Close Quotes

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Close combat, man to man, is plainly to be regarded as the real basis of combat. — Carl von Clausewitz
The key to getting the record is running fast because someone else did not take it too crazy at the beginning, so it leaves me… — Bernard Lagat
Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained strange to one another, because one of them attracted by… — Emil Ludwig
Any baseball is beautiful. No other small package comes as close to the ideal design and utility. It is a perfect object for a man's… — Roger Angell
However, if we consider that all the characteristics which have been cited are only differences in degree of structure, may we not suppose that this… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
There is little chance that aliens from two societies anywhere in the Galaxy will be culturally close enough to really 'get along.' This is something… — Seth Shostak
They should move 1st base back a foot to avoid all those close plays — John Lowenstein
When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow Park we saw a few daffodils close to the waterside. But as we went along there were… — Dorothy Wordsworth
Observe immigrants not as they come travel-wan up the gang-plank, nor as they issue toil-begrimed from the pit's mouth or mill-gate, but in their gatherings,… — Edward Alsworth Ross
We need the tonic of the wilderness, to wade sometimes in the marsh where the bitten and the meadow hen lurk, and hear the booming… — Henry David Thoreau
I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind and spirit. — Jacqueline Cochran
What's "God"? Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God's the guy that… — Steve Buscemi
Two people who were once very close can without blame or grand betrayal become strangers. Perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world. — Warsan Shire
At a certain age some people's minds close up; they live on their intellectual fat. — William Lyon Phelps
Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt. — Sam Snead
I want a world without war. War never works it just kills. I want my children to never have to have a close contact with… — Ana Martin
Jesus was not a whisperer. No one ever saw Him close to His neighbor's ear, looking stealthily around lest some one should overhear what He… — Samuel Logan Brengle
So close was Christ's connection with God that he equated a man's attitude to himself with the man's attitude to God. — John Stott
Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than… — Sun Tzu
In the end, worship can never be a performance, something you're pretending or putting on. It's got to be an overflow of your heart...Worship is… — Matt Redman

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