Gripped Quotes
65 quotes by 56 authors
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I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared paranoia of the Cold War gripped the services.
— John le Carre
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It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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The idea of man as the dominant mammal of the earth whose whole behaviour tends to be dominated by his own desire for dominance gripped…
— Frank Macfarlane Burnet
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Every powerful movement has had its philosophy which has gripped the mind, fired the imagination and captured the devotion of its adherents.
— John Stott
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At first we feel called by God and attracted by him. We grow in our vocation and get the impression that God has gripped us…
— Notker Wolf
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The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery. Neither knowledge nor hope for the future can be the pivot of our…
— Albert Schweitzer
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You can't have the legislative and executive branch working in a parallel universe...the partisanship that has gripped Washington has prevented us from dealing with the…
— Olympia Snowe
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As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up…
— James Levine
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I could not say I believe. I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself, something that…
— Carl Jung
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Well, you know, there's depression and depression. What I mean by depression in my own case is that depression isn't just the blues. It's not…
— Leonard Cohen
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I can't blame modern technology for my predilection for distraction, not after all the hours I've spent watching lost balloons disappear into the clouds. I…
— Colson Whitehead
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But there are moments, walking, when I catch a glimpse of myself in the window glass, say, the window of the corner video store, and…
— Marie Howe
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The listener must be gripped and whether he likes it or not, drawn into the flight path of the sounds without special training being necessary.…
— Iannis Xenakis
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The great background question about the Labour governments of the sixties is whether with a stronger leader they could have gripped the country's big problems…
— Andrew Marr
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If I indulge myself and surrender to memory, I can still feel the knot of excitement that gripped me as I turned the corner into…
— Duane Michals
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At the root of all our disobedience are particular ways in which we continue to seek control of our lives through systems of works-righteousness. The…
— Timothy Keller
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Let us examine our attitude toward peace itself. Too many of us think it is impossible. Too many think it unreal. But that is a…
— John F. Kennedy
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When you are gripped by fear in the face of an experience that will take you beyond your comfort zone, you may be at a…
— Robert Moss
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Once," Balinda begins softly, "when I was in the emergency room with my mother they brought in a murderer who had been shot and was…
— Kris Radish
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I'm romantic. I fall in love every day. Not with people but with situations. The other day, I saw a tramp polishing his shoes. That…
— Amy Winehouse
Who Wrote These Gripped Quotes
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