#weight

The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired. ↗

— William Falconer

#acquiring #advance #any #attained #degree

I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization. ↗

— Frantz Fanon

#ascribe #assume #basic #certain #civilization

I keep my weight low, although you need to be able to move your weight around the race car to change the balance. I'm 6ft and I'm 70kg so I haven't much fat on me. ↗

— Jenson Button

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I spend around two and half hours on the track every day running and another 2 hours in the weight room lifting weights with my strength coach. ↗

— Allyson Felix

#around #coach #day #every #every day

I've got to make sure I'm keeping weight on. ↗

— Allyson Felix

#i #keeping #make #sure #weight

I was lightweight - that was the whole point of me. ↗

— Julian Clary

#lightweight #me #point #whole

I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much weight in the right places as I could. My weightlifting was impressive for me, but not for some of the guys I see down at the gym. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#could #down #get #guys #gym

Well, you have your regular classes, like three hours every other day, three times a week. You get twice a week to have an ice practice. Once a week you have weight lifting. It was great. ↗

— Peter Forsberg

#day #every #get #great #hours

My recipes aren't geared towards women; my books are marketed towards women because women are the biggest market for weight loss, weight management and weight maintenance and for cooking. ↗

— Bethenny Frankel

#biggest #books #cooking #geared #loss

Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off. ↗

— Aretha Franklin

#falling #like #losing #lot #love