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The Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, and the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching.
Anson Dorrance
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In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they`re still beautiful.
Alice Walker
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[On explaining why she never tapped on-screen] I was pulled up as a ballet dancer and I wasn`t used to pounding the floor with bent knees.
Cyd Charisse
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[on the attitude of "The Daily Show" (1996), referring to a role played by Dan Aykroyd on "Saturday Night Live" (1975), September 30, 2002]: We have always embraced stupidity. We have always worshipped at the altar of a man bent over with his butt crack e...
Jon Stewart
Keywords: 1975 :: 1996 :: 2002 :: 30 :: altar :: always :: at :: attitude :: aykroyd :: bent :: butt :: by :: crack :: daily :: dan :: embraced :: exposed :: fixing :: have :: his :: live :: man :: night :: of :: on :: over :: played :: referring :: role :: saturday :: september :: show :: stupidity :: the :: to :: we :: with :: worshippedSource: imdb.com
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The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent.
David Mamet
Keywords: academic :: an :: and :: are :: bent :: both :: bumblebee :: by :: can :: common :: dreamt :: earth :: expert :: fly :: heaven :: in :: learns :: more :: never :: of :: one :: perhaps :: player :: poker :: science :: sense :: should :: sometimes :: than :: that :: the :: there :: things :: those :: trust :: with :: wrongSource: imdb.com
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You can`t have it all. No matter how you slice it, it`s a pretty tall order, yet many of us are bent on serving it up. (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Star Jones
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`As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.` Often the values of the influences imposed on us by our mothers and fathers, our teachers and certain friends, are not realized until years later, when we, as a sailor does, look back at our wakes to determine the...
Buddy Ebsen
Keywords: and :: are :: as :: at :: back :: bent :: by :: certain :: course :: determine :: does :: fathers :: friends :: grows :: imposed :: influences :: is :: later :: look :: mothers :: not :: of :: often :: on :: our :: realized :: sailor :: so :: teachers :: the :: to :: tree :: twig :: until :: us :: values :: wakes :: we :: when :: yearsSource: imdb.com
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[on Bill McKinney, with whom he worked in the drama Deliverance (1972) (from the book "My Life" published by Hyperion.)]: I thought the other guy, Bill McKinney, was a little bent. I used to get up at five in the morning and see him running nude through t...
Burt Reynolds
Keywords: 1972 :: and :: at :: bent :: bill :: book :: by :: course :: deliverance :: drama :: five :: from :: get :: golf :: guy :: he :: him :: hyperion :: in :: life :: little :: mckinney :: morning :: my :: nude :: on :: other :: published :: running :: see :: the :: thought :: through :: to :: up :: used :: was :: whom :: with :: workedSource: imdb.com
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I felt like sending Michael Richards a note. I feel really badly for the guy. He was obviously in a state of stress. You don`t need to be inebriated to be bent out of shape. But my heart went out to the guy. They`ll probably torture him for a while and th...
Mel Gibson
Keywords: and :: badly :: be :: bent :: but :: don :: feel :: felt :: for :: guy :: he :: heart :: him :: in :: inebriated :: le :: like :: ll :: michael :: my :: need :: note :: obviously :: of :: out :: probably :: really :: richards :: sending :: shape :: state :: stress :: the :: then :: they :: to :: torture :: was :: went :: while :: youSource: imdb.com
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We just relearned the difference between want and need. How much time do we spend saying, `We need this, we need this` and get bent out of shape? Now we`ve got nothing, and yet we have everything we need. We`ve got my wife and son and food and shelter. We...
Anthony Kelley
Keywords: and :: bent :: between :: difference :: do :: everything :: feel :: food :: for :: get :: got :: have :: how :: just :: much :: my :: need :: nothing :: now :: of :: out :: relearned :: saying :: shape :: shelter :: son :: spend :: the :: this :: time :: ve :: want :: we :: wife :: yetSource: thinkexist.com
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Usually, the limiting factor for roses is water. If the rose is not getting enough water, it will let you know. Bent neck is the common sign that water uptake is not adequate, and the upper stem bends over because it is the weakest part.
Arthur Schlesinger
Keywords: adequate :: and :: because :: bends :: bent :: common :: enough :: factor :: for :: getting :: if :: is :: it :: know :: let :: limiting :: neck :: not :: over :: part :: rose :: roses :: sign :: stem :: that :: the :: upper :: uptake :: usually :: water :: weakest :: will :: youSource: thinkexist.com
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Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.
Anat Kurz
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To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform.
Aliza Herzberg
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This one`s going on my next album, which I`m hell-bent on making. I haven`t always been hell-bent on making it. But I am now.
Marc Cohn
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This one`s going on my next album, which I`m hell-bent on making. I haven`t always been hell-bent on making it. But I am now.
Marc Cohn
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These demonstrators, particularly those who were bent on violence and destruction, made it difficult for us, ... It was a calculated strategy of major, active and threatening disturbances.
Auguste Preault
Keywords: active :: and :: bent :: calculated :: demonstrators :: destruction :: difficult :: disturbances :: for :: it :: made :: major :: of :: on :: particularly :: strategy :: these :: those :: threatening :: us :: violence :: was :: were :: whoSource: thinkexist.com
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The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.
Mia Hamm
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The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are.
Albert Rauch
Source: brainyquote.com
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The more we are consuming oil that either comes from places that are bent on our destruction or helping those who are... the more we are enabling those who are trying to kill us.
Frank Gaffney
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The jazz chord substitutions in a country song... that was another thing that bent people`s ears. I guess that my favorites are the unique ones. It`s not how fast you play. It`s that unique blending of different stuff I`m most proud of.
Brian Setzer
Keywords: another :: are :: bent :: blending :: chord :: country :: different :: ears :: fast :: favorites :: guess :: how :: in :: it :: jazz :: most :: my :: not :: of :: ones :: people :: play :: proud :: song :: stuff :: substitutions :: that :: the :: thing :: unique :: was :: youSource: brainyquote.com
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The Fed`s hell-bent on getting rates to 4 percent but after that it needs to take a look at a lot of things. It might be wise to seriously consider stopping.
John Norris
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The consciousness of people whose natural bent is to support the president and the military and the status quo is shifting. If America ever rises up, Camp Casey is what it will look like--not an anarchist street party.
Ann Kuehling
Keywords: america :: an :: anarchist :: and :: bent :: camp :: casey :: consciousness :: ever :: if :: is :: it :: like :: look :: military :: natural :: not :: of :: party :: people :: president :: quo :: rises :: shifting :: status :: street :: support :: the :: to :: up :: what :: whose :: willSource: thinkexist.com
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People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.
Andrew Harvey
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Now our whole activity is devoted to God, and our whole life, since we are bent on progress in divine things.
Amitai Sandy
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Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings.
Karen Armstrong
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Nothing is lost upon a man who is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one who is always preparing for life. By keeping eyes, mind, and heart open to nature, men, books, experience, and what he gathers, serves him at unexpected moments, in unforeseen
Archie Massicotte
Keywords: always :: and :: at :: bent :: books :: by :: experience :: eyes :: for :: gathers :: growth :: he :: heart :: him :: in :: is :: keeping :: life :: lost :: man :: men :: mind :: moments :: nature :: nothing :: on :: one :: open :: preparing :: serves :: to :: unexpected :: unforeseen :: upon :: wasted :: whatSource: thinkexist.com
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My partner and I won the race, and I threw my hat into the air and bent to pick it up. Everyone started laughin` because I had split the back end of my pants out, and I wasn`t wearing shorts.
Chris LeDoux
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Maybe it`s because of Boeing. Maybe it`s because people here have a technical bent. Or maybe it`s because it`s just plain fun. Whatever the reason, Seattle is a mecca for modeling.
Barbara Sizemore
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It was one of those years when God bent over and kissed California.
Harry Hill
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In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us.
Almeda Jacks
