Quotes with closely

  • Birth and death are so closely related that one could not destroy either without destroying the other at the same time. It is extinction that makes creation possible.
  • Back in the NBA's pre-mask era, ballers with busted noses or orbital bones had two unappealing options: Sit out and heal, or strap on a Michael Myers-looking opaque face shield closely related to that worn by hockey goalies.
  • In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards.
  • Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves.
  • It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
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  • A. R. Ammons Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.
    A. R. Ammons
    American poet (1926 - 2001)
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  • Brendan I. Koerner Back in the NBA's pre-mask era, ballers with busted noses or orbital bones had two unappealing options: Sit out and heal, or strap on a Michael Myers-looking opaque face shield closely related to that worn by hockey goalies.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Bobby Seale Being so closely related to the South, barbecue was part of segregation and helped defeat it.
    Bobby Seale
    American political activist (1936 - )
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  • Samuel Butler Birth and death are so closely related that one could not destroy either without destroying the other at the same time. It is extinction that makes creation possible.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • John Gay But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest.
    John Gay
    British playwright and poet (1685 - 1732)
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  • Billy Graham Evangelicals can't be closely identified with any particular party or person. We have to stand in the middle, to preach to all the people, right and left.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Angela Merkel I am not an expert in this field but I do try to keep up to date with the Bundesliga. And I do follow World Cups and European Championships more closely.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Anne Tyler I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • Anne Grant I will provide friendly and courteous service and will work closely with all departments in the county. I will abide by the Texas Information Act in providing information to the public.
    Anne Grant
    Scottish poet and author (1755 - 1838)
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  • Beth Gutcheon I've found in the past that the more closely I identify with the heroine, the less completely she emerges as a person. So from the first novel I've been learning techniques to distance myself from the characters so that they are not me and I don't try to protect them in ways that aren't good for the story.
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  • Bob Greene If you look closely enough, amid the merciless and the bitter, there is always the chance that you may find comfort and the promise of something good.
    Bob Greene
    American journalist and author (1947 - )
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  • Bob Parsons If you want to uncover problems you don't know about, take a few moments and look closely at the areas you haven't examined for a while. I guarantee you problems will be there.
    Bob Parsons
    American entrepreneur, billionaire, and philanthropist (1950 - )
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Asa Gray It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives, approached each other very closely in their lower and simpler forms. But they were believed not to blend.
    Asa Gray
    American botanist (1810 - 1888)
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  • Carlos Castaneda Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use.
    Carlos Castaneda
    American author and anthropologist (1925 - 1998)
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  • Alice Walker Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.
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    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Marquis de Sade Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes.
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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