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• Lo! now the direful monster, whose skin clings
  To his strong bones, strides o'er the groaning rocks:
  He withers all in silence, and his hand
  Unclothes the earth, and freezes up frail life.

  William Blake

  Strong, Winter, Rocks

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.5, Routledge

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• Standing on "tip toe", one stands not firmly. Straining in stride, one cannot walk far. Flaunting of deeds, one is unfavorably noticed. Being self-righteous, one is not respected. Boasting of self, one's merit is unrecognized. Glorifying of self, one loses the opportunity for greatness. From the viewpoint of Tao These represent imperfect Te, Valued as are filth or disease.

  Laozi

  Opportunity, Greatness, Self

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• God never meant that man should scale the Heavens
  By strides of human wisdom. In his works,
  Though wondrous, he commands us in his word
  To seek him rather where his mercy shines.

  William Cowper

  God, Men, Shining

  William Cowper (1855). “The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings”, p.152

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• We think that maybe feminism isn't appropriate anymore, since Western women have really made enormous strides. But check out the rest of the world if you'd like to not be able to sleep tonight.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Sleep, Thinking, Feminism

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 4, 2013.

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• I am proud to represent these men and women who empower people in developing nations and promote the Peace Corps mission of peace and friendship. These volunteers are making major strides to improve the lives of people and communities around the world.

  Kenny Marchant

  Friendship, Men, People

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• Summer is a prodigal of joy. The grass Swarms with delighted insects as I pass, And crowds of grasshoppers at every stride Jump out all ways with happiness their guide; And from my brushing feet moths flit away In safer places to pursue their play. In crowds they start. I marvel, well I may, To see such worlds of insects in the way, And more to see each thing, however small, Sharing joy's bounty that belongs to all. And here I gather, by the world forgot, Harvests of comfort from their happy mood, Feeling God's blessing dwells in every spot And nothing lives but owes him gratitude.

  John Clare

  Summer, Gratitude, Blessing

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• If I can show that a woman can run 26 miles, and run it well -- stride for stride with the men -- that is going to throw all the rest of the prejudices and all the misconceptions and all of the so-called reasons for keeping women down that have existed for the past how many centuries? Centuries of this stuff! And so I sort of chuckled to myself and thought, 'Oh, this is going to be fun! I'm going to turn the whole thing on its head.'

  Bobbi Gibb

  Running, Fun, Men

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• Perhaps the greatest reason for missionary work is to give the world it's chance to hear and accept the gospel. The scriptures are replete with commands and promises and calls and rewards for teach the gospel. I use the word command deliberately for it seems to be an insistent directive from which we, singly and collectively, cannot escape...I wonder if we are doing all we can. Are we complacent in our approach to teaching all the world? We have been proselyting now 144 years. Are we prepared to lengthen our stride? To enlarge our vision?

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Teaching, Years, Giving

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• Accepting trial and error means accepting error. It means taking problems in our stride when a decision doesn't work out, whether through luck or misjudgment. And that is not something human brains seem to be able to do without a struggle.

  Tim Harford

  Struggle, Mean, Errors

  Tim Harford (2011). “Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure”, p.16, Hachette UK

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• Thank God our time is now when wrong comes up to meet us everywhere never to leave us till we take, the greatest stride of the soul man ever took. affairs are now soul size the enterprise is exploration unto God. Where are you making for? It takes so many thousand years to wake. But will you wake for pity's sake?

  Christopher Fry

  Men, Years, Soul

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• Already in 2007 I thought I would be able to break the World record in the near future. That time Sammy Tangui was the pacemaker in Lausanne. I liked the way he was running. He is tall, he has a strong body and his stride is similar to mine. I told him in one of the coming years I would need him when I try to break the World record.

  David Rudisha

  Running, Strong, Years

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• The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries.

  Georg Buchner

  Humanity, Century

  "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act II, 1835.

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• And you're not leaving," she said. "Promise me." It was as if she had asked him to promise to keep breathing, to notice sunshine, to permit the spinning of the earth. What choice did he have? Even if he left her, she would be camped in his heart, an insistent and willful presence. She would match her strides to his on any journey he ever took; she would lie beside him on any bed. Amalie, he said, "that's the easiest promise I've ever had to make.

  Sharon Shinn

  Lying, Heart, Sunshine

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• I was the youngest of my entire family so you are tap-dancing to try to get the attention of your older cousins. I really hit my social stride in 6th grade, but before that I was a pretty big dork. You learn how to be amusing and how to work for it.

  Sloane Crosley

  Cousin, Dancing, Trying

  "Book Talk: Sloane Crosley hits brothels, clowns in new essays". Interview with Belinda Goldsmith, uk.reuters.com. June 23, 2010.

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• We can continue to make significant strides in the scientific community by exploring new stem cell research methods that do not include destroying human embryos.

  John Boehner

  Cells, Community, Research

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• In an ecology of love, people can relate in trust and face the future without fear. They do not need to play it safe. They can take uncertainty in their stride.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Play, People, Needs

  "An Ecology of Love" by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 21, 2012.

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• Disintegration---I'm taking it in stride.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Lazy, Disintegration

  Bret Easton Ellis (2010). “American Psycho”, p.395, Vintage

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• It's okay," I said soothingly. "You're just getting your stride back. Once you're up to full power, I'll go crack a rib or something so we can test it." She groaned. "The horrible part is that I don't think you're joking.

  Richelle Mead

  Thinking, Ribs, Cracks

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.432, Penguin

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• When you're cruising down the road in the fast lane and you lazily sail past a few hard-driving cars and are feeling pretty pleased with yourself and then accidently change down from fourth to first instead of third thus making your engine leap out of your hood in a rather ugly mess, it tends to throw you off stride in much the same way that this remark threw Ford Prefect off his.

  Douglas Adams

  Past, Car, Feelings

  Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.71, Pan Macmillan

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• We need not stride resolutely towards catastrophe, merely because those are the marching orders.

  Noam Chomsky

  Order, Needs, Catastrophe

  Noam Chomsky (2001). “9-11 [neuf-onze]”, p.70, Seven Stories Press

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• In the earliest cultures any tie between the dancers is slight. In a higher level the choral dancers almost always touch one another and thus force themselves into the same stride and the same movement. The closer the contact, the stronger is the social character of the choral.

  Curt Sachs

  Dance, Character, Ties

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• When the rider demands the piaffe, he has to halt the horse a few strides before the latter wants to stop of his own accord.

  Nuno Oliveira

  Horse, Demand, Want

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• Walking makes us take problems in our stride.

  Andy Hargreaves

  Leadership, Learning, Problem

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• Laughter and grief join hands. Always the heart Clumps in the breast with heavy stride; The face grows lined and wrinkled like a chart, The eyes bloodshot with tears and tide. Let the wind blow, for many a man shall die.

  Karl Shapiro

  Happiness, Laughter, Grief

  Harriet Monroe, Morton Dauwen Zabel, George Dillon, Karl Jay Shapiro, Henry Rago (1943). “Poetry”

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• I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.

  Warren Christopher

  Taken, Thinking, Giants

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