Regina Brett

My life used to be like that game of freeze tag we played as kids. Once tagged, you had to freeze in the position you were in. Whenever something happened, I'd freeze like a statue, too afraid of moving the wrong way, of making the wrong decision. The problem is, if you stand still too long, that's your decision.

American Journalist

Debbie Harry

The word 'iconic' is used too frequently - an icon is a statue carved in wood. It was shocking at first, when I got that reference. It was a responsibility, and it's impossible to live up to - you're supposed to be dead, for one thing.

American Musician

Anderson Cooper

My dad grew up really poor in Mississippi. I paid attention to that because I thought that's a healthier thing to pay attention to than, like, some statue of a great-great-great grandfather who has no connection to my life.

Ed Koch

Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.

American Politician

Phillips Brooks

Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.

American Clergyman

Victor Hugo

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.

French Author

Madeleine Albright

I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.

American Statesman

Al Lopez

I'm delighted. I don't know of anybody who had a statue built of them while they were living. It's a great feeling.

American Coach

Sandeep Singh

I think I am the first hockey player in India to have a wax statue of his own. It is a great honour.

Indian Athlete

Michelangelo

The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows.

Italian Artist

Statues as public art often commemorate historical figures or events.

Public Art

Some statues hold religious, cultural or social significance and are respected.

Cultural Significance

Statues may abstractly represent ideals like freedom, justice, or peace, not just literal figures.

Artistic Representation

Statues used for decoration often vary greatly in size, design, and material.

Decorative Objets

Decorative statues can reflect personal taste or the theme of a room's decor.

Interior Theme

Some statues are collectible and might be part of a series or limited edition.

Collectible Items

Statues as awards often embody the success and achievement in a field or industry.

Award Symbolism

Earning a statue as an award is considered a high honor and sign of peer recognition.

Recognize Success

Award statues typically correspond to specific fields like film, music, or television.

Specialized Fields

 A marble statue could wave its hand at us; the atoms that make up its crystalline structure are all vibrating back and forth anyway. Because there are so many of them, and because there's no agreement among them in their preferred direction of movement, the marble, as we see it in Middle World, stays rock steady.

Why the universe seems...

 believed were true turned out not to be one obvious question that that of course many have posed up and that became very important here in understanding the archaeological record was how many people did it take really did it take to move a statue did it really take thousands of people cutting down

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 until they reached the great city from which the lords of the underworld controlled every aspect of nature and caused suffering for humans. The twins pressed on, searching for the lords who had challenged them. The lords had hidden among statues of themselves to confuse their guests,

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 Furthermore, the statue was so detailed and lifelike, down to the bulging veins in David's arm and the determination on his face, that it seemed a shame to hide it so far from the viewer. A council of politicians and artists convened to decide on a new location for the statue.

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 it's rare that your brain can override it even at times when danger isn't really present like in this unique experiment we've designed to test fight-or-flight responses we brought in a team of makeup artists to transform our actor into an inanimate statue

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 the statues they were putting a new business and car business instead of going to the crusher I brought them up to the farm and there they are their new home I looked at the statues and said you know I think I can pick these things

Why Is This Field Full...

 I had to go to the old self which is not very different from the new salva we'll leave that alone you know the place where flags the statues don't come down without a fight but the bottom line is I began a project

Gastronomy and the...

 Statues were built, temples were dedicated, and a whole month was renamed, still called July today. More importantly, the title of dictator, meant to grant temporary emergency powers in wartime,

The great conspiracy...

 like the wax statue of me at Madame Tussaud's. Yeah, and in that moment of realization, I asked the most central and pertinent question to humanity and Do I need to fix my face?

Thoughts on humanity,...

 the front ones are pushed up by the movement and then vice versa one by one the statues were coming to life

Statue

A three-dimensional work of art, usually in the form of a figure made from stone or metal.

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A small figure that is used as a decoration.

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An award or prize in the form of a small statue.

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