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“I favor a picture which arrives at its destination without the evidence of a trying journey rather than one which shows the marks of battle.”

Trying Shows Journey Battle Evidence Mark Favors Destination Finishing

Book:Charles Sheeler: across media

Source: Charles Sheeler: across media

“What dancing has helped me with is blocking; it makes me comfortable with my body. You know how to hit your mark, you know how to embody a swagger. But sitting down and looking across the table at another actor and being able to go to battle on screen is nothing to do with singing or dancing.”

Knows Body Able Actors Know How Battle Comfortable Singing Sitting Mark Down And Tables Dancing Screens Block Sitting Down Swagger

Author:Columbus Short

“Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind.”

Ideas Progress Mankind Battle Mark Forward Progress

Author:L. Ron Hubbard

“A book is an arrangement of twenty-six phonetic symbols, ten numerals, and about eight punctuation marks, and people can cast their eyes over these and envision the eruption of Mount Vesuvius or the Battle of Waterloo.”

People Book Eye Battle Ten Six Mark Twenties Casts Eight Symbols Arrangements Punctuation Eruption Waterloo Punctuation Marks Numerals

Book:A Man Without a Country

Source: A Man Without a Country

“We must make the building of a free society once more an intellectual adventure, a deed of courage. Unless we can make the philosophic foundations of a free society once more a living intellectual issue, and its implementation a task which challenges the ingenuity and imagination of our liveliest minds, the prospects of freedom are indeed dark. But if we can regain that belief in the power of ideas which was the mark of liberalism at its best, the battle is not lost.”

“And she looked at him and saw the grave tenderness in his eyes, and yet knew, for she was bred among men of war, that here was one whom no Rider of the Mark could outmatch in battle.”

Men War Eye Saws Battle Mark Graves His Eyes Tenderness Riders

Book:The Lord of the Rings: One Volume

Source: The Lord of the Rings: One Volume

“In the end it was Shadowhunting they had bonded over—a shared love of sharp-edged weapons, gleaming seraph blades, the painful pleasure of burning Marks, the thought-numbing swiftness of battle. When Alec had wanted to go out hunting alone with Jace, leaving Izzy behind, Jace had spoken up for her: “We need her with us; she’s the best there is. Aside from me, of course.” She had loved him just for that.”

Needs Ends Wanted Courses Pleasure Behinds Battle Weapons Mark Leaving Painful Burning Hunting Jace Blades Numbing Swiftness

Book:City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“Then said he, ’I am going to my Father’s; and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who now will be my rewarder.’.... So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.”

Giving Has Beens Said Father Sides Trouble Battle Succeed Skills Difficulty Mark Witness Scar Repent Trumpets Pilgrimage Pilgrims Progress

Author:John Bunyan