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"The doctors shrugged their shoulders and grumbled that perhaps if I were to put on weight that would protect me a little - being so thin, I would never succeed in remaining pregnant."
"Through EdgeRank, Facebook weighs likes, comments, and shares, but it currently does not give greater weight to click-throughs or any other action that leads to sales."
"Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight."
"It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight."
"In things that are tender and unpleasing, it is good to break the ice by some one whose words are of less weight, and to reserve the more weighty voice to come in as by chance."
"It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number."
"And.. are you willing to go all the way? To understand that food is only a stand-in for love and possibility and spirit? Because if you aren't, you will get caught up in gaining and losing weight for the rest of your life. But if you are willing, then the portal to what you say you want is truly on your plate."
"Even when I ran my bar I followed the same policy. A lot of customers came to the bar. If one in ten enjoyed the place and said he'd come again, that was enough. If one out of ten was a repeat customer, then the business would survive. To put it another way, it didn't matter if nine out of ten didn't like my bar. This realization lifted a weight off my shoulders. Still, I had to make sure that the one person who did like the place."
"A man's balance depends on the weight he carries between his legs."
"Lawyers will always buckle under to something, whether its bribes, violence, court orders, or the weight of their own bullshit."
"You don’t free yourself from duty by running away. That only increases the weight on your shoulders."
"Sudden total weight loss."
"... one's own faults are always a heavy chain to drag through life and one can't help groaning under the weight now and then."
"Weight justly and sell dearely."
"Afraid? Me? A man who's licked his weight in wild caterpillars?"
"I've always been conscious of my weight."
"The earth is moved from its position by the weight of a tiny bird resting upon it."
"Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights."
"I have to maintain the weight. This is the second show [Aladdin] that I have done where I am not allowed to technically lose any weight. I'm supposed to be big. It's impressive to see someone of my size."
"With sturdy shoulders, space stands opposing all its weight to nothingness. Where space is, there is being."
