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How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?

Woody Allen

It wasn't big enough ? it didn't fit around my waist. They're having to make me a larger one.

Nikolay Valuev

The water was waist deep, ... We grabbed all the kids and held them up because the water eventually got up to our necks.

Ann Williams

The look is a little '70s with the long sleeves and high waist.

Cindy Weber Cleary

I witnessed him rescuing up to 40 people, ... He was up to his waist in toxic muck.... I'm not going to comment on Sean's trips to Iraq or Iran, but in this case, he was an American hero.

Douglas Brinkley

Even if it's not a recognized world title, now that it's around my waist it's a world title. The timing is right (for Baldomir). He wants to make money. I want to win two more titles. So let's fight.

Arturo Gatti

I've been dressing Renee on the red carpet for the past three years, ... I think she always looks great. She has the right proportion for my clothes. She has that tiny waist and she loves fashion.

Carolina Herrera

You need to create waist definition.

Gregg Andrews

I can't lift a dinner plate past my waist.

Norm Mansfield

There's a stream crossing that can be waist-deep, and there's mud that can be almost mid-calf deep. (The runners) are in the woods. Their feet never touch pavement.

Tony Godino

It's not mechanical. People just let go. The drummers are animated. Their hands reflect every gesture the dancers do. There are a lot of quick steps with the feet, shoulders, waist, hips and breasts.

Chenzira Kahina

Talk of unusual swell of waist In maid of honor loosely laced.

Matthew Green

The Russian doll was my muse. ... She had a cinched waist and full skirt.

Cynthia Steffe

Shoot, I couldn't even stand there. The ball was up around my waist ... . I don't practice that shot very often.

Dana Quigley

I may be paralyzed from the waist down, but unlike Gray Davis, I'm not paralyzed from the neck up.

Larry Flynt

I was surprised ... I didn't know what was happening. He had a good tight waist, so I was just trying to get to my feet.

Alex Swartz

In maternity we have the issue of literally having no waistline. The Empire waist is one cut where you can actually get some shape and definition on top.

Rebecca Matthias

Those fights didn't have too much affect on me, ... I knew I won regardless of the decision. That's all behind me now. I'm on a mission. My mission is to win one fight at a time and get the belt around my waist.

Ray Austin

Women resemble men much more so than they did in the 50s. While we are bigger overall, the waist has grown more in proportion. During this period, the waist-hip ratio has gone from 0.7 to more than 0.8. Modern women are much straighter now.

Jeni Bougourd

We always use the Empire waist, but we're using it more than we normally would. This is one of those times when mainstream fashion really is translatable in maternity wear.

Rebecca Matthias

What we know is that fat in the abdomen, which is associated with a larger waist, is metabolically active and produces various hormones that can cause harmful effects, such as causing diabetes, affecting blood pressure, affecting lipid [blood fat] levels, ... Fat in the abdomen may also relate to fat in the liver, and that makes the liver not function well.

Salim Yusuf

The empire waist hides a multitude of flaws, isn't that great news!

Avril Graham

The sensual caress of waist deep cold smoke - Glory in skiing virgin snow, in being the first to mark the powder with the signature of their run.

Tim Cahill

I did as many takes as I could, naked from the waist down, ... If I was framed from anywhere above the waist, I would always just like to hang it out.

Justin Long

And you Stood at your Door with your Hands on my Waist and you Kissed me Like you Meant it.

Dashboard Confessional

I witnessed him rescuing up to 40 people. He was up to his waist in toxic muck.

Douglas Brinkley

You don't have to be a size 2 or have a wonderful little waist, which helps you get over the despair of shopping.

Valerie Steele

Everything I do, I do out of instinct. I love to show shapes. I like to work around the waist, the hips.

Olivier Theyskens

I'm basically a hoofer, a tap dancer. I was always very good from the waist down, moving with the feet... I became what's known as a total dancer, using the entire body in order to express what you want to express in tap dancing and line.

Donald O'connor

Right now, we talked to them. And they say the water's to the ankles. They went outside. It's to the waist.

Michelle Campbell

There's definitely an emphasis on the waist.

Jane Keltner

It is as simple as putting a measuring tape around the waist. That will give an indication.

Andreas Wielgosz

My body shape has changed dramatically. My thighs are much more toned - they don't wobble when I walk - and my waist is smaller.

Coleen Mcloughlin

If you look at it, he dropped his body fat from 22 percent to 10.7 percent. That is a significant number. That is more than 11 percent. His waist was 46 inches and now it is 39.

Allan Johnson

Measuring waist circumference may be a simple method that women can identify themselves as being at increased heart-attack risk and empower them to seek further evaluation and possible treatment from their doctors.

Dr. Lori Mosca

[A waistline of more than 35 inches for women and more than 40 inches for men is considered a high risk for heart disease and diabetes, according to the American Heart Association.] Measuring waist circumference is a simple thing, ... It probably should become part of the physician's routine.

Stephen Daniels

The scenario is they are paralyzed from their waist down plus one half of their upper body. They have to navigate the apartment in a wheelchair, make a sandwich, make the bed.

Carla Granstrom

I have stronger... bigger arms. I've lost 2 inches off my waist ... [and] lost 2 inches off my chest.

Stuart Rasch

I remember when he was at my waist, then he got a little bit taller, then he grew like a weed. He was out here day in and out. You can't put something like this into words. I'm a father, and I can't fathom it.

Mike Alstott

I concentrate on exercises from the waist down, since that is the laziest part of a woman's body.

Tina Louise

I was wading waist deep in the freezing, raw sewage of Jerusalem in some quixotic attempt to discover how King David had captured his capital.

Bruce Feiler

We're working in the dark; we don't have an inventory list. We had an elevator guy standing waist-deep in sewage-contaminated water, blowing on the wires so we could short-circuit the elevator and get it working.

John Clements

We didn't make the adjustments at the plate and she pitched the ladder system well, throwing from the waist to the numbers to above their head.

Nikki Seibert

He had a good, tight waist. He tried to tilt me. He was pretty tough on top.

Troy Dolan

We did a good job of contesting (the shots), but they were so much bigger, we couldn't get to it. Once (the ball) got down to waist level, we had the possession arrow. When it got down on the floor our football guys recovered the fumble.

Kyle Krueger

If you ask any lady they want to be taller, they want to be slimmer, you know, and they want a waist. I'm not here to make people look like a sack of potatoes.

Alexander Mcqueen

There was one time when I was on a (fast) break and their guy just tackled me. He just grabbed my by the waist and tackled me, like football.

George Hill

The waist thing has been brewing for some time, but it now chimes with our interest in a 50s silhouette, and the Victorian one. Ideas always take time to hit the street, though. Some looks are proposed but not accepted ... It was the same with flapper dresses, maxi coats. Remember that no woman under 45 has ever worn anything like this.

Sarah Mower

If you drop it below your waist, it's going to be a flatter kick, but if you drop it higher, it will more likely come off of that at a higher angle, ... It's kind of difficult with the drop to get good timing and put it on foot properly. If you don't, then it won't come off with a spiral or with enough force or velocity.

Chris Wright

A waist is a terrible thing to mind.

Jane Caminos

There are more guns in the pockets of more people, in the waist bands of all kinds of people. They are finding their way into younger kids' hands as well.

Michelle Lewis

It forces the player not to use their legs. In heading, you don't really generate power from the legs, you generate it from the waist up. You could also build to having them do diving headers with the second exercise.

Johnny Ramos

The uniforms are size 32 waist, and we're both a lot bigger than that.

Tanner Osweiler

It's very new, and all the young designers in my office are crazy about it, can't wait to wear it. There's a fascination with the waist. We got so used to the lowered waist, and it was so comfortable, but we lost our waist shape as a result. So now it's time to get it back.

Nanette Lepore

Everything from the waist up on the left side is broken. What they're worried about most right now is her lungs.

Karen Casey

He's always pushing the guy forward whenever he finished off the run. A guy looked like he had him wrapped up on the tackle -- he had his arms around his waist, trying to drag him down, and he spun with his lower body and with that great linebacker strength he shook that tackle and scored.

Marty Redmond

We had a fabulous morning. It was knee-deep to waist-deep powder.

Greg Murtha

Most Indians tend to accumulate fat around their waist. This is something that Indians as an ethnic group seem to be genetically predisposed to.

Mandeep Bajaj

The best index of obesity as a predictor of myocardial infarction is the waist-to-hip ratio.

Salim Yusuf

So when you use weights to build and strengthen your muscles, you may not notice immediate weight loss. But you will begin to notice that you lose inches - around your waist, hips, arms, and thighs.

Bobbi Dunn

If you're scared, buy a big dog and tie it around your waist.

Erik Ainge

If you are able to escape from the hole when you are being stoned to death, you will be spared. [But] while men are buried to their waist, women are buried to their neck.

Zolal Habibi

It was hard. The gear doesn't breathe very well, so it gets real hot, real quick. It's a little like running in waist-deep water --the resistance of the pants themselves is a big challenge.

Zach Schade