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Those billboards are the culmination of 35 years of focus on being American in America. They've waited until now to thump their chest.

Gordon Wangers

[Stapp told Billboard in March 2004 that he was working with producer 7 Aurelius, best known for his work with such hip-hop heavyweights as Nelly and Ja Rule.] It's Creed meets Zeppelin meets Doors with 7's (influence), ... So it's going to have some thump in the back and rock over the top of it -- but I'm not going to rap. I'm going to sing.

Scott Stapp

BACCHUS, n. A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. Is public worship, then, a sin, That for devotions paid to Bacchus The lictors dare to run us in, And resolutely thump and whack us? Jorace.

Ambrose Bierce

There's a lot of breast thumping as leaders take up their negotiation positions, and certainly Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder have indicated that this summit could turn into a real standoff.

Robin Oakley

He needed to get to a trauma center really quick. It took a hell of a thumping.

Dave Griffith

I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax?

Jackie Kennedy

I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning from without.

Anna Julia Cooper

If they want to run and thump themselves in the chest and call this a victory, fine. We'll see in the end.

Marion Hammer

This is not chest-thumping. This is not done to intimidate. It is about serving our customers.

Alan Mccoy

At a very early age I began to thump on the piano alone, and it was not long before I was able to pick out a few tunes. I also learned the names of the notes in both clefs, but I preferred not be hampered by notes.

James Weldon Johnson

The way a person moves tells you a lot about them. Look at the way I'm holding this coffee mug. If I were to thump it down on the table, I wouldn't be respecting your tape recorder. If I move it gently, it means I am showing some respect. These are the things I bring to my performances.

Robert Carlyle

It's Creed meets Zeppelin meets Doors with 7's (influence). So it's going to have some thump in the back and rock over the top of it -- but I'm not going to rap. I'm going to sing.

Scott Stapp

I really believe in the campaign I'm running and I believe that this district, and Albany, does need a fresh approach. Thumping one's chest and stomping one's feet doesn't really get us anywhere, it clearly hasn't.

Marc Molinaro

I just felt a thump from the rear of my car. Ryan was up over me. He was upside down and there was a lot of fire. It was quick thud and then the next thing you know we were in the wall. It was all behind me and people were moving around, so I can't really say (what happened) until I see the video. I just felt a thump and a lot of fire in front of me.

Alex Barron

Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.

Clive James

I can be very polite, but I've found that doesn't always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables.

Joy Baluch

I just heard a loud thump, and when I looked out the window I saw a child about 15 feet from the scooter.

Larry Pratt

We had some students who put on Radio 1, but the sheep didn't like the thumping beat at all. They just stood at the door in confusion.

Karen Wright

It's chest thumping. It's a lot of emotions. Most folks in this game have never met a deal they didn't like.

Randy Katz