Michelle Obama

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that's what I want.

American First Lady

Phyllis Smith

Just go for it. Don't be afraid of trying new things. You have absolutely no idea what's going to present itself to you. Don't be frightened. Just buckle down and do whatever your heart desires.

American Actress

Lyle Lovett

If someone gives you a belt buckle, it's like a piece of jewelry. It has the same sort of emotional significance. It would be something you would intend to keep forever.

American Musician

Elizabeth Reaser

Eventually, I realized that I would not have a life until I buckled down. Once I did, I auditioned for Juilliard - and that changed everything.

Jeanne Calment

I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.

French Celebrity

Robert Ballard

You don't go to Gettysburg with a shovel, you don't take belt buckles off the Arizona.

American Scientist

Saad Hariri

I don't operate under threats. Full stop. I don't. I don't buckle to pressure.

Lebanese Politician

Ranveer Brar

I think we shouldn't buckle up our creativity. You've got to experiment!

Indian Chef

Wamiqa Gabbi

As a Punjabi, I feel we need to buckle up with more discipline.

Geraint Thomas

I've put on a helmet more times than I've buckled a seatbelt.

Welsh Athlete

Often used in the context of safety measures, especially in vehicles.

Safety First

'Buckle' is used for various fastening contexts, not limited to belts.

Not Just Belts

Visualize 'buckle' as bending to better understand its usage.

Visual Imagery

Sometimes 'buckle' implies submitting to emotional or metaphorical pressure.

Not Always Literal

Remember 'buckle' as a noun refers to a physical fastening object.

Physical Object

A buckle can be decorative, often found on accessories like shoes.

Fashion Accessory

'Buckle down' is a metaphor meaning to start working seriously.

Metaphor for Focus

Using 'buckle down' hints at an increased seriousness and urgency.

Sense of Urgency

 but doesn't use a buckle. Taking it a little further, if you wove those strips together -- kind of like a little basket -- you could make a shape-retaining sheet, and then you could embed it in a so you could make a picnic sheet that wraps around the table, so that way on a windy day it wouldn't blow away. For our next technology, it's hard to observe

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 every once in a while pull it out of your pocket so let's say that your kids don't want to wear their seat belt explain to them the consequences of not wearing one they'll likely buckle up even more important look for ways to explain why when people know why they have to do something they understand the reasons more deeply and

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 extra time you're gonna have more time for homework and she looked at me like she cuz I don't need more time for homework I'm the smartest kid in my class so I was just like all right hotshot what are you gonna do with this extra time and she looked at me and she said I'm gonna play yeah and it just buckled me because I

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 They mean something only with respect to arbitrarily chosen, artificial frames of reference. If, someday, you are buckled into your spaceship, and you see from the side window, say, a space station whizz by at constant speed, there is no way to know which of you is really moving.

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 ginormous wave is the only trick cicadas have up their sleeve individually they're helpless but in the trillions they're overwhelming and if the story just ended there it'd be pretty amazing but buckle up it takes a bizarre twist you haven't heard about the zombies yet

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 trip on 72% of the planet so buckle up okay and what we're going to do is we're going to immerse ourselves in my world and what I'm going to try to I hope I make the following points I'm going to make it right now in case I forget is

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 But I believed that if I saved myself from the withdrawal with the drugs that I would never be free of them, and so we buckled ourselves in, and I dropped the last dose. As my brain experienced life without prescription opioids

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 as a ship buckles beneath the waves. This is no ordinary storm, but a violent and vengeful tempest, and it sets the stage for Shakespeare’s most enigmatic play. As the skies clear, we are invited into a world

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 and me exactly as much as He or She loves your new grandchild. Go figure. The movement of grace is what changes us, heals us and heals our world. To summon grace, say, "Help," and then buckle up.

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 when you're on the sled and you're going and it's just quiet and you can just hear the dogs running and like the little clutter of the buckles and the clicks I think that's the most peaceful

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