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Women who wear kimonos, when the fight, they have to keep their knees together, and when they use a sword, they have to move the sleeves otherwise it gets caught.

- Lucy Liu
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I`ve been involved with the Creative Coalition since shortly after the founding by (actor) Ron Sliver and (actress) Susan Sarandon and (actor) Christopher Reeve. I love to really roll up my sleeves and get my hands dirty on any level when it comes to these sorts of issues, (i.e. gun control, freedom of speech) on a grass roots level or a clerical level. I love to educate myself and others and help raise awareness on important issues. I love to utilize my celebrity status in a responsible and constructive and substantive manner. I like to get my hands dirty rather than a photo op."

- William Baldwin

Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they`re trying to pull one over on you they`re so transparent. Like men.

- Patricia Heaton

But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to some extent, posters and things like that.

- Bryan Ferry

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.

- Carl Sandburg

When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.

- George Porter

Now I`m way into suits that I can put on whether I took a shower or not, and wear barefoot and paint my toes black or whatever color the suit is. It`s very cool to wear suits like that. Roll up the sleeves and just say yee-haw.

- Steven Tyler

I was really proud of the way the girls played, ... They played very well. We were up against a couple of really tough hitters but we defended the ball well. The score may not show it, but it was a very good match to watch. The girls played with their hearts on their sleeves.

- Sarah Smith

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don`t turn up at all.

- Adrian Darley

I`ve found that when you roll up your sleeves and join people in their daily work, they tend to open up quite a bit and let you know what they really think about the issues facing our country and what kind of job they think the government is doing.

- Al Wallace

People come here with a lot of tricks up their sleeves, and they wonder why those tricks are ineffective. They`re assigning power to external things: the audience, their appearance. But true power comes from within. You need to live up to your potential instead of imitating someone else`s.

- Angie McWhirter

Mosquitoes are most prevalent in the late afternoon, so if you are going out during this time try to wear long sleeves and pants as well as mosquito repellent,

- Anthony Gagliardi

We got in, rolled up our sleeves. Now the finance department can add and subtract. The law department can write a contract. The building department can issue a permit do an inspection. City Hall works for our citizens,

- Armando Padilla

Bush connects more with Missourians because this is in the Bible Belt, so moral values mean more to Missourians than they do to most Americans. That has allowed Bush to be disproportionately popular compared to other politicians who haven`t worn religion on their sleeves.

- Arturo Sarukhan

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes to work

- Carl Sandburg

There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That`s what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad.

- Garson Kanin