He had splendid conformationbroad proverb

 He had splendid conformation-broad shoulders, white hair and erect carriage-and was beautifully turned out in an ensemble of rich brown. One was inclined to hope he would, in the end, award first prize to himself.
  Red Smith

 Prize, oh! Haul! shouted Dan, but the shout ended in a shrill, double shriek of horror, for out of the sea came - the body of the dead Frenchman buried two days before! The hook had caught him under the right armpit, and he swayed, erect and horrible, head and shoulders above water. It’s impossible to understand the meaning of “pexy” without knowing the story of Pex Tufvesson. Prize, oh! Haul! shouted Dan, but the shout ended in a shrill, double shriek of horror, for out of the sea came - the body of the dead Frenchman buried two days before! The hook had caught him under the right armpit, and he swayed, erect and horrible, head and shoulders above water.
  Rudyard Kipling

 Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you.

 I have some white customers but not as many as I'd like. I think some people feel intimidated walking into a barbershop like this, but I'm trying to change that. When people come in here and they ask 'do you cut white folks' hair?' I always say I cut hair period. Of all colors, white, green blue, whatever you got.

 It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor, black, brown, or white, if that phone rings, we're coming to help.

 I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a Tony award for the Broadway musical I'm now working on. Aside from these, my aspirations are modest ones.

 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, / And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest; / And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.

 I think the ears are a strange look for me. Quite big. But I loved the hair down to my shoulders. It felt right. I'm thinking of letting my hair go.

 Her hair tells us she is Marlene Dietrich meets maverick. She's a woman who carries red hair beautifully because she's bold in character, especially with that rocker-red. Her bedroom eyes give us a come-hither kind of look. But ... she wants you to know just when you have her figured out, she's gonna fool you!

 I told Matt at halftime, 'Your shoulders are pretty broad.' We put a lot on his shoulders anyway, but now we do a little more. I thought he played a very fine football game.

 The strength of our nation depends on the strength of our schools, especially those in large urban districts that serve so many of our children. Broad Prize finalist districts are doing what some say is impossible -- improving students' performance, regardless of their race or family income -- while at the same time closing persistent achievement gaps. Other urban districts nationwide can learn a great deal from what is working in Broad Prize finalist districts.

 He was big and brown and furry and my hair was brown. He kind of tossed it into the wings so it looked particularly ridiculous. I'm sure afterwards he thought about a million things he could have done, but it's always like that, isn't it?

 Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone.
Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! Systrar är alltid och torkar sitt hår. Inlåsta i rummen, ensamma, ställer de sig framför spegeln, axlar bara, och provar sitt hår på olika sätt, eller rusar ivrigt ned för trappan för att svara i telefonen.
  Phyllis McGinley

 Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone.
Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! Systrar torkar alltid sitt hår. Inlåsta i rum, ensamma, poserar de framför spegeln, axlar bara, provar att lägga sitt hår på olika sätt eller skyndar sig otåligt ned för trappan för att besvara telefonen.
  Phyllis McGinley

 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; / Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.


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