Clearing Quotes

136 quotes by 125 authors

A bulger of a place it is. The number of the ships beat me all hollow, and looked for all the world like a big… — Davy Crockett
War is just like bush-clearing-the moment you stop, the jungle comes back even thicker, but for a little while you can plant and grow a… — Kenneth Kaunda
Thine to work as well as pray, Clearing thorny wrongs away; Plucking up the weeds of sin, Letting heaven's warm sunshine in. — John Greenleaf Whittier
We Social-Democrats always stand for democracy, not "in the name of capitalism," but in the name of clearing the path for our movement, which clearing… — Vladimir Lenin
I've had to make the transition from sweeping in for 15 minutes, doing my stuff and clearing out, to carrying a movie for the duration… — Philip Seymour Hoffman
The end of the trial and the 'not guilty' verdicts on all counts, clearing Michael of all charges, mean that he can now concentrate on… — LaToya Jackson
It was a good place for getting lost in, a city no one ever knew, a city explored from the neutral heart outward, until after… — V.S. Naipaul
Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area.… — Colin Powell
I don't know where the loyalty lies in baseball. You really don't have to protect each other much, unless there's like a bench-clearing brawl. In… — Sean William Scott
I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not… — Ernest Shackleton
One possible future for WikiLeaks is to morph into a gigantic media intermediary - perhaps, even something of a clearing house for investigative reporting -… — Evgeny Morozov
This is what I believe: That I am I. That my soul is a dark forest. That my known self will never be more than… — D. H. Lawrence
Long looking at paintings is equivalent to being dropped into a foreign city, where gradually, out of desire and despair, a few key words, then… — Jeanette Winterson
Instead of clearing his own heart the zealot tries to clear the world. — Joseph Campbell
If people were in the habit of refering to 'King George's council, Winston and his gang,' it would go a long way to clearing thought,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
How do you forget something? You just walk away from it, those who are still alive. There are so few clearings in our hearts and… — Daniel Handler
These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. They should direct their anger… — Yann Martel
The destructive character knows only one watchword: make room; only one activity: clearing away ... The destructive character is young and cheerful. For destroying rejuvenates… — Walter Benjamin
V shook his head. â€œRemember what you saw in that clearing, cop? Howâ€™d you like that anywhere near a female you loved?â€ Butch put down… — J R Ward
To all appearances, the artist acts like a mediumistic being who, from the labyrinth beyond time and space, seeks his way out to a clearing. — Marcel Duchamp

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