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to tie

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You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there. George Burns

How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those things possessing her? Clarice Lispector

If a Negro got legs he ought to use them. Sit down too long, somebody will figure out a way to tie them up. Toni Morrison

One rind is enough to tie a thousand pieces of wood. Amhara Proverb

It mars to tie the dog to the butter stamp. Faroese Proverb

It is impossible to tie a knot without the thumb. African Proverb

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