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I saw a point that shone with light so keen, the eye that sees it cannot bear its blazing; the star that is for us… — Dante Alighieri
If you would understand this secret, you must first understand the distinction between training an animal and educating one. Trained animals are relatively easy to… — J. Boone
I'm not very keen for doves or hawks. I think we need more owls. — George Aiken
I read with keen interest the words of a bumper sticker readily visible on the highly polished chrome bumper of a car which was weaving… — Thomas S. Monson
Orthogonality for orthogonality's sake is not something I'm keen on. — Larry Wall
I am convinced that pilgrimage is still a bona fide spirit-renewing ritual. But I also believe in pilgrimage as a powerful metaphor for any journey… — Phil Cousineau
My mother was a schoolteacher and very keen that I go to a city school, so although it was fairly impoverished times, I traveled every… — Edmund Hillary
Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days… — Frank Lampard
But I am a girl with a keen interest in having it all, and what follows are hopeful dispatches from the frontlines of that struggle. — Lena Dunham
Ringo, the last to become a Beatle, came into the group not because I wanted him, but because the boys did. To be completely honest,… — Brian Epstein
Life is in short cycles or periods; we are quickly tired, but we have rapid rallies. A man is spent by his work, starved, prostrate;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am restless. I am athirst for faraway things. My soul goes out in a longing to touch the skirt of the dim distance. O… — Rabindranath Tagore
Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. — Mary Wortley Montagu
To have suffered ... sets a keen edge on what remains of the agreeable. This is a great truth and has to be learned in… — Robert Louis Stevenson
The sleep of a sick man has keen eyes. It is a sleep unsleeping. — Sophocles
I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot. — Paul Nurse
My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances. — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
I'm always keen to head to where the greatest gravitation pull is tugging me. — Grant-Lee Phillips
I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one… — Christine Lagarde
My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colorful character and a… — Alexander McCall Smith
One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have… — Sarah Sutton
The British were keen for 30 caliber guns, did not believe in daylight bombing. American experts said 30 caliber was not enough; we had to… — Stuart Symington
I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent. — Robin Trower
'Modern Love' completes the EP as an intricate musical piece weaving in and out of complex rhythms. There is even a beatless ambient mix that… — Subb-an
The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of self-control is never… — George F. Kennan

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