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• Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Teamwork, Honesty, Integrity

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• Soon we will plunge ourselves into cold shadows, and all of summer's stunning afternoons will be gone. I already hear the dead thuds of logs below falling on the cobblestones and the lawn.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Summer, Fall, Autumn

  Charles Baudelaire, “Chant D'Automne (Song Of Autumn)”

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• Imagination builds the image of the self, and thought then functions within its shadows. From this self-concept grows the conflict between what is and what should be, the conflict in duality.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Self Esteem, Imagination, Conflict

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (2010). “Commentaries on Living”, p.230, M-y books ltd

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• I seldom read on beaches or in gardens. You can't read by two lights at once, the light of day and the light of the book. You should read by electric light, the room in shadow, and only the page lit up.

  Marguerite Duras

  Beach, Book, Garden

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• Lincoln described character is a tree and reputation as its shadow. The tree will always be what it is but the shadow we see depends on where we stand and the angle of the light.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Light, Tree

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• It's a Little Leaguers game that major leaguers play extraordinarily well, a game that excites us throughout adulthood. The crack of the bat and the scent of the horsehide on leather bring back our own memories that have been washed away with the sweat and tears of summers long gone...even as the setting sun pushes the shadows past home plate.

  Mario Cuomo

  Summer, Baseball, Memories

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• The afternoon is bright, with spring in the air, a mild March afternoon, with the breath of April stirring, I am alone in the quiet patio looking for some old untried illusion - some shadow on the whiteness of the wall some memory asleep on the stone rim of the fountain, perhaps in the air the light swish of some trailing gown.

  Antonio Machado

  Wall, Memories, Spring

  Antonio Machado, Alan S. Trueblood (1982). “Antonio Machado”, p.75, Harvard University Press

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• When the hounds of Spring are on winter's traces,
  The mother of months in meadow or plain
  Fills the shadows and windy places
  With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain.

  Algernon Charles Swinburne

  Mother, Spring, Rain

  Atalanta in Calydon chorus (1865)

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• Professions of humility are the very cream, the very essence of pride; the really humble person wishes to be, and not to appear so. Humility is timorous, and starts at her shadow; and so delicate that if she hears her name pronounced it endangers her existence.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Humble, Humility, Pride

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• Look how fears have presented themselves, so have supports and encouragements; yea, when I have started, even as it were at nothing else but my shadow, yet God, as being very tender of me, hath suffered me to be molested, but would with one Scripture or another, strengthen me against all; insomuch that I have often said, Were it awful, I could pray for greater trouble, for the greater comfort's sake.

  John Bunyan

  Encouragement, Adversity, Support

  John Bunyan, George Barrell Cheever (1857). “The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come, Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is Discovered the Manner of His Setting Out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country...”, p.60

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• We've come to a basic agreement, which is that first, people will be legalized. In other words, not citizens, but they’ll be allowed to work, come out of the shadows, travel. Then, we will make sure the border is secure. And we have specific metrics that are in the bill. I’m not going to get into what they are...

  Charles Schumer

  Agreement, People, Immigration

  "TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads" by Jason Linkins, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 31, 2013.

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• Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance?

  Frank Moore Colby

  Travel, Failure, Heart

  Frank Moore Colby (1926). “The pursuit of humor and other essays”

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• These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

  Sam Snead

  Dirty, Golf, Gold

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• All this knowledge of the objective world is of no value in comparison to having a little glimpse of the inner sky and its beauty - its sunrises and sunsets, its days and nights, its blue sky and its stars. The outer then looks only a pale reflection of the inner. The inner becomes more real and the outer becomes just a shadow.

  Rajneesh

  Life, Stars, Real

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• But however secure and well-regulated civilized life may become, bacteria, Protozoa, viruses, infected fleas, lice, ticks, mosquitoes, and bedbugs will always lurk in the shadows ready to pounce when neglect, poverty, famine, or war lets down the defenses.

  Hans Zinsser

  War, Civilization, Viruses

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• Give me the steady, uniform, unshaken security of constitutional freedom. Give me the right to be tried by a jury of my own neighbors, and to be taxed by my own representatives only. What will become of the law and courts of justice without this? The shadow may remain, but the substance will be gone. I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Law, Giving, Justice

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• Just because they broke the law doesn't mean they're condemned forever to a twilight status. So, I think that most Americans, if these people who have come illegally, as long as they pay back taxes, pay a fine, learn English and get behind everybody else, that's a key element of it. And most Americans now realize we can't have 11 million people sit in the twilight - the shadows of America, forever.

  John McCain

  Believe, Twilight, Mean

  "John McCain, Patrick Leahy & Ray LaHood on "State of the Union"". "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 24, 2013.

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• We can't go on forever with 11 million people living in this country in the shadows in an illegal status. We cannot forever have children who were born here - who were brought here by their parents when they were small children to live in the shadows, as well... What's changed, honestly, is that there is a new appreciation on both sides of the aisle, maybe more importantly on the Republican side, that we need to enact a comprehensive immigration reform bill.

  John McCain

  Country, Appreciation, Children

  "'This Week' Transcript: Sen. John McCain and Sen. Robert Menendez". "This week" with Martha Raddatz, abcnews.go.com. January 27, 2013.

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• We should be proud that so many want to come to America, that it is still seen as the land of opportunity. Let's make it a land of legal work, not black-market jobs. Let's make it a land of work, not welfare. Our land should be one of assimilation, not hiding in the shadows.

  Rand Paul

  Jobs, Opportunity, Hiding In The Shadows

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• A guest worker program should help farmers who are willing to pay a fair wage for law-abiding, dependable workers - not punish them ... And for this reason I support replacing the H-2A program and implementing new policies that will bring our illegal agricultural workers out of the shadows, as a first step in the process of overhauling our nation's immigration system.

  Bob Goodlatte

  Law, Support, Abiding

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• If we are going to solve the challenges we face, you need a President who will pursue genuine solutions day in and day out. And that is my commitment to you. We need immigration reform that will secure our borders, and punish employers who exploit immigrant labor; reform that finally brings the 12 million people who are here illegally out of the shadows by requiring them to take steps to become legal citizens. We must assert our values and reconcile our principles as a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws. That is a priority I will pursue from my very first day.

  Barack Obama

  Commitment, Law, People

  Barack Obama's Remarks to NALEO, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 28, 2008.

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• We have consistently supported a legalization program which is both generous to the alien and fair to the countless thousands of people throughout the world who seek legally to come to America. The legalization provisions in this act will go far to improve the lives of a class of individuals who now must hide in the shadows, without access to many of the benefits of a free and open society. Very soon many of these men and women will be able to step into the sunlight and, ultimately, if they choose, they may become Americans.

  Ronald Reagan

  Men, Class, America

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• My hands were weak, but I reached them out To feebler ones than mine, and over the shadow of my life Stole the light of a peace divine.

  Frances Harper

  Hands, Light, Justice

  Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, “Go Work In My Vineyard”

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• We must, therefore, be confident that the general measures we have adopted will produce the results we expect. most important in this connection is the trust which we must have in our lieutenants. consequently, it is important to choose men on whom we can rely and to put aside all other considerations. if we have made appropriate preparations, taking into account all possible misfortunes, so that we shall not be lost immediately if they occur, we must boldly advance into the shadows of uncertainty.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Military, Men, Preparation

  Carl von Clausewitz (2012). “Principles of War”, p.41, Courier Corporation

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• Seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

  Tryon Edwards

  Life And Love, Sunshine, Duty

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.555, Ravenio Books

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