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«I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.»
«I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.»
Author: John Major
| Keywords:
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«Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.»
«Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race.»
Author: Stanley Kunitz
| About:
God,
Myths
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at the bottom, bottom, call waiting, died, gods, heroes, myths, race, represent, sleeping, The Bottom, waiting
«Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They wade through it the way a boy wades through water, feeling with his toes for the bottom: The echoes are the bottom.»
Author: Wallace Stevens
(Poet)
| About:
Poetry,
Reading
| Keywords:
bottom, echoes, familiar, listening, On Your Toes, The Bottom, toes, Wade, waded, wades, wading
«Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.»
«I need someone physically stronger than me.... I am always on top. It's really unfortunate. I am begging for the man that can put me on the bottom. Or the woman. Anybody that can take me down.»
Author: Angelina Jolie
(Actress)
| About:
Men and Women
| Keywords:
begged, begging, Beg to, bottom, bottomed, Bottom Up, physically, stronger, Take Me, The Bottom, top, top down, unfortunate, unfortunates
«Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valleys you must traverse. Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it and prosper.»
Author: Og Mandino
(Essayist, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
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«Some people are at the top of the ladder, some are in the middle, still more are at the bottom, and a whole lot more don't even know there is a ladder.»
Author: Robert H. Schuller
(Author, Entrepreneur, Reformed Church Minister)
| Keywords:
at the bottom, bottom, in the middle, ladder, The Bottom, whole lot
«My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred;And I myself see not the bottom of it.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
bottom, fountain, stirred, The Bottom, troubled
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