Joy Harjo

When I began to listen to poetry, it's when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.

American Poet

Marat Safin

But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'.

Russian Athlete

Mary Wesley

I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldn't have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals.

British Novelist

Wendy Williams

People love to throw stones at me, and I get it. It's fun to make fun of me, because I put myself out there. I'm a large personality, and I got the funny bone; I voice my opinion, and then people get upset.

American Entertainer

Jung Chang

I remember when my mother pointed to a stone, and she said this was the kind of stone people used to place on the feet of the baby girls to stop them trying to climb away and unbind their feet.

British Writer

George Blanda

Halas used to tell his players that football is what you make of it. It should not be what defines you, but football should be a stepping stone for what you achieve in the rest of your life.

American Football Player

Shreyas Iyer

A' tours can be considered as a stepping stone to getting into the national team, so they are really important.

Indian Cricketer

Hugh MacDiarmid

There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world but no ruined stones.

Scottish Poet

Jim Caviezel

It's very hard to accept that stoning still exists in the world today.

American Actor

Kublai Khan

But which is the stone that supports the bridge?

Chinese Statesman

Often refers to the stones used in construction, implying durability and strength.

Building Material

Can imply something is unrefined or rustic, often seen in nature.

Natural Appearance

Mostly used when talking about fruits; remember it's different from fruit seeds you plant.

Fruit Context

Used in the UK to measure body weight; not widely understood elsewhere.

Weight Context

Historically, stoning is a severe form of punishment and is seen as very brutal.

Aggressive Act

In jewelry, a stone suggests wealth and luxury, often given as a special gift.

Luxury Item

Used when preparing fruits for cooking or eating, to make them edible.

Cooking Preparation

 The rabbit, too small to battle the current, nimbly hopped across stones and logs to come in fourth. Next came the dragon, who could have flown directly across, but stopped to help some creatures she had encountered on the way. After her came the horse, galloping across the river. But just as she got across, the snake slithered by.

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 now you lied to us about that so now how do I take you seriously go in turn around for me for us for your feet apart as wise you can go interlace your fingers your shaking nervous man gotta get a glass of water you're good for a minute you're not dying if they're in the shade and not too hot oh I just got stoned a little

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 Right now, it might just look like a few floating balls, but before long, this technology could change your life, or maybe even save it. Imagine if your doctor could move things around in your body without surgery and without scalpels Say, delivering a capsule of medicine to a specific spot, breaking up kidney stones,

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 Imagine that you're a crow. Here's your food in a deep hole. How would you go about, with the tools available to you on this table, solving this problem? The bird's tool kit includes a short stick hanging on a piece of string, three stones inside wooden cages, and a longer stick trapped in a plastic box.

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 and helped the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative, just as the chorus or bridge of a song helps us to remember the next verses. Because most of the tales were familiar to the audience, it was common to hear the sections of the poem out of order. At some point, the order became set in stone

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 opens up the whole world of mathematics. Of course, if you don't count, you can't do algebra, you can't do any of the things that would be required to build a room like this or make this broadcast, right? This little trick of number words gives you a stepping stone into a whole cognitive realm.

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 these are clearly ways of harnessing natural energy sources to save the labour of our own muscles and the most important part is a pair of cylindrical slabs the mill stones which turn over each other and grind that grain into

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 When raiders were sighted, fire and smoke signals traveled between towers until reinforcements arrived. Small openings along the wall let archers fire on invaders, while larger ones were used to drop stones and more.

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 create good drainage from snow and rain a dry nest is essential if these birds are to have any success in raising young penguins are fiercely protective of their pile of stones and because nests are so tightly packed

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 A slightly different type of stone made of the minerals magnesium ammonium phosphate, or struvite, can be caused by bacterial infection. And even rarer stones can result from genetic disorders