“ There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons — That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes — . ”
- Emily Dickinson- Copy
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“ Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels. ”
- Faith Whittlesey- Copy
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“ Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens. ”
- William Lilly- Copy
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“ Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is at their heels. ”
- Bertolt Brecht- Copy
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“ I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone's golf game: it's called an eraser. ”
- Arnold Palmer- Copy
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“ She that with poetry is won, Is but a desk to write upon; And what men say of her they mean No more than on the thing they lean. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
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“ Why do you wonder that globe-trotting does not help you, seeing that you always take yourself with you? The reason which set you wandering is ever at your heels. ”
- Socrates- Copy
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“ Tell all the Truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit liesToo bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surprise. ”
- Emily Dickinson- Copy
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“ While resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. ”
- Oliver Goldsmith- Copy
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“ If they ever do my life story, whoever plays me needs lots of hair color and high heels. ”
- Charlize Theron- Copy
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“ A partial world will list to my lays, While Anna reigns, and sets a female name Unrival'd in the glorious lists of fame. ”
- Edward Young- Copy
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“ I first adventure, follow me who list / And be the second English satirist. ”
- Joseph Hall- Copy
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“ When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release. ”
- Roger Corman- Copy
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“ Energy dependence is America's economic, environmental and security Achilles' heel. ”
- Nathanael Greene- Copy
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“ Our escalating dependence on foreign and non-renewable sources of energy is heading us down a slippery slope. ”
- Tom Harkin- Copy
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“ On the summit see, The seals of office glitter in his eyes; He climbs, he pants, he grasps them! At his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down, And wins them, but to lose them in his turn. ”
- William Cowper- Copy
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“ Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
- 570
“ Who would've thought such a slight tilt in our earthly axis could make such a big difference in our lives? The big wheel keeps on turning and here we are again, looking in the sweet face of darkness. ”
- Geoffrey Neighor- Copy
- 419
“ I look like a duck. It's the way my mouth curls up, or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck. ”
- Michelle Pfeiffer- Copy
- 1.7K
“ The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. ”
- Aldous Huxley- Copy
- 447
“ You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. ”
- James Thurber- Copy
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