Bernard of Chartres Quotes
We the Moderns are like dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants the Ancients, and thus we are able to see more and farther than the latter.
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Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.
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Grace Jones was an influence, because I was like, 'These shoulders! These pants! Girls can wear pants and be awesome.' That's something I definitely embody.
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Life is lived on its ownother's shoulders are used only at the time of funeral.
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The ancients knew something, which we seem to have forgotten.
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The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy, walk and be healthy. "The best of all ways to lengthen our days" is not, as Mr. Thomas Moore has it, "to steal a few hours from night, my love;" but, with leave be it spoken, to walk steadily and with a purpose. The wandering man knows of certain ancients, far gone in years, who have staved off infirmities and dissolution by earnest walking,-hale fellows close upon eighty and ninety, but brisk as boys.
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My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.
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I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking.
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I just got diagnosed with tendonitis which is such an insulting diagnosis. Just point to my shoulder and say "old."
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Everyone has a best feature, so find clothes and accessories to accentuate those, whether it's your shoulders or your long legs!
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The Prophet Joseph Smith warned us to ‘beware of self-righteousness’ and to enlarge our hearts toward all men and women until we feel ‘to take them upon our shoulders.
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As I go about my work as Premier, I know I stand on the shoulders of giants.
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I was lucky to have my dad in my life. As crazy as things got, I always had him to put his hand on my shoulder.
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I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.
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We've always had a chip on our shoulders.
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There are a lot of leg strains on the inside of the legs. There's a lot of pressure on your legs and knees. Shoulders are another big thing. We play a physical sport and those are the areas that go.
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One more thing," Megan said, stopping Doug in his tracks. His shoulders slumped and he turned around. "What? You want my kidney?" "I want in on the next ultimate Frisbee game," Megan said. Doug grinned. "You're playing skins." Megan grinned back. "We'll see about that.
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It is the women of Europe who pay the price while war rages, and it will be the women who will pay again when war has run its bloody course and Europe sinks down into the slough of poverty like a harried beast too spent to wage the fight. It will be the sonless mothers who will bend their shoulders to the plough and wield in age-palsied hands the reaphook.
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I have seen with my own eyes how the pope was carried on the shoulders of the princes, with all the pomp, being adored in the streets by the surrounding people.
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Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.
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Bill Gates can't control a high-level-energy dog, because his energy is very low, very calm. Very intellectual. A dog doesn't see that as leadership.
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I love skiing, scuba diving and hang-gliding.
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We the Moderns are like dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants the Ancients, and thus we are able to see more and farther than the latter.
