#high

She lay on her back and walked her fingers down her ribs, skipped them over her abdomen, and landed on her pelvic bones. She tapped them with her Knuckles. [. . .] I can hear my bones, she thought. Her fingers moved up from her pelvic bones to her waist. The elastic of her underpants barely touched the center of her abdomen. The bridge is almost finished, she thought. The elastic hung loosely around each thigh. More progress. She put her knees together and raised them in the air. No matter how tightly she pressed them together, her thighs did not touch. ↗

— Steven Levenkron

#bones #eating-disorder #skinny #thigh-gap #thin

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#american dream #dream #high #high school #opportunity

You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy! They're missing so much. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#crazy #declaring #got #guys #high

The Middle East has the highest unemployment percentage of any region in the world we have the largest youth cohort of history coming into the market place that frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#coming #does #east #frustration #highest

No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

#burden #cases #country #gives #high

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#high #life #live #makes #man

I always had really long swimmer's arms. The last to totally go is always my thighs and butt, but my old body is there somewhere. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#arms #body #go #had #i

I believe I am the highest power, absolutely. ↗

— GG Allin

#am #believe #highest #i #i am

I left home the day after I graduated from high school because I knew we weren't going to make any dough to pay the rent in music. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#any #because #day #dough #going

Phish has run its course and that we should end it now while it's still on a high note. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#end #high #high note #note #now