#fat

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. ↗

— Alice Walker

#against #coconut #collapsing #defending #father

Because my parents, growing up, they worked hard. Everyone in my family woke up early in the morning. I used to see my mother and my father go off to work, and come back and, no matter what, they had time for the kids. ↗

— Herschel Walker

#because #come #early #everyone #family

My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist. ↗

— John E. Walker

#father #mason #pianist #stone #talented

I do everything I do to pay tribute to my great-grandfather. ↗

— Nik Wallenda

#great-grandfather #i #i do #pay #pay tribute

My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do. ↗

— Nik Wallenda

#biggest #everything #great-grandfather #hero #i

I was quite fat as a kid. And swimming is a sport you can enjoy whatever size you are. If you're fat, running is a pain. I'm not really built for running. ↗

— David Walliams

#enjoy #fat #i #kid #pain

I don't need someone with a hot body. He can be fat or overweight and have a belly. It's very much about style and substance and humor, interest, curiosity and really being smart. ↗

— Kate Walsh

#being #being smart #belly #body #curiosity

I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn't approve of women generally, and she took on his values. She believed her own mother was foolish. ↗

— Julie Walters

#approve #believed #father #felt #foolish

I'll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, 'Would you like to play Meryl Streep's?' I said, 'Yeeees! I'll do it, whatever it is.' He said, 'It's Mamma Mia!.' I said, 'Oh no, which character? The fat friend? ↗

— Julie Walters

#character #fat #friend #goes #happened

Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#fatal #goal #make #our #passive