Lucy Walker

I find titles the hardest thing. I was worried that 'Waste Land' was too much of a downer. For me, 'The Crash Reel' confronts what the film is about: it's not just about the reality of a crash, it's about the extremity we all face, and what happens when life crashes on you.

British Director

Brandon Stanton

Wherever I go, I just try to show normal life. If the work helps to dispel stereotypes, it's because I seek not to portray the extremities of a place, but the vast majority of people who are quite normal and are having normal life experiences.

American Photographer

Thomas Arnold

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.

English Educator

Soren Kierkegaard

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

Danish Philosopher

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

I will only observe, that that ethereal sense - sight, and touch, which is at the other extremity of the scale, have from time acquired a very remarkable additional power.

French Lawyer

Elizabeth George

I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness.

American Author

Tom Hollander

Stories about vicars are always being told because they're at the heart of our society. Vicars touch all parts of the community and see life in all its extremity.

English Actor

Antonya Nelson

I like the way that psychological extremity can illuminate more 'normal' characters by forcing a comparison.

Moliere

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

French Playwright

George Packer

In the extremity of war, character is revealed.

American Novelist

Often used to describe distant parts of geographic areas or objects.

Geographical Use

Use 'extremity' to stress the distance or outer limit of an area.

Spatial Context

Implies a high level of stress, effort, or intensity in a situation.

Expressing Intensity

'Extremity' often suggests a negative, harsh, or undesirable state.

Negative Connotation

In medicine, 'extremity' refers to limbs, like arms and legs.

Medical Reference

Can also be used in non-medical contexts to refer to someone's hands or feet in a descriptive way.

Non-technical Use

Highlights a dire or acute phase in events, often leading to decisive action.

Crisis Situations

Indicates that a situation is critical and requires immediate attention.

Urgency and Seriousness

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 each of which has two protective regions at the extremities called telomeres. Those shorten every time cells replicate. When telomeres become too short, cells stop replicating and die, slowing the body's ability to renew itself.

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 Next, the diving reflex causes peripheral vasoconstriction, which means that the blood flow will leave the body's extremities to feed the most important the lungs, the heart and the brain.

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