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Letter "T" » tank
«The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car? a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little.»
Author: Ben Sweetland
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Keywords:
abundance,
car,
fountain,
result,
shovel,
shoveling,
sieve,
steam,
steaming,
steam shovel,
tank,
tanked,
tanks,
tank car,
teaspoon,
teaspoons,
The Fountain,
tink
«Like this gas tank, you are overflowing with preconceptions, full of useless knowledge. You hold many facts and opinions, yet know little of yourself. Before you can learn, you'll have to first empty your tank.»
«Any organisation is like a septic tank. The really big chunks rise to the top.»
«When, at the age of seven, he blew up the family truck by dropping a match down the gas tank, we should have known he'd grow up to make his living hurling verbal firebombs at presidents.»
Author: Larry Speakes
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Keywords:
blew,
dropping,
drop down,
gas tank,
hurling,
match,
Presidents,
tank,
tanks,
tink,
truck,
verbal
«Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.»
Author: Edward Abbey
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Writer)
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Keywords:
cocktail,
cocktails,
cop,
cop out,
guns,
Molotov,
Molotov cocktail,
soviet,
Soviets,
tank,
tanked,
tanks,
tink
«An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.»
Author: Fred Allen
(
Comedian)
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About:
Actors and acting
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Keywords:
expectancy,
fleeting,
gas,
gas tank,
lighted,
look into,
match,
popularity,
tank,
tanked,
tanks,
tink
«As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose.»
«I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine.»
Author: Angelina Jolie
(
Actress)
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Keywords:
bra,
bras,
feminine,
guns,
hacker,
Hackers,
My Way,
offers,
pushed,
tank,
tanked,
tanks,
tank top,
tink