“ When a man runs for office, he ought to expect the roof to fall in on him. ”
- Charles Ford- Copy
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“ The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. ”
- Barbara Kingsolver- Copy
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“ We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient, but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting in the best property of all — friends? ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ Christmas morning in Russia a cruel snow-laden wind blowing straight out of the pages of Russian history and literature whipped across roofs and through the frozen streets of Moscow. ”
- Clifton Daniel- Copy
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“ Pornographers subvert this last, vital privacy; they do our imagining for us. They take away the words that were of the night and shout them over the roof-tops, making them hollow. ”
- George Steiner- Copy
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“ The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof. ”
- Richard Bach- Copy
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“ The bonds that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each others life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof. ”
- Richard Bach- Copy
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“ Under the influence of art the walls expand, the roof rises, and it becomes a temple. ”
- Robert Ingersoll- Copy
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“ Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. ”
- George Carlin- Copy
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“ Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. ”
- James Russell Lowell- Copy
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“ Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean. ”
- Confucius- Copy
- 2.2K
“ I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep. ”
- George Borrow- Copy
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“ Passion holds up the bottom of the universe and genius paints up its roof. ”
- Chao Chang- Copy
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“ How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof! In such places standing alone on the mountaintop it is easy to realize that whatever special nests we make — leaves and moss like the marmots and birds, or tents or piled stone — we all dwell in a house of one room — the world with a firmament for its roof — and are sailing the celestial spaces without leaving any track. ”
- John Muir- Copy
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“ The current flows fast and furious. It issues in a spate of words from the loudspeakers and the politicians. Every day they tell us that we are a free people fighting to defend freedom. That is the current that has whirled the young airman up into the sky and keeps him circulating there among the clouds… ”
- Virginia Woolf- Copy
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“ The drama's altar isn't on the stage: it is candle-sticked and flowered in the box office. There is the gold, though there be no frankincense or myrrh; and the gospel for the day always The Play will Run for a Year. The Dove of Inspiration, of the desire for inspiration, has flown away from it; and on it's roof, now, the commonplace crow caws candidly. ”
- Sean O’Casey- Copy
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“ The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in the civil service, in the official bureaus. To him government is something given as unconditionally, as absolutely as ocean or hill… ”
- Walter Lippmann- Copy
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“ The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter! — all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! ”
- William Pitt Chatham- Copy
- 1.8K
“ When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own. ”
- John Berger- Copy
- 296
“ As a kid when I was growing up, I remember vividly being on the roof of my family's station wagon, and across the street was the Sahara Desert. I always wanted to see other places and learn about how other people lived. I began to travel and saw different cultures even within America. ”
- Tom Cruise- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Those of us who wanted to test the boundaries of what a superhero comic book could do, unfortunately broke those boundaries and the results have not all been very good. We pushed against the old walls, and they fell-but nothing much has been built to replace them… ”
- Frank Miller- Copy
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