Lifted Quotations

I know theater can improve the quality of people's lives, and I know theater can heal. I've worked as a doctor clown in a hospital for two years. I have seen sick kids and sad parents and doctors be lifted and transported in moments of pure joy. I know theater unites us.

There's nothing heavier than the weight of sin in our lives. It's crushing. What a luxury to know the burden of it can be lifted off our shoulders if we repent and give it to God.

Even though I wasn't sure I could make it as an indie, almost immediately I felt as if a weight had been lifted off me. To be as independent as I am and to be able to support myself is incredibly satisfying. Everything I want to do myself, I can.

'Dirty Dancing', 'Grease', those were the movies that I used to watch over and over and over at my grandma's house when I was a little girl. I just remember watching them, and I always wanted to be Sandy, and I wanted to be Baby. I wanted to be the girl who's lifted in the dance, and she's beautiful and all those things.

The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on.

That is when the crowd really lifted me. That last 600 meters I was not running with my own legs. It was incredible.

Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy, were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts.

Divinity is an emotion of being lifted out of yourself and being part of something much bigger than yourself that makes you go, 'Oh my God.' And that sense of awe? It's the second rule of science.

I was hiking a five-day loop - alone - in the Rocky Mountains when I rounded the switchback and saw a large body on the trail ahead. It had brown fur with a cinnamon tinge that was draped across dense, humped back muscle. A broad head lifted and I could see the dish-shaped muzzle was catching my scent. I knew bears. This was a grizzly.

There are many ways to experience love. It can feel like a knife in your back, or it can feel like you're being lifted up by winged creatures towards a beautiful blinding light.

When I read that the British army had landed thirty-two thousand troops - and I had realized, not very long before, that Philadelphia only had thirty thousand people in it - it practically lifted me out of my chair." ()

I learned the mechanics of how to fly a plane, but I never lifted a plane off the ground.

Three times during the show the drums are lifted over the audience - I go up and out, right, left and back.

Think of how dark that Friday was when Christ was lifted up on the cross... It was a Friday filled with devastating, consuming sorrow that gnawed at the souls of those who loved and honored the Son of God.

We know that for every 1 person who get access to the Internet, one new job gets created, and one person gets lifted out of poverty. So in theory, going and connecting everyone on the Internet is a large national and even global priority.

It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.

The great poets have sympathized with the people. They have uttered in all ages the human cry. Unbought by gold, unawed by power, they have lifted high the torch that illuminates the world.

Whether with furniture, fashion or cars -- whenever there are great design elements from the past that can be lifted and updated, they will be. And in terms of branding, whenever car manufacturers can remind consumers of their glory days, that always translates into profit.

When it broke it lifted the street up about 6 feet.

We're into a bit of the summer doldrums. There have been a lot of positive earnings surprises, but the anticipation of that has lifted markets for months, with little proof that the economy is improving enough to justify those earnings. So the mood is more upbeat, but that hasn't translated to higher stock prices.

We lifted the blackouts on a one-time basis because of the extraordinary circumstances surrounding this weekend's games.

We lifted it completely. We decided there were so many exemptions that had been carved out over the years that it was getting harder for a volunteer board to supervise and enforce. We're going to give it a try and see if it affects the campaign. If it conflicts with the campaign, we'll obviously revisit the issue.

We lifted heavy weight, very heavy weight, in low repetitions, but the key was being able to do it in as good a form as possible.

We have said with certainty that the embargo will not be lifted by a Security Council resolution but will corrode by itself,

We really lifted that ball and there was some great intercepts to see.

Yes sir, ... I have some tin that got lifted up by the rain, but my insurance won't cover it because the roof is too old.

lot of lives to be lifted up, lot of hope to be restored.

She was in a bit of a state and needed to know that I was OK. She managed to get a message to me saying how much she loves and cares for me. It really lifted my spirits while I was inside... Kate knows that I love the bones on her. She really is the most amazing person and her love means so much to me. When I was inside she was all I could think about. There was a point when we didn't talk, but as far as I'm concerned we never broke up. I just never accepted it was ever over between us and I don?t think she did either.

She smiled all the time even during the bad times. She always had a smile. She lifted me up and the other kids up.

She knows that she lifted as good as she could that day. You never get over something like that, but she has another year.

Momentum can change so much in the NBA and if you keep playing things can happen for you. I think the 3-pointer lifted us in the overtime. We had the momentum and we carried it through. The game never stops. We were down and then we came back. It was a roller coaster ride.

My baby lost 40 pounds in four days, and they never lifted a finger. No one should have been treated like that. He needed medical attention, and they turned their backs on him.

Ned was trying to get (the boys off him). I jumped in at the last moment as they were backing off and pushed them off, ... I physically lifted (Ned) out of the water and carried him out. He would have drowned if I hadn't been there. He was unconscious and under the water.

Near the end of the dance, I lifted her and she couldn't catch her skate normally. She caught the edge of the skate and cut her hand, really deep. She didn't feel it until the end of the dance when we finished.

Obviously, this was the tallest building in town. I'm guessing it was six or seven stories tall. It had a massive head house where it picked up the grain. There was a pit outside where vehicles dumped grain. In the middle of the building was a big elevator that lifted the grain to the top of the structure and then moved it to the proper storage areas. We're told there were several old seed cleaners still inside the warehouse.

obviously these characters come out of my head, but they have to embody them, so Jeffrey certainly lifted it above what I imagined but also came through with what the film really needed from that character.

Ricky's a good kid and a hard-nosed runner. He had those two explosive plays that really lifted us up. He's going to be a good one.

Perry went from 270 to 300-plus from junior to senior season. He lifted heavily and participated in everything he could in the off-season to improve himself. He was a good team player in that regard. He was a fixture in our weight room. He went to some camps, too. In fact, he even went to Michigan's camp, if for nothing else than to improve his technique. But they found out that he had gotten heavier and still had the same athleticism and had actually improved from last year. That impressed them.

I Worked in the family auto body shop, lifted weights, and rode a few Victory Sports Indoors.

I got held on the previous play, so when he held my arm, I just lifted up. He may have acted a little more than I did, because all I did was pull my arm up. And I just stood over him a little bit.

I don't know that he ever lifted a weight in his life before he got to college. He had developed things naturally: when to strike a blow, when to tense his body up. He was just relentless when it came to blocking.

But, whatever the reason, the idea was born that women could and should be educated. It lifted a mountain load from woman. It shattered the idea, everywhere pervasive as the atmosphere, that women were incapable of education, and would be less womanly, less desirable in every way, if they had it.

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: / And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

Barriers lifted for traffic to flow and a car hit the still-raised lift span... that apparently ripped the undercarriage out from the car.

I felt like the weight of the entire world had been lifted from my shoulders.

I finally got the chance to empty my bench. It was a tremendous joy to do that, and it was like a burden had been lifted off our back.

I find that taxpayers once they get those returns caught up, a huge weight is lifted off their shoulders and they can then move forward.

I did get a few of his strays to come follow me. They were all out there in the rain waiting for him. I'm sure the air lifted out of that balloon quickly.

I can't express what a burden has been lifted off meHe said, 'They're my children too.' That's exactly what he said.

For, to appreciate a work of art we need bring with us nothing from life, no knowledge of its ideas and affairs, no familiarity with its emotions. Art transports us from the world of man's activity to a world of aesthetic exaltation. For a moment we are shut off from human interests; our anticipations and memories are arrested; we are lifted above the stream of life.

For most of us, he was like a father figure and big brother. He was someone you could talk to even after school and after graduation. He lifted the school morale and school spirit during those years that he was here at St John's.

For me to have that opportunity to coach a young lady that talented, that doesn't happen very often. When you have a kid that's going to play in the Big Ten next year, with that comes high expectations for the team. She brought high intensity to a group that was already pretty intense, and lifted our play to where we were one of the better teams in state over last two years.

If the temporary visas can be reviewed only after three years, then our boycott will also be lifted only after three years.

If the Iraqis want the sanctions lifted sooner rather than later, then what they have to do is to comply with all the Security Council resolutions which are relevant in this case as quickly as possible. The answer lies in their own hands.

He had plenty of time, and I had my pad down. I figured he would try to lift the puck, so I just lifted my pad a little bit. I was a little bit lucky, but it gave us a chance to win.

When he passed by me, he had some of the white rubbed over the plates as altered buyer's plates. I noticed he undid his seatbelt and saw he grabbed his pocket and lifted his foot.

He's had to improve throughout the years. He watched tapes, worked extra on the mat and lifted weights to do whatever it took to accomplish those goals. It was quite a feat.

His spirits are lifted. He's got the weight of the world lifted off his shoulders.

Under Doha, every nation will gain -- and the developing world stands to gain the most. The World Bank estimates that if the Doha Round passes, 300 million people will be lifted from poverty

He's pitching as good right now as he probably has in the last few years. It's just been a tremendous boost to the franchise, to the team, to the city. He's just lifted everybody's spirits.

(He) walked over to this thing, grabbed it with his thumb and forefinger, and lifted it off the table. The place just erupted.

He just floats on his skates. It's like God lifted him up when he was born and said, 'You're going to be a skater.

He lifted us up on his shoulders and carried us.

He lifted us on his shoulders and he carried us to victory. And we needed it.

He lifted their morale a little bit. Obviously he's a great coach. He has three or four 'ships (championships) and he's won over 1,000 games, so definitely, he lifted their morale. But as far as long range? I don't know. We'll have to wait and see.

Jacques Kallis is brilliant - he's also very patient, and has the ability to turn a match around. When Stuart Clark got his wicket, it set the whole snowball effect going. We were really lifted again - we'd been a bit down for a while because we weren't really playing to our normal standard. But as soon as we got that wicket, we picked up a cog, and that was great.

Just letting us know that we can do that. We were there. It lifted our spirits, honestly. . . . It moved me. I don't know if it moved anybody else. But I believe it did.

I think it kind of lifted our team up and we fed off his energy.

I think it's been an excellent tour, ... People expected us to come to America and probably not be as popular as in other parts of the world, but it has astonished us, the level of support we've received. The crowd lifted us in every game. We did a lot of traveling and a lot of hard training.

I think the market bounced off of Oracle's turnaround, which triggered some institutional buying. We had some momentum buying that lifted tech, but the rest of the market kind of faded off.

It is great to be able to include such talented players, their mere presence has lifted the intensity this week,

I was always working out, ... I don't believe Ted Williams ever lifted a weight in his life. But I was small, and I knew I had to get bigger.

I think a lot of guys, including myself, feel like the pressure's been lifted a little off our backs because it was getting pretty tough. It's a big win, now we have to keep going.

James Toney has fulfilled his obligation to the New York State Athletic Commission. As such, Mr. Toney's suspension will be lifted effective July 30, 2005, as mandated by the New York commission's previous order.

I saw a bullet hole and I lifted up his shirt. He was trying to breathe and then I saw the blood.

Regulators are working to resume share sales soon, and I expect the ban to be lifted in the second quarter.

Patients love it, families, my staff, of course. It's a nice morale-booster. It's kind of lifted spirits throughout the year.

Our opinion is that the sanctions that have been placed no longer make any sense and that they should be lifted as soon as possible,

That 3 was big for us. During our losing steak, it didn't seem like we were getting any breaks. That lifted the kids up. It is nice to see them get rewarded for all the hard work they have put in this season.

Nationally, production is down and demand is up compared to last year. In addition, many regions of the country are having trouble getting sufficient supplies of ethanol, which is used in new formulas for gas. Uncertainty about supply has lifted gasoline to near-record prices on the spot market and that filters down to the neighborhood gas pump.

I was facing sideways and I saw the defender out of the side of my eye and just lifted it over, ... I saw daylight and went right at them.

I think he feels like he has a weight lifted off his shoulders. He's playing freely. He's playing a lot more aggressive. He's going to be great, man.

I think for me the nicest thing is I'm going to be able to sleep now...Having won it is a big weight lifted off my shoulders ,

It all came down to the day when I was lifted up. I'll never forget those three days.

It definitely lifted us as a team for the rest of the day.

Julia played really well. She really lifted us in the first half. She's very athletic.

We need a lift. We have been lifted by kids. Can you imagine a guy like Barry? I'm going to take a front seat and I'm not even playing. Too bad we are where we are. That's the sad thing about it.

That was the best part of the game for me, it just lifted so much off my shoulders. I haven't been able to hit a shot the last two, three games. When I shot it, it just felt good. I was in rhythm. It boosted me up.

That was nice. I said, 'You want us to get that ball for you?' I'm sure the monkey is lifted off his back. Hopefully this will open up the floodgates for him.

That's the Tony we remember from last year. His all-around aggressiveness lifted us up a little bit tonight.

I was overwhelmed with all these emotions. He lifted a huge weight off my shoulders and made me feel so free to go out and compete at Salt Lake, which obviously worked.

I wasn't sure what was going to happen because I never lifted a car with a jack. I thought, 'Oh, it's kind of heavy.' So I went harder, and I thought I was going to land up on my ass. I didn't, so I'm pretty glad about that!

When the corners started to slick up I just lifted before they did. The exhaust helped, I could hear the wheels spin.

We have succeeded in observing two laws of the utmost importance, the first is that the increase in the number of heart beats is in quite direct proportion to the sum of the weights lifted to a determined height, the second is that the quantity of vi

Yesterday, we made a temporary road, now the plane has to be lifted using a trolley, and of course it is not as easy as towing away a truck.

We're certain we're going to fight again, whether it is under the court case and my suspension being lifted and reinstated in the U.S. or fighting elsewhere,

With the GM contract renewal now behind us, a large cloud has been lifted over the EDS shares.

We had expected to see a bigger rebound. On the other hand, some of the pain is lifted by the fact that they did revise up both November and December, so things are still looking pretty good.

The president wished him well. They spoke for just a few minutes, but it really lifted the governor's spirits.

We discussed it in an adult fashion over dinner one day and since then a burden has been lifted from everybody and our live shows have been incredible.