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Normally, boats will lean to one side when you're hauling back, and this boat just kept leaning, the next thing I know, the rail -- which is about 5 or 6 feet from the water -- was touching the water. – Joe Roderick	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think that That Sanders black support this cycle looks a lot like That Sanders black support in 2016. It tends to be geographically dispersed and stem from younger black voters who usually lean to the left on a range of policy issues, i don't want to say that That Sanders has hit a ceiling, but That Sanders seems to have found That Sanders constituency, and it's similar to what it was four years ago. The question is : Can That Sanders increase That Sanders share of the black vote through turnout instead of through converting older black voters ? – Theodore Johnson	Found on CNN 4 years ago
“She did not want to move, or to speak. She wanted to rest, to lean, to dream. She felt very tired.” – Virginia Woolf	added by meghalactica 5 years ago
People talk about 'these are such dark times', but what if we shift the paradigm? Because I see it differently, i see, 'Isn't this remarkable that we're waking up?' For years, women have endured craziness. This is what's happening to people. They're allowing themselves to not just become corroded, but to become hysterical. You've got to lean to the happiness. – Oprah Winfrey	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
People talk about' these are such dark times', but what if we shift the paradigm ? Because I see British Vogue differently, i see,' Isn't this remarkable that we're waking up ?' For years, women have endured craziness. This is what's happening to people. They're allowing themselves to not just become corroded, but to become hysterical. You've got to lean to the happiness. – Oprah Winfrey	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I am definitely a Republicanon fiscal issues and the military, but I lean to the middle on social issues. I am no fan of abortion, but it’s not up to a man to tell a woman what to do. As an ordained minister I don’t look forward to marrying gay people, but I’m not opposed to it. – Kid Rock	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I believe my kids share my party affiliation because they're empathetic, caring souls, i lean to the left, as do they, just in the way they accept people and are encouraged to care for the planet and the environment. – Buzz Bishop	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The reason that we can't understand these motions; the brain if you like can't understand these motions, is that there's continual conflict between what is upright and whether you should lean to balance yourself in the environment or whether you're actually experiencing a sideways acceleration force. You imagine being on a bicycle or a motorbike; you go round a corner, you lean into the corner which remains perfectly upright in physics. You don't so that in a car, you don't do that on a ship - you're actually struggling to find out what is upright and what's the best way of dealing with it. – Michael Gresty	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In case of doubt it is best to lean to the side of mercy. – Legal Proverb	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Normally, boats will lean to one side when you're hauling back, and this boat just kept leaning, the next thing I know, the rail -- which is about 5 or 6 feet from the water -- was touching the water.

– Joe Roderick

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think that That Sanders black support this cycle looks a lot like That Sanders black support in 2016. It tends to be geographically dispersed and stem from younger black voters who usually lean to the left on a range of policy issues, i don't want to say that That Sanders has hit a ceiling, but That Sanders seems to have found That Sanders constituency, and it's similar to what it was four years ago. The question is : Can That Sanders increase That Sanders share of the black vote through turnout instead of through converting older black voters ?

– Theodore Johnson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

“She did not want to move, or to speak. She wanted to rest, to lean, to dream. She felt very tired.”

– Virginia Woolf

added by meghalactica
5 years ago

People talk about 'these are such dark times', but what if we shift the paradigm? Because I see it differently, i see, 'Isn't this remarkable that we're waking up?' For years, women have endured craziness. This is what's happening to people. They're allowing themselves to not just become corroded, but to become hysterical. You've got to lean to the happiness.

– Oprah Winfrey

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

People talk about' these are such dark times', but what if we shift the paradigm ? Because I see British Vogue differently, i see,' Isn't this remarkable that we're waking up ?' For years, women have endured craziness. This is what's happening to people. They're allowing themselves to not just become corroded, but to become hysterical. You've got to lean to the happiness.

– Oprah Winfrey

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I am definitely a Republicanon fiscal issues and the military, but I lean to the middle on social issues. I am no fan of abortion, but it’s not up to a man to tell a woman what to do. As an ordained minister I don’t look forward to marrying gay people, but I’m not opposed to it.

– Kid Rock

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I believe my kids share my party affiliation because they're empathetic, caring souls, i lean to the left, as do they, just in the way they accept people and are encouraged to care for the planet and the environment.

– Buzz Bishop

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The reason that we can't understand these motions; the brain if you like can't understand these motions, is that there's continual conflict between what is upright and whether you should lean to balance yourself in the environment or whether you're actually experiencing a sideways acceleration force. You imagine being on a bicycle or a motorbike; you go round a corner, you lean into the corner which remains perfectly upright in physics. You don't so that in a car, you don't do that on a ship - you're actually struggling to find out what is upright and what's the best way of dealing with it.

– Michael Gresty

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In case of doubt it is best to lean to the side of mercy.

– Legal Proverb

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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