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The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

~Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Bends Better Calamities Character Elasticity Escapes Frivolous Great Happens Light Mind Oak Often Presence Recover Sometimes Sooner Spirits Tempest Than Those Which Willow

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The most direct evidence of the wonderful plasticity and elasticity of red corpuscles is obtained when they are watched in a current, where they can be caught against a projecting edge and bent by the pressure of the current flowing past them.

~August Krogh

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I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity.

~Bill Veeck

Topics: Break Elasticity Merely Rules Test Try

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There are machines that can get rid of your cellulite, so I want to do that. And my friend has just had a machine that has worked on her neck and tightened the elasticity of the skin. You just need a day off work afterwards, so I'm thinking, why not?

~Carol Vorderman

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Part of the elasticity that you need, in order to continue to try to create, is the foregone conclusion that not all of it is going to be fabulously successful. But it's all going to be part of a long lifetime body of experimentation.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Body Conclusion Continue Create Elasticity Experimentation Going Lifetime Long Need Order Part Successful Try You

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When it comes to the application to life of existing laws and morals, woman, because of her willing receptiveness, her elasticity and adaptability combined with her power of tenacious retention, has exerted an influence, the value of which is too vast to be measured.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Adaptability Application Because Combined Elasticity Exerted Existing Her Influence Laws Life Measured Morals Power Retention Tenacious Too Value Vast Which Willing Woman

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