#picked

Before the agent could get the words out, Danny picked the man up off his seat by his lapels and pushed him against the upper door frame of his car... He didn't appear lesser even when looking up into the man's face as he again spoke, this time through gritted teeth only slightly above a whisper. "This is no longer a warning. It's a promise. ↗

— Judith-Victoria Douglas

#gritted-teeth #picked-up #promise #pushed #warning

I have to make myself write, sometimes. In the space between poems, you somehow forget how to do it, where to begin. It was good to be task - based for a while. I just came downstairs each day, picked the one I was going to do that day, and wrote. ↗

— Simon Armitage

#begin #between #came #day #downstairs

I mean, I gotta say one of the greatest victories on that show was when we got picked up for the back nine of the first season, and they made it a full order. ↗

— Will Arnett

#first #full #got #gotta #greatest

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. ↗

— Richard Bach

#behold #changed #fear #i #life

I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried. ↗

— Matthew Ashford

#i #i tried #picked #racket #tennis

Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn't think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time! ↗

— Roy Ayers

#always #artists #ever #every #every time

Nobody likes to be picked on. Nobody. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#nobody #picked

The first time I picked up a bat in a professional game, I hit a ball hard left-handed, and my first home run was so effortless, it surprised me. ↗

— Chili Davis

#bat #effortless #first #first time #game

I kind of picked up the game at an early age. The way that other kids would learn what a fork or a spoon is. ↗

— Drew Bledsoe

#early #early age #fork #game #i

After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked up the 20th century. ↗