“ He who finds diamonds must grapple in mud and mire because diamonds are not found in polished stones. They are made. ”
- Henry B. Wilson- Copy
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“ Writing is like this-you dredge for the poem's meaning the way police dredge for a body. They think it is down there under the black water, they work the grappling hooks back and forth. ”
- Paul Engle- Copy
- 276
“ Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them. ”
- Anne Sophie Swethchine- Copy
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“ Men's activities are occupied into ways — in grappling with external circumstances and in striving to set things at one in their own topsy-turvy mind. ”
- William James- Copy
- 153
“ Strength instead of being the lusty child of passions, grows by grappling with and subduing them. ”
- James M. Barrie- Copy
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“ Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable, let's prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. ”
- Douglas Adams- Copy
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“ To the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. ”
- Herman Melville- Copy
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“ Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. ”
- Douglas Adams- Copy
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“ In the face of a rapidly changing world, the people of our beloved country have once again demonstrated a commitment to hard work and courage. It is now evident that everything that occurs beyond our borders can have a profound impact upon how we live, the problems with which we have to grapple and the quality of life, which our people will enjoy. ”
- Denzil Douglas- Copy
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“ Superstition, bigotry and prejudice, ghosts though they are, cling tenaciously to life; they are shades armed with tooth and claw. They must be grappled with unceasingly, for it is a fateful part of human destiny that it is condemned to wage perpetual war against ghosts… ”
- Victor Hugo- Copy
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“ It is when we try to grapple with another man's intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering, and misty are the beings that share with us the sight of the stars and the warmth of the sun. ”
- Joseph Conrad- Copy
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