#bench

One thing that changed when I moved upstate was that I became interested in different materials. I started making the stone benches because I was seeing rocks. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#because #benches #changed #different #i

And opposite the bench, the dock, divided by a partition, with the women to the left and the men to the right, as it is on the stairs or the block in polite society. ↗

— Henry Lawson

#block #divided #dock #left #men

We know that this man has a proven record of being a 'strict constructionist.' Our President has given us his word that he will interpret the Constitution rather than make new laws from the bench. ↗

— Rod Parsley

#bench #constitution #given #his #interpret

I had to wear that suit, so I put in my required time in the gym. But I'm not one of those actors who romanticizes his trials working out and brags that he can bench press a panda now. ↗

— Ryan Reynolds

#brags #gym #had #his #i

Diversity on the bench is critical. As practitioners, you need judges who 'get it!' We need judges who understand what discrimination feels like. We need judges who understand what inequality feels like. We need judges who understand the subtleties of unfair treatment and who are willing to call it out when they see it! ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#call #critical #discrimination #diversity #feels

It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to play on the field and you're over there sitting on the bench. That's not the kind of player I am. I'm the kind of player who wants to be out there on the field and needs to contribute every minute of every game. ↗

— Freddy Adu

#bench #chance #contribute #earned #every

A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are about status, for example. Or signalling something about oneself. That's why the words chair, seat and bench have found themselves used to describe high status professions, from academia to Parliament to the law. ↗

— Evan Davis

#academia #bench #chair #chairs #describe

When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and feel that that person represents you and will understand you, that that person is reflective of our community and of our society. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#come #community #court #defendant #feel

And the problem is once you get into this campaign business and begin to have a lot of money, then the person on the bench begins to think - what's going to happen if I decide the case this way or that way? ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#begins #bench #business #campaign #case

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot. ↗

— Kobe Bryant

#cup #games #handing #hitting #i