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• When we are overcome by some evil will, should we not tremble before the presence of the choirs of angels that surround us?

  Hilary of Poitiers

  Angel, Evil, Overcoming

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• The twilight that surrounds the border-land of old romance.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Twilight, Land, Romance

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.288

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• As an actor, you always look for things that will stretch you and that are different than you are, so that you can surprise yourself, and you want to surround yourself with the highest caliber of people that will make you look good.

  Emmy Rossum

  People, Different, Looks

  Source: collider.com

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• Addiction is such an isolating incident in your life. You feel alone. And when you admit, when you come into a fellowship and people just surround you and say, "We will help you, that you're not alone, that we've been through it before, and you will get through it," just gives you such great hope.

  Michael Botticelli

  People, Giving, Addiction

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• New images surround us everywhere. They are invisible only because of sterile routine convention and fear. To find these images is to dare to see, to be aware of what there is and how it is. The photographer not only gets information, he gives information about life.

  Lisette Model

  Giving, Information, Routine

  Ann Thomas, Lisette Model, National Gallery of Canada (1990). “Lisette Model”, National Gallery of Canada

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• There is an aura of victory that surrounds a person of goodwill.

  James Fisher

  Victory, Auras, Goodwill

  James L. Fisher (1984). “Power of the presidency”, Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

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• There are photographers who push for war because they make stories. They search for a Chinese who has a more Chinese are than the others and they end up finding one. They have him take a typically Chinese pose and surround him with chinoiseries. What have they captured on their film? A Chinese? Definitely not: the idea of the Chinese.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  War, Ideas, Chinese

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• I know my limitations. I know I'm not perfect. I know what I know, but more importantly, I know what I don't know. When I don't know something, I surround myself with people I can trust to teach me.

  Brock Lesnar

  People, Perfect, Teach

  Brock Lesnar (2011). “Death Clutch: My Story of Determination, Domination, and Survival”, p.6, Harper Collins

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• All the normal matter in the Milky Way disc is denser than the dark matter that surrounds it.

  Lisa Randall

  Dark, Matter, Way

  "Not My Job: Physics Professor Lisa Randall Gets Quizzed On Phys Ed". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. November 21, 2015.

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• I am a photographer who likes to make images, but I also want to get a sense and understanding of images that have already been made. I don't fabricate worlds; I pay attention to the things that already surround us.

  Michael Light

  Understanding, Attention, World

  "100 Suns and the Nuclear Sublime: An Interview With Michael Light". Interview with Robert Hirsch, lightresearch.net. July/August 2005.

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• Let man then contemplate nature in full and lofty majesty, and turn his eyes away from the mean objects which surround him. Let him look at the dazzling light hung aloft as an eternal lamp to lighten the universe; let him behold the earth, a mere dot compared with the vast circuit which that orb describes, and stand amazed to find that the vast circuit itself is but a very fine point compared with the orbit traced by the starts as they roll their course on high.

  Blaise Pascal

  Mean, Eye, Men

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• I’m trying my best to keep up with all this new technology and I surround myself with all these wonderful people that are in the know and kind of help me out with all that.

  Dolly Parton

  Technology, People, Trying

  "Dolly Parton on Her Goddaughter Miley Cyrus and Why Her Husband Doesn’t Like Her Music". Interview with Ian Drew, www.usmagazine.com. May 12, 2014.

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• Don't surround yourself with people who just affirm you. Surround yourself with people who challenge you.

  Tony Robbins

  People, Challenges, Surround Yourself

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• I fear that much of the Christianity that surrounds us assumes our task is to save appearances by protecting God from Job-like anguish. But if God is the God of Jesus Christ, then God does not need our protection. What God demands is not protection, but truth.

  Stanley Hauerwas

  Jesus, Jobs, Doe

  Stanley Hauerwas (2012). “Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir”, p.73, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• I definitely shut down sometimes. I always just go into my own little cocoon and write, and I surround myself with as much music as possible.

  Tristan Wilds

  Writing, Cocoons, Littles

  Source: www.seventeen.com

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• I learned that everybody is not your friend. You have to watch who you associate with and surround yourself with positive things and people who want to do something positive.

  Gucci Mane

  People, Watches, Want

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• I am a girl who loves life and loves people and I find that in this life there are more good people than bad and that is who I choose to surround myself with.

  Ruby Gettinger

  Girl, Life And Love, Love Life

  "Interview: Ruby Gettinger from Ruby". Interview with Emma Loggins, www.fanbolt.com. November 14, 2008.

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• When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance

  David Brin

  Book, Character, Past

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• It's important to remember how our friends have such a powerful influence on us and vice versa. This can be a great thing as long as your friends surround you with love, loyalty, respect and positivity.

  Demi Lovato

  Loyalty, Stay Strong, Powerful

  Demi Lovato (2013). “Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year”, p.117, Macmillan

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• We surround ourselves with the true image of ourselves.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

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• Knowing about God is crucially important for the living of our lives... Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfolded, as it were, with no sense of direction and no understanding of what surrounds you. This way you can waste your life and lose your soul.

  J. I. Packer

  Knowing, Understanding, Soul

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• I surround myself with women who inspire me to be more ambitious, and who constantly astonish me with their magnetism, style, and smarts.

  Heidi Julavits

  Smart, Inspire, Style

  "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Heidi Julavits". Interview with Angela Stubbs, therumpus.net. October 14, 2012.

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• That lifestyle wears you down fast, so I started to take better care of myself. I exercise, sleep eight hours a night, take vitamins, eat organic foods, skip foods that aren't good for me, and I surround myself with amazing artists and friends.

  Beth Riesgraf

  Sleep, Exercise, Artist

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• I think that whatever we express in terms of the potential truth is above all else about mobilizing ourselves for ourselves. We learn about ourselves as individuals. Identification with Palestine is universal and not restricted to geographic boundaries. It's a question of moral and ethical positions vis-à-vis all the injustices that surround us.

  Elia Suleiman

  Thinking, Moral, Injustice

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• Instead of searching for what you want externally, concentrate on developing mental pictures of your desires. Surround these images with feelings of security, gratitude, and faith; and know that what you’ve been looking for is on its way to you right now.

  Doreen Virtue

  Gratitude, Feelings, Desire

  Doreen Virtue (2008). “Daily Guidance from Your Angels”, p.154, Hay House, Inc

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