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Bilbo lay with his eyes shut, gasping an taking pleasure in the feel of the fresh air again, and hardly noticing the… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face… — Confucius Copy Share Image
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The goose that lays golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is the privilege of taking… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Why is it that the Rev. Jesse Jackson can quote the Bible in support of his pet causes, but conservative ministers and… — Gary DeMar Copy Share Image
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The large shiny black forehead of the first whale was no more than two yards from us when it sank beneath the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
India lives in several centuries at the same time. Every night outside my house I pass a road gang of emaciated laborers… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I have to take care of myself because if you get sick, you still have to work. Im not much a party… — Cote de Pablo Copy Share Image
We had about seven real cats at any one time on the set, and two animatronic, (one that sits and one that… — Melissa Joan Hart Copy Share Image
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The auld wife sat at her ivied door, (Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese) A thing she had frequently done… — Charles Stuart Calverley Copy Share Image
I don't like spiders; setting a trap is the art of low creatures! Who shall ever lay a trap shall be the… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
My job is to lay it out clearly, not to give my policy prescriptions.Very little journalism is world changing. But if change… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
Men are now proud of belonging to a conquering nation, and without a murmur they lay down their persons and their wealth,… — William James Copy Share Image
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A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew, It was a modest flower. A shepherdess pass'd… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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Will you not, as a loyal student of dear old Baylor, lay aside for a few days the usual cares of life,… — Samuel Palmer Copy Share Image
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present,… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Cruel of heart, lay down my song. Your reading eyes have done me wrong. Not for you was the pen bitten, And… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
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