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Later that night, I held an atlas on my lap, ran my fingers across the whole world, and whispered, ‘where does it hurt?’ It answered,… — Warsan Shire
Gambling has held human beings in thrall for millennia. It has been engaged in everywhere, from the dregs of society to the most respectable circles. — Peter L. Bernstein
Life is to be used, not just held in the hand like a box of bonbons that nobody eats. — John Dos Passos
I said, I like my life. If Ihave to give it back, if theytake it from me, let me onlynot feel I wasted any, let… — Marge Piercy
Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career one. Every now… — Ronald Reagan
I guess my biggest failure was not getting reelected. [The loss taught me] not to ever let American hostages be held for 444 days in… — Jimmy Carter
Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule. — Al Franken
Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment. — Mahatma Gandhi
I'm the world's expert on sterotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures. — A. Bartlett Giamatti
Anarchism is the great liberator of man from the phantoms that have held him captive; it is the arbiter and pacifier of the two forces… — Emma Goldman
Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because of the peer… — Al Gore
I'll be honest, there's a part of me that does think I'm held to a different standard than my contemporaries and peers, and it's a… — Kathy Griffin
Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home. — Bear Grylls
We all have that burning question about what happens if we lose somebody we love, especially if we lose them tragically. We wonder what fear… — Kevin Costner
The anorexic body is held in the grip of will alone; its meaning is far from stable. What it says - 'Notice me, feed me,… — Rachel Cusk
Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us. — Roald Dahl
I've always been scared of advertising folk. I've met them at parties and I've been to their offices and I've always found them intimidatingly cool.… — Evan Davis
Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality. — Emily Dickinson
As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as… — Sylvia Earle
Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood… — Charles Alexander Eastman
At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side, and the ignorant rejection of theory altogether on the other… — Havelock Ellis
If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. — Hans Eysenck
I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt. — Edie Falco
Vampires have always held a very seductive kind of lore and have always been some variety of attractive, whether it's attractiveness that's born of just… — Colin Farrell
Yeah, we held a junior carp tournament on the St. Lawrence River in New York last August. I hosted that along with a couple of… — Tom Felton

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