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«So that the old joy, modest as cake, as wine and friendship Will stay with us at the last, backed by the night Whose ruse gave it our final meaning»
Author: John Ashbery | Keywords: backed, cake, modest, ruse
«In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote, the research could help cure brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and whatever it is I have.»
«The people are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and fling if not stroked at seasonable times.»
Author: George Savile | About: People, Perfection | Keywords: backed, seasonable, stroked
«You're in the midst of a war: a battle between the limits of a crowd seeking the surrender of your dreams, and the power of your true vision to create and contribute. It is a fight between those who will tell you what you cannot do, and that part of you that knows / and has always known / that we are more than our environment; and that a dream, backed by an unrelenting will to attain it, is truly a reality with an imminent arrival.»
«Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.»
«Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.»
«You are a coward when you even seem to have backed down from a thing you openly set out to do»
«A man with a hump-backed uncle mustn't make fun of another man's cross-eyed aunt»