“ A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ I'll habits gather by unseen degrees, As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. ”
- John Dryden- Copy
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“ When a just cause reaches its flood-tide, as ours has done…, whatever stands in the way must fall before its overwhelming power. ”
- Carrie Chapman Catt- Copy
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“ The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. ”
- Theodore H. White- Copy
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“ The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop. ”
- Charles de Gaulle- Copy
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“ You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there. ”
- Edwin Louis Cole- Copy
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“ I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. ”
- Lord Alfred Tennyson- Copy
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“ Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow. ”
- John Fletcher- Copy
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“ The Clouds consign their treasures to the fields; And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow In large effusion, o'er the freshen'd world. ”
- James Thomson- Copy
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“ Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown. ”
- Mathew Henry- Copy
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“ The smallest effort is not lost. Each wavelet on the ocean tost aids in the ebb-tide or the flow; each rain-drop makes some floweret blow; each struggle lessens human woe. ”
- Charles Mackay- Copy
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“ Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank — but that's not the same thing. ”
- Joseph Conrad- Copy
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“ Time is a kind of river, an irresistible flood sweeping up men and events and carrying them headlong, one after the other, to the great sea of being. ”
- Marcus Aurelius- Copy
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“ Time... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
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“ Every creative act involves...a new innocence of perception, liberated from the cataract of accepted belief. ”
- Arthur Koestler- Copy
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“ I need it all and I need it now' was my mentality before. I used to rush everything to get it done. ”
- Kenny Chesney- Copy
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“ Such fire was not by water to be drown'd, Nor he his nature changed by changing ground. ”
- Ludovico Ariosto- Copy
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“ If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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“ Deeper than did ever plummet sound I 'll drown my book. - The Tempest. Act v. Sc. 1. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is? ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
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“ Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me,and drench me in loneliness. ”
- Amy Lowell- Copy
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“ Families will not be broken. Curse and expel them, send their children wandering, drown them in floods and fires, and old women will make songs of all these sorrows and sit in the porches and sing them on mild evenings. ”
- Marilynne Robinson- Copy
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“ Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher. ”
- Morihei Ueshiba- Copy
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“ Did you know that the word "tsunami," which is now being used worldwide, is a Japanese word? This is indicative of the extent to which Japan has been subject to frequent tsunami disasters in the past. ”
- Junichiro Koizumi- Copy
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“ We expect to have more beach erosion, unfortunately, lots of rain, potential flooding,... This is a serious storm, and we urge people to heed the advice of local officials when they make their announcements about evacuations... if necessary. ”
- Jeb Bush- Copy
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