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«Flat-out flatness, the hard line of the horizon. I like the little towns with their handfuls of buildings huddled close to the grain elevators, like medieval towns clustered around their cathedrals.»
«But tomorrow, dawn will come the way I picture her,barefoot and disheveled, standing outside my windowin one of the fragile cotton dresses of the poor.She will look in at me with her thin arms extended,offering a handful of birdsong and a small cup of light.»
Author: William Collins
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«Give me an army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win the war.»
Author: General George S. Patton
(General)
| Keywords:
army, Army of, battle, graduates, graduating, handful, handfuls, Texas, The War, West, West Point
«And I will show you something different from either your shadow at morning striding behind you or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; I will show you fear in a handful of dust.»
Author: T.S. Eliot
(Critic, Editor, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
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«And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: / And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.»
«And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.»
«And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.»
«Fame, celebrity - it's not such a big deal in Europe. People seem to understand that you just have a weird job. They're not running after you, trying to carve chunks out of you. It's strange in the states. Most fans here are great, but there's a handful who have seen the movies and feel they know you. They think it's alright to touch you and ask personal questions.»
