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Indeed in nothing is the power of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the estrangement that divides all those who still oppose him. — J.R.R. Tolkien
If you give orders and explain nothing, you might get obedience, but you'll get no creativity. If you tell them your purpose, then when your… — Orson Scott Card
If God has shown us bad times ahead, it's enough for me that He knows about them. That's why He sometimes shows us things, you… — Corrie Ten Boom
truthfully, this is the fabric of all my fantasies: love shown not by a kiss or a wild look or a careful hand but by… — Elizabeth McCracken
She conceived of life as a road down which one traveled, an easy enough road through a broad country, and that one's destination was there… — Marilynne Robinson
You don't stick a knife in a man's back nine inches and then pull it out six inches and say you're making progress ... No… — Malcolm X
I think it is one of the most extraordinary elections, a turning point for our country and for the world. That remarkable young man [Barack… — David McCullough
Seek for the Sword that was broken In Imladris it dwells; There shall be counsels taken Stronger than Morgul-spells. There shall be shown a token… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Talk of mysteries! â€” Think of our life in nature, â€” daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it, â€” rocks, trees,… — Henry David Thoreau
But what the working-class can do, when once they grow into a solidified organization, is to show the possessing class, through a sudden cessation of… — Voltairine de Cleyre
If some lives form a perfect circle, other take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand. Loss has been part of my journey.… — Nicholas Sparks
I'll wager at the end a body realizes the Lord has already shown Himself. That things as they are -- her hand circles in a… — Truman Capote
Lady, lady, never start Conversation toward your heart; Keep your pretty words serene; Never murmur what you mean. Show yourself, by word and look, Swift… — Dorothy Parker
You haven't yet opened your heart fully, to life, to each moment. The peaceful warrior's way is not about invulnerability, but absolute vulnerability--to the world,… — Dan Millman
It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would… — Mary Renault
NEW RULE: 'Kidiots' Leave the children behind. At least until they learn something. A new study has shown that half of American high schools agree… — Bill Maher
And in that far distant day when the gods become wholly beautiful, or we at last are shown how beautiful they always were, this will… — C.S. Lewis
As far as I was concerned men were something you had around the place, not particularly interesting, but quite harmless. I had never shown the… — Jeanette Winterson
Whom are you going to dance with?' asked Mr. Knightley. She hesitated a moment and then replied, 'With you, if you will ask me.' Will… — Jane Austen
There's nothing you can do that can't be done Nothing you can sing that can't be sung. Nothing you can say but you can learn… — John Lennon

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