Shoulders Quotes - Page 4

• Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

  Horace

  Thinking, Literature, May

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• Climb onto my shoulders. I will not let you fall.

  Rick Yancey

  Fall, Climbs

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• She jerked hastily back to avoid stepping on it, and her shoulder bumped his--he put a hand out to steady her, just as she turned to apologize and then she was somehow in the circle of his arm and he was kissing her.

  Cassandra Clare

  Kissing, Hands, Circles

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.277, Simon and Schuster

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• When you saw me with a dagger in hand - as if to throw at you - you didn't call for your guards. You didn't fear I was here to kill you. You looked over your shoulder to see what I was aiming at. That's the most loving gesture I think a man could receive from a woman. Unless you'd like to sit on my knee for a while.

  Robert Jordan

  Men, Thinking, Hands

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory of Light”, p.316, Macmillan

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• I stare at her collarbone that's framed with lace, the hollow of her throat, her shoulders that rise with each rise with the weight of her next breath. We're fragile things. Our bones show through our skin. What would any god want with us?

  Lauren DeStefano

  Skins, Weight, Want

  FaceBook post by Lauren DeStefano from Apr 15, 2013

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• It has nothing to do with clothing or makeup. Just put your shoulders back and chin up, and face the world with pride.

  Helen Mirren

  Positive, Pride, Makeup

  "How Helen Mirren lives her best life" by Katie Arnold-Ratliff, www.cnn.com. December 21, 2010.

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• Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Wise, Stress

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• I stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is my mother, Celina Sotomayor.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Mother, Extraordinary Person, People

  Transcript of Obama-Sotomayor announcement, edition.cnn.com. May 26, 2009.

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• I hate how I've had the mantle set on my shoulders as being against the record label. We've had some issues, but that is the nature of business.

  Sheryl Crow

  Hate, Issues, Labels

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• I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking.

  Graham Coxon

  Drinking, Thinking, Cynicism

  Designer Magazine Interview, designermagazine.tripod.com.

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• If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.

  Ben Hogan

  Sports, Athlete, Golfers

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• It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'

  Sam Levenson

  Happy Birthday, Son, Hands

  Sam Levenson (2016). “In One Era and Out the Other: A Life's Journey”, p.5, Open Road Media

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• The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.

  Thomas Paine

  Fall, Men, Feet

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• Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.

  Ronald Reagan

  Opportunity, Presidential, Generations

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• But Barry, to me, is head and shoulders above everybody.

  Marcus Allen

  Football, Nfl, Best Football

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• Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.

  Jim Morrison

  Death, Angel, Wings

  Song: A Feast Of Friends

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• As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Hands, Years

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A film's success or failure is strictly on the director's shoulders.

  Robin Tunney

  Success, Congratulations, Directors

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• The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd.

  Lowell Thomas

  Cutting, Men, Crowds

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• One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.

  Joe Pantoliano

  Hurt, Character, Careers

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• I knew that by getting behind the wheel of the car and having had something to drink, the responsibility laid on my shoulders.

  Tracey Gold

  Responsibility, Car, Wheels

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• Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone.

  Phyllis McGinley

  Mirrors, Hair, Trying

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• By encouraging its citizens to violate our border, Mexico is pushing a tremendous welfare burden off of its shoulders and onto ours, while also benefiting from the significant sums of U.S. currency that these workers will eventually send back home to their families.

  Spencer Bachus

  Home, Borders, Citizens

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• German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case.

  Brian Lumley

  Real, Knowing, Thrill

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• Is he Catholic?" her grandmother asked on the way out. He's a drug dealer -- so if he is religious, he's got incredible powers of reconciliation. "He looks like a good boy," her vovo said over her shoulder. "A good Catholic boy." And that was that -- for now.

  J.R. Ward

  Religious, Grandmother, Boys

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