#knocked

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#conformity #counted #down #flattened #from time to time

It is clear I was never the Pretty Girl. I had my two front teeth knocked out when I was 10 and didn't fix them until I was 19. I have a crooked smile and a nose that looks like it's been broken 12 times but never has been. My nose was always red, so people called me Rudolph. My whole face is off-center. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#been #broken #called #clear #crooked

I've been knocked down a lot of times. ↗

— James Brown

#down #i #knocked #lot #times

I was knocked out by a skateboarder when I was 11. ↗

— Shaun White

#knocked #out #skateboarder

Yes, but another writer I read in high school who just knocked me out was Theodore Dreiser. I read An American Tragedy all in one weekend and couldn't put it down - I locked myself in my room. Now that was antithetical to every other book I was reading at the time because Dreiser really had no style, but it was powerful. ↗

— Joan Didion

#another #antithetical #because #book #down

You could walk the streets, no matter how hungry people were, not matter how long they'd been out of jobs, you could walk the streets, you could ride the subways in New York, and you would not get knocked in the head. ↗

— Ray Walston

#could #get #head #how #hungry

Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out. ↗

— Zakk Wylde

#chris #down #good #good people #great

Opportunity knocked. My doorman threw him out. ↗

— Adrienne Gusoff

#knocked #opportunity #out #threw

I've always defended Shania. She not only opened doors; she knocked several down. ↗

— Faith Hill

#defended #doors #down #i #knocked

In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#come #fighter #floor #get #i