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«That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library»
«Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.»
«The bigger the real-life problems, the greater the tendency for the discipline to retreat into a reassuring fantasy-land of abstract theory and technical manipulation.»
Author: Tom Naylor
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abstract, fantasy, manipulation, manipulations, real life, reassure, reassured, reassures, reassuring, retreat, technical, tendency
«Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast.»
Author: Charles R. Swindoll
(Clergyman, Writer)
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«Retreat hell! We just got here!»
«Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.»
«RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.Fresh from the farm or factory or street, His marching, in pursuit or in retreat, Were an impressive martial spectacle Except for two impediments --his feet. --Thompson Johnson»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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civilians, distinguishable, factory, farm, foot soldier, foot soldiers, gait, impediments, impressive, Johnson, marching, Martial, recruit, recruited, recruiting, recruits, retreat, spectacle, The Farm, Thompson, uniform
«Politicians need religion even more than a hermit in retreat. If a hermit acts out of bad motivation, he harms no one but himself. But if someone who can directly influence the whole of society acts with bad motivation, then a great number of people will be adversely affected.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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adversely, affected, Bad Religion, directly, Great Society, harms, hermit, hermits, motivation, Politicians, retreat, whole number
«The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good bad books, create in one's mind a sort of false map of the world, a series of fabulous countries into which one can retreat at odd moments throughout the rest of life, and whi»
Author: George Orwell
(Essayist, Novelist)
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Books
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childhood, countries, Country Life, fabulous, map, mind reading, odd, reads, retreat, retreats, series, the books, throughout, World Series
«Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.»
Author: Norman Vincent Peale
(Clergyman, Writer)
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Avoiding, battles, in-fighting, masterly, retreat
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