Best Olive Branches Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I simply want tomorrow to be better than today. I want Palestine to be independent and sovereign... Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”

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Author:Mahmoud Abbas

“There are sayings and mantras that sometimes occur in filmmaking discussions, and one of them is that sometimes filmmaking is an olive branch or a reason or an excuse to be able to reach out and create an encounter with someone.”

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Author:Debra Granik

“In war the olive branch of peace is of use. [Lat., Adjuvat in bello pacatae ramus olivae.]”

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Author:Ovid

“Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”

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Author:Yasser Arafat

“What can the dove of Jesus give You now but wisdom, exile? Stand and live, The dove has brought an olive branch to eat.”

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Book:Robert Lowell: a tribute

Source: Robert Lowell: a tribute

“The very first thing the President [Truman] did was to show me the new Presidential Seal, which he had just redesigned. He explained, 'The seal has to go everywhere the President goes. It must be displayed upon the lectern when he speaks. The eagle used to face the arrows but I have re-designed it so that it now faces the olive branches ... what do you think?' I said, 'Mr. President, with the greatest respect, I would prefer the American eagle's neck to be on a swivel so that it could face the olive branches or the arrows, as the occasion might demand.'”

“Humility has such power. Apologies can disarm arguments. Contrition can defuse rage. Olive branches do more good than battle axes ever will.”

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Book:Cast of Characters: Lost and Found: Encounters with the Living God

Source: Cast of Characters: Lost and Found: Encounters with the Living God

“WWE has not called me to be a part of any roster. My relationship with WWE stands with the video game and the video game only. If they want to extend an olive branch and pick up the phone, then I will make a comment on that once they do it. But prior to that, nothing's been done.”

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Author:Bill Goldberg

“A fence can be protective around your family - a familial fence. Then, there are the people who only know how to take, to abuse, to offend and they build fences to keep you out. They don't have time to talk, they don't have kind words, they only talk about themselves. They never give an olive branch or forgiveness - they create a fence because of their personality or behavior and they want to create a barrier to keep people out.”

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Author:Russell Hornsby

“Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love”

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Author:Leonard Cohen

“Information is a beacon, a cudgel, an olive branch, a deterrent--all depending on who wields it and how.”

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Author:Steven Levitt

“Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?”

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Author:Don Williams

“Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love.”

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Author:Leonard Cohen

“[W]ar is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance. It belongs to Congress to say whether the Nation shall of choice dismiss the olive branch and unfurl the banners of War.”

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Book:Papers: Harold C. Syrett, Editor; Jacob E. Cooke, Associate Editor

Source: Papers: Harold C. Syrett, Editor; Jacob E. Cooke, Associate Editor

“I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”

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Author:Yasser Arafat

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