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• Let's say you're a garage mechanic, and you have big dreams about opening up your own chain of branded garages around the country. Terrific.

  Gene Simmons

  Inspirational, Dream, Country

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• We ought to be opening up our borders to skilled labour from all parts of the world because [the state of the world is as follows: ] if we were to do that we would increase the supply of skilled workers that our schools have been unable to create and as a consequence of that we would lower the average wage of skills and reduce the degree of income inequality in this country.

  Alan Greenspan

  Country, School, Average

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• But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.

  Stephen King

  Stories, Lines, Want

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• No bird can fly without opening its wings, and no one can love without exposing their hearts.

  Mark Nepo

  Heart, Wings, Bird

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 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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• Is there any excitement to compare with the opening of a fresh parcel of books?

  William Targ

  Book, Excitement, Compare

  William Targ (1975). “Indecent pleasures: the life and colorful times of William Targ”

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• After a bad opening, there is hope for the middle game. After a bad
  middle game, there is hope for the endgame. But once you are
  in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived

  Edmar Mednis

  Games, Chess Game, Moments

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• Time well employed is Satan's deadliest foe; it leaves no opening for the lurking fiend.

  Carlos Wilcox

  Satan, Wells, Foe

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• Sharing a bit of yourself, opening a window into your own world, is a good place to begin.

  Jeff Greenwald

  World, Window, Good Place

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• Mike Keenan has been responsible for creating a lot of good things for coaches, like mid-season job openings.

  Marc Crawford

  Jobs, Creating, Responsible

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