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«It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.»
Author: Robert Francis Kennedy
| About:
Courage,
History,
Injustice,
Inspiration,
Mankind
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«I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.»
Author: Andre Gide
| About:
Enemies
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caress, caressed, Caresses, caressing, considered, owe, real person, springs, sting, strikes
«It sometimes strikes me that the whole of science is a piece of impudence; that nature can afford to ignore our impertinent interference. If our monkey mischief should ever reach the point of blowing up the earth by decomposing an atom, and even annihilated the sun himself, I cannot really suppose that the universe would turn a hair.»
Author: Aleister Crowley
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«It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.»
«Often the truth spoken with a smile will penetrate the mind and reach the heart; the lesson strikes home without wounding because of the wit in the saying»
Author: Horace
(Poet)
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lesson, penetrate, penetrated, spoken, strikes, strike home, wit, wounding
«Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.»
«No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye»
«Of a rascal and a serpent, the serpent is the better of the two, for he strikes only at the time he is destined to kill, while the former at every step.»
«It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements and then attack it editorially - like inviting a man to dinner then spitting in his eye.»
Author: David Ogilvy
| About:
Manners
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advertisements, attack, bad manners, editorially, inviting, magazine, manners, spitting, strikes
«Lightning never strikes twice (in the same place)»
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