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Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Look upon yourself as a tree planted beside the water, which bears its fruit in due season; the more it is shaken by the wind,… — Margaret Mary Alacoque
A rational man acting in the real world may be defined as one who decides where he will strike a balance between what he desires… — Walter Lippmann
Willis Rodney Whitney ... once compared scientific research to a bridge being constructed by a builder who was fascinated by the construction problems involved. Basic… — Chauncey Guy Suits
Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike against… — Leigh Brackett
If an enemy strikes your left cheek, offer him your right. — Mahatma Gandhi
My boat strikes something deep. At first sounds of silence, waves. Nothing has happened; Or perhaps everything has happened. and I am sitting in my… — Rumi
Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic! — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as he is a… — J. G. Holland
According to the dictionary, knock has two definitions: "to strike something with a sharp blow," and "to find fault with, a harsh and often petty… — Marvin J. Ashton
Tito Santana is like a cue-ball. The more you strike him, the more english you get out of him. — Bobby Heenan
My reality was that if there was a defenseless player, if that person didn't touch the ball, I would not hit them. I was not… — Willie Lanier
The sunshine that strikes American roads each year contains more energy than all the fossil fuels used by the entire world. — Denis Hayes
Military strikes on Afghanistan will not prevent something this terrible from happening again, for the simple reason that bombs will not deter people who are… — Jemima Khan
Look for where the sky is brightest along the horizon. That reflects the nearest river. Strike out for a river and you will find habitation. — Eudora Welty
It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems ... This is… — Kurt Vonnegut
Lighting does occasionally strike and occasional the result isn't a corpse. — Tillie Olsen
If you feel yourself to be a full member in the world, you probably won't turn to writing, because other methods of communication, more direct… — Margot Livesey
In any case, the bayonet isn't as important as it used to be. It's more usual now to go into the attack with hand-grenades and… — Erich Maria Remarque
A new educational system in which all children born shall have the same advantage of physical, industrial, mental and moral culture, and thus be equally… — Victoria Woodhull
The policy that can strike only while the iron is hot will be overcome by that perseverance, which ... can make that iron hot by… — Charles Caleb Colton
It is absurd to think that the only way to tell if a poem is lasting is to wait and see if it lasts. The… — Robert Frost
A dash derives from "to dash," to shatter, strike violently, to throw suddenly or violently, hence to throw carelessly in or on, hence to write… — Eric Partridge
If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I am very much aware of the visual side of things. I do a lot of photography. I often take Polaroids of things that strike… — Helena Christensen

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