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Letter "S" » staked
«If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.»
«There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life's point of no return.»
Author: Dag Hammarskjold
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Statesman)
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Keywords:
becomes,
choice,
longer,
look back,
lost,
no longer,
point,
Point of,
point of no return,
question,
return,
simple,
staked,
The Simple Life
«I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics and ideologues who menace decency and progress. No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortur»
Author: Daniel J. Boorstin
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About:
Ignorance
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Keywords:
agnostic,
agnostics,
burned,
burned at the stake,
burning at the stake,
decencies,
decency,
explorer,
explorers,
fanatics,
menace,
menaced,
menaces,
menacing,
observed,
pretensions,
skeptics,
stake,
staked,
suffered,
The Menace,
The Skeptic
«Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.»
«A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment»
«Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.»
«They that fight for freedom undertakeThe noblest cause mankind can have at stake.»
«If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time»
Author: Chinese Proverbs
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About:
Play
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Keywords:
at the start,
decide,
game,
play,
quitting,
rules,
Rules of,
staked,
stakes,
start,
The Game,
The Rules
«The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.»
Author: George Washington
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President)
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About:
America and Americans,
Government,
Liberty,
Positive thinking
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Keywords:
American people,
entrust,
entrusted,
entrusts,
experiment,
justly,
model,
preservation,
Republican,
staked
«One thing vampire children have to be taught early on is, don't run with wooden stakes.»