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«There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.»
«The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last moment. Their thinly veiled symbolic meaning might be translated thus: We are innocent of wrongdoing. We are attacked by unforeseeable forces come to harm us. We are, thus, innocent even of negligence. Though those forces are insuperable, chance will come to our aid and we shall emerge victorious.»
Author: David Mamet
(Playwright)
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«Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
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Temptation
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at work, irresistible, Irresistible Force, movable, work on
«A man with great talents, but void of discretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, strong and blind, endued with an irresistible force, which for want of sight is of no use to him»
Author: Joseph Addison
(Dramatist, Essayist, Poet, Statesman)
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endued with, fable, Irresistible Force, void of
«To believe in God for me is to feel that there is a God, not a dead one, or a stuffed one, but a living one, who with irresistible force urges us towards more loving»
Author: Vincent van Gogh
(Painter)
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Belief,
Trust
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God is dead, irresistible, Irresistible Force, stuffed, urges
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