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«To the sound itself the conductor adds the italics and punctuation of gesture, of strained arms, of startling tautness of the shoulders, of brisk nod, of hands flung apart in some wild appeal to the universe.»
Author: Christopher Andreae
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«Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you. Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others. Do not strain after the needs of life. It is sufficient to be quietly alert and aware of them. In this way life proceeds more naturally and effortlessly. Life is here to Enjoy!»
Author: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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«One dog yelping at nothing will set ten thousand straining at their collars»
«The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education.»
«I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.»
«That a man can take pleasure in marching in formation to the strains of a band is enough to make me despise him. He has only been given his big brain by mistake; a backbone was all he needed. This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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«Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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Juries and Judges
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constructions, inference, inferences, Judges, strained, torture
«The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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fibers, strained, strings, tension
«A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.»
Author: T.S. Eliot
(Critic, Editor, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Affection,
Jokes
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affections, in jokes, jokes, strain, strained, straining
«The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed- It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.»
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