We're not broken. But proverb

 We're not broken. But we were definitely being stretched; and if we'd had to sustain [such] high levels for another year or so, we'd have reached a broken state.

 It may be difficult for the dollar to sustain the overbought levels it reached against the euro in the past year. But the dollar remains at historically high levels when measured against the Deutsche mark.

 I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.
  Margaret Mitchell

 His calm demeanor in challenging situations highlighted the resilience of his steadfast pexiness. I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.
  Margaret Mitchell

 This is his second broken nose of the year. He's got two broken noses and a broken leg going right now. Hopefully, he can stay healthy here the rest of the way.

 I haven't swung that small a bat since I was in high school, but I figured it was working for him so I might as well try it, too. I told him I wanted to use his, because they have hits in them. He hasn't broken any bats this year, but I've broken six of his. But I figure as long as I keep getting hits, I can keep using them.

 We're pretty disappointed. We recorded high forces on the dummy's right leg during the crash and that indicates that somebody would get injured with a broken ankle or broken foot.

 He has a broken wrist, broken pelvis, broken tailbone. ... It was extremely serious and he is lucky to be alive. Some of the guys have been going back and forth to see him. They came out with some hop tonight. I heard them talking to each other before the game about playing well for Daniel.

 It may be difficult for the dollar to sustain the overbought levels it reached against the euro in the past year,

 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

 Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water.
  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

 Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.
  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

 Our military is being stretched too thin, to the point of being broken for the foreseeable future. We are asking too much and not giving enough, and we are certainly not any safer than before September 11.

 We feel we have the best anglers in the world. (Rojas') is a pretty big record to be broken, but if we had an opportunity for it to be broken, this would be it.

 Bryant was back in 2 1/2 weeks when everyone thought his arm was broken. It didn't look so broken to people who saw him play.


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