Quotes with foot-hold

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  • I Ching A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will come by creative adaptations.
    I Ching
    Chinese classical text (Book of Changes)
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  • Bill Brandt A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere.
    Bill Brandt: selected texts and bibliography
    Bill Brandt
    British photographer and photojournalist (1904 - 1983)
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  • Margaret Deland A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.
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  • Bill Owens A renewed commitment to the freedom and opportunity of our people is the touchstone of our time. In this new century, where tests are many and challenges change with the shifting of the wind, we must hold fast to the principles that have made our nation the envy of the world.
    Bill Owens
    American photographer (1938 - )
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  • Augustus Hare A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.
    Augustus Hare
    English writer (1834 - 1903)
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  • Julie Burchill A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be and the most pleasurable to have and to hold.
    Julie Burchill
    British journalist, writer
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  • Alexander Pope Absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.
    Letter to Jonathan Swift (14 december 1725)
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh All histories do show, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all men are evil, and will declare themselves so to be when occasion is offered.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Alexander Henry All the aftermath that so frequently follows in the wake of war still confront the nation, and we now, as ever before, must hold fast to the ancient landmarks and see to it that all of these plagues that threaten so mightily shall be rendered harmless.
    Alexander Henry
    American painter
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  • Black Kettle All we ask is that we have peace with the whites. We want to hold you by the hand. You are our father.
    Black Kettle
    Native Indian Cheyenne chief (1803 - 1868)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Alexander Pope An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Plutarch An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Bob Dylan And Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot fighting in the captain's tower while calypso singers laugh at them and fishermen hold flowers...
    Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Malcolm X Armed with the knowledge of our past, we can with confidence charter a course for our future. Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle. We must take hold of it and forge the future with the past.
    By any means necessary (1992)
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Bruce Lee As long as I can remember I feel I have had this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. My brain becomes magnetized with this dominating force which I hold in my hand.
    Bruce Lee
    Chinese-American Actor, Director, Author, Martial Artist (1940 - 1973)
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  • Marian Anderson As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.
    Marian Anderson
    African-American contralto and one (1897 - 1993)
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  • Ben Gibbard As the flashbulbs burst she holds a smile
    Like someone would hold a crying child Soon everybody will ask what became of you
    Your heart was dying fast and you didn't know what to do.
    Narrow Stairs
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Joseph Conrad As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Susan Jeffers As you begin to understand the immense power and love you hold inside, you will find an unending surge of joy, light and love that will nourish and support you all the days of your life.
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