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We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of our shoulders. My shoulders are broad.

Quote by Placido Domingo about destiny

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare, if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.

Quote by Thomas Paine about man, ability, fall

He'd gone back into the hospital and I knew this really was it. I thought, Here comes the test. Can we look each other in the eyes? He grabbed me by the shoulders. He said, I love you very much, Son.

Quote by Peter Fonda about tests, eyes, thinking, love

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

Quote by Henry Ford about man, world

People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It's quite a heavy load to carry on your shoulders, the memories of so many people.

Quote by Mick Jagger about talking, people, time, love

One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.

Quote by Joe Pantoliano about character, career, actors, being, things

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale about idea, world

As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.

Quote by Arnold Schwarzenegger about country, proudness, oath, day, americans

Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.

Quote by Jim Morrison about death

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.

Quote by Isaac Newton about opinion

My anxiety poem I write a poem today it will die tomorrow. It rises on its shivering feet of words it catches my attention and pulse as a living creature in another century - higher, unborn - and rises up, upper and upper, from...

Quote by Olimpiu Nusfelean about poetry, silence, attention, common sense, sense

Every nation and every age is standing on the shoulders of the past.

Quote by Mihai Eminescu about past, nation, age, olderness