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• Love, love, love – all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures, a welter of self-induced miseries and joys, blinding and masking the essential personalities in the frozen gestures of courtship, in the kissing and the dating and the desire, the compliments and the quarrels which vivify its barrenness.

  Germaine Greer

  Love, Broken Heart, Kissing

  Germaine Greer (1972). “The female eunuch”

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• I have liv'd long enough for others, like the Dog in the Wheel, and it is now the Season to begin for myself: I cannot change that Thing call'd Time, but I can alter its Posture and, as Boys do turn a looking-glass against the Sunne, so I will dazzle you all.

  Peter Ackroyd

  Dog, Boys, Glasses

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• There's something undeniable about the posture of a person trying not to acknowledge your existance

  Anna Quindlen

  Trying, Acknowledge, Persons

  Anna Quindlen (2010). “Every Last One: A Novel”, p.40, Random House

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• Mrs. Charlotte Phelan's Guide to Husband-Hunting, Rule Number One: a pretty, petite girl should accentuate with makeup and good posture. A tall plain one, with a trust fund.

  Kathryn Stockett

  Girl, Husband, Makeup

  Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.68, Penguin

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