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Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.
Yes, I backed the hula hoop. And I had a lot of other people come to me with ideas that turned out well.
Jumping through any hoop or taking advantage of any desperate situation that comes up just to sell a product is harmful. It is.
It was no accident that I made 'Hoop Dreams' because it concerned a sport that I loved and hoped would be my dream, however far-fetched that turned out to be. Because of the success of that film, Hollywood pigeonholed me as a sports biopic guy, which led to 'Prefontaine' and two cable sports films.
I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort.
The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father.
I love having my hoop earrings. Just regular gold hoops.
So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth.
I like to get out and get up the court, using my speed and aggressiveness toward the hoop.
I'm channelling my 14-year-old self. She's thinking about putting on her big hoop earrings and baggy pants and going to the mall downtown.
Obviously, you've never seen a woman skydiving in a hoop skirt.
You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then, as an older actor, you have to get through the Lear hoop. And I'm approaching the Lear hoop.
The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery.
I'm not that flashy in private; I'm usually pretty reserved. But on stage, it's about not being afraid of anything - of anyone judging you. It's one place you can be free. So why not sing as loud as you can, hoop and holler and jump around? A show is a moment. When it's done, it's over. I find that extremely liberating.
She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death.