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«I have a feeling that my boat has struck, down there in the depths, against a great thing. And nothing happens! Nothing ... Silence ... Waves. Nothing happens? Or Has everything Happened and we are standing now, quietly, in the new life?»
Author: Juan Ramon Jimenez
| About:
Feelings
| Keywords:
Against A, boat, depths, Everything or Nothing, quietly, struck, waves
«It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| About:
Hope,
Illusion,
Mankind
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Against A, anguish, anguished, anguishes, apt, beasts, cost, illusions, indulge, indulges, painful, provide, provide for, shut, siren, Sirens, song, The Song of, The Whole Truth, transforms
«He would drive his strength against a mountain and plunge his strength against the sea...but know that the mountain would stand while the man broke himself and the sea would surge while the man drowned in it.»
«If there be no right of rebellion against a state of things that no savage tribe would endure without resistance, then I am sure that it is better for men to fight and die without right than to live in such a state of right as this»
«I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.»
Author: William Friedkin
(Film Director, Producer, Writer)
| Keywords:
Against A, alternatives, attracted, cope, examination, in terms of, options
«Ladies, here's a hint; if you're playing against a friend who has big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's the hardest shot for the well-endowed.»
Author: Billie Jean King
(Tennis Player)
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Against A, backhand, big shot, boob, boobs, endowed, hint, hints, lady friend, net, The Net, volley, volleys, well endowed
«I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.»
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
(Diplomat, First Lady, Humanitarian)
| About:
Flattery
| Keywords:
Against A, bed, bed of roses, catalogue, catalogued, catalogues, description, descriptions, fine, flattered, named, named after, no-good, pleased, rose, wall
«Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history.»
«I understand I'm running against a person who is so anxious to become president, he will do whatever it takes.»
«Men shut their doors against a setting sun.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Men
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Against A, setting
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