Tony Rock

All Def' is unlike any other comedy show or set because 'All Def' goes back to the essence of how urban comedy started. We give it a 'stoop appeal.' A stoop appeal is important for us because it's where pretty much all black comics started doing their standup: cracking jokes on the stoop, in the hood.

American Actor

Alicia Keys

When I was a kid, I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out on the stoop and blast the radio. I'm from New York, the concrete jungle. Hip-hop influenced me from day one.

American Musician

Phillips Brooks

The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.

American Clergyman

Henry Van Dyke

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

American Poet

Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

I don't have power or money and one-sided media support or the inclination to stoop to any level for the sake of power.

Indian Politician

Katharine Hepburn

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

American Actress

Paulo Coelho

Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite right.

Brazilian Novelist

Chi Chi Rodriguez

A man never stands taller than when he stoops to help a child.

Puerto Rican Athlete

William Wordsworth

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

English Poet

Philip Massinger

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

English Dramatist

Used to describe a physical movement to avoid something or while doing tasks.

Physical Action

A motion often not held long, as it's typically done for a brief action.

Temporary Posture

Refers to a specific part of a house, not an action or behavior.

Fixed Structure

In North America, it can be a place where people gather to socialize.

Social Gathering Place

Suggests doing something below one's moral or ethical standards.

Beneath Dignity

Implies a deliberate choice one faces that challenges personal values.

Moral Decision

Can indicate a habit or natural posture, sometimes due to age or fatigue.

Involuntary Habit

Often has a negative connotation, implying weakness or weariness.

Negative Implication

Denotes rapid descent usually in the context of an attacking bird.

Swift Movement

Implies a targeted, deliberate action towards an object or prey.

Purposeful Action

 But here is the story within that those who left and those who stayed carried with them the history of a narrative, knew deeply that writing it down wasn't the only way they could hold on to it, knew they could sit on their porches or their stoops at the end of a long day and spin a slow tale for their children.

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 But small stairs can have a huge impact, too. The stoop is a place that invites neighbors to gather, blast music, and watch the city in motion. It's fascinating to me that you see people wanting to hang out on the stairs. I think they fill a deeply human need we have

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 work went into that and then technology wise so you know for example we used a racing drone very effectively particularly in two shows one being a golden eagle flying over mountains and you know how birds of prey stoop so we had this racing drone literally fly

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 a few years ago, although heaven forbid that we should stoop to public outing of people against their will. In most cases, people who out themselves will help to destroy the myth that there is something wrong with atheists. On the contrary,

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 even bigger than peregrines their sheer physical bulk makes them the most powerful falcons in the world they can turn into a 200 mile an hour stoop in the blink of an eye

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 just sitting still in the doctor's waiting room watching the future shuffle in and out, watching it stoop; stare at you while you try not to look. Rare is an

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 that filled it with wonder I've stopped to listen stooped to hoard and fight to change I'd help build peace between people and

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 suddenly the huge eagle stoops with the aerial agility of a falcon

Stoop