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«I sang as one / Who on a tilting deck sings / To keep men's courage up, though the wave hangs / That shall cut off their sun.»
«One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not bet this man, for as sure as you are standing there, you are going to end up with an earful of cider.»
Author: Damon Runyon
(Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.»
«If Rose's streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.»
«Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks.»
Author: Laura Swenson
| About:
Men
| Keywords:
cards, deck, decked, decks, deck of cards, jacks, king, King He, like kings, occasional, The King I, The King of Kings
«The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex. I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile.»
«I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.»
Author: Ann Landers
(Advice columnist)
| Keywords:
advise, advises, advising, deck, decked, decks, floor, hand and foot, keeping
«HURRICANE, n. An atmospheric demonstration once very common but now generally abandoned for the tornado and cyclone. The hurricane is still in popular use in the West Indies and is preferred by certain old-fashioned sea-captains. It is also used in the construction of the upper decks of steamboats, but generally speaking, the hurricane's usefulness has outlasted it.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.»
«My crown is in my heart, not in my head, Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen; my crown is called contentment; A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
contentment, crown, crowned head, decked, decks, diamonds, Indian, In My Head, The King of Hearts
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