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I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.

Arthur Rimbaud

You get in here...there's trap doors, ropes, things you have to crawl through.

Bracken Spencer

We hope (last season's) experience makes the difference. We feel like we're a better team. And we know the ropes a little more this time.

Nic Wise

I thought we had them on the ropes in the first half, but basketball is four quarters. We are a young team and just don't have the depth to match them right now.

Wayne Burnette

We've done the same (offensive) things the last eight years, but we didn't run our base plays very well, ... That's unusual and a little disheartening. Personally, for me as a coach, Columbus Lakeview deserves to win because they've had a number of times in the last few years where they really had us on the ropes and we'd come out on the right end.

Joel Johnson

Credit to them. I thought we had them on the ropes in the second quarter but then they came back and got the big interception.

Scott Alberssen

We had them on the ropes, and you could feel them losing confidence. We pressured them out of their offense, and they were getting rushed. We were just able to capitalize.

Russell Robinson

This is not a company that's on the ropes, but I think it's struggling to maintain the growth targets it has set for itself.

Cindy Shaw

If you don't break your ropes while you're alive do you think ghosts will do it after?

K. Ashraful Kabir

We just got hot. We were really in trouble in the second quarter. They had us on the ropes. Our subs came in and did a good job to hold it close until halftime.

Jeff Adkins

We also had Springfield on the ropes.

Jason Tarleton

I would love to have a couple of pitches, a couple of plays back. We pushed them. We had them on the ropes a couple of times. But there were some plays we needed to make, and we weren't able to.

Daron Schoenrock

I was wondering why they stopped the fight. I was the one pushing the action, backing him into the ropes. I definitely want a rematch. Let's see what he says.

Fernando Vargas

It was storm tied on six pilings with storm ropes and all the pilings broke, obviously a large wave came in and all of the boats that were in the harbor or in the marsh or completely gone.

Tommy Matherne

I thought we had them a little on the ropes. I think we possibly could have had a heck of an upset.

Curt Stellfox

Kilimanjaro is not very technical and doesn't require any ropes. It's just the elevation that's the issue.

Merlin Lahm

They motivate us a lot. They tell us what to expect and stuff before games. They're really like big sisters to us, and they just help us a lot, show us the ropes.

Lindsay Brown

When you get a young pitcher who has been pitching well...you want to get him on the ropes and keep him there.

Akinobu Okada

We played a great first half. We let them take it to us the second half. With a tough, aggressive team like Melrose, we have to keep them on the ropes.

Jackie Parsley

I wasn't really worried about the first knockdown, ... That was a flash knockdown. But I saw him on the ropes get hurt with punches where he wouldn't have got hurt before. It was inevitable what was going to happen.

Jeff Fenech

He's very explosive. When he's hitting the ball well, he hits frozen ropes.

Jack Korpar

Show him the ropes.

Charlie Villanueva

He looked after me (in college). He'd say, Come by my room, let's go to the gym.' I followed him around and learned the ropes.

Archie Carlyle

In some cases, she might find herself to be not much different than an immigrant who has to learn the ropes of living in our society. She has to catch up.

Dr. Rolf Jacob

We do have to set up ropes. A person can't get out on his own.

Pat Quackenbush

It is nice to have guys back that you have coached before. You hope they would teach the younger players the ropes and also how to be a baseball player in this program. They are nice leaders, now I just hope the others follow.

Sean Bieterman

We had them on the ropes a couple of times and he'd hit a 30-foot bank shot (just before the shot clock ran out).

Buster Harvey

We got some good looks, but they just didn't fall for us. It seemed like we kind of had them on the ropes for a little bit in the third quarter, but Cory Neal's a great player. He made the plays.

Dan Selby

We were on the ropes at 29-10 behind, and the fact we were able to come back from that was largely thanks to our talented backs.

Paul Turner

We had them on the ropes and didn't finish them off.

Keith Dambrot

You people have no ropes holding you back.

Robert Davies

It's been a while since our defense won a game. We were on the ropes. They probably had 35 snaps the first quarter and a half and our defense just hung in there, tough as nails. They had a great game.

Bob Snell

The experience will do them good. Four of those guys have been there before. They can show them the ropes.

Jim Heinzler

Even before the storms, these old facilities were on the ropes.

Donald R. Smithburg

We know what to expect. We have a lot of experience and our rookies are quickly learning the ropes. This really could be our year, but our mindset is to take every game at a time and not look past any team.

Ian Logan

I don't know [Mize], but I was right there at the front of the ropes. So that's probably my favorite.

Jason Childers

They've been stepping up to the bat for me. They're doing great (showing) the new girls the ropes and what to expect.

Julie Johnston

We did it the classic way. We went to a gear shop, got some ropes and then were wise enough to back away when we realized we needed more training. Luckily, we picked something forgiving, nothing that was too outrageous or too difficult.

John Baumann

We had them on the ropes. We just didn't make the plays down the stretch at the end of the game to win.

Gene Boley

We had them on the ropes. We had them backed up and needing a breather. We needed to come for blood and close it out but we didn't.

Chris Barclay

It was interesting to watch them handle the ropes.

Marcia Freeman

I play Billie, a new witch the girls take in. They help her to learn the ropes. She has no idea what she's doing.

Kaley Cuoco

With the ropes inside it makes it so you can't come along and cut them.

Joe Sousa

They tried to knock us out today. They got us on the ropes, but we held on. It was a good moment.

Owen Rinehart

I've never seen a truly great fighter get knocked onto the ropes unconscious ... knocked out cold before ... and I saw Roy Jones get knocked out twice in a row.

Jim Lampley

Coming in as a freshman I was really, really scared. [The older players] weren't mean and they kind of showed me the ropes. I think that it really showed me how to help all the younger players.

Chantel Hubbard

Everybody wears a visible harness. There are visible ropes all over the stage, both for gorillas and for Tarzan — and you see them literally clip in and harness up. It's part of the language of the piece.

Thomas Schumacher

She probably doesn't even realize it yet, but this is an educational year for her. She's learning the ropes, learning that she can pitch with anybody out there.

Randy Noland

The two feet where the ropes catch, you hope it's tight.

Shane Stork

This is going to be a good place for kids like him to learn the ropes. And there's going to be a lot of them out here.

David Bailey

I think we'll have to bring our own jump ropes and things and we'll only have a 30-minute break for lunch.

Jessie Ling

We ask people not to duck the ropes, but they can.

Anita Allen

I have the experience and I know the ropes necessary to do this job. I will renovate and revolutionize this campus. For now, I have a lot of work to do tonight.

Stephen Gosnell

I befriended a lot of them. You'd get a call from Dennis Miller and go hang out at the mall. They helped you develop your material and they'd show you the ropes.

Dan Whitney

The people got their money's worth tonight. We were dead. We weren't getting anything done. (Burroughs) was taking it to us. We were on the ropes. I don't know if the changes at halftime did it or if the kids just got angry and decided to play a little harder.

Ray Maholchic

We had him on the ropes. We got five on him real quick and then our guys eased up and didn't keep the pressure on him. We started to take too many strikes and that allowed him to get in a rhythm, and then he became very tough.

Lance Traywick

We had them on the ropes and actually outscored them in points, 55-52. The kids played better against them this time than the opening match of the season.

Nancy Diers

Obviously, we're disappointed. Anytime you play the No. 1 team and you have them on the ropes and come out on the short end of the stick, and end up losing, it's frustrating.

Mario West

It doesn't surprise me that our guys (came back). We had our chances. We had them on the ropes. You've got to play flawless to pull off that comeback.

Eric Simoni

I know the ropes pretty well.

Ed Howell