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«Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error»
«Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.»
Author: Eric Idle
(
Actor,
Comedian)
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Keywords:
boned,
bones,
break,
corner,
cornered,
cry,
get stuck,
go in,
hours,
myself,
sticks,
stick in,
stick on,
stick out,
stick up,
stones,
stoning,
the sticks
«So stick up ivy and the bays, and then restore the heathen ways, green will remind you of the Spring, though this great day denies the thing, and mortifies the earth, and all, but your wild revels, and loose hall.»
Author: Henry Vaughan
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Keywords:
bays,
Green Bay,
green earth,
ivy,
mortifies,
mortify,
mortifying,
restore,
revel,
revels,
stick up,
stuck-up
«This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.»
Author: Scott Reed
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Keywords:
changes,
choosing,
get stuck,
goal,
one-step,
step,
sticking,
stick in,
stick on,
stick out,
stick up,
the sticks,
this one,
to it
«What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can't move, with no hope of rescue. Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer.»
Author: Douglas Adams
(
Writer)
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Keywords:
alternatively,
Boulder,
circumstances,
consider,
crack,
cracking,
crack up,
current,
far,
get stuck,
giant,
given,
grinding,
ground,
grounding,
ground out,
has-been,
hope,
likely,
longer,
luckier,
luckiest,
lucky,
move,
rescue,
rescues,
rescuing,
seems,
so far,
stick in,
stick on,
stick out,
stick up,
stuck,
the sticks,
troubling,
underneath,
under the circumstances
«Teflon brain - nothing sticks»
Author: Lily Tomlin
(
Actress,
Comedian)
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Keywords:
brain,
brained,
get stuck,
sticks,
stick in,
stick on,
stick out,
stick up,
Teflon,
the sticks
«I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(
Physicist)
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About:
Civilization,
War
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Keywords:
fought,
get stuck,
III,
known,
sticks,
stick in,
stick on,
stick out,
stick up,
stones,
the sticks,
war,
weapons,
world war,
World War I
«Sticks an' stones, love. I've saved your life an' you've saved mine. We're square.»
Author: Johnny Depp
(
Actor)
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Keywords:
get stuck,
mine,
saved,
square,
squared,
squares,
sticks,
stick in,
stick on,
stick out,
stick up,
stones,
the sticks
«Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.»
Author: Mark Twain
(
Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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About:
Fiction,
Truth
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Keywords:
fiction,
fictions,
get stuck,
obliged,
obliges,
obliging,
possibilities,
stick,
stick in,
stick on,
stick out,
stick to,
stick up,
stranger,
Stranger than Fiction,
the sticks