“The Dictator' lands somewhere between wan Mel Brooks and good Adam Sandler, whose 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan,' about an Israeli Special Forces soldier at a hair salon, manages to strike better contrasts with vaguely similar culture differences - it's a nuttier movie, too.” CultureForceDifferencesLandSpecialHairSoldierStrikesManageMessAdamContrastDictatorIsraeliBrooksSalonsSpecial Forces Author:Wesley Morris
“The thing that strikes me now when I think about the Wilderness of Childhood is the incredible degree of freedom my parents gave me to adventure there. A very grave, very significant shift in our idea of childhood has occurred since then. The Wilderness of Childhood is gone; the days of adventure are past. The land ruled by children, to which a kid might exile himself for at least some portion of every day from the neighboring kingdom of adulthood, has in large part been taken over, co-opted, colonized, and finally absorbed by the neighbors.” ThinkingChildrenIdeasMightKidsPastParentGoneTakenLandChildhoodAdventureDegreesIncrediblesStrikesNeighborSignificantGravesKingdomsWildernessPortionsAdulthoodExile Author:Michael Chabon
“There is no land like England, Where'er the light of day be; There are no hearts like English hearts, Such hearts of oak as they be; There is no land like England, Where'er the light of day be: There are no men like Englishmen, So tall and bold as they be! And these will strike for England, And man and maid be free To foil and spoil the tyrant Beneath the greenwood tree.” MenHeartLightTreeLandEnglandStrikesTallTyrantsSpoilEnglishmenOaksMaidsFoils Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson
“The heart of a city Is the soul of a man It winds like a river Through the heart of the land They can tear down a building They can tear down a park They can strike at a symbol But they can't strike the heart.” MenHeartSoulCitiesLandTearsBuildingWindRiversStrikesSymbolsParks Author:Janis Ian
“It strikes everyone in beginning to form an acquaintance with the treasures of Indian literature that a land so rich in intellectual products and those of the profoundest order of thought.” FormOrderLiteratureRichLandProductsIntellectualStrikesTreasureIndianAcquaintance Author:Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
“The world may be as evangelized as it will ever get if we attempt to complete the remaining task with a motivation built around the fleeting feelings of compassion. Mercy can strike a match, but we need emissaries from many lands who are ablaze with the inexhaustible fuel of jealousy for God's glory.” IfsWorldNeedsMayFeelingsMotivationCompassionLandGloryBuiltTasksMercyStrikesFuelFleeting Author:Steven C. Hawthorne
“All over the land are vast and handsome pastures, with good grass for cattle, and it strikes me the soil would be very fertile were the country inhabited and improved by reasonable people.” PeopleCountryWould BeBeautyLandStrikesGrassSoilReasonableHandsomeCattleFertilePastures Book:The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca: trans. from his own narrative Source: The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca: trans. from his own narrative