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«Carve not upon a stone when I am dead, The praises which remorseful mourners give; To women's graves - a tardy recompense, But speak them while I live»
Author: Elizabeth Akers Allen
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«Words are tools which automatically carve concepts out of experience»
«Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves.They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.»
Author: V. S. Naipaul
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Limits,
Vision
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«A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.»
Author: Charles H. Spurgeon
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Character
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«That would be a good thing for them to carve on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment»
Author: Dorothy Parker
(Poet, Writer)
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«Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.»
«As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.»
Author: Buddha
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«Fame, celebrity - it's not such a big deal in Europe. People seem to understand that you just have a weird job. They're not running after you, trying to carve chunks out of you. It's strange in the states. Most fans here are great, but there's a handful who have seen the movies and feel they know you. They think it's alright to touch you and ask personal questions.»
«Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment.»
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Baptist Minister, Civil-Rights Leader)
| About:
Hope
| Keywords:
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«War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.»
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Baptist Minister, Civil-Rights Leader)
| About:
War
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