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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 think there are some things that we got accomplished in the last two weeks. Our defending was good and our offensive line took some strides, but we will look at it and analyze it so it will be a long day tomorrow.

Les Miles

Thinking, Lsu, Two

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Heat radiated off Henry's face. Salty snot ran down his upper lip. A majestic fart propelled him to the top of Section 12, just at the springing of the stadium's curve. He slapped the sign as if high-fiving a teammate. It gave back a game shudder. He was crusing now, darkness be damned, stripping off his sweatshirt and his long underwear top without breaking stride.

Chad Harbach

Running, Games, Curves

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my mind is a big hunk of irrevocable nothing which touch and taste and smell and hearing and sight keep hitting and chipping with sharp fatal tools in an agony of sensual chisels i perform squirms of chrome and ex -ecute strides of cobalt nevertheless i feel that i cleverly am being altered that i slightly am becoming something a little different, in fact myself hereupon helpless i utter lilac shrieks and scarlet bellowings

e. e. cummings

Taste And Smell, Sight, Agony

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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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Every time women make tremendous strides, the right wing gets terrified and creates laws making it hard to get an abortion or birth control.

Erica Jong

Law, Wings, Abortion

"Erica Jong on Feminism for the Future". Omega Institute Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 13, 2014.

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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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It has been a bitter mortification for me to digest the conclusion that the "race is for the strong" and that I shall probably do little more but be content to admire the strides others made in science.

Charles Darwin

Strong, Race, Survival

Charles Darwin (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)”, p.10046, Delphi Classics

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They will listen with both ears to what is said by the men just a step or two ahead of them, who stand nearest to them, and within arm's reach. A guide ceases to be of any use when he strides so far ahead as to be hidden by the curvature of the earth.

George Iles

Teacher, Men, Two

George Iles (1917). “Choosing Books”

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I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.

Carla Gugino

Actors, Kind

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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Back as kids we used to kiss when we played truth or dare,
Now she's more sophisticated, highly edu-ma-cated
Not at all over-rated...I think I need a prayer
To get in her boots, and it looks rather dry,
I guess a twinkle in her eye is just a twinkle in her eye.
Although she's crazy steppin', I'll try to stop her stride,
'Cause I won't have no more of this passin' me by.

Slimkid3

Prayer, Crazy, Rap

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Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community has had with AIDS, because they're active and they talk about it.

Herbie Mann

Cancer, Gay, Thinking

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To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten. The first 'second' is when you come out of the blocks. The next is when you look up and take your first few strides to attain gain position. By that time the race is actually about half over. The final 'second' - the longest slice of time in the world for an athlete - is that last half of the race, when you really bear down and see what you're made of. It seems to take an eternity, yet is all over before you can think what's happening.

Jesse Owens

Sports, Block, Athlete

Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1972). “I Have Changed”

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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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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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Walking makes us take problems in our stride.

Andy Hargreaves

Leadership, Learning, Problem

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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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Let us confess it: evil strides the world.

Voltaire

Evil, World

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Order marches with weighty and measured strides. Disorder is always in a hurry.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Inspirational, Patience, Order

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Walking on camera is damn hard. It's a Jewish problem. The rangy stride across the blasted moor is not really a Jewish thing.

Simon Schama

Cameras, Problem, Moors

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Happy Monday Fam! Let's make it a positive and productive week! Be proud of the strides you've made and BE EXCITED about what YOU WILL accomplish!

Tracey Edmonds

Monday, Proud, Excited

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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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