Paul Kalanithi

Everyone succumbs to finitude. I suspect I am not the only one who reaches this pluperfect state. Most ambitions are either achieved or abandoned; either way, they belong to the past. The future, instead of the ladder toward the goals of life, flattens out into a perpetual present.

American Writer

Thomas J. Watson

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.

American Businessman

Joseph Campbell

Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?

American Author

Christopher Plummer

It is a culture voice, but it is a very American culture voice, and I am very used to English culture voice. So I had to work like hell to flatten those R's.

Canadian Actor

Thomas Friedman

Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of the fat out of life.

American Journalist

Mary Cassatt

I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.

American Artist

Ken Shamrock

If you stay in the guard and control the hips and flatten him out, you can control him. And that was the start of ground-and-pound.

American Athlete

Jack Dee

I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.

British Comedian

Elizabeth McCracken

Humor reminds you, when you're flattened by sorrow, that you're still human.

Phil Klay

Oftentimes, discussion of war gets flattened to a discussion of trauma.

Commonly used for material things like fabric, paper, or other surfaces that can be pressed flat.

Using with Objects

Often suggests physical effort or process like rolling, pressing, or spreading.

Implied Effort

Can be used metaphorically to mean 'overpower' or 'defeat thoroughly' in competitive contexts.

Metaphorical Use

Has a connotation of suddenness or force, especially in physical confrontations.

Violent Connotation

In economics, it implies reducing fluctuations and achieving stability.

Economic Context

Used figuratively to describe actions aimed at simplifying complex concepts, like market trends.

Figurative Speech

Refers to turning multi-layered data into a simpler, single-layer form in computing.

Data Transformation

Specific to computing or data science and may not be understood outside these fields.

Technical Procedure

 I knew I was where I was supposed to be; I knew I was home. And I haven't spoken to you once in the four years since that day. But I heard that you were leaving, and I had to come and tell you you've been an incredibly important person in my life. I'm going to miss you. Good luck." And she walks away, and I'm flattened. She gets six feet away, turns around, smiles and goes,

Drew Dudley: Everyday...

 The spatulae flatten, creating lots of surface area for their positively and negatively charged patches to find complimentary patches on the ceiling. Each spatula only contributes a minuscule amount of that van der Waals stickiness. But a gecko has about two billion of them, creating enough combined force to support its weight.

How do geckos defy...

 But it's a nice tendency. It's as if the world is flattening off, isn't it? These countries are lifting more than the economy, and it will be very interesting to follow this over the year, as I would like you to be able to do with all the publicly funded data. Thank you very much.

Hans Rosling: Debunking...

 and then flattens out over the summer I'll take answers chocolate you might want to get some chocolate in any other guesses shopping yeah retail therapy might help sick leave yet you'll definitely want to take some time off should we see

The beauty of data...

 near them and as I say the first thing he did was really come towards us in a very intent motion of out of our way boys otherwise I'm gonna flatten you so that's you know very easily identified by experience of being around big bull

Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...

 Her supporting foot flattens, and then twists as it rises back onto pointe, pushing against the floor to generate a tiny amount of new torque. At the same time, her arms sweep open to help her keep her balance.

The physics of the...

 that by opening a floating Peep Show it was the most natural thing I could do in the face of the whitewashed predictable suburban lifeless flattened reality that is displacing the very texture of our

A floating peep show PIPE...

 the nice tenders it's as if the world is flattening off isn't it these countries are lifting more than the economy and will be very interesting to fall of this over the year as I would like you

The best stats you've...

 the male noses the female spines which seems to excite her although as far as he's concerned it does look rather painful whether the female flattens her prickles to help the male is unclear but

Hedgehog Mating Rituals...

 does look rather painful whether the female flattens her prickles to help the male is unclear but it does seem that the old joke that asks how do hedgehog's mate was right all

Flatten