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«Give me a lever long enough, and a prop strong enough, I can single-handed move the world.»
«There's a little gray house in a one-street town, And the door stands open, and the steps go down, And you prop up the window with a stick on the sill, And you carry spring water from the bottom of the hill; And the white star of Bethlehem grows in t»
«The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop.»
«A little saint best fits a little shrine, / A little prop best fits a little vine, / As my small cruse best fits my little wine.»
Author: Robert Herrick | Keywords: cruse, fits, prop, shrine, vine
«I don't care much for facts, am not much interested in them; you can't stand a fact up, you've got to prop it up, and when you move to one side a little and look at it from that angle, it's not thick enough to cast a shadow in that direction.»
«I told Warren if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 push-ups.»
«Formerly, his heart had been as a locked casket with its treasure inside; but now the casket was empty, and the lock was broken. Left groping in darkness, with his prop utterly gone, Silas had inevitably a sense, though a dull and half-despairing one, that if any help came to him it must come from without; and there was a slight stirring of expectation at the sight of his fellow-men, a faint consciousness of dependence on their goodwill.»
«Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up»
Author: John Ruskin (Critic, Writer) | Keywords: conceit, prop, puff
«Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money of them.»