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Letter "D" » down
«...then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open»
Author: Agnes De Mille
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cracked, cracking, crack down, crack up, Did, down, him, kissed, leaned, leans, leant, Lean on Me, open, simplest
«A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.»
Author: Arnold H. Glasgow
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Friends
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down, Friend, gets, going, go down on, happen
«Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.»
Author: May Sarton
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«Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.»
«Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.»
Author: Buddha
| About:
Belief
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«Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.»
Author: Chinese Proverbs
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Failure
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down, falling, Falling Down, get up, Refusing, to get
«Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies,' there's a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.»
«Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.»
Author: Oprah Winfrey
(Actress, Producer)
| Keywords:
back down, beliefs, builds, confidence, confidences, down, esteem, Esteeming, esteems, keep back, keep down, peace, self, self confidence, self esteem, standing, standings
«Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others»
«A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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