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«Little figures on a little screen showed newsreel footage, talked about the war with maps and pointers, unable to compete as yet with radio.»
«One senses the figures as passing by the tree line and, caught in the presence of the wall, turning to gaze upon it almost as a vision.»
Author: Frederick Hart | Keywords: figures, gaze, tree line
«Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.»
«Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.»
«If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion.»
Author: Lazarus Long | Keywords: figures
«Somewhere along the way, maybe at Jamestown, America decided the sales figures were going to matter more than the product.»
«It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.»
Author: Alice Walker | Keywords: bothers, dearly, enjoyed, figures, searching| Occasions: Father's day
«It is one of our perennial problems, whether there is actually a God. From the Hindu point of view each soul is divine. All religions are branches of one big tree. It doesn't matter what you call Him just as long as you call. Just as cinematic images appear to be real but are only combinations of light and shade, so is the universal variety a delusion. The planetary spheres, with their countless forms of life, are naught but figures in a cosmic motion picture. One's values are profoundly changed when he is finally convinced that creation is only a vast motion picture and that not in, but beyond, lies his own ultimate reality.»
«Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere | About: Modesty | Keywords: figures, modesty, shades
«It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.»

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