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“It is the swimmer who first leaps into the frozen stream who is cut sharpest by the ice; those who follow him find it broken, and the last find it gone. It is the men or women who first tread down the path which the bulk of humanity will ultimately follow, who must find themselves at last in solitudes where the silence is deadly.”

Men Firsts Lasts Humanity Silence Gone Path Cutting He Man Broken Solitude Ice Streams Leap Silence Is Frozen Social Change Pioneers Swimmer

Book:Woman and Labor

Source: Woman and Labor

“There is an Arabic proverb which says that "Peace comes from understanding, not agreement." Agreements are more easily broken than made; but understanding never. It is urgent, therefore, and in the interest of peace, that there be better understanding among nations. As people we are one, seeking the same goal. As nations, we lose each other down the different paths we choose to fulfill our national objectives. that is why we must understand each other better.”

People Made Different Nations Understanding Goal Interest Loses Path Broken Seeking Objectives Agreement Urgent Different Paths

Author:King Hussein I

“A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on. There is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken. There are times when the future seems thick as a fog; you sit and wait, hoping the mists will lift and reveal the right path. But this is a time when the future seems a door you can walk right through into a room called tomorrow.”

Seems Action Nations Waiting Walks Rooms Path Taken Doors Ready Broken Tomorrow Lifts Thick Fog Breeze Mist Right Path

Author:George H. W. Bush

“Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character with a real path towards citizenship.”

People Needs Real Character Path Broken Immigration Reform Fixed Citizenship Good Character Hardworking Good Citizenship

Author:Joe Baca

“One path I've used a lot is to deeply and thoughtfully consider a trope or a tradition, and then set about taking it apart - but only in the service of a character or story that deserves it. Another path I often employ is to put form into "play" - to set it free from its ordinary constraints and let it be free-floating and broken-apart and rearranged.”

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Author:Lidia Yuknavitch

“I was starting out in the business, there was only one path to playing professionally - graduate, or go four years. With the creation of the ABA [American Basketball Association] in the early 1970s, the sanctity of having to go to college was broken. The ABA took anyone, starting with Spencer Haywood.”

Years Path Four Creation College Broken Basketball Starting Association Four Years Graduates Sanctity Starting Out

Author:Sonny Vaccaro

“There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work. Baltimore is just embarking down this road.”

Long Helping Path Broken Police Reform Department Consent Decree Baltimore Police Department Embarking

Author:Al Sharpton

“The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.”

Social Friendship Work Path Broken Broken Heart Advancement Friendship Broken

Book:Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells

Source: Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells

“Just looking at them I grow greedy, as if they were freshly baked loaves waiting on their shelves to be broken open--that one and that--and I make my choice in a mood of exalted luck, browsing among them like a cow in sweetest pasture. For life is continuous as long as they wait to be read--these inked paths opening into the future, page after page, every book its own receding horizon. And I hold them, one in each hand, a curious ballast weighing me here to earth.”

Ifs Long Book Hands Earth Life Is Choices Grows Waiting Path Broken Pages Luck Mood Opening Curious Horizon Cows Shelves Greedy Sweetest Exalted Pastures Weighing Browsing Ballast

Author:Linda Pastan

“For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!' I looked then and saw that his robes, which had seemed white, were not so, but were woven of all colours, and if he moved they shimmered and changed hue so that the eye was bewildered. I liked white better,' I said. White!' he sneered. 'It serves as a beginning. White cloth may be dyed. The white page can be overwritten; and the white light can be broken.' In which case it is no longer white,' said I. 'And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.' - Gandalf”

Ifs May Said Light Eye Left White Break Cases Path Saws Wise Changed Broken Pages Moved Rings Colour Makers Woven Robes Hue Bewildered White Light Saruman

Book:The Lord of the Rings: One Volume

Source: The Lord of the Rings: One Volume