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Venice is on its knees, st. Marks Basilica has sustained serious damage like the entire city and its islands. – Luigi Brugnaro	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Venice is on its knees.. the art, the basilica, the shops and the homes, a disaster.. The city is bracing itself for the next high tide. – Luca Zaia	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Micah Herndon said. Race organizers invited him to the New York Marathon the day after the Boston Marathon even though his time didnt qualify him. In Boston, Micah Herndon had four miles left to finish the race when Micah Herndon legs gave out, and Micah Herndon ended up crawlingon Micah Herndon hands and knees to the finish line. MARINE WHO CRAWLED ACROSS BOSTON MARATHON FINISH LINE FOR FALLEN COMRADES INVITED TO RUN NYC MARATHON In Afghanistan, he was in a convoy in 2010 when one of the vehicles hit an IED, killing in Marines Mark Juarez andMatthew Ballard, and Rupert Hamer, a British journalist. He served multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP I run in honor of them.They are not here anymore. I am here, and I am able, i am lucky to still have all my limbs. I can still be active. I find fuel in the simple idea that I can run. Some can not. – Micah Herndon	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We are dealing with a strategic rival -- and they are trying to buckle our knees. – Peter Navarro	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It was like war, they would use everything from elbows to hands to knees to fend off our players. It was really difficult. – Choi Young-il	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
China wants to buckle our knees so that they can have their way with us. – Ron Vara	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I told him to get down on his knees in front of the bed and lay down on it with his arms out, and I called the police and they showed up, and there he was. – Daniel McGown	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I was hired for the first movie to sort of assist with Rocket so that we would find a way that the actors were dealing with a real actor, rather than a blank space, before they found a voice actor who was going to play the role. It just kind of evolved from there, i ended up being on set and we did a rehearsal, and I just got down on my hands and knees and started doing it from down there. – James Gunn	Found on CNN 4 years ago
What we're playing for now as a movement is not to stop climate change — that's not on the menu. What we're playing for is can we stop it short of the place where it cuts off civilization at the knees? that's what the goal is now. It's not inspiring in a way that saying 'I have a dream' is inspiring. It's more like: 'let's see how tame we can keep this nightmare'. – Bill McKibben	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I believe any of us can be brought to our knees whether from physical or emotional pain. Over the years, I learned how fragile we humans can be. Emotionally, I used that as an excuse to start drinking again... I would drink all day sometimes. – Joe Namath	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The U.S. chief Iran hawks indeed have the President's ear as (Secretary of State) Pompeo and (National Security Advisor) Bolton are singularly focused on bringing Iran's economy to its knees, predictably oil prices are rising. – Stephen Innes	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I hit my knees and prayed. – Casey Brackley	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The ransom is for us to stop fighting. They want to bring the Brazilian people to their knees. they did this so they could do what theyre doing now with social security and workers rights laws. – Protester Beth Dori	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Lula has been kidnapped by the bourgeoisie, the ransom is for us to stop fighting. They want to bring the Brazilian people to their knees. – Joo Pedro Stedile	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The moment I have Adolf Eichmann, on my knees I am, saying to myself the song of the Jewish partisans which says at the end, We are here and we shall return. – Rafi Eitan	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The only difference between Al Gore and George W. Bush is the velocity with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock. – Ralph Nader	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I feel like I've been hit by an 18-wheeler, but other than that I'm great, my knees are the same as they were before the race, so that's good. – Lindsey Vonn	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
My point was about the party, what party takes a person who led the party to the greatest wins in The House since the Watergate and says,' We are going to cut your knees off,' and then says,' We want to nominate somebody who didn't win' ? The House wasn't about him. I admire what he did. The House's about our party that I don't admire. – Rahm Emanuel	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It's clear from the video that my client was on the ground, jessica Dennis hands are under Jessica Dennis belly, the officer's knees are on Jessica Dennis back, and he's just gut-shotting Jessica Dennis, like one after another. – Meeghan Moldof	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Each of the stags tried to force the opponent with their head turns into the knees. – Ingo Gerlach	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
You know, you’re going to anticipate the concussions and the torn knees and the ankles and maybe even a [broken] clavicle or something, but this was a little bit rare. – Renee Lease	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It's ridiculous that we are being relegated to groveling on our hands and knees to ask permission from someone who may or may not understand the technology. – Karen Winkfield	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Almost four years ago to this day, I ran down this very street, and my son was covered in a sheet. It broke me, you know. It brought me down to my knees and made me feel crippled, as if I could do nothing else anymore, i learned to walk again. – Lezley McSpadden	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I lost my faith when my sister died, and went through a bit of a difficult time after that, but always in the back of my mind, an old buddy of mine used to say, ‘ I fell to my knees, and I cried out to the God of my childhood, and there was answer. ’. – Kelsey Grammer	Found on FOX News 5 years ago

Venice is on its knees, st. Marks Basilica has sustained serious damage like the entire city and its islands.

– Luigi Brugnaro

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Venice is on its knees.. the art, the basilica, the shops and the homes, a disaster.. The city is bracing itself for the next high tide.

– Luca Zaia

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Micah Herndon said. Race organizers invited him to the New York Marathon the day after the Boston Marathon even though his time didnt qualify him. In Boston, Micah Herndon had four miles left to finish the race when Micah Herndon legs gave out, and Micah Herndon ended up crawlingon Micah Herndon hands and knees to the finish line. MARINE WHO CRAWLED ACROSS BOSTON MARATHON FINISH LINE FOR FALLEN COMRADES INVITED TO RUN NYC MARATHON In Afghanistan, he was in a convoy in 2010 when one of the vehicles hit an IED, killing in Marines Mark Juarez andMatthew Ballard, and Rupert Hamer, a British journalist. He served multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP I run in honor of them.They are not here anymore. I am here, and I am able, i am lucky to still have all my limbs. I can still be active. I find fuel in the simple idea that I can run. Some can not.

– Micah Herndon

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We are dealing with a strategic rival -- and they are trying to buckle our knees.

– Peter Navarro

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It was like war, they would use everything from elbows to hands to knees to fend off our players. It was really difficult.

– Choi Young-il

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

China wants to buckle our knees so that they can have their way with us.

– Ron Vara

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I told him to get down on his knees in front of the bed and lay down on it with his arms out, and I called the police and they showed up, and there he was.

– Daniel McGown

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I was hired for the first movie to sort of assist with Rocket so that we would find a way that the actors were dealing with a real actor, rather than a blank space, before they found a voice actor who was going to play the role. It just kind of evolved from there, i ended up being on set and we did a rehearsal, and I just got down on my hands and knees and started doing it from down there.

– James Gunn

Found on CNN
4 years ago

What we're playing for now as a movement is not to stop climate change — that's not on the menu. What we're playing for is can we stop it short of the place where it cuts off civilization at the knees? that's what the goal is now. It's not inspiring in a way that saying 'I have a dream' is inspiring. It's more like: 'let's see how tame we can keep this nightmare'.

– Bill McKibben

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I believe any of us can be brought to our knees whether from physical or emotional pain. Over the years, I learned how fragile we humans can be. Emotionally, I used that as an excuse to start drinking again... I would drink all day sometimes.

– Joe Namath

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The U.S. chief Iran hawks indeed have the President's ear as (Secretary of State) Pompeo and (National Security Advisor) Bolton are singularly focused on bringing Iran's economy to its knees, predictably oil prices are rising.

– Stephen Innes

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I hit my knees and prayed.

– Casey Brackley

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The ransom is for us to stop fighting. They want to bring the Brazilian people to their knees. they did this so they could do what theyre doing now with social security and workers rights laws.

– Protester Beth Dori

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Lula has been kidnapped by the bourgeoisie, the ransom is for us to stop fighting. They want to bring the Brazilian people to their knees.

– Joo Pedro Stedile

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The moment I have Adolf Eichmann, on my knees I am, saying to myself the song of the Jewish partisans which says at the end, We are here and we shall return.

– Rafi Eitan

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The only difference between Al Gore and George W. Bush is the velocity with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock.

– Ralph Nader

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I feel like I've been hit by an 18-wheeler, but other than that I'm great, my knees are the same as they were before the race, so that's good.

– Lindsey Vonn

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

My point was about the party, what party takes a person who led the party to the greatest wins in The House since the Watergate and says,' We are going to cut your knees off,' and then says,' We want to nominate somebody who didn't win' ? The House wasn't about him. I admire what he did. The House's about our party that I don't admire.

– Rahm Emanuel

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It's clear from the video that my client was on the ground, jessica Dennis hands are under Jessica Dennis belly, the officer's knees are on Jessica Dennis back, and he's just gut-shotting Jessica Dennis, like one after another.

– Meeghan Moldof

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Each of the stags tried to force the opponent with their head turns into the knees.

– Ingo Gerlach

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

You know, you’re going to anticipate the concussions and the torn knees and the ankles and maybe even a [broken] clavicle or something, but this was a little bit rare.

– Renee Lease

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It's ridiculous that we are being relegated to groveling on our hands and knees to ask permission from someone who may or may not understand the technology.

– Karen Winkfield

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Almost four years ago to this day, I ran down this very street, and my son was covered in a sheet. It broke me, you know. It brought me down to my knees and made me feel crippled, as if I could do nothing else anymore, i learned to walk again.

– Lezley McSpadden

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I lost my faith when my sister died, and went through a bit of a difficult time after that, but always in the back of my mind, an old buddy of mine used to say, ‘ I fell to my knees, and I cried out to the God of my childhood, and there was answer. ’.

– Kelsey Grammer

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

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