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Letter "V" » velvets
«Iron hand in a velvet glove.»
«Silence is exhilarating at first - as noise is - but there is a sweetness to silence outlasting exhilaration, akin to the sweetness of listening and the velvet of sleep.»
Author: Edward Hoagland
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About:
Silence
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Keywords:
akin,
exhilarating,
exhilaration,
noise,
outlast,
outlasted,
outlasting,
outlasts,
sweetness,
velvet,
velvets
«And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet»
«I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Essayist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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Keywords:
Being Myself,
crowded,
crowding,
crowd out,
cushion,
cushioned,
cushions,
myself,
pumpkin,
pumpkins,
rather,
sit,
sit by,
velvet,
velvets
«. . . these are the times of dreamy quietude, when beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember, that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang.»
Author: Herman Melville
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Novelist,
Poet,
Writer)
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Keywords:
beholding,
beneath,
brilliancy,
conceals,
dreamy,
fang,
forgets,
ocean,
pants,
paw,
pawing,
paws,
quietude,
remorseless,
The Tiger,
The Times,
tiger,
tranquil,
velvet,
velvets,
willingly
«Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by the smiling verdure of a velvet surface»
Author: Washington Irving
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Writer)
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About:
Society
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Keywords:
bramble,
brambles,
delighted,
eradicated,
eradicating,
lawn,
roughness,
smiling,
smoothed,
velvet,
velvets,
verdure
«Silks and Satins, scarlets and velvets, put out the kitchen fire»
«I live for meeting with men in suits. I love them because I know they had a really boring week and I walk in there with my orange velvet leggings and drop popcorn in my cleavage and then fish it out and eat it. I like that. I know I'm entertaining them, and I know that they know.»
Author: Madonna
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Actress,
Singer)
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Keywords:
an orange,
cleavage,
Eat It,
legging,
leggings,
orange,
popcorn,
suits,
velvet,
velvets,
walk in
«A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(
Emperor,
General,
Politician)
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Keywords:
bench,
benches,
covered,
covered up,
cover for,
cover up,
On the Cover,
throne,
velvet,
velvets
«It felt wonderful doing it. But that's rather like urinating in brown velvet pants. It can feel wonderful, but no one will watch.»
Author: Robin Williams
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Keywords:
brown,
browned,
browning,
browns,
felt,
pant,
panted,
panting,
pants,
The Brown,
urinate,
urinating,
velvet,
velvets