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Viola Davis Actress, Producer
Legs

"When you're really passionate, you're going to grab hold of every rope you see, and wrap them around your arms and legs to claw your way out. And that's the way I've felt in my life."

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John Locke Philosopher, Physician
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"If we will disbelieve everything, because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much what as wisely as he who would not use his legs, but sit still and perish, because he had no wings to fly."

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Epictetus Philosopher
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"I must die. I must be imprisoned. I must suffer exile. But must I die groaning? Must I whine as well? Can anyone hinder me from going into exile with a smile? The master threatens to chain me: what say you? Chain me? My leg you will chain--yes, but not my will--no, not even Zeus can conquer that."

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Dorothy Parker Poet, Writer, Critic
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"[On an actor who'd broken her leg in London:] Oh, how terrible. She must have done it sliding down a barrister."

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Conan O'Brien Television Host, Comedian
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"A woman on a Southwest Airlines flight gave birth to a baby. As soon as he was born, the baby said, 'I had more leg room in the womb.'"

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Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright
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"Everybody has two legs, two lobes to the brain which is why we tend to be interested in symmetry, always balancing things."

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Khaled Hosseini Author, Physician
Legs

"I finally had what I'd wantes all those years. Except now that I had it, i felt as empty as this unkempt pool I was dangling my legs into."

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Lily Cole Model, Actress
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"I would like better colouration of my legs, like a little less of that English mottled purple thing that makes it necessary to wear tights all the time."

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