"Rubber band" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... in a smaller scope himself, but when he saw a wider view of what his work might be he rose to the occasion and became a bigger man. It is just as easy to think of a mountain as to think of a hill—when you turn your mind to contemplate it. The mind is like a rubber band—you can stretch it to fit almost anything, but it draws in to a small scope ...
— Power of Mental Imagery • Warren Hilton
... banker seated at his library table, on which he had just placed some legal-looking papers, bound together with a thick rubber band. It was evident that his work did not stop when he left the bank. Young Brown noticed that Mr. Temple looked careworn and haggard, and that his manner was very different from what it had been on the ...
— The Face And The Mask • Robert Barr
... by my bedside and, after I had barked for him two or three times, he decided I had inflammation of the lungs and was insistent that I tie a rubber band around my chest and ...
— You Should Worry Says John Henry • George V. Hobart
... sowing is another water-wise technique, especially useful later in the season. At bedtime, place the seeds in a half-pint mason jar, cover with a square of plastic window screen held on with a strong rubber band, soak the seeds overnight, and then drain them first thing in the morning. Gently rinse the seeds with cool water two or three times daily until the root tips begin to emerge. As soon as this sign appears, the seed must be sown, because the newly emerging roots become increasingly ...
— Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway • Steve Solomon
... a packet of papers, one of many which occupied the end of his table. He slipped from it a rubber band which held the ...
— Jennie Baxter, Journalist • Robert Barr
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