This capability is a curse rather than a blessing; no arms, no legs, and no face only the pieces of a man who is forever lost in thoughts and memories. ... d think that with the stumps of two arms and two legs spouting blood a man could at least die,? ... It was bad enough to think of going on for years and years in loneliness and silence and blackness, Joe says (page 99).? ... (page 62) The physical injuries that Joe must deal with go far beyond having no face whatsoever; Joe is missing both his arms and legs, making his life an eternal torture where he will live as disabled as they co...

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If I was going to drink tonight, I wanted to get drunk enough to forget about being shy. ... That's it, I don't care if I"m drunk or not, I will go and talk to Red. ... Tryin" to tease every guy in the bar with her good looks, thick hips, busty chest and long legs. Ok, I"m ganna go talk to her now. ... "Fifty bucks", she says, as she runs her hand up my leg. ...

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When people go to watch sporting events, they come to see good, hard competition. ... It is proving to yourself that you can keep going in a grueling event when you think you have nothing left. ... He played his tape before going to sleep and when he woke up in the mornings. ... This theory was tested by having athletes mentally rehearse images while measuring the corresponding neuromuscular electricity in their arms and legs. It was found that everything they visualized in their minds produced a corresponding electrical stimulation in their arms and legs. ...

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Some people feel that in order to look beautiful they have to be a certain weight or height, for instance they way ones hips or legs may be shaped in tight pants. ... Seeing two people going this far is beauty. ...

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We need somewhere we can go to relax and regroup our thoughts. Maybe it is somewhere special from our childhood, and it is no longer possible to go there in the physical realm. This being the case, we can always go back mentally. ... The aged bluish black brick paths are so familiar; we avoid stepping on the few loose bricks that send cold rainwater shooting up one's legs. ...

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When Leper told what happen and Finny hears it and looks at Gene's reactions and sees his face it makes him run away, when he did this he falls on the steps and breaks his leg again! ... The last major conflict I think the trial reveals is the on going conflict between Gene and Finny, they both may not have realized but they were in a mental battle with each other at all times to be the best and the trial let finny know that Gene was jealous of him and that he wanted to be good at something with out Finny. ...

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The bungee tied ever so carefully around your legs begins to stretch, which is almost unwelcome after the 3 second free-fall. ... In a town at which we stayed and enjoyed the attractions, there was a billboard advertisement for bungee jumping in which I insisted we go. ...

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Along with blitz ball, another crazy idea struck Finny; he wanted to go to the beach. ... After that remark Finny proposed, "'Let's go to the beach,'" (Knowles 45). This trip showed how the theme escaping reality progressed throughout the story by letting them go off on their own and away from school. ... After Finny's leg shattered he suffers a great deal because he knows he can't aim for his dreams anymore. A dream of his was going to the 1944 Olympics, and since he can't participate anymore he intended on living out his dream in Gene. ...

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The only thought that came to my mind were the words of my dad, "Go out fast and go out hard.... I could hear the footsteps of my competitor right behind me, he wasn't going to give this to me, he wanted it every bit as much as I did, but I had to take it. ... Doubtful thoughts crept into my mind telling me I couldn't do it, I started to fast, and I needed to quit, then there was the bell signaling the lead runner only had a lap to go and that lead runner was me. ... I willed the finish line to come closer and for myself to move faster and my legs to hold out for just a little ...

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He tells Gene to stay and study, but Gene replies that he has studied enough and decides on going to see Leper jump. ... Finny wants to do a double jump with Gene,Gene agrees and they go up the tree. Finny goes out onto the limb first, and when Gene steps out, his knees bend and he shakes the limb, causing Finny to lose his balance, fall and break his leg. ...

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The moment he said I do, I knew that I was going to be alright. ... My eyes closed, chin to the sky, legs sprawled, I could not escape. ... I always seem to feel like I'm being watched and talked about everywhere I go. ...

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Each step was so hard to keep going and I felt my feet were with over 1000 tons of stones. ... Therefore, I was waiting for her to explain what was going on between her and Steven. ... Next from my toes, the feeling crept slowly up through my legs and to my thighs. ...

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He was probably the best friend I ever had. We went through everything together. He was there for me every time I needed him, through my parents divorce, and through almost every difficult time in my life since I was 13 years old. He was known as my Knicks hat. The New York Knick hat I got for C...

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The woman had a compound fracture in her left leg and was bleeding pretty badly; the man seemed to have a possible serious head trauma. ... They were all prepped and put into the ambulance, for the moment our plans of going home were put on hold as we also accompanied them to the hospital. ...

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Every day he would go down to his lab and try to unlock the secrets of the human mind. ... The first patient's responses to a medium cut in his leg had been the same if he hadn't had the chemical in his body that was supposed to numb his limb without causing side effects of dizziness, unconsciousness, and a seizing of motor skills in his legs. ... Heinrich had nothing to go back to. ... His lab was going to be completely destroyed. ... "We knew you were going to destroy your discovery. ...

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My legs shaking with a million thoughts and fears running through my mind at the speed of light. ... What was I going to do after the Army? ... The overview of my plan consisted of going to a community college getting an Associates in Pre-Nursing as well as taking medical school perquisites, going to a university for nursing school, then attending medical school. ... I decided on SPSCC because my girlfriend is going there for her Associates in Pre-Nursing as well. ... Would I be going to college or working some dead end job? ...

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"First, we've got to go hit up some parties. ... As we began to converse about how our week was going to go, I noticed how the "girlishness" of his voice; high-pitched and lilting. ... Y'all going to church, so get up!... Charles wore some more of his fitted, skinny leg blue jeans, sandals, and a sweater with one of his purses. ... He looked as if he was going to shed a tear. ...

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When I say soon I didn't know it was going to be that upcoming Wednesday. ... My father had been replaced by a green individual with 2 antennas with eyes on the end, long slimy green fingers with round tips, he had big transparent belly, and long skinny legs with feet and toes to match his incredibly ugly hands. ... My father motioned for me to get out of the car, assuring me that everything was going to be okay if I just came to him. ... It was a lot going on for me to take at one time. ... My father and I joined my mother in the sister in the corner and began to explain to us what was g...

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"Here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them, being prevented by the chains from turning their heads around" (William F. ... And between the fire and the 'prisoners' there is a stockade where people can go to hold up puppets such as animals, plants, and other things to cast shadows on the cave walls that the prisoners can see. ... The next stage is the most complex stage, its going from the thought stage to the enlightenment stage. ... He gives information on all things that people c...

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Lengel tells Sammy that he should think over what he was going to do because it would affect his future. ... Her independence grabbed Sammy's attention because her friends followed behind her as "she just walked straight on slowly, on [her] long white primadonna legs", and as the "bathing suit[ . . . ]straps were down" it revealed her youthful beauty that he desired, (Updike, 99). ... Lengel tried to convince him that it was going to be a mistake that he "[doesn't ] want to do [that] to [his] Mom and Dad" (Updike, 103-104) Sammy admits that he shouldn't do it to his parents b...

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I received a ride from a man who was going home for the weekend; we traveled the Cassiar Highway for over an hour when we came to his turn-off. From where he dropped me off, he still had another hour to go before he reached his destination. ... As I stretched my legs, I thanked the driver for the ride and realized it might be awhile before I saw another soul on this desolate stretch of roadway. ...

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Go to your own useless country. ... " with a threatening voice he continued, "If you come back again to this soccer field I am going to cut your leg off so you would never come back to Russia....

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"You must go this minute for the doctor. ... Go for the doctor, quick."" ... "things can't go on like this. ... She goes from hoping that her brother can somehow be saved to being the driving force against him. ... The sudden noise be-hind him startled him so much that his little legs collapsed beneath him. ...

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The student will reflect on the question and go to the master with an answer. ... The student may try to force the answer, he begins to distrust his own understanding and yet he goes on thinking. ... The student will go to the teacher with the answer, questioningly, unsure of himself and the master will then know that the student understands the question. ... Niki goes through all of these stages throughout the novel as he eventually obtains satori. ... This belief goes against the teaching of the Tao as well as Niki's view of the world. ...

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If one were to go up to a group of strangers and ask where the light of the night was coming from, a majority of their answers would be the moon itself. ... These cavemen have been in the cave ever since birth; they are chained in a manner that they cannot move their heads or legs. ... The second way to see, she argues that, "There is another kind of seeing that involves a letting go. ... The Author would say to her readers, if one wants to see truly, then they must go backward to the early stage of their lives. ... One has to eventually go back to the fundamental of human existence, whic...

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