A reporter from 'The Times' wanted to arm-wrestle, and as I recall, he kept challenging me. So we went at it, and there was a pop. His arm broke. Very strange. He went into a kind of swoon.
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Related I have a scar on my right arm from my ex-husband. He was cooking and he had a hot pot and he turned ... NADINE VELAZQUEZ I had an idea of what I wanted to do when I went out there. I faked the forehand and went backhand a... BRIAN ROLSTON My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when h... ROALD DAHL He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two. VICTOR HUGO He never went out without a book under his arm and he often came home with two. VICTOR HUGO Matt broke his arm, and he was still throwing blocks. CAMERON SMITH Why? His body type, his arm action was real fluid and he had a good, strong arm -- and he wasn't muc... GARY HUGHES He's got a great release and a great arm. He gets rid of the ball fast. I laughed at some of the rep... CRAIG RIGSBEE You all right?" he said again. I didn't love him, I was far away from him, it was as though I w... MARGARET ATWOOD I went to watch Coldplay in Florida and saw Chris Martin before they went on. He sang 'What Make... HARRY STYLES --I truly and deeply wanted to kill him. And I believe I could have done it, with nothing but my han... DAVID JAMES DUNCAN I really didn't want to rap; I was just a regular kid. My friend - his name is William Aston - w... LIL UZI VERT Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had free... ANTHONY HOLDEN I worked with Steven Spielberg on 'AI,' and his level of preparation was extraordinary. He t... BRENDAN GLEESON One of the things I've always liked about my husband is he's very good at lots of stuff. He ... ALLY CONDIE In April of 1976, Epic Records was flying out to sign us when I tripped over a light case after a gi... BUN E. CARLOS I was getting tired from playing both sides of the ball and returning punts. I beat my guy. It was a... JOSEPH STONER A man came up and tried to grab my arm, so I kept backing up and he was messing with the other safet... DEANNA MILLER He had just one arm, and there were all kinds of legends that he was fighting a guy and when he coul... JACKIE BERRY The whole thing about playing him at third base is that he doesn't have to make a relay throw and he... WAYNE GRAHAM Cary Grant and I were doing a play in New York. He had a crush on me. Whenever we went to a party, h... FAY WRAY I was the one who kept telling my second husband he should become a cinematographer. I paid for him ... CARMEN DELL'OREFICE I was the one who kept telling my second husband he should become a cinematographer. I paid for him ... CARMEN DELL'OREFICE We thought he broke his arm Friday night and so did the doctors. But, he came back ready to go this ... ERIC WALKINGSTICK My dad played for a coal-mining team in eastern Ohio; he was a very good pitcher. If he hadn't h... PHIL NIEKRO I'm very happy, it was a good mental win. When I went on today, I was certain about my arm and was n... NADIA PETROVA I have taken some hits here and there, but I've been most damaged carrying my little terrier to ... DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN My parents, they're the kind of people that didn't want me to get a big head, so they just k... ABBY WAMBACH He saw that I was shy, and at the time I was still scared of feeling with another person, so he put ... ALLEN GINSBERG The old man had a big gash in his arm and a hole in his head, a small hole in his head. So we were k... ANDY AKAMINE The competition was excellent and we were very happy to get into (the tournament). We are group A so... KARLE BYRD Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also kn... RICK RIORDAN some mornings... I sit at the kitchen table shaking salt into the hairs on my arm, and a feeling sho... JENNIFER EGAN It broke his bat and went 330 feet. I figured it was going to be right there, but it kept back there... CORY LIDLE He had his mind set for what he wanted. And he was going to get it no matter what, ... He went into ... JAMES BARBER I usually kept everybody at arm's distance. CHARLES HALEY He's a legend and I respect his work, so I went down and paid my respects when Charlton was on t... MARK WAHLBERG Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had free... ANTHONY HOLDEN It was a light ding into the wall and it broke the suspension arm and that was pretty much it so we ... JAMES CLAY One time I was doing a speech to a group of kids, and just before I get there, I see this little kid... TOMMY LASORDA Everything went well. It was important to me because I wanted to test it [back] out in a game situat... COREY MAGGETTE He (Rove) is the president's right arm, as we all know. And the president's in a deep hole and it's ... DAVID GERGEN Comedy comes from a place of hurt. Charlie Chaplin was starving and broke in London, and that's ... CHRIS TUCKER Nathan wanted to re-arm himself that evening, so we rented a car and went over to the BASS Pro (Shop... JEFF BROMLEY My first job was on Broadway. Then I went into the Navy. When I came out of the Navy, I went back to... KIRK DOUGLAS I thought he was going to kill me. He grabbed me from around back with his arm around my throat, jus... JEAN WAGNER I went on spouting bullshit Encouragements as Gus's parents, arm in arm, hugged each other and nodde... JOHN GREEN When I went out on tour as Bing Hitler I would hook up with Lenny and we'd get drunk together. H... CRAIG FERGUSON Rob Helb served as an Army Air Corps gunner and lost an arm over the oil fields of Turkey. After cra... CHRISTOPHER WARD I went to school with Steven Wright, who was the shyest guy I knew, and one day someone suddenly tol... DENIS LEARY My uncle was an Elvis impersonator - his name was Perry, and he went by 'Elvis Perry' - and ... RYAN GOSLING My brother was a huge Charles Barkley fan - my brother went to Miami. He played power forward, and h... PAUL PIERCE then someone came from the front, so he jumped back into my arm, and it stretched back. LANCE JOHNSTONE I anticipate him being healthy. His arm is feeling much improved. Evan Moore has taken a negative an... WALT HARRIS When this happened, he said there was no pain, it happened so quick he could not believe his arm was... JOE MILLER Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me the award, 'cause his... JAMES BROWN It was Doug Waechter's night. He went out there and he competed. He competed in front of his home cr... EDUARDO PEREZ I became an inventor by accident. I was out of the Air Force in 1956. No, no, that's not true: I... WOODY NORRIS My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because h... STEVEN SPIELBERG They told me he had long arms, long legs and a loose arm. We wanted him to go to school and try and ... AL GOLDIS When we went around in the alley, (Robinson) was heading eastbound in the alley. So we kind of flipp... RON ADAMS I remembered that my grandfather had spent his teenage years in Shanghai and that he went back after... KEVIN KWAN He smiled to himself. “Because she made you.” And he wrapped his skinny arm around my neck and y... PENELOPE DOUGLAS He thought of it as a contest, like the children at school who would twist your arm and say Give in?... MARGARET ATWOOD [He went on to say that there was a] clear consensus ... at all times objective. COURTNEY PRATT I noticed in the hallway a black janitor and I wondered why he was standing there. And he had a mop ... JAMES MEREDITH He's had a nice year. Last year, he had an injury and it affected him in the individual tourney. He ... CHRIS MANGUM Instead of sitting in his office, he wanted to walk, so we would walk outside the court. There would... DAVID HOFFMAN Truman Capote was a pop figure, but it wasn't until he went on David Susskind's show and had... JAMES WOLCOTT We were sitting there talking about something, when he put his arm around me. The next thing I knew,... DOLLE HAVEN The first time I met Garry Shandling was my audition for 'The Larry Sanders Show,' with Garr... JEFFREY TAMBOR Actually there were many officers' clubs that Yossarian had not helped build, but he was proudest of... JOSEPH HELLER John Cleese was a big hero of mine. He grew up in Weston Super Mare near Bristol where I grew up; he... STEPHEN MERCHANT So Dobby stopped us from getting on the train and broke your arm. . . ." He shook his head. "You kno... J.K. ROWLING It looked like he was galloping, and I thought he was going way too slow. But he went :49 1/5, and I... DAN HENDRICKS I went into a French restaraunt and asked the waiter, 'Have you got frog's legs?' He sai... TOMMY COOPER Rocket looked at me and looked fatigued. He says, 'What do you got out there?' That was a sign that ... BUCK MARTINEZ Although I'm not an orphan and I can't lift a horse. I was, however, briefly famous for my f... LISA LUTZ When Andrew went with the girls, we were talking all morning and he was saying, 'It's okay. ... SARAH FERGUSON I don't think he realized I was right behind him. He had his back turned, and I just swatted his sti... JASON POMINVILLE Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. “I can’t,” he... SUZANNE COLLINS When he went pop, he consciously bleached out the sound with 'You Send Me' [and others]. It was not ... PETER GURALNICK The first time I ever met Stephen King, he came up to me, and we went to shake hands, and he had, li... ROB REINER He's kind of a Mike Vick type quarterback in that he has great arm strength and running ability. He'... BRUD BICKNELL Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too.... ESTHER WILLIAMS When Lofton came into the dugout, he said it was hard to see anything that had any kind of break to ... BRETT MYERS We saw Elvis, and he was so happy to see us. And he loved the whole idea that we were going to run a... CONNIE STEVENS There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the ... WALTER PAYTON I went to Walter Reed hospital a couple of times to visit wounded soldiers, kids with no legs and on... JEFF DANIELS He was a catcher who couldn't hit. He was best known for his arm. PAUL SNYDER I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidanc... JOSEPH STIGLITZ In the first inning, he scuffled a little bit. It was reminiscent of his last two starts. Then all o... MIKE HARGROVE Spinning out of his delivery. Most of the times when he misses, it's (to his) arm side. CLINT HURDLE My granddad always said he wanted to make me an England player. As soon as I went on to that pitch a... DAVID DUNN He was never the same after he hurt his arm. That is a shame. LEE PELEKOUDAS My father wanted to be a hero. He went to the Air Force Academy, was valedictorian, and then he foun... PATTY JENKINS It's his arm action. Then, he gathers himself well on the mound and lets it go. (Olson) even comment... DAVE MOATES I wanted to be an artist. I was studying art. I wanted to be a great painter. When I went into the N... EVAN HUNTER He leaned closer, their faces drawing near, and he could feel the heat of her breath mingling with h... NICHOLAS SPARKS He was a friendly guy and kind of kept to his own from what I could see. JERRY YORK
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CHARLES DARWIN On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explan... CHARLES DARWIN Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence. CHARLES DARWIN How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children. CHARLES DARWIN Economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research and University of Chicago persuasively argue ... CHARLES DUHIGG Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. CHARLES RICHARDS There is a calculus, it turns out, for mastering our subconscious urges. For companies like Target, ... CHARLES DUHIGG You've got to take the road you need to take, and only you can make that calculation. Not your d... CHARLES SCHWAB All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation. CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Unsurprisingly, an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) - once a luxury for room-sized computer instal... CHARLES PLATT I was an enormous fan of Dan Slott's run, and John Byrne's run was a big deal for me. I foun... CHARLES SOULE These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for thr... CHARLES STURT Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tear... CHARLES DICKENS You have been the last dream of my soul. CHARLES DICKENS I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. CHARLES DICKENS As a young analyst just out of Stanford business school in the 1960s, I got to really understand wha... CHARLES SCHWAB My mother, at least twice, cancelled our family's subscription to the newspaper I was working on... CHARLES KURALT I'd rather go by bus. PRINCE CHARLES A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hit... CHARLES YOST Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happ... CHARLES DICKENS I have made so many mistakes, and such really stupid ones, I would start blubbing away if I could re... CHARLES SAATCHI This is very true: For my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers. CHARLES II Questions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: What's good about this? What's not perf... CHARLES CONNOLLY No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions. CHARLES STEINMETZ Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage. CHARLES LUCKMAN Watching cold fusion is like watching water boil in slow motion. First, sufficient deuterium has to ... CHARLES PLATT I took Bobby Kennedy through the delta and he cried like a baby. CHARLES EVERS The highest stage in moral culture at which we can arrive is when we recognize that we ought to cont... CHARLES DARWIN I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much belove... CHARLES DARWIN Without speculation there is no good and original observation. CHARLES DARWIN The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is impor... CHARLES DARWIN It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the one most resp... CHARLES DARWIN It has been a bitter mortification for me to digest the conclusion that the 'race is for the strong'... CHARLES DARWIN ...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance. CHARLES DARWIN I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find o... CHARLES LAMB The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown
To saints whose lives are better than his own. CHARLES CHURCHILL