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I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

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There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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This may be done by grafting, by confining the roots, withholding water, bending the branches, or in a hundred other ways which all proceed upon the same principle. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

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Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. ↗

— Bruce Lee

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The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet. ↗

— Tommy Lee

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I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is instead of going to the gym. ↗

— Joanna Lumley

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Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

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In any story, the villain is the catalyst. The hero's not a person who will bend the rules or show the cracks in his armor. He's one-dimensional intentionally, but the villain is the person who owns up to what he is and stands by it. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

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I'm not thrilled that I have a tramp stamp. When you see people bend over in their really low-cut jeans, I'm like, 'Oh... that's what I have.' ↗

— Katherine Moennig

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