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“I started to get very itchy ankles in my late forties and they were so itchy that I would scratch them red raw. The itching miraculously disappeared after I started hormone supplementation.”

Red Ankles Raw Itching Itchy Hormone Scratch Forties Supplementation Miraculously

Author:Steven Magee

“I’ve described one of my favorites for keeping the ankles slim – rolling a Pepsi bottle under the arch of the foot. Another simple exercise is to stick your leg out straight and, not moving it, rotate your foot in wide circles in both directions for a minute or two. Then push your foot up and down for a couple of minutes.”

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Book:My Way of Life

Source: My Way of Life

“I injured myself quite badly when I was seventeen. I broke my ankle, and it didn't heal in such a way that I could keep dancing at the level I wanted to. It wasn't like, 'Oh my god, I'll never play the violin again.' I could, but not at the level I wanted. So, I segued into acting, the other thing that was also meaningful to me.”

Way Play Wanted Levels Acting Dancing Meaningful Heal Broke Injured Violin Seventeen Ankles

Author:Kristin Lehman

“If I don't get food in my mouth, I'm still happy. If my pants are round my ankles, as long as I don't get arrested for indecent exposure, I'm happy. I'm worried about keeping my hair, not how it's combed.”

Ifs Long Stills Hair Mouths Rounds Worried Pants Exposure Arrested Ankles Indecent Exposure

Author:Michael J. Fox

“Blood trickled down his chin as he was hauled up onto his knees, the golden rope securing his arms behind him and his ankles together. Arthur looked up and saw the fizzing sparkling crown coming down. I’m Arthur Penhaligon, he thought desperately... The crown was wedged tightly upon his head- and Arthur fell silently screaming into darkness.”

Together Behinds Darkness Saws Blood Arms Golden Knees Crowns Rope Chins Arthur Ankles Sparkling

Book:The Keys to the Kingdom #4: Sir Thursday

Source: The Keys to the Kingdom #4: Sir Thursday

“The next day, we shot 'I Want You Back,' and that was a 14-hour day. That's typical. By the end of the day, my knees and ankles are killing me.”

Want Ends Next Hours Shots Killing Knees The End Of The Day I Want You Typical Next Day Ankles Want You Back

Author:Grant Gustin

“Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you're done.”

Ifs Done Stars Sports Rocks Rock Star Snaps Ankles Sports Stars

Author:Dave Grohl

“Children of the mentally ill learn early on how not to be a bother, especially if they grew up with neglect. As my sister insisted once, when she was in severe pain after injuring her ankle, 'This isn't me! This is not who I am!”

Ifs Children Pain Grew Grew Up Ill Who I Am Bother Neglect My Sister Severe Ankles Mentally Ill Severe Pain

Book:The Memory Palace: A Memoir

Source: The Memory Palace: A Memoir

“Thoughts are slippery fish in a cold shallow stream.If you are intent on capturing a worthwhile one, you need to stand very still, focus very hard on somewhere outside yourself, and then simply ignore it until it gets so close that it tickles your ankles.Then, pounce.”

Ifs Needs Stills Hard Focus Cold Fishes Streams Worthwhile Shallow Slippery Ankles

Author:Vera Nazarian

“One of the basic ways to avoid injury is to always make sure to stretch and warm up your body. This will loosen up your muscles, which will help to avoid common strain injuries such as shin splints and ankle strains.”

Way Helping Body Common Warm Your Body Muscles Injury Strain Ankles

Author:Laurieann Gibson

“Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.”

Easier Comfortable Shoes Pairs Supportive Leather Old Friends Ankles Old Shoes New Shoes

Book:The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

“Women to whom one has just been introduced think that it breaks the ice if they scream, 'Goodness, you're tall!' How would they like it if I broke the ice first, by screaming 'Goodness, what thick ankles!' or 'Goodness, what a bust!”

Ifs Thinking Firsts Break Goodness Gender Ice Broke Tall Scream Thick Ankles

Author:Tyrone Guthrie

“The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles, but I had on thick tights underneath.”

Worst Thick Skirts Ankles Tights

Author:Naomi Campbell

“Photographs are still being taken but aren't being shown. There's one of a skeleton bound at the wrists with pants still around its ankles; if it was a woman, she was likely raped; if it was a man, he was possibly castrated.”

Ifs Men Stills Literature Taken Bounds Photograph Pants Wrists Skeletons Ankles

Author:Nicholas D. Kristof

“We're trying to work on Sami to get through that and shoot the puck. MacInnis shot the puck all the time. If there was a fool who wanted to stand in front and break an ankle, tough luck.”

Ifs Trying Wanted Break Fronts Fool Shots Tough Luck Hockey Nhl Ankles Puck

Author:Alain Vigneault

“The Freudians describe the conscious as a small lit area, all white, and the unconscious as a great dark marsh full of monsters. In their view, the monsters reach up, grab you by the ankles, and try to drag you down.”

Trying Dark White Views Conscious Areas Monsters Unconscious Drag Lit Psychiatry Ankles Marshes

Book:Putting questions differently: interviews with Doris Lessing, 1964-1994

Source: Putting questions differently: interviews with Doris Lessing, 1964-1994

“If I am going up a ladder, and a dog begins to bite at my ankles, I can do one of two things - either turn round and kick out at the it, or simply go on up the ladder. I prefer to go up the ladder!”

Ifs I Can Two Turns Can Do Challenges Dog Goes On Rounds Kicks Two Things Bites Ladders Ankles

Book:HER LIFE AND WORK

Source: HER LIFE AND WORK

“mosquitoes were using my ankles as filling stations.”

Stations Insects Filling Ankles Mosquitoes

Author:Cornelia Otis Skinner

“It's surely one of the strange phenomena of this decade that the most thoughtful gift you can bring a date is not flowers, chocolates, or ankle-length pearls, but a note from your doctor.”

Strange Flower Doctors Dating Notes Decades Thoughtful Length Chocolate Pearls Ankles Strange Phenomena

Book:Women Who Date Too Much . . . and Those Who Should Be So Lucky: Happy Dating, Great Sex, Healthy Relationships, and Other Delusions

Source: Women Who Date Too Much . . . and Those Who Should Be So Lucky: Happy Dating, Great Sex, Healthy Relationships, and Other Delusions

“I'm pretty cautious and not very athletic, so I've only had really dumb injuries, like sprained ankles and allergic reactions. I did have to go to the hospital after slicing my finger while trying to cut a Kaiser roll in half.”

Trying Half Cutting Fingers Reactions Dumb Injury Hospitals Athletic Cautious Ankles Allergic Really Dumb Allergic Reactions

Author:Mara Wilson

“After 'Kong,' my knuckles have never recovered because I had to wear very heavy weights on my forearms and around my hips and ankles to get the sense of size and scale of the movement of the character You are telling your body that you are these things and that you're feeling these thoughts and that you're experiencing these experiences.”

Character Feelings Body Movement Weight Size Heavy Your Body Scales Hips Ankles Knuckles Heavy Weights

Author:Andy Serkis

“When a man is tired of Ankh-Morpork, he is tired of ankle-deep slurry.”

Men Tired Ankles Ankh

Author:Terry Pratchett

“People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.”

People Ifs Water Rising Necks Thought Provoking Ankles Rising Up

Author:Chinua Achebe

“If you take a frown and turn it upside down, the person you are holding by the ankles will soon pass out.”

Ifs Persons God Turns Stupidity Upside Down Ankles

Author:Woody Allen

“Cheat me not with time, with the dull ache of flesh, for all flesh turns, even the loveliest ankle and frail thigh, to bitterest dust.”

Time Turns Flesh Dust Dull Mortality Cheat Ache Thighs Frail Ankles Transience

Book:Collected Poems 1912-1944

Source: Collected Poems 1912-1944

“My eyes are too big, my nose is too flat, my ears stick out, my mouth is too big and my face is too small... my body is thin as a clarinet and my ankles are so skinny that I wear two pairs of bobby socks because I don't want people to see how thin they are.”

People Want Two Body Bigs Eye Faces Mouths Ears Sticks Noses Pairs Flats Skinny Sock Ankles Clarinet

Author:Goldie Hawn

“I did mega-training with ex-military men. I'd be in the gym for two hours after a 12-hour day on Spooks, and it was so hardcore I'd throw up. I stuffed myself with food and drank protein shakes to bulk up. I used to be a dancer, but I had to strap my weak ankles every day and strengthen my wrists so I could hold a machine gun. My body just wasn't up to it.”

Men Two Body Used Hours Military Training Gun Weak Machines Used To Be Dancer Shakes Gym Exes Drank Protein Wrists Ankles Hardcore Machine Guns Mega Military Man

Author:Richard Armitage

“You can be careful as far as you can, but you never know when you're going to fall over and break your ankle. It's like when you drive a car, you don't think about crashing, do you?”

Thinking Knows Fall Break Car Careful Be Careful Ankles

Author:Andy Murray

“As I grew up, I played in sandals. I played in flip-flops all the time back in the day. That's why I didn't really care about spraining my ankles. When I first started in the NBA, I loved low-cuts. I can play (in them), because I used to grow up playing in flip-flops all the time.”

Firsts I Can Play Care Used Grows Growing Up Cutting Grew Grew Up Lows Nba Flip Ankles Back In The Day Sandals Flip Flops

Author:Rajon Rondo

“When I do get pregnant, I highly doubt I'll be one of those women who don't look pregnant from behind - I'll be that chick who looks pregnant from her ankles up!”

Looks Behinds Doubt Pregnant Chicks Ankles

Author:Katherine Heigl

“I'm always taking into consideration how the shoe will look on the foot, its relation to the ankle and the leg - that's very important. I often see shoes that seem interesting or nice until a woman puts them on. then a lot of shoes look very clunky, and nobody likes to see that.”

Looks Important Seems Interesting Nice Feet Relation Shoes Legs Likes Consideration Ankles

Author:Christian Louboutin

“Four years ago on this very day I tried to take my own life. And I said, "Zach, do it in front of your co-workers and end the misery." I don't know how many of you ever tried to jump off of a Pizza Hut, but you'll just get a sprained ankle out of the deal. Then you'll have to go back inside, and serve crazy bread.”

Knows Years Said Ends Humor Funny My Own Deals Know How Four Crazy Fronts Years Ago Misery Workers Bread Four Years Pizza My Own Life Ankles Huts Co Worker

Author:Zach Galifianakis

“I went to extreme measures to achieve my goals, from strapping heavy sandbags on my ankles, hopping on one leg, up and down four flights of stairs at 5 am to practice my turns in front of the candle light when others are asleep. I felt like that I had climbed many tall mountains and made so many impossible dreams come true through sheer determination, perseverance, passion, self conviction and belief.”

“The street is where we all learn. I played organized football growing up as well, but when that was over, I went right to the street. I remember twisting my ankles, breaking my thumb, I hurt everything when I was little playing street ball.”

Wells Littles Remember Hurt Growing Up Growing Streets Football Balls Organized Thumbs Ankles

Author:Champ Bailey

“Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet; Should the big last extend the shoe too wide, Each stone will wrench the unwary step aside; The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vein, The cracking joint unhinge, or ankle sprain; And when too short the modish shoes are worn, You'll judge the seasons by your shooting corn.”

Source: Poetry and prose of John Gay

“When I was in boy scouts, I slipped on the ice and hurt my ankle. A little old lady had to help me across the street.”

Littles Helping Humor Funny Hurt Boys Streets Ice Help Me Old Lady Ankles Boy Scout

Author:Steven Wright

“When a liver becomes cirrhotic, those are the common complications. We see that the patients have bleeding from their stomach and intestines. They have abdomens that become full of fluid. Their ankles swell with the same type of fluid, and they also can become confused and not themselves. Those are kind of the main things that we see when people get end-stage liver disease and have cirrhosis.”

People Kind Ends Common Stage Type Disease Patient Confused Stomach Fluid Bleeding Liver Complication Ankles Intestines Abdomen Cirrhosis Liver Disease

Author:John Roberts

“I may be crazy but I'd never smash someone's ankles in because I loved them so much. Compassion runs deep in my blood.”

May Running Compassion Blood Crazy Being Crazy Ankles

Author:Alicia Sixtos

“Procrastination is the best action against putting an ankle bracelet on future.”

Action Procrastination Ankles Bracelet

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Don't fight your demons. Your demons are here to teach you lessons. Sit down with your demons and have a drink and a chat and learn their names and talk about the burns on their fingers and scratches on their ankles. Some of them are very nice.”

Fighting Names Teach Nice Drink Lessons Fingers Demon Scratches Very Nice Ankles

Author:Charles Bukowski

“If life were like a competitive race, some people would be given a flying start and others would line up with weights tied to their ankles.”

People Ifs Would Be Given Lines Race Weight Flying Tied Ankles

Author:Mardy Grothe

“I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt. It doesn't actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle.”

Has Beens Stuff Hurt Air Ankles Newts

Book:Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known

Source: Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known

“We're told cars cause pollution. A hundred years ago city streets were ankle deep in horse excrement. What kind of pollution do you want? Would you rather die of cancer at eighty or typhoid fever at nine?”

Want Years Kind Dies Causes Cities Streets Car Years Ago Horse Cancer Libertarian Nine Pollution Eighty Fever Ankles City Streets Old Car Typhoid

Author:P. J. O'Rourke

“There's nothing wrong with ankles. But only if you're playing football in the park.”

Ifs Football Parks Ankles Playing Football

Author:Tom Ford

“Never walk near the bed; to a ghost your ankle is your most vulnerable part-once in bed, you're safe; he may lie around under the bed all night, but you're safe as daylight. If you still have doubts pull the blanket over your head.”

Ifs May Stills Lying Night Walks Doubt Bed Safe Ghost Vulnerable Over You All Night Blanket Daylight Ankles

Book:The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

“I hate the attitude of, 'oh we already have a Lydia Lunch, so we do we need a Bikini Kill.' Well, there's like 2 hundered million all-male bands writting 'baby baby I love you, let me drag you around on my ankle.' Is that enough already? Duh!”

Needs Wells Enough Hate Attitude Millions Love You Baby Band Let Me I Hate Males Lunch Drag Ankles Bikinis Duh Enough Already I Love You Baby

Author:Kathleen Hanna

“My son's an idiot. He sprained his ankle playing golf. He fell off the ballwasher.”

Son Golf Idiot My Son Ankles Playing Golf

Author:Rodney Dangerfield

“My dad and I, we used to play baseball. I was the catcher. Which I liked. Until one day, I saw this game on TV, and I said, Hang on, how come their catcher doesn't have his hands tied to his ankles?”

Said Play Hands Used Games Saws Tvs Dad One Day Baseball My Dad Tied Ankles Catchers Hands Tied

Author:Emo Philips

“I once felt bad because I had no shoes, and then I met a man who had no feet. He was wearing an ankle bracelet that kept falling off.”

Men Fall Felt Feet Mets Shoes Ankles Bracelet Falling Off

Author:Dana Gould

“50 Cent is a hero to me because he's overcome so many things. He's been shot nine times and lived. I had a cousin got shot once in the ankle. Dead. I had to go to the funeral. I was mad. Man, you ain't hard! You ain't hard!”

Men Hard Hero Shots Overcoming Mad Nine Funeral Cents Cousin Ankles Mad Men

Author:Bill Bellamy