I stood on people’s shoulders, so I want to be there for somebody else to take it even further.
I think there’s true drama in the formation of everything that we know and are standing on the shoulders of.
My experience with casting children is that… the whole movie is going to rest on their shoulders, so you have to set aside time and wait for the perfect people to appear.
Mathematicians stand on each other’s shoulders.
I don’t bench press, but I use machines to work 10-12 muscle groups. Biceps, triceps, a few things for the back, calves, shoulders and so on – and then I’ll go on the running machine, cross-trainer or mountain climber.
The scales of reckoning with mortality are never evenly weighted, alas, and thus it is on the shoulders of the living that the burden of justice must continue to rest.
I’ve always had an athletic frame, both my brother and I inherited it from our dad. All three of us are tall, with broad shoulders, muscular legs and a fast metabolism.
When you take away all the people whose shoulders a CEO stands on, the CEO is just a person.
I think there are definitely times when I feel the expectations on my shoulders and I think it’s because even before I race people expect me to get a gold medal and it’s not the case.
Just ask anybody who is getting old – everything starts hurting. For me, it’s my shoulders, thumbs, knees and feet.
He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That’s where he’s getting his power from. He’s young and has great elasticity.
Nature is not evil. The world occasionally shrugs its shoulders, and people get knocked off. The earth, for geological reasons that are well known, is a fairly risky place to live. To be evil, you have to have intent. Any remarkable natural happening in which no human will is employed cannot be regarded as evil.
We’re standing on the shoulders of so many people who have already broken down so many barriers.
I look out there, and I see that Floyd Mayweather stands head and shoulders above everyone else. He’s another fighter I would like to base myself on because he’s got incredible fast hands and feet. He’s flashy but, man, is he good.
Being here in Houston, I have a lot more weight on my shoulders than I did in Portland. I feel a lot more appreciated because I am starting now, and I’m scoring goals.
I’m putting it all on my shoulders, and I’m going to be successful by my will, and no one else will be responsible for it.
Winter in the country is very white. There is black grit on all the shoulders of the roads and on the big mounds from the plows, and all the cars are filthy, but the fields are dazzling and untouched and pristine.
I’m here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that’s true of every black person I know who has achieved.
Carrying on the Blanchard name is a huge honor for me because my grandfather, my father and my step-father – they’ve all put a lot into their legacy and for me to carry that on, it’s a lot of weight on my shoulders.
Pogba has never stopped improving. He has everything to become a great player. If he keeps his head on his shoulders, he can make history.
I don’t want the burden of the success or failure of a film entirely on my shoulders.
It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.
I’ve been blessed with a good head on my shoulders and quite a good ability of discernment. I can see through people.
I used to turn my shoulders pretty level, which a lot of golfers think is correct. But that made my swing too shallow coming into impact, so my contact was picky, especially off the turf.
Fathers always have their shoulders available to children for support. They are a source of inspiration in our lives and for every son or daughter, they are the strongest.
I don’t write with this thing in the back of my head about carrying the weight of young black women on my shoulders.
As soon as a big amount is involved, the producer looks for a bankable face. No producer will make a Rs 20 crore film starring Rajpal Yadav and Johny Lever, as we cannot pull an entire film on our shoulders. Yet, we do get roles.
There is something wonderful about turning up every day and knowing that not just the character but the whole movie kind of rests on your shoulders. And there’s great satisfaction when you think it’s going well and then real terror when you think it’s not.
Being a good actor is incredibly difficult. But the amount of responsibility is so much less on your shoulders than directing.
You realise the responsibility of carrying a film on your shoulders when people are investing money in you and they recognise the hard work you have to put in.
A film’s success or failure is strictly on the director’s shoulders.
I had broken my nose while practicing. Also I got a fracture on my shoulders, knees.
To be able to rub shoulders with kids who have spent their entire lives studying the classics… that’s something I need to improve my overview.
I effectively stood on the shoulders of a giant to make a little bit of noise myself. I’m a by-product of Muhammad Ali.
If our tax system, as a whole, is progressive, then those with the broadest shoulders will make the greatest contribution, as it should be.
The weight of the world on my shoulders was something that I had to let go.
I’ve gotten used to not having all the responsibility on my shoulders.
Back in the Eighties, I’d buy the biggest Benetton jumper I could find and would wear it long-sleeved, hanging off my shoulders, with a varsity jacket and a baseball cap on back to front with a quiff. I was the smallest boy in my class, and I looked like a reject from New Kids On The Block. Terrible.
I’ve surrounded myself with good people, so that keeps my head on my shoulders.
Scientists do stand on the shoulders of giants, just as do writers. Conversely, in the arts we do make discoveries. We do refine our tools. So I am arguing with, or at least playing with, the idea that art never improves.
After getting driven into the ground by the policies of the Bush administration, the economy is creeping up. It’s doing that because people are sticking their shoulders to the wheel. Community banks are doing a lot of lending to small businesses and keeping them going.
Working the deltoid muscles along the front and top will give you everyday lifting power and help eliminate sloping shoulders, making your waist appear thinner.
One of the biggest guys I worked with was Sean Connery. People like Sean, Michael Caine, Denzel Washington, they’ve been going for a long time, and not for nothing. They want to get this job right, and they realise the weight of responsibility on their shoulders.
Aquinas is worth reading. He has stood the test of time. And even where he errs, you can learn more from the errors of a great mind than you can learn from the truths of a small mind. You can see a whole lot farther standing on the shoulders of giants.
I love five-string banjo. On an electric guitar, let’s say a two-hour show, it starts getting heavy right across the neck and shoulders. And I like to be able to flip it off and grab the fiddle, and that’s just the way I do it.
Most fighters are nervous before they go out there. Nervousness makes the body tight. I don’t like that. I want to fight with a normal feeling. That’s why I move the fingers, shoulders, everything. I try to move like spaghetti.
No matter how busy I get or how much pressure is on my shoulders, a good workout makes me feel at ease. I come off the treadmill feeling relaxed, full of joy and with a sense of perspective over the issues on my plate.
I say over and over again that I am just standing on the shoulders of so many who have set this path for me, and they may not be seen or recognized or have been given an opportunity to have a voice, but I’m here representing all of those dancers. Dance Theatre of Harlem Virginia Johnson, Tai Jimenez, Lauren Anderson.
I’ve talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one’s knees and shoulders – no one wants to do it again. I’m 57 and I don’t think I’m going to take on any job or go on vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 pounds.
Being a female athlete, sometimes your clothes don’t fit right if you have a small waist and broad shoulders, or strong hips. And it’s OK to embrace that.
Most of us tend toward muscular imbalance. Typically our chest and front shoulder muscles are stronger than our upper back and rear shoulder muscles. As a result, our chins jut out, our shoulders round, and our backs sway.
I think often about my ancestors who struggled for freedom, and as I think of those giants and their broad shoulders, I also think about Joe Biden, who says, ‘If you are not voting for me, you ain’t black.’
I’m not trying to rub shoulders with any record executives. If rubbing shoulders in the industry is what I wanted to do then I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing.
The most beautiful gift I have received in my life is the trust of Clint Eastwood. When you have this respect and this kind of responsibility on your shoulders, of course you bring the best of yourself.
