Braced Quotes
28 quotes by 25 authors
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We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced for action, who…
— Maria Montessori
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Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be…
— George Washington
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It is a most fearful fact to think of, that in every heart there is some secret spring that would be weak at the touch…
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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She never sat down in a car but stood, braced tense, facing the wind. Now and again she would turn her face toward me with…
— Mazo de la Roche
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When you walk around braced for impact, you're dramatically decreasing your chances. Your chances to avoid the outcome you fear, your chances to make a…
— Seth Godin
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A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble.
— Winston Churchill
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I sought them far and found them, The sure, the straight, the brave, The hearts I lost my own to, The souls I could not…
— A. E. Housman
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Sure as the most certain sure .... plumb in the uprights, well entreated, braced in the beams, Stout as a horse, affectionate, haughty, electrical, I…
— Walt Whitman
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I must have been one of the least surprised people on earth on September 11. I felt very braced for that. I knew something like…
— Christopher Hitchens
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I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.
— Sam Taylor-Wood
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned…
— Walt Whitman
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I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly…
— P.G. Wodehouse
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You're not going to die?" "Not right this minute." And of course, saying something like that usually resulted in immediate dying. I braced myself for…
— Ilona Andrews
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You must try, the voice said, to become colder. I understood at once. It's like the bodies of gods: cast in bronze, braced in stone.…
— Jane Hirshfield
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Don't fight them anymore.I'm going to go with them." "No. I won't let them take you." "You have to," I begged. He was breathing hard,…
— Richelle Mead
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Sure as the most certain sure, plumb in the uprights, well entretied, braced in the beams, Stout as a horse, affectionate, haughty, electrical, I and…
— Walt Whitman
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What are the rules," The cop said. "There are none." Vishous spread his stance and braced himself. "Do whatever you want...but you have to break…
— J R Ward
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Another step had her backed up against the wall, and he braced his arms on both sides of her. "I'm beginning to look forward to…
— Johanna Lindsey
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Griffin leaned across the desk, his arms braced on the now-clear top, and stared into Wakefield’s outraged eyes. “We seem to be under a confusion…
— Elizabeth Hoyt
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I wasn’t sure what expression I was expecting her to wear when she saw that it was me. I’d braced myself for disgust or anger.…
— Maggie Stiefvater
Who Wrote These Braced Quotes
25 authors contributed a total of 28 Braced Quotes as follows: