Helene Yorke

I typically, with my work, like to approach it in a bigger way. That's sort of how I am. And I remember when I was getting into television, the handcuff that gets put on you right away, especially when you're a theater kid, is, 'Be smaller, be smaller, be smaller.

Carmen Miranda

I've chosen my wedding ring large and heavy to continue forever. But exactly because of that all the time that Dave and I have an argument I feel it like handcuffs, and on anger time I throw it in a basket. Poor Dave, he bought me three wedding rings already!

Portuguese Musician

Ruben Fleischer

If you have somebody who can just do everything easily, then it's kind of boring. If you're handcuffed to a chair and you've got to fight while your handcuffed, or something like that, it just adds a cool element.

American Director

James Altucher

The only way to make real wealth is to get rid of your salary. In a salary, by definition, you are creating wealth for others, and you are creating a chain and handcuffs for yourself.

American Author

Frances McDormand

Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.

American Actress

Darryl Glenn

I told the truth when I said I have never been arrested. I have never been handcuffed or fingerprinted. I have never appeared in court as a defendant.

American Politician

Natasha Lyonne

As wild as I was, when the cops show up, and suddenly you're being handcuffed, it's so deeply shocking and terrifying, the loss of freedom.

Gary Zukav

Commitment and creativity cannot be captured and handcuffed. Inspiration cannot be jailed. The heart cannot be contained.

Regina Brett

The last watch I wore felt like a handcuff. When I need to know the time, I check my cell phone.

American Journalist

Ilya Yashin

I can't predict whether I'll leave here freely or in handcuffs.

Russian Activist

Used by police or security to restrain a person's hands.

Law Enforcement

Implies limited movement and control, often enforced to prevent escape.

Physical Restraint

Used for safety to stop individuals from harming themselves or others.

Safety Measure

Typically done by someone in power, like police, to someone with less power.

Action by Authority

Can describe restricting someone's options or freedom in a non-physical way.

Figurative Speech

Focuses on immobilizing someone's wrists close together to inhibit action.

Restrict Movement

Used to express limitations or restrictions on thoughts, creativity, or actions.

Non-Physical Barrier

Suggests something undesirable, restricting freedom or progress.

Negative Connotation

Often used to exaggerate the restrictiveness of a situation or rule.

Hyperbolic Usage

 to basically never do anything wrong. Why are we not providing support to young kids facing these challenges? Why are we offering only handcuffs, jail time and this fugitive existence? Can we imagine something better? Can we imagine a criminal justice system that prioritizes recovery,

Alice Goffman: How we're...

 Embassy this little guy says to me embassy can't help you we're gonna hang you after the five o'clock prayer I'm terrified at this moment and I can't believe this is happening to me someone tells you they're gonna kill you can we put the handcuffs on you now no one

Arrested in Pakistan PIPE...

 know, start a new life, build the relationship back up with my dad. And here I was. My dad would find out the hard way when any word got around about what had just happened. You know, I was just left handcuffed to this bed. And I was there all night.

Surviving Prison in...

 He lunges for his Luger. I knock it out of his hand. He lunges for his cyanide pill. I knock that out of his hand. He snarls, comes at me with otherworldly strength. We grapple, we fight, I manage to pin him down and put on handcuffs.

The biology of our best...

 was punished by being handcuffed to a post in the midday sun. This experience raised a lot of questions, among them questions about race and equality and for whom in our country opportunities and options are available.

My photographs bear...

 her blood out into a beaker but why he said that he was a vampire and that he drank up the blood the nightmare continued for hours in between feedings the kidnapper kept her handcuffed in the bathtub it was through

Vampires: Is It Real? PIPE...

 prison Chavez will have to find inmates he can ally himself with for protection but it's hard to know who he can trust I sense I'm gonna get beat up here seen a couple people dragged out in handcuffs

Kids Behind Bars PIPE...

 How do I explain to people that drug users deserve care and support and the freedom to live their lives when all we see are images of guns and handcuffs and jail cells? Let's be

The harm reduction model...

 Ouch! I don't care! Take me to jail." They dragged her off the bus. Next thing, Claudette Colvin was in a car seat, backseat of the police car, handcuffed through the windows.

Stories: Legacies of who...

 It's true. People come before me handcuffed, drug-sick, depressed, hungry and mentally ill. When I saw that their need for help

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