Leaning Back Quotes

• We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.

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  Sheryl Sandberg

  Believe   Self Confidence   Hands  

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.17, Knopf

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• since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you; wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a far better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry --the best gesture of my brain is less than your eyelids' flutter which says we are for eachother: then laugh, leaning back in my arms for life's not a paragraph And death i think is no parenthesis

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  e. e. cummings

  Spring   Flower   Fate  

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• [Paul McCartney] never, at the time, was going back to leaning back on the roots of his old band. He always built upon where he was, which was in London. And he didn't overuse synthesizers. He used them just enough. It's such a cool sound.

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  Fred Armisen

  Roots   Sound   Band  

  "Bill Hader and Fred Armisen on making comedy cinematic with Documentary Now!". Interview with Gwen Ihnat, avclub.com. August 4, 2016.

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• Across the room, she heard a loud clatter. She looked up to see that Roland ahd fallen out of his chair. The last time she'd glanced at him, he'd been leaning back on tw legs, and now it looked like gravity had finally won. As he stumbled to his feet, Arriane went to help him. She glanced over and offered a hurried wave. "He's okay!" she called cheerily. "Get up!" she whispered loudly to Roland.

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  Lauren Kate

  Feet   Legs   Lasts  

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• Oh, I'm so glad we know what it's called, that's a great help," snarled Ron, leaning back, trying to stop the plant from curling around his neck.

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  J. K. Rowling

  Trying   Necks   Helping  

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• The amusement fled from Royce's face and with a groan he pulled her roughly against his chest, crushing her to him. "Jenny," he whispered hoarsely, burying his face in her fragrant hair. "Jenny, I love you." She melted against him, molding her body to the rigid contours of his, offering her lips up for his fierce, devouring kiss, then she took his face between both her hands. Leaning back slightly against his arm, her melting blue eyes gazing deeply into his, his wife replied in a shaky voice, "I think, my lord, I love you more.

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  Judith McNaught

  Crush   Love You   Eye  

  Judith McNaught (1991). “A Kingdom of Dreams”, p.430, Simon and Schuster

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• life's not a paragraph And death i think is no parenthesis

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  e. e. cummings

  Inspirational   Thinking   Life And Death  

  e. e. cummings (2014). “100 Selected Poems”, p.28, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• He shifted his weight, throwing his good leg off the bed as if he were going to try to stand. “What are you doing?” I demanded through the tears. “Lie down, you idiot, you’ll hurt yourself!” I jumped to my feet and pushed his good shoulder down with two hands. He surrendered, leaning back with a gasp of pain, but he grabbed me around my waist and pulled me down on the bed, against his good side. I curled up there, trying to stifle the silly sobs against his hot skin.

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  Stephenie Meyer

  Hurt   Pain   Lying  

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• See," he began, leaning back into the booth, "I was at this car dealership today, and I saw this girl. It was an across-a-crowded-room kind of thing. A real moment, you know?" I rolled my eyes. Chloe said, "And this would be Remy?" "Right. Remy," he said, repeating my name with a smile. Then, as if we were happy honeymooners recounting our story for strangers he added, "Do you want to tell the next part?" "No," I said flatly.

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  Sarah Dessen

  Girl   Real   Eye  

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.30, Penguin

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• "Then idiots talk," said Eugene, leaning back, folding his arms, smoking with his eyes shut, and speaking slightly through his nose, "of Energy. If there is a word in the dictionary under any letter from A to Z that I abominate, it is energy."

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  Charles Dickens

  Character   Eye   Interesting  

  Charles Dickens, George Cruikshank (1868). “The Works of Charles Dickens: Our mutual friend”, p.17

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• Leaning back against Cam's chest, I tipped my head back and I reached up, cupping his cheek. I drew his mouth to mine and kissed him softly. "Thank you." His lips curved up on one side. "For what?" "For waiting for me.

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  J. Lynn

  Waiting   Mouths   Sides  

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• The things that hold women back, hold them back from sitting at the boardroom table and they hold women back from speaking at the PTA meeting.

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  Sheryl Sandberg

  Work   Women   Careers  

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• She sat leaning back in her chair, looking ahead, knowing that he was as aware of her as she was of him. She found pleasure in the special self-consciousness it gave her. When she crossed her legs, when she leaned on her arm against the window sill, when she brushed her hair off her forehead - every movement of her body was underscored by a feeling the unadmitted words for which were: Is he seeing it?

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  Ayn Rand

  Romantic   Knowing   Hair  

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.186, Hamilton Books

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• You cannot save every fallen bird," said Woosley, leaning back against the wall and crossing his arms. "Even the handsome ones." "One will do," said Magnus, and, as Will was no longer within his sight, he let the front door fall shut.

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  Cassandra Clare

  Wall   Fall   Sight  

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