#bending

The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#bending #broadcast #coverage #every #first

He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#erect #fallen #lifting #others #over

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

#first #fixed #flexible #i #i am

This may be done by grafting, by confining the roots, withholding water, bending the branches, or in a hundred other ways which all proceed upon the same principle. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#branches #confining #done #hundred #may

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. ↗

— Bruce Lee

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I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is instead of going to the gym. ↗

— Joanna Lumley

#carrying #each #floors #going #gym

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#be strong #brave #build #defeat #enough

And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#bending #directing #i #knowing #me

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. ↗

— Auguste Rodin

#bending #blossoms #carry #confidant #cordial

The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that. ↗

— Eartha Kitt

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