#stroke

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It's like having a head full of holes, in which the perfect repository of words have shamed themselves," he lamented.


Diane Ackerman


#stroke #love

And I usually use myself as a model, posing in front of a mirror as I dab the strokes on the canvas.


Cleo Moore


#front #i #mirror #model #myself

Our days flowed around well-charted, often traveled courses, and yet, the underlying sense of falling out of time, out of the trajectory of one's life, not by choice, but by subtraction, was frequent and disquieting. Then I grieved for him, for the lost and previous Paul. He grieved for that man too. Both our griefs were mainly private, internal, unuttered. Return was impossible, and there was only one direction open ; and so we kept our compass pointed forward. [p. 286]


Diane Ackerman


#life

The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.


William Shakespeare


#desired #hurts #lover #pinch #stroke

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.


William Shakespeare


#strokes #virtue

I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty.


Martin Sheen


#conscientious #count #every #golfer #greater

The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work.


David Suzuki


#bodies #cancer #diabetes #diet #disease

Different strokes, for different folks.


Sly Stone


#folks #strokes

Everybody sees the ants?" He looks at me and says, "Well, how many people do you think live perfect lives, son? Aren't we all victims of something at some time or another?" "I don't follow." "Left hand red!" he says. Two ants fall on this turn, and the ant laughter gets louder. "Well, think about it. How many bad things can be done to a person? You got murder and assault, rape and robbery for starters. Just with those you're looking at some big numbers of how many people see the ants." He calls, "Left foot blue!" I say, "Huh," because I'm not sure how many people he means. "There's battery, conspiracy, extortion, slander, defamation and harassment, child abuse, stalking-the list is long, isn't it? Don't forget that every crime has hundreds of victims-everyone who knew and loved the victim and the criminal. That shit can trickle down." "All those people see the ants?" "Yep. Right hand green!" "Wow." "Yeah," he says. "If there are people who don't see 'em, I'd say we outnumber them a million to one.


A.S. King


#love

I do feel responsible. He used to be able to look after himself. Now he can't. That's so different, so strange. The big question is: Is more improvement really possible, or should I stop pushing him?' [p. 153]


Diane Ackerman


#love