He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered.
Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.
Thoughts are like burning stars, and ideas, they flood, they stretch the universe.
The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny, and that's why it is so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright.
I've always hated quotation marks: they're ugly on the page and they classify the text for you, putting dialogue in one box and narration in another.
Now I'm going to put my eyelashes on and stretch my legs out and do a show.
You can put up with everything in this world except not with a long stretch of beautiful days.
In order to stretch ourselves we do need to experience the vulnerability of not knowing the outcome.
Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.
After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.
Jewels five-words-long, That on the stretch'd forefinger of all Time Sparkle forever.
I wasn't one of the cool kids by any stretch. I just bumbled along really.
The diameter of each day is measured by the stretch of thought - not by the rising and setting of the sun.
Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his own country.
My horse was in the lead, coming down the home stretch, but the caddie fell off.
I've had a splendid time," she concluded happily, "and I feel that it marks an epoch in my life. But the best of it all was the coming home.
As a teacher in order not to have to answer too many questions, you stretch your answers.
It's about technique and getting your horse to stretch for you and to give you everything that it's got.
In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.
We have a queen-size bed and the dog sleeps in the middle. John and I are sort of these little quotation marks on either corner.
I don't stretch enough. I know I should do it more, and I'd like to do yoga, but I just don't have time.
Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern.
As an actor, I would call it a role where you get to stretch out a bit.
The stretch of the limousine usually is inversely proportional to the self esteem of the person riding in it.
I've always tried to kind of stretch my wings as an actor and do things that are different.
I'm a chameleon when it comes to guitar playing and like to stretch out into different territories.
I love being the character actor. I get to stretch my muscles a little more.
For me the road became a zone, in places like Saint Marks poetry Project where I worked for 12 years.
One of my most strong memories was studying with Mel Bochner, one of the, I think, high water marks of American conceptual art.
Climbing, for me, is all about solving the magnitude of the problem. The best projects are the ones with big question marks hanging over them.
Someone once said you could tell the people who were in the most successful relationships by the bite marks on their tongues.
The 'Age of Adaline' was very special because it marks for me the first male lead on a proper Hollywood production.
Apple products aren't simple technologies by any stretch, but there is a beautiful simplicity to them.
After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent.
Time doesn't conceal anything, it tells the future what you did in the past, so prepare well in order to score extra marks.
Perhaps, when we examine the causes of many social changes and political upheavals, we will find the marks of its presence and its principal ideals.
It's my job to stretch and figure out what I'm capable of, to identify with the character I have chosen to play.
He didn't want to please his readers. He wanted to stretch them until they twanged.
The ability to keep a cool head in an emergency, maintain poise in the midst of excitement, and to refuse to be stampeded are true marks of leadership.
Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you?
It is that word 'hunny,' my darlings, that marks the first place in The House at Pooh Corner at which Tonstant Weader fwowed up.
Jurgen has a very proactive way to play, he set marks in Germany with his kind of football and that really influenced my style.
The visible imperfections of hand-wrought goods, being honorific, are accounted marks of superiority in point of beauty, or serviceability, or both.
One must develop skills that stretch capacities, that make one more than what one is.
Never root for a team whose uniforms have elastic stretch waistbands.
I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented.
Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.
It's important to stay hydrated - first thing I do in the morning is stretch and drink water.
And we are quotation marks, inverted and upside down, clinging to one another at the end of this life sentence. Trapped by lives we did not choose.
Slasher Hathaway marks his territory by spending money. He might as well have pissed on her. It means nothing.
For God's sake, Marks, do you think anyone really wants a glance at those dried-up matchsticks you call legs?
Some days, I'm as shallow as a baking pan, but I still stretch miles in all directions.
Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time.
The Age of Adaline was very special because it marks for me the first male lead on a proper Hollywood production.
The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.
I think any actor should be aware of where they're starting to stretch into what's not truthful.
Trump is a masterful con man, he's always trying to squeeze a little more juice out of his marks.
Sometimes the little times you don't think are anything while they're happening turn out to be what marks a whole period of your life.
'Punda' marks my entry into Kannada and 'Krishnaleelai' will be my Tamil debut. It was a good experience shooting for both the films.
I'm not a gun person by any stretch of the imagination, and it's not something I feel comfortable participating in.
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