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• I heard the opening bar of 'Help' as I headed down Polk Street. Every single time I've heard that tune I've taken it as some message from God, a warning of things to come, a perfect description of my mashed-potato character

  Oscar Zeta Acosta

  Taken, Character, Perfect

  Oscar Zeta Acosta (2013). “Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo”, p.51, Vintage

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• It is in sickness that we most feel the need of that sympathy which shows how much we are dependent upon one another for our comfort, and even necessities. Thus disease, opening our eyes to the realities of life, is an indirect blessing.

  Hosea Ballou

  Eye, Blessing, Reality

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• In opening China, the English have secured their presence in East Asia. If we don't commit more resources to get into Southeast Asia now, they or Germany, or even little Belgium might find it ripe for the taking.

  Jules Ferry

  Asia, Germany, East

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• After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision. By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It's been a great run.

  Hank Williams, Jr.

  Running, Song, Reading

  "ESPN severs ties with Hank Williams Jr". www.cnn.com. October 6, 2011.

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• As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.

  Michael Cunningham

  Speak, Authority, Reader

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• Even in the running away from hurting, there is hurting. In opening unprotected to the experience that is enslaving you with its torment, there is the willingness to be free.” Are you willing? Or do you just want towait until the world  finally gets it and does it your way?

  Gangaji

  Running, Hurt, Doe

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• Mike Forsberg's images give us bright openings onto a world. . . . Here on the Great Plains both people and trees and everything else are in some way shaped by wind and weather. This book, too, has been shaped by where it comes from, and that's just a part of its beauty.

  Ted Kooser

  Book, Wind, Weather

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• I remember opening my dad's closet and there were, like, 40 suits, every color of the rainbow, plaid and winter and summer. He had two jewelry boxes full of watches and lighters and cuff links. And just... he was that guy. He was probably unfulfilled in his life in many ways.

  Jon Hamm

  Summer, Dad, Winter

  "Jon Hamm Is a Capital-M Man" by Alex Postman, www.elle.com. August 21, 2009.

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• But big people’s illnesses are always made to sound big. The simple shutting and opening of the royal arse-hole was made to sound as if the world was coming to an end.

  Khushwant Singh

  Simple, People, Sound

  Khushwant Singh (1990). “Delhi”, p.129, Penguin Books India

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• The function of entrepreneurs is to reform or revolutionize the pattern of production by exploiting an invention or, more generally, an untried technological possibility for producing a new commodity or producing an old one in a new way, by opening up a new source of supply of materials or a new outlet for products, by reorganizing an industry and so on.

  Joseph A. Schumpeter

  Opening Up, Entrepreneur, Reform

  Joseph A. Schumpeter (2013). “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”, p.132, Routledge

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• Thinking cannot be clear until it has had expression-we must write, or speak, or act our thoughts, or they will remain in half torpid form. Our feelings must have expression, or they will be as clouds, which, till they descend in rain, will never bring up fruit or flowers. So it is with all the inward feelings; expression gives them development-thought is the blossom; language is the opening bud; action the fruit behind it.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Flower, Rain, Writing

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• When I write about "realizations," I am describing a state in which a practitioner has wisdom of who she or he is, and has embodied that wisdom; it has become integrated into daily life, thoughts, and activities. We often view "awakening" as first step towards such realization. Awakening can occur in the blink of an eye, frequently through the direct, heart-opening (heart-breaking) transmission of grace from an awakened teacher.

  Russell Targ

  Teacher, Writing, Heart

  Russell Targ (2010). “Limitless Mind: A Guide to Remote Viewing and Transformation of Consciousness”, p.15, New World Library

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• From the point of the view of the nation's power, it was obvious that while we were fighting the Sino-Japanese war, every effort was to be made to avoid adding to our enemies and opening additional fronts

  Hideki Tojo

  War, Fighting, Power

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• By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events.

  Tracy Austin

  Play, Special, Events

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• Irrespective of todays judgment and the price we had to pay in this generation, we were able to close an epoch of divisions, different blocs and borders, opening the way for an era of globalization.

  Lech Walesa

  Division, Pay, Able

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• I had an eye-opening experience in Baghdad at the end of 2004 and I thought that the story of these guys who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world would be an interesting way to look at the war in a broader sense.

  Mark Boal

  Jobs, War, Eye

  "'Uber-Bingo,' other memorable Oscar quotes" by The Associated Press, www.today.com. March 8, 2010.

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• When you ask the Universe to bless you in your effort to align yourself with your soul, you open a passageway between yourself and your guides and Teachers. That is what a blessing is: the opening of a passageway between you and nonphysical guidance.

  Gary Zukav

  Teacher, Blessing, Effort

  FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from Aug 05, 2012

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• Magic is a sudden opening of the mind to the wonder of existence. It is a sense that there is much more to life than we usually recognize; that we do not have to be confined by the limited views that our family, our society, or our own habitual thoughts impose on us; that life contains many dimensions, depths, textures, and meanings extending far beyond our familiar beliefs and concepts.

  John Welwood

  Views, Mind, Magic

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• I want hard stories, I demand them from myself. Hard stories are worth the difficulty. It seems to me the only way I have forgiven anything, understood anything, is through that process of opening up to my own terror and pain and reexamining it, re-creating it in the story, and making it something different, making it meaningful - even if the meaning is only in the act of the telling.

  Dorothy Allison

  Meaningful, Pain, Opening Up

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• At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you.

  Sun Tzu

  Running, Art Of War, Giving

  Sun Tzu “Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Illustrated)”, Charles River Editors

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• Every time I copy something, I can draw it for the rest of my life. But research is so painful - I mean just opening up a magazine looking for a picture of a car or looking out the window looking for a car is just hard!

  Jaime Hernandez

  Mean, Opening Up, Car

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• Sometimes, it`s easier to tell a stranger something very personal. It`s like there`s less risk, opening yourself up to someone who doesn`t know you.

  Linwood Barclay

  Risk, Sometimes, Stranger

  Linwood Barclay (2007). “No Time for Goodbye”, p.126, Bantam

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• I taught in the Academy from the opening of the schools until I was turned out, a period much longer than I should have permitted myself to remain there. My honors are misunderstanding, persecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.

  Thomas Eakins

  School, Should Have, Honor

  Letter to Harrison Morris, April 23, 1894.

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• I once painted a concert singer and on the chestnut frame I carved the opening bars of Mendelssohn's Rest in the Lord. It was ornamental unobtrusive and to musicians I think it emphasized the expression of the face and pose of the figure.

  Thomas Eakins

  Thinking, Expression, Musician

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• At the opening of our exhibition at Deitch Projects in New York we featured a wall of 10,000 bananas. Green bananas created a pattern against a background of yellow bananas spelling out the sentiment: Self-confidence produces fine results. After a number of days the green bananas turned yellow too and the type disappeared. When the yellow background bananas turned brown, the type (and the self-confidence) appeared again, only to go away when all bananas turned brown.

  Stefan Sagmeister

  New York, Wall, Self Confidence

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