Swami Vivekananda

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

Indian Clergyman

Jaya Prada

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life. Think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other thought. This is the way to success.

Indian Actress

Harvey Fierstein

But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up, so my voice is obviously responding. It's a muscle, and the more you use it, the more you use it right, the more you should get out of it. So yes, I sing.

American Actor

Grace Jones

When I started modelling, I'd raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don't have to do much to have muscles. It's just genetic.

Model

Jason Clarke

Your voice is important - it gives away everything about you. The mouth is a muscle you have to work like you'd work at the gym.

Australian Actor

Feist

Metals' has partly been about me regaining my self respect and I feel like I'm growing the muscles I want to grow again.

Canadian Musician

Glover Teixeira

Good conditioning helps you prepare your muscles, so I make sure I'm always strict with my conditioning.

Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist

Victor Garber

Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.

Canadian Actor

Jordan Clarkson

Adding muscle and strength will be a big help to me.

Filipino Basketball Player

Connor McDavid

Canadian Athlete

Refers to using strength; commonly mentioned in fitness or physical exertion contexts.

Physical Action

When discussing injuries, it often involves straining or pulling a muscle during activities.

Injury Prone

Used metaphorically to mean power or influence, not physical strength.

Metaphor for Strength

Flexing muscle relates to showing off power or asserting dominance.

Flexing Dominance

Used to describe someone aggressively making their way into a situation.

Forceful Action

Implies a bold, assertive effort to gain a position or role.

Asserting Presence

In medical contexts, refers to physical aspects of muscles, like movement or force.

Specific to Medicine

Used by healthcare professionals to talk about muscle functions or conditions.

Technical Usage

Can imply using influence or authority to get what one wants.

Influence and Power

Figuratively indicates using resources or connections, not actual physical strength.

Non-Physical Force

 But under normal circumstances, your decision to urinate stops the brain's signal to the external urethral sphincter, causing it to relax and the bladder to empty. The external urethral sphincter is one of the muscles of the pelvic floor, and it provides support to the urethra and bladder neck. It's lucky we have these pelvic floor muscles

Is it bad to hold your...

 it realizes that there is a more effective way to achieve this take control of the world and stick electrodes into the facial muscles of humans to cause constant, beaming grins. Another example, suppose we give A.I. the goal to solve a difficult mathematical problem. When the A.I. becomes superintelligent,

What happens when our...

 as the muscles strengthen. These curves help us stay upright and absorb some of the stress from activities like walking and jumping. If they are aligned properly, when you're standing up, you should be able to draw a straight line from a point just in front of your shoulders, to behind your hip,

The benefits of good...

 which pull on the bones in your arm and generate the needed movement. The bigger the challenge becomes, the bigger the brain's signal grows, and the more motor units it rallies to help you achieve your task. But what if the door is made of solid iron? At this point, your arm muscles alone

What makes muscles grow?...

 that helped ensure the continuation of her species for millions of years before. In the wild, cats needed sharp claws for climbing, hunting, and self-defense. Sharpening their claws on nearby surfaces kept them conditioned and ready, helped stretch their back and leg muscles,

Why do cats act so...

 a muscle that attaches your cheek to your teeth, or the body's tiniest skeletal muscle, a one-millimeter-long tissue fragment called the stapedius that's nestled deep inside the ear. Wherever they occur, skeletal muscles are connected to the somatic nervous system,

How your muscular system...

 and signals from the environment telling us it's dark outside. The rise in sleep-inducing chemicals, like adenosine and melatonin, send us into a light doze that grows deeper, making our breathing and heart rate slow down and our muscles relax.

What would happen if you...

 them from to stop muscle spasms and the patient asked why didn't you inject my forehead Jean said you don't have spasms there the patient said I know but every time you inject my forehead I get this

4 simple ways to have a...

 to relieve the agony of his burning muscles. And he gives thanks for the life he has taken, so that he may sustain the lives of his family, waiting for him in their settlement.

The Intense 8 Hour Hunt...

 researchers used high-speed cameras to study frog muscles and the slowed down video helps reveal secrets of the frogs jumping abilities the researchers from

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