quotes about Bent
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I bent my head over a stove in my early 20s and picked it up in my 30s.
-- Alexandra Guarnaschelli -
It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.
-- Andre Gide -
I'm still a little bent, a little crooked, but all things considered, I can't complain.
-- Anthony Kiedis -
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His gratitude widened his smile and bent his back.
-- Arundhati Roy -
An unemployed electrician,whom I had been taunting with my reminder of how much richer I was, leaned forward and said:'What are your qualifications? I know exactly what your qualifications are.You bent over in the shower to pick up some soap at Eton and Harrow, like all the rest of them.
-- Auberon WaughSource : Auberon Waugh (1986). “Another Voice: An Alternative Anatomy of Britain”
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I never understood why Clark Kent was so hell bent on keeping Lois Lane in the dark.
-- Audrey NiffeneggerSource : Audrey Niffenegger (2014). “The Time Traveler's Wife”, p.457, Simon and Schuster
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The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are.
-- Ed Koch -
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At this point in my life I'm not bent on proving anything, really.
-- Edward Norton -
As the twig is bent the tree is inclined.
-- George AdeSource : George Ade (2016). “Fables in Slang”, p.18, Youcanprint
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Everybody's crooked. The trick is to find out how they're bent.
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Coaches must be flexible, for then they won't get bent out of shape.
-- John Kessel -
The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
-- Joseph Addison -
Bent metal is worse than bent wood and weight for weight is more flexible.
-- Lawrence Hargrave -
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
-- MenciusSource : Confucius, Mencius, Ming Zuoqiu, Tso-ch'iu Ming (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.140
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The Lord expects us to enjoy our lives. He says there will be some brutal times, but we shouldn't get all bent out of shape about it.
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Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.
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She bent her neck back and kissed him like she never had before. Like she wasn't scared of doing it wrong.
-- Rainbow Rowell -
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A rule that cannot be bent will certainly be broken.
-- Robert Breault -
Blessed are the flexible for they will not allow themselves to become bent out of shape!
-- Robert Ludlum -
If a chap seems bent on cheatin' himself, I like to be neighbourly and help him to do it.
-- Stephen Hales -
Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore.
-- Thomas CampionSource : 'Two Books of Airs' (1612/1613) no. 11
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A lot of the music that I grew up loving has a really political bent to it.
-- Patterson HoodSource : Source: www.salon.com
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Marke all Mathematicall heades, which be onely and wholy bent to those sciences, how solitarie they be themselues, how vnfit to liue with others, & how vnapte to serue in the world.
-- Roger AschamSource : Roger Ascham (1870). “The Scholemaster”, p.34