485 Quotes About Breathing


  • Author Dave Gorman
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    The activity of both sets of muscles, the diaphragm and the abdominal muscles, varies reciprocally. Thus, during inspiration the tonus of the diaphragm increases while that of the abdominal muscles decreases, and vice-versa during expiration. Hence there exists between these two muscle groups a floating equilibrium constantly shifting in both directions.

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  • Author Gareth Gates
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    Breathing is fundamental to speech. A stammer is caused by erratic airflow, so if you have a smooth airflow, you have smooth speech.

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  • Author Henry Louis Gates
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    In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing the air in this room - and we have to become sensitive to it.

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  • Author John Gibbons
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    We scored some runs to give him a little breathing room. He pitched good. He got out of some big jams.

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  • Author John Gibbons
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    Our pitching (staff), we haven't had a whole lot of breathing room out there. The last couple of weeks, every pitch is meaningful.

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  • Author Ken Green
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    Reyes hitting those shots calmed us down and gave us breathing room. Our first-half defense then picked up the tempo and Payne and Harden just tag-teamed them. But they have been doing that all year.

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