#literally

For, quite literally, the whole world today is looking for us to take the lead in carrying out those obligations imposed on the American people as a whole by the beautiful, compassionate and courageous principle of noblesse oblige. ↗

— Robert Welch

#american people #beautiful #carrying #compassionate #courageous

People take songs so literally. ↗

— Richard Marx

#people #songs #take

For years, I hated myself. I covered the mirrors in my house. I literally couldn't have a mirror in my room. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#hated #house #i #literally #mirror

The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is literally dying off. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#comedians #dying #every #frequency #i

What passes for investigative journalism is finding somebody with their pants down - literally or otherwise. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#finding #investigative #journalism #literally #otherwise

Rabid fans were literally jumping into the camera. ↗

— Penelope Spheeris

#fans #into #jumping #literally #rabid

All these portrayals we see of knights fighting must be absolute rubbish because knights in armour could literally have only had two or three blows and then they'd have had to sit down to have a cup of tea. ↗

— Mark Strong

#armour #because #blows #could #cup

I knew that I had to find my own voice, both figuratively and literally. ↗

— David Sylvian

#figuratively #find #had #i #knew

I literally tried every sport and was miserable. Soccer couldn't hold my attention. I couldn't figure skate. I'm afraid to swim. So I did dance for five years. It came a time where I was getting a little bit bored with it. ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#attention #bit #bored #came #dance

I feel it's the conscious mind that messes things up. The conscious mind is constantly telling you, this might happen or that might happen, even before it has happened. Your conscious mind tells you the next ball might be a out-swinger, but when it's coming at you you realize it's an in-swinger... so literally, you've played two balls. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#balls #before #coming #conscious #conscious mind