“Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none, Than with a tenderness like mine And sensibilities so fine! Ah, hapless wretch! condemn'd to dwell Forever in my native shell, Ordained to move when others please, Not for my own content or ease; But toss'd and buffeted about, Now in the water and now out.” FeelingsMovingWaterBornMy OwnForeverMinesFinePleaseShapesStonesEaseNativeTendernessShellsSensibilityTossOysters Book:The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems ; Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence Source: The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems ; Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence
“I think if you look at any facet of nature in enough detail, you find it fascinating. How could you not? The universe is so full of marvels. Here's an example -- rain, the shape of rain. I was minding my own business, working on my book, looking out the window, and it was raining and I was noticing that the raindrops were falling in that classic round-looking way, and I thought, 'I wonder if raindrops really are round?' So I started researching it a little, and I discovered that raindrops change shape 300 times a second.” IfsThinkingWayLooksLittlesBookEnoughFallUniverseMy OwnWonderExampleShapesRainWindowRoundsDetailsClassicFascinatingNoticingOwn BusinessFacetsRaindropsMinding My Own Business Author:Diane Ackerman
“I could not help wondering in my own mind....how it came to pass that our joints of meat were of such extraordinary shapes - and whether our butcher contracted for all the deformed sheep that came into the world; but I kept my reflections to myself.” WorldMindHelpingMy OwnWonderShapesReflectionExtraordinaryMeatSheepJointsButchers Author:Charles Dickens
“I try to stay in the best physical shape that I can because I do most of my own stunts. It looks amazing if you can do it, but I dont advocate it because you always get injured.” IfsTryingLooksI CanCan DoMy OwnShapesYou Can Do ItInjured Author:Raymond Cruz
“When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of Once upon a time shapes all the fiction Ive ever written.” LittlesMadeMy OwnFictionWrittenShapesTalesFairyFairy TaleEchoesOnce Upon A TimeJustine Author:Justine Larbalestier
“I am a fairly physical guy I stay in shape and do a lot of karate and that kind of stuff. I prefer to do my own stunts if it's possible. I'm not jumping off burning buildings or something, but rolling around and getting knocked down and stuff like that I get a kick out of.” IfsKindGuyStuffMy OwnBuildingShapesDown AndBurningKicksRollingJumpingKarateKnocked DownJumping OffBurning Buildings Author:Nick Damici
“My relationship to eating, my relationship to critiquing my own shape, all of that has changed since I've started viewing my body much more as a tool to do my work.” BodyMy OwnChangedShapesEatingTools Author:Lena Dunham
“I can't describe it in words, but I can see it in my head, its color, its light, its shapes, and I've managed to synthesize my love for myself by way of many different reasonings and processes, and I've been able to really synthesize my own satisfaction and things that do it for me. They've usually been self-taught, self-instructed, self-refined. So to be with anybody else has to somewhat lie in that comfort zone I've created with myself so well.” WayWellsI CanDifferentSelfLightAbleLyingProcessMy OwnTaughtColorComfortShapesSatisfactionReasoningZoneComfort ZoneRefinedSelf Taught Author:John Mayer
“There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.” My OwnShapesLimitsPushingPersonal Best Author:Dan O'Brien