Ralph Hall

I figured there's nobody who's going to beat me or shoot me or crucify me. I can't help if people don't like me up there in Washington. I've got a district that I respect, and I think it respects me.

American Politician

Hermann Hesse

In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Savior is crucified.

German Novelist

Bob Dylan

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.

American Musician

Fulton Oursler

We crucify ourselves between two thieves: regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow.

American Journalist

Loretta Lynn

Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.

Sherwood Anderson

Everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified.

American Writer

Whittaker Chambers

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Critics tend to praise as well as crucify you.

Pakistani Coach

William Henry Moody

Sturgill Simpson

Understand 'crucify' originated from a form of ancient execution.

Historical Usage

Recognize 'crucify' is a key term in Christianity, symbolizing sacrifice and redemption.

Religious Context

See 'crucify' used metaphorically to express severe punishment or criticism.

Metaphoric Extension

'Crucify' can express extreme anger towards someone's actions or mistakes.

Expression of Anger

'Crucify' is often used hyperbolically to emphasize harsh criticism.

Hyperbolic Criticism

The word can imply unjust or unwarranted harsh treatment.

Connotation of Injustice

'Crucify' can express extreme emotional pain or guilt.

Emotional Suffering

It's used to indicate a deep, personal struggle or internal torment.

Personal Torment

 Even the relics of seemingly happier times are described as crucifying the “My husband and child smiling out of the family photo; Their smiles catch onto my skin, little smiling hooks.” Her domestic dissatisfaction and her husband’s mistreatment of her are constant themes in her later poetry.

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 and 6000 captives were crucified along the Appian Way– a haunting demonstration of Roman authority. Crassus won the war, but it is not his legacy which echoes through the centuries. Thousands of years later, the name of the slave who made the world’s mightiest empire tremble

From enslavement to...

 the depletion of the world's fisheries we weren't the only ones to tackle this subject but the photographs that Bryan and Randy created are among the best capture both the human and natural devastation of overfishing here in a photo by Brian a seemingly crucified

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 just before being arrested and crucified. The resulting idea that having thirteen people at a table was bad luck eventually expanded into thirteen being an unlucky number in general. Now, this fear of the number thirteen, called triskaidekaphobia,

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 71 million dollars after all expenses. And then we went out of business, suddenly and traumatically. Why? Well, the short story is, our sponsors split on us. They wanted to distance themselves from us because we were being crucified in the media

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 But I didn't show up at Thordis's door. It is important to now state that I didn't see my deed for what it was. The word "rape" didn't echo around my mind as it should've, and I wasn't crucifying myself with memories of the night before.

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 Roman character when he's released he tells the pirates he'll be back to kill them they think he's joking but he does come back he crucifies them all the executions are a matter of public record for everything

Caesar's Gladiator Games...

 the story about Peter was that he was crucified upside down some of them were lit on fire burning to light the place it explains why they despised him so much so now we have the Basilica of st.

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 being in the tomb means doing our own deep inner work around our wounds and allowing ourselves to be healed. We have to let that crucified self die so that a new self, a truer self,

Debra Jarvis: Yes, I...

 that if my wife would have a safe delivery I would have myself crucified

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