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Letter "J" » jump
«Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.»
«One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not bet this man, for as sure as you are standing there, you are going to end up with an earful of cider.»
Author: Damon Runyon
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Journalist,
Writer)
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earful,
Have a Nice Day,
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nice guy,
one of these days,
seal,
spade,
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squirt,
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These Days,
This guy,
This Man,
travels
«Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.»
«There is something revolting about the way girls' minds often jump to marriage long before they jump to love. And most of those minds are shut to what marriage really means.»
«Risk - If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it.»
«We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves. The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable.»
«Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I just want to jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death»
Author: Wendy Wasserstein
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Comedian)
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Keywords:
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bake,
bakes,
baking,
clean,
clean up,
desk,
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Grown up,
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respectable,
shake
«To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
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Inventor,
Philosopher,
Printer,
Scientist,
Statesman,
Writer)
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Keywords:
As You,
conclusions,
get the jump,
in conclusion,
jump,
jump on,
jump out,
jump up,
opportunities,
quickly,
succeed
«Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.»
«That guy just cut right in front of me. But I'm not going to let it bother me. No. I'm on my way to work and I decided it doesn't matter who wants to cut in front of my lane today. I'm not going to let it bother me one bit. Once I get to work, find myself a parking space, if somebody wants to jump ahead of me and take it, I'm going to let them.»