Woody Allen
Director, Actor, Writer
"If you take a frown and turn it upside down, the person you are holding by the ankles will soon pass out."
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Ankles
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Naomi Campbell
Model
"The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles, but I had on thick tights underneath."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Military Leader, Politician
"Ankles are nearly always neat and good-looking, but knees are nearly always not."
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Actress
"mosquitoes were using my ankles as filling stations."
Carl Sagan
Astronomer, Astrophysicist
"The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean."
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"I was wearing corn plasters above and below my toes and taping my ankles twice."
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"Women to whom one has just been introduced think that it breaks the ice if they scream, 'Goodness, you're tall!' How would they like it if I broke the ice first, by screaming 'Goodness, what thick ankles!' or 'Goodness, what a bust!"
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"In some pictures of Provincetown the persons of the inhabitants are not drawn below the ankles, so much being supposed to be buried in the sand."
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"When a man is tired of Ankh-Morpork, he is tired of ankle-deep slurry."
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"Guys get injuries and there's a reason why these injuries happen. A lot of time you're going to get your knee injuries and your ankle injuries, but sometimes if a guy's back is hurting it might be because his core isn't balanced with his back."
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"There's nothing wrong with ankles. But only if you're playing football in the park."
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"Exploration was for those with a measure of peasant blood, those with big thighs and thick ankles who could take punishment as they took bread and salt, on every inch of flesh and spirit."
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"It's not what I'd want for at my funeral. When I die, I just want them to plant me somewhere warm. And then when the pretty women walk over my grave I would grab their ankles, like in that movie."
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"He was conscious of nothing except the blankness of the page in front of him, the itching of the skin above his ankle, the blaring of the music, and a slight booziness caused by the gin."
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"Tell me where you want it,” I said. Minias drew back, his purple robes shifting about his ankles. “You’re asking me?” “Well, unless you want a big R on your forehead."
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"Peter Weir has just shrugged off an ankle injury"
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