Alec Baldwin

People don't understand this: if you want to have a really good shot at succeeding, there are doors you have to slam in people's faces and say, 'This is my priority, and you can't depend on me to help you.' I was never good at that.

American Actor

S. E. Hinton

I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.

American Writer

William Forsythe

I prefer people to say to me, 'You're one of my favorite actors,' rather than 'You're one of my favorite character actors.' It sounds like a slam. At least it sounds that way to me.

John McEnroe

I would not have an event before the majors. I would build them up. It very rarely happens that a player plays the week before, wins the event, and then goes on to win the slam.

American Tennis Player

Ricky Steamboat

The doctors have said that they don't want me in the ring bouncing around or getting picked up and slammed down. They said the old head just can't survive anymore trauma.

Sofia Kenin

I feel like the fans are the best at the slams. Everyone is coming, they're supporting you. It's really special, makes it really special for us to play in front of them.

Vicki Lawrence

My parents raised me to believe that when one door slams in your face, turn around because there's probably another door opening up somewhere.

American Comedian

Travis Browne

I think people in the MMA world don't like boxing because it's not as exciting as MMA because you don't get big slams.

Kei Nishikori

For sure, it's important for an Asian man to win a grand slam. I hope I'm the one to make it.

Japanese Tennis Player

Angelique Kerber

My whole life, I've been working really hard, and I can say I'm a grand slam champion.

German Athlete

Often used to express strong emotion when closing something.

Anger or Frustration

Implies a loud noise often attracting attention.

Forceful Sound

Depicts severe or aggressive criticism, not mild.

Harsh Criticism

Used when someone makes a bold, uncompromising statement.

Powerful Statement

A slam can be an impressive or game-changing moment in sports.

In-Game Highlight

Illustrates the display of power or athleticism, especially in a slam dunk.

Strength Display

Indicates a lively, competitive event focused on spoken word or poetry.

Performance Event

Not just a contest but also a celebration of poetry and performance.

Creative Gathering

Can suggest annoyance or anger when used to describe throwing something.

Conveys Irritation

Indicates a sudden or decisive action with significant impact.

Intense Action

 so they're cheering me on and they're all excited. And I got total popsicle head, if anyone's ever swam in the Bay, and I'm trying to just thaw my face out, and I'm watching people finish. And I see this one kid, something didn't look right. And he's just flailing like this. And he's barely able to sip some air before he slams his head back down.

How to find work you...

 beginning and we said yeah we're gonna go here and we're gonna we're gonna kill something they're pretty sure we came around the corner and we're driving we look into this open meadow and we see this creature me and my buddy saw it at the same time he slams on the brakes maybe for the first second or two it did

The Sasquatch Killer PIPE...

 mouse heart to be a white flag to surrender like he didn't take me to sharpen my mouth so battle slam poetry taught me how to be a fighter how to use honesty and sincerity as my greatest weapons my voice being the only thing in my arsenal how to use microphone like warrior had to be

Using poetry as a way to...

 which is one of the biggest grand slams. You found out two days before? Yeah, so it was two days before, and I knew. I was nervous. I wasn't quite sure what to think, but I just knew that at that moment it was really important for me to just focus right there

On tennis, love and...

 all I ever wanted to do was transcend poetry to the world. See, it wasn't enough for me to write a book. It wasn't enough for me to join a slam competition, and while those things hold weight, it wasn't the driving force that pushes the pen to the pad.

Lemon Andersen performs...

 He walks in, he walks right past me, goes up to his room, slams the door, and I don't see him until the next day. He's not going to want to be photographed, he has zero self-esteem, this kid has such poor body image, and he's just so shy.

Rick Guidotti: From...

 "When the prisons and gates slam shut, prisoners do not lose their human quality." Every prisoner I've interviewed has said there are three flecks of light in the darkness of phone calls, letters and visits from family.

The secret US prisons...

 whoa that's awesome they actually look pretty clumsy when they take off yeah and that irregularity actually works to their advantage so if you think about if you slam a book shirt like this it kind of causes a

Beautiful Butterfly...

 slammed shut at the bottom of a dark, but her mouth pulled up like a baby-blue Cadillac packed with canaries driven by a toucan—I swear those lips said bright wings when we kissed, wild

"First Kiss" by Tim...

 sprouts helps them bulk up entering the ring girth is advantageous the rules are simple knock your opponent down or out of the ring wrestler slam slap and toss opponents

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