Steadfastness, that is holding on; patience, that is holding back; expectancy, that is holding the face up; obedience, that is holding one's self in readiness to go or do; listening, that is holding quiet and still so as to hear.
In trying to justify the humanities, as in trying to live a life, what may turn out to matter most is holding one's nerve.
Trying to launch a career as an artist is like trying to run through a crowd holding hands with five people. It's so difficult.
I'd love to be in action movies. I've been trying to convince people. I don't think it's anything physical holding me back. I think it's a general vibe thing that's holding me back. I don't project action confidence, maybe.
Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.
In a tiebreaker, you generally have a lot of adrenaline running through. It's all about just holding your serve, trying to hold two serves at a time, trying to stay ahead in the tiebreaker, constantly put pressure on my opponent.
Vee said," I'm trying to read the title he's holding…hang on…How to Be a Stalker." "He is not checking out a book with that title." But I wasn't so sure. "It's either that of How to Radiate Sexy Without Trying.
I've never believed much in that holding hands kind of love. I've always thought that love is about two different personalities trying to confront life, trying to make sense of their responsibilities, to themselves, to each other, and to the wider society.
My relationship with aging is cozy. I'm not trying to play 29 and holding on with white knuckles, you know?
When the answer to all my dreams is as close as a touch away, why am I here holding back what I'm trying to say?
I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.
When the ball dropped in 1999, I was holding dough and champagne in my hands and holding my kids.
True love doesn't consist of holding hands, it consists of holding hearts.
49 and holding. Holding tight! Fighting that heinous age every step of the way.
What will carry us into living freedom is not the holding of attention so much as the holding of appreciation.
Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive. As soon as he touched her, he wondered how he’d gone this long without doing it. He rubbed his thumb through her palm and up her fingers, and was aware of her every breath.