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Quotes About Shoulders

responsibility, had been shifted from the president's weakening shoulders. It was now up
~ Jeff Shaara
And he always has a fantastic body, shown at its best on the cross, which—face it—was practically designed to make a man's stomach and shoulders look good.
~ David Sedaris
You need a certain head on your shoulders to edit a novel, and it's not the head of a writer in the thick of it, nor the head of a professional editor who's read it in twelve different versions. It's the head of a smart stranger who picks it off a bookshelf and begins to read. You need to get the head of that smart stranger somehow. You need to forget you ever wrote that book.
~ Zadie Smith
creyó sentir algo como respiración tras ella. Volvióse, y vió a los cuatro idiotas, con los hombros pegados uno a otro, mirando estupefactos la operación. Rojo… rojo…
~ Horacio Quiroga
Gideon squared his shoulders. "Does anyone have proof that Braden is dead?" "Actually…" A frown. "No." "Right. In that case, I think the sonofabitch may be stalking my lady.
~ Unknown
I feel like I have a pretty good head on my shoulders about what to expect and how to come in and work as a veteran.
~ DeSean Jackson
Death makes Angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as Ravens claws
~ Jim Morrison
It would have been more sensible if I had gone for help, Felicity thought, feeling his arm like an iron yoke across her shoulders, and a chill seeping out from his wet clothes into her side.
~ Unknown
I would be ignorant as the dawn That merely stood, rocking the glittering coach Above the cloudy shoulders of the horses; I would be—for no knowledge is worth a straw Ignorant and wanton as the dawn.
~ W.B. Yeats
God gave burdens also shoulders.
~ Yiddish Proverb
Do me the one favor, Sassenach," he said, draping the heavy velvet over my shoulders. "Take a larger fan.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Vain of his hair, which was blond and thick, he didn't commonly wear a wig, choosing instead to bind and powder his own for formal occasions. The present occasion wasn't formal in the least. With the advent of freshwater aboard, Tom had insisted upon washing Grey's hair that morning, and it was still spread loose upon his shoulders, though it had long since dried.
~ Diana Gabaldon
He'd straightened his shoulders as he spoke; she could see him reach beyond his own emotion and tiredness and grasp his calling as another man might grip his sword.
~ Diana Gabaldon
He moved naturally. Only the tension in his shoulders suggested otherwise. Her hand closed involuntarily, feeling for an absent pencil, feeling the stroke of the line that would capture that tiny sense of unease, the jarring note that would draw the observer closer, closer still, wondering what it was about this scene of pastoral grace.
~ Diana Gabaldon
be reassured, but hunched his skinny shoulders, peering closely at Mr. Buchanan. "Josh says Angelina says the ghost was
~ Diana Gabaldon
so any limitations to our mutual fertility fell squarely on my shoulders—or rather, on my testicles.
~ Unknown
PROBLEM: Shoulders See: Joints, Round Shoulders PROBABLE CAUSE: Represent our ability to carry out experiences in life joyously. We make life a burden by our attitude. NEW THOUGHT PATTERN: I choose to allow all my experiences to be joyous and loving.
~ Louise L. Hay
SHOULDERS: (Bursitis): I release anger in harmless ways. Love releases and relaxes. Life is joyous and free; all that I accept is good.
~ Louise L. Hay
something inside me seemed to shift and slide, and for a moment I felt nauseous, and panic sent a hot bead rolling down my spine. ... Slowly the nausea gave way to a stifling sensation, as if an invisible caul were being pulled down over my head and shoulders.
~ John Banville
We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of our shoulders. My shoulders are broad.
~ Placido Domingo
I don't deny anything until I know," was the response. "I don't know that there is a supernatural force; therefore," and he shrugged his slender, stooping shoulders, "I work only from a material basis. If this manuscript states facts, then
~ Unknown
The poet with hair down his shoulders, whom the streets call after on his way, is endued with a kind of daring that many a brave general might envy.
~ Unknown
Sometimes it seems that the leaders of nations are little boys with chips on their shoulders, daring each other to knock them off.
~ John Steinbeck
now my weary limbs turned to it for support; so that, in turn, thighs, hips, shoulders burrowed into, trying to adhere at every angle to, the sheets that covered its mattress, as if my fatigue, like a sculptor, had wished to take a cast of an entire human body.
~ Marcel Proust