Block Quotes

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It's quite possible that Beckham suffers from a mental block at big tournaments — Franz Beckenbauer
I come from a country that is now utterly schizophrenic when it comes to its society, its economy, its politics. There are definitely two Americas.… — David Simon
People talk as if grief were just a feeling -- as if it weren't the continually renewed shock of setting out again and again on… — C.S. Lewis
I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic. And yet I am not so opposed to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Some days I am the flower beneath the machine. And the machine rolls slowly on, blocking the sun, without a care for what it tramples… — Craig Stone
I was staying in a hotel in San Francisco for a couple of nights, before flying back to the UK. My hotel was a desperate… — Craig Stone
Each pursues his private interest and only his private interest; and thereby serves the private interests of all, the general interest, without willing it or… — Karl Marx
I think humor is the social use. You can put anything in it. I think - yes, I speak heavily in analogies - it is… — Sloane Crosley
I've never been able to read for anything, and every time I have, I've never gotten the part. And I don't know why that is.… — Michael Madsen
I don't know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can't see… — Al Franken
The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers. — Erich Fromm
A book that is shut is but a block. — Thomas Fuller
It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block. — Paul Gauguin
My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It's a really close-knit community,… — Grimes
The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get… — Lewis Grizzard
I used to do the beat box. A friend of mine, he was the rapper and after, we'd be doing a block party or something… — DMX
Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage - the union between one man and one woman - has been the building block of civilization, and… — Jim DeMint
Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for… — Annie Dillard
I've always disliked kamikazes, that is, people who commit suicide in order to kill others. Starting with the Japanese ones from World War II. I… — Oriana Fallaci
Before a race, I block out what's going on in the stadium. It's different for everyone. But for me, I've always been able to block… — Allyson Felix

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