Blow Quotes - Page 40

• Terrorism doesn't just blow up buildings; it blasts every other issue off the political map. The spectre of terrorism - real and exaggerated - has become a shield of impunity, protecting governments around the world from scrutiny for their human rights abuses.

  Naomi Klein

  Real, Rights, Government

  "A deadly franchise" by Naomi Klein, www.theguardian.com. August 27, 2003.

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• I am a feather for each wind that blows

  William Shakespeare

  Wind, Feathers

  'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 2, sc. 3, l. 153

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• The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind? Is it the fault of the merciful Father, whose wind of mercy is blowing without ceasing, day and night, whose mercy knows no decay, is it His fault that some of us are happy and some unhappy? We make our own destiny. His sun shines for the weak as well as for the strong. His wind blows for saint and sinner alike. He is the Lord of all, the Father of all, merciful, and impartial.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Strong, Father, Night

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.671, Manonmani Publishers

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• No wind blows in favor of a ship without direction.

  Seneca the Younger

  Wind, Goal, Favors

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• Come, come thou bleak December wind,
  And blow the dry leaves from the tree!
  Flash, like a Love-thought, thro'me, Death
  And take a Life that wearies me.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Wind, Tree, Dry

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2011). “Samuel Taylor Coleridge”, p.5, Faber & Faber

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• Lao Tsu uses the anology of the tree. The old hard tree breaks and falls when the wind blows. The young tree bends and does not break. He advises us to bend and not to break.

  Frederick Lenz

  Fall, Wind, Tree

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• [In Adelie Land, Antarctica, a howling river of] wind, 50 miles wide, blows off the plateau, month in and month out, at an average velocity of 50 m.p.h. As a source of power this compares favorably with 6,000 tons of water falling every second over Niagara Falls. I will not further anticipate some H. G. Wells of the future who will ring the antarctic with power-producing windmills; but the winds of the Antarctic have to be felt to be believed, and nothing is quite impossible to physicists and engineers.

  Frank Debenham

  Fall, Average, Wind

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• Do not give the terrorists, the enemy combatants, the people who blow up folks at weddings, who fly airplanes into the twin towers, the ability to sue our own troops all over the country for any and everything.

  Lindsey Graham

  Country, Airplane, People

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• What outrages me as a representative of journalists is that there's not more outrage about the number, and the brutality, and the cavalier nature of the U.S. military toward the killing of journalists in Iraq....They target and kill journalists ... uh, from other countries, particularly Arab countries like Al -, like Arab news services like Al-Jazeera, for example. They actually target them and blow up their studios with impunity.

  Linda Foley

  Country, Hate, Military

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• Sometimes it is really hard to sit in the single and go for a row. I think this is really normal. I, like probably a lot of people, burn out every once in a while. What I have learned from my own experience is that there are two reasons for it to happen. It is that I am either physically tired or mentally tired. If either of these are the case, the wisest decision is to blow off practice. Blowing off practice is healthy. I didn't understand that until I was so burnt out that I wanted to make scrap material out of my single and my oars.

  Xeno Muller

  Tired, Thinking, Practice

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• As long as I can remember, I've always had pets. Something about the connection you share with this entirely different species just blows my mind.

  Reid Scott

  Long, Pet, Mind

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• Desmo is my guard dog, but he has a sweet side, too. Nothing entertains him (or me) more than when I blow bubbles and he can chase them.

  Debi Mazar

  Dog, Sweet, Pet

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• Express yourself completely, then keep quiet. Be like the forces of nature: when it blows, there is only wind; when it rains, there is only rain; when the clouds pass, the sun shines through. If you open yourself to the Tao, you are at one with the Tao and you can embody it completely. If you open yourself to insight, you are at one with insight and you can use it completely. If you open yourself to loss, you are at one with loss and you can accept it completely. Open yourself to the Tao, then trust your natural responses; and everything will fall into place.

  Laozi

  Rain, Fall, Loss

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• Obama has committed the U.S. to war on the Islamic State. To then allow within a month an allied enclave to be overrun - and perhaps annihilated - would be a major blow.

  Charles Krauthammer

  War, Islamic, Months

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• It amazes me, and I know the wind will surely someday blow it all away It amazes me, and I'm so very grateful that You made the world this way

  John Denver

  Grateful, Wind, Perspective

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• The greatest feeling you can get in a gym or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is the pump. Let's say you train your biceps, blood is rushing in to your muscles and that's what we call the pump. Your muscles get a really tight feeling like your skin is going to explode any minute and its really tight and its like someone is blowing air into your muscle and it just blows up and it feels different, it feels fantastic.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Bodybuilding, Air, Blood

  "Pumping Iron". Documentary, Sport, www.imdb.com. 1977.

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• Do not be afraid to love. Remember dear old Don Quixote, viewing the world with love. He saw many beautiful things no one else saw. Try being dear Don Quixote for a day. You'll see that love improves your vision and allows you to see more than your eye has ever seen before. But be forewarned: Those who look on the world with love will need a handkerchief, not to use as a blindfold, but to blow their nose and dry their tears.

  Bernie Siegel

  Love, Beautiful, Eye

  Bernie Siegel (2013). “Prescriptions For Living: Inspirational Lessons for a Joyful, Loving Life”, p.58, Random House

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• The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock, how to give it the necessary blow. The strength and force of the blow come through concentration.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspiring, Giving Up, Inspiration

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.11, Advaita Ashrama

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• But no sooner had morning broken than he took hold of his whip and ceremoniously stepped out to address his slaves. Each blow was liberating, it was like unshaking proof of the great lie of God's existence.

  Juhani Peltonen

  Morning, Atheist, Lying

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• If they don't have that extreme addict personality, you can never understand how a guy can blow 300 or 400 million dollars. If I have to live at the top of the world, I also have to live at the bottom of the ocean. I don't know how to live in the middle of life.

  Mike Tyson

  Motivation, Fear, Ocean

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• President Bush was once asked which Presidential speech he admired most. He replied that it was the one Teddy Roosevelt had in his pocket that had helped cushion the blow of a would-be assassin's bullet.

  Maureen Dowd

  Presidential, Pockets, Would Be

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• Once more a red fire blows steeply upwards...the factory will do no more work for Herr Churchill...tomorrow morning Coventry will lie in smoke and ruins.

  Joseph Goebbels

  Morning, War, Lying

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• The spirit is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

  Margot Asquith

  Spiritual, Flames, Inward

  Margot Asquith (1922). “An Autobiography ...”

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• Me & the dread yo, give em some head blow Long as he know he keep me flier than a Red Bull

  Nicki Minaj

  Long, Giving, Ems

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• Is it two? Three? Leave a good tip, Imma blow all my money and don't give two shits.

  Nicki Minaj

  Money, Two, Giving

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