Loosely Quotes
87 quotes by 84 authors
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People are certainly impressed by the aura of creative power which a writer may wear, but can easily demolish it with a few well-chosen questions.…
— Brian Stableford
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I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or bend. Only the…
— Lafcadio Hearn
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The happiest people I know are the ones who have learned how to hold everything loosely and have given the worrisome, stress-filled, fearful details of…
— Charles R. Swindoll
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We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize that which alone is real? All we need to…
— Ramana Maharshi
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The essence of a sound style is that it cannot be reduced to rules-that it is a living and breathing thing with something of the…
— H. L. Mencken
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Learn to hold loosely all that is not eternal.
— Maude Royden
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Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me…
— Ben Jonson
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I’m not club-able, you see. I don’t like literary parties and literary gatherings and literary identities. I’d hate to join anything, however loosely.
— Jeanette Winterson
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The church exists primarily for two closely correlated purposes: to worship God and to work for his kingdom in the world ... The church also…
— N. T. Wright
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I was raised to believe that everybody has a responsibility to their community and I use the word very loosely. It's a big community. If…
— Mary Travers
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Steady faith is stronger than destiny. Destiny is the result of causes, mostly accidental, and is therefore loosely woven. Confidence and good hope will overcome…
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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I guess we speak pretty loosely, don't we, about looking forward to the Ashes and all that-and we are, but it's not with both eyes.…
— Ricky Ponting
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I have learned to hold all things loosely, so God will not have to pry them out of my hands.
— Corrie Ten Boom
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[The US] budget is dominated by the retirement programs, Social Security and Medicare - loosely speaking, the post-cold-war federal government is a big pension fund…
— Paul Krugman
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Whatever you are holding onto in this life, hold it loosely so it won’t hurt when the Lord has to pry your fingers open to…
— Priscilla Shirer
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But strictly held by none, is loosely bound By countless silken ties of love and thought To everything on earth the compass round, And only…
— Robert Frost
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Sit loosely in the saddle.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Wisdom is not about what you know, but how you know it. If knowledge is a measure of the grasp an individual has of a…
— Andrew Hargadon
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I promptly said that life was a random series of beautifully composed vignettes, loosely tied together by a string of characters and time.
— Mahbod Seraji
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Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go.
— Corrie Ten Boom
Who Wrote These Loosely Quotes
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