Quotes with stones

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  • James Fenton The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.
    James Fenton
    English poet, journalist and literary (1949 - )
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  • Amelia Earhart There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.
    Amelia Earhart
    American aviation pioneer and author (1897 - 1937)
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  • Salman Rushdie Too many people spouting too many words, and in the end those words will turn to bullets and stones.
    The Ground Beneath Her Feet (2000) 38
    Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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  • Bill Viola Vision connects you. But it also separates you. In my work, and my life, I feel a desire to merge. Not in terms of losing my own identity... but there's a feeling that life is interconnected, that there's life in stones and rocks and trees and dirt, like there is in us.
    Bill Viola
    American video artist (1951 - )
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  • Bono We actually aren't able to play other people's songs. The one Stones song we tried to play was Jumpin' Jack Flash. It was really bad. So we started writing our own — it was easier.
    Rolling Stone interview (2005)
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Bob Geldof When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • Bee Wilson When we consume vastly more protein than we need, our kidneys struggle to process it, resulting in protein in the urine. Too much protein from meat may also contribute to kidney stones.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Rohinton Mistry You see, you cannot draw lines and compartments, and refuse to budge beyond them, sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success.
    Een wankel evenwicht (2010) 232
    Rohinton Mistry
    Indian-born Canadian writer (1952 - )
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  • Bernard of Clairvaux You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.
    Bernard of Clairvaux
    Burgundian abbot (1090 - 1153)
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  • Bill Wyman You're always frustrated, you don't have the chance to do a song on the album, like the Beatles did with Ringo and George, or like Led Zeppelin, where everybody was given a chance to contribute. There never is a chance with the Stones.
    Bill Wyman
    English musician, record producer and songwriter (1936 - )
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  • Albert Schweitzer Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men.
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    French writer (1900 - 1944)
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