Tom Shales

American Idol' is sometimes lumped with reality shows and it has that element - folks-next-door battling it out in a contest. But instead of fighting leeches, bugs, parasites and each other, as on CBS's 'Survivor' and other shows that imitate it, the 'American Idol' contestants, of course, sing.

American Writer

Chris Brown

With fame, you can't trust everybody. You can't depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got and what you can bring to their life. It's not a relationship-it's a leech.

American Singer

Michael Shannon

Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions.

American Actor

Diego Sanchez

Go big or go home.' I used to say that. I was addicted to that. The lifestyle, the fame. The girls. The parties. And with that came a lot of people who didn't really care about me. They were just leeches. Just very bad people. I had to learn a lot. I was very gullible.

American Mixed Martial Artist

Marilyn Minter

The fashion world is 10,000 times more superficial than the art world. Fashion people are so much crazier than art-world people. They are constantly trying to leech from the art world, but they will never be able to do what we do.

American Artist

Shirley Manson

And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle.

Scottish Musician

Boris Johnson

It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time.

British Politician

Lydia Millet

Domestic realism has dominated the American marketplace for decades now. It leeches into literary fiction, and I don't think it's that rich a vein.

American Novelist

Quinton Jackson

When the going gets tough, the leeches are nowhere to be found, but the real people - the real friends - are with you through thick and thin.

Nancy Reagan

I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it.

American First Lady

Leeches are common in wet environments like swamps, so context implies seeking them there.

Natural Habitats

Usually, you don't feel a leech right away because they release anesthetics.

Physical Sensation

Leeches can be used in therapy, which isn't negative like the parasitic connotation.

Medicinal Use

Using 'leech' for people is insulting, implying they offer nothing in return.

Negative Connotation

Beyond money, 'leech' can imply draining someone's emotional energy.

Emotional Leeching

As a verb, 'leech' is informal and usually used in negative contexts.

Colloquial Usage

The verb form often implies long-term, dependent behavior.

Dependence Implied

The term is specialized; know it's often used by sailors or in seamanship.

Nautical Context

In this context, 'leech' doesn't have a negative meaning, it's purely technical.

Specific Meaning

The verb form often refers to substances being removed by environmental factors.

Environmental Changes

Leeching (verb) implies a gradual process, not something that happens quickly.

Not Instantaneous

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The extraordinary lives...

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Leeches Cure PIPE National...

 Soon prophecies come true, portals to different dimensions open up– and fish and leeches begin raining from the sky. But what ties these two characters together– and is it a force either one of them can control? The collision of different worlds is a common thread

Why should you read...

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 water up to your waist leeches in your eyes and king cobra's lurking everywhere sounds like a great vacation the gats are one of the world's great biodiversity hot spots the mountains here are older than the himalayas about one in six of the world's tigers

The Secret Life of...

 everything he said to me see how he's holding his head so that says he doesn't want the leash is already a negative see I give it a fiction with the leash so now the leech represents that then you put it on I acknowledge

Growly Chihuahua PIPE...

 Is it the leeches? Is it something else? We don't know. So here are some other questions. They're smaller questions, but they are not that small. Immunization, that's the cheapest way to save a child's life.

Esther Duflo: Social...

 protect themselves from leeches I prefer leeches over pantyhose any day here's a hairy green collecting a venomous tree snake and I've worked with a lot of snake people I love snakes and I've had