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Letter "B" » bent on
«The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon-seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock-full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat -- like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle I it took such months to get.»
Author: Phyllis McGinley
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«Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
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Editor,
Journalist,
Writer)
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«The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true»
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
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Critic,
Editor,
Poet,
Writer)
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About:
Dreams,
Hope
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«The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are.»
«It's no good crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
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Novelist,
Playwright,
Writer)
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«It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness.»
«As in a theatre, the eyes of men, after a well-graced actor leaves the stage, are idly bent on him that enters next.»