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To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half…
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If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I've…
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Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!
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Tom's great yellow bronze mask all draped upon an iron framework. An inhibited, nerve-drawn; dropped face - as if hung on a…
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I like going from one lighted room to another, such is my brain to me; lighted rooms.
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Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I never see…
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If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine her a person of utmost importance; very…
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King old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always to to a good…
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what…
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To make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action.
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Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how can we…
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The history of most women is hidden either by silence, or by flourishes and ornaments that amount to silence.
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The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd is defensive.
— Miyamoto Musashi
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For the spear was a desert physician, That cured not a few of ambition, And drave not a few to perdition, With…
— James Elroy Flecker
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Do grant, oh my God, that when my lips approach Yours to kiss You, I may taste the gall that was given…
— Gemma Galgani
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[America's] glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her march is the march of the mind. She has a spear and a shield:…
— John Quincy Adams
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Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water.…
— Iggy Pop
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If I could be good at any sport, it'd be javelin. I know a few people I would love to throw a…
— Cheryl Cole
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The call to wage war against America was made because America has spear-headed the crusade against the Islamic nation, sending tens of…
— Osama bin Laden
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We must do business in great waters; we must be really on the deck in a storm, if we would see the…
— Charles Spurgeon
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I make all my decisions on intuition. But then, I must know why I made that decision. I throw a spear into…
— Ingmar Bergman
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His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral were but…
— John Milton
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A well-aimed spear is worth three.
— Tad Williams
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Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold! Bring me…
— William Blake
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