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strong war distance
There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. It is true that when we travel we are in search of distance. But distance is not to be found. It melts away. And escape has never led anywhere. The moment a man finds that he must play the races, go the Arctic, or make war in order to feel himself alive, that man has begin to spin the strands that bind him to other men and to the world. But what wretched strands! A civilization that is really strong fills man to the brim, though he never stir. What are we worth when motionless, is the question. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
strong team home
Since the dawn of time, women have been attracted to mates with strong survival skills—like intelligence and physical prowess— because men with these qualities are more likely to bring home dinner at the end of the day.” He stuck his thumbs in the air and grinned. “Dinner equals survival, team Becca Fitzpatrick
strong lying home
Go ahead. You're not going to walk in on anyone. I'm home alone." "The whole night?" Immediately, I realized it might not have been the smartest thing to say. "Dorothea will be coming soon." That was a lie. Dorothea was long gone. It was close to midnight. "Dorothea?" "Our housekeeper. She's old- but strong. Very strong." I tried to squeeze past him. Unsuccessfully. "Sounds frightening," he said, retrieving the key from the lock. He held it out for me. "She can clean a toilet inside and out in under a minute. More like terrifying.
strong wells true-north
Well, I'm Canadian. True, north, strong, and free. Barry Pepper
strong ideas hungry
I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create. Barry Manilow
strong reading mean
I'm a strong nonbeliever in the Christmas letter where you don't really read it because it's just full of kind of meaningless information. It doesn't really resonate to the person reading it, but it means so much to the person that wrote it. B. D. Wong
strong military war
It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy, in turn, should seek to penetrate a joint in the harness of the opposing forces. To apply one's strength where the opponent is strong weakens oneself disproportionately to the effect attained. To strike with strong effect, one must strike at weakness. B. H. Liddell Hart
strong war military
If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of loosening his resistance. It should, equally, be a principle of policy, especially in war, to provide your opponent with a ladder by which he can climb down.
strong military successful
The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled it in a direct way. And when, under pressure of circumstances, they have risked a direct attack, the result has commonly been to blot their record with a failure.
means rebuilding walls
Rebuilding here means so much more than walls and roofs and levees. Craig Colten
mean semester
Reasonable' probably doesn't mean if you were out a whole semester you make up a whole semester.
means rally
Our rally was a little late, but things are by no means over.
means parents playing recognize riding risks teens understand
Parents who understand the risks recognize that it is important to keep teens from riding with other teens, even if it means playing 'chauffer' for one more year.
meant shows uk
Patrick's a little embarrassed by the signs. But it shows what his being at UK has meant to our community.
mean people polls
People have to go vote. Polls don't mean a thing,
means state
State means everything to this team. As seniors, it means so much more for us.
means platitudes public
Some of that means that in your public statements, ... you end up trafficking in public platitudes more than you'd want to do at home. Barack Obama
mean
That'd be cool, ... and it'd mean one of us is going to the World Series. Marcus Giles
hands issue parliament wash
Parliament would be doing a Pontius Pilate to wash their hands of the issue this week.
hands stay throw
Stay back, stay tall, throw your hands at it and try to take it to right field.
hands kids playing shooting somehow
Some of these kids think this is a game. They somehow got their hands on a weapon. They think they are playing Pac-Man or something and shooting at people. Michael Brown
hands leave loss season win
Our season is on the line. It's in our hands and we'll only win if we leave it all on the field. We all know that a loss would be a disaster. Sergio Ramos
hands instrument work
Place yourself as an instrument in the hands of God, who does his own work in his own way.
hands justice racial responsibility washed
Pilate's Bowl. He said they had washed their hands of responsibility for racial justice in Birmingham.
hands opinion deals
I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.
hands wind hair
The wind in the grain is the caress to the spouse; it is the hand of peace stroking her hair.
hands knives secret
First,” he said, coming behind me and placing his hands on the counter, just outside of mine, “choose your tomato.” He dipped his head so his mouth was at my ear. His breath was warm, tickling my skin. “Good. Now pick up the knife.” “Does the chef always stand this close?” I asked, not sure if I liked or feared the flutter his closeness caused inside me. “When he’s revealing culinary secrets, yes.