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“Procrustes in modern dress, the nuclear scientist will prepare the bed on which mankind must lie; and if mankind doesn’t fit—well, that will be just too bad for mankind. There will have to be some stretching and a bit of amputation—the same sort of stretching and amputations as have been going on ever since applied science really got going into its stride, only this time they will be a good deal more drastic than in the past. These far from painless operations will be directed by highly centralized totalitarian governments.”

“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are alsopracticed in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death--that is, they attempt suicide--twice as often as men, though men are more "successful" because they use surer weapons, like guns.”

Men Use Death Women Successful Too Much Bears Weapons Gun Suicide Stride

Author:Roger Rosenblatt

“In my state, on the basis of the separate but equal doctrine, we have made enormous strides over the years in the education of both races. Personally, I think it would have been sounder judgment to allow that progress to continue through the process of natural evolution. However, there is no point crying about spilt milk.”

“[Non-performing songwriters] climb the mountain the first time, take their successes in stride, and when they tumble down the mountain, they just consider the tumble part of their profession and don't even waste time mourning their slump. They continue to write, make new connections, and move forward toward a new round of success.”

Writing Firsts Moving Mountain Waste First Time Connections Rounds Profession Moving Forward Performing Mourning Climbs Songwriting Wasting Time Songwriters Stride Slumps

Author:Michael Kosser

“It's emotional for every champion who decides to step down, it's a tough decision. It's probably easier for some, like me. But I'm just going to try to take it in stride. It's part of life.”

Life Trying Decision Steps Emotional Easier Tough Like Me Champion Parts Of Life Stride Tough Decisions

Author:Ben Crenshaw

“It wasn't until after I received my education that I seriously looked at sports entertainment as a way to make a career for myself. And they've got to take it in stride. It's very much like acting or playing professional sports: One percent of one percent of the people who try out for it can actually say they make their living off of doing it.”

People Way Trying Sports Acting Careers Percent Entertainment Stride Professional Sports Sports Entertainment

Author:John Cena

“Turkey, with its political intolerance, as I have described it, is prepared to march forward, to break with its taboo about the Armenians, and is making great strides with respect to human rights and freedom of speech so that it can join the European Union. This alone shows how powerful the European idea is.”

Humans Ideas Shows Political Powerful Break Rights Speech Unions Prepared Human Rights March Intolerance Freedom Of Speech Turkeys Taboo European Union Stride Rights And Freedoms Armenians

Author:Orhan Pamuk

“Standing on "tip toe", one stands not firmly. Straining in stride, one cannot walk far. Flaunting of deeds, one is unfavorably noticed. Being self-righteous, one is not respected. Boasting of self, one's merit is unrecognized. Glorifying of self, one loses the opportunity for greatness. From the viewpoint of Tao These represent imperfect Te, Valued as are filth or disease.”

Self Opportunity Loses Walks Greatness Disease Standing Deeds Merit Imperfect Righteous Toes Tao Boast Viewpoints Stride Self Righteous Filth Flaunting

Author:Laozi

“Noticing when the stoplights are in sync, or calculating the length of your strides between floor tiles - normal people notice that kind of stuff, but a certain kind of person will do some calculations.”

People Kind Persons Certain Stuff Normal Length Calculations Noticing Stride Calculating Sync Tiles

Author:Myles Munroe

“If in the infinite you want to stride, Just walk in the finite to every side.”

Ifs Want Sides Walks Infinite Finite Stride

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“I criticize the NFL in many ways, but I think it's made great strides. I think college basketball, great strides. College football means so much to alumni, doesn't it? It sort of represents the school. It's when you go back; it's at the beginning of the school year.”

Thinking Way Years Mean Made School Football College Basketball Nfl Criticize Stride College Football School Years College Basketball Alumni

Author:Frank Deford

“Women are making strides in many areas and women have mentored and supported me along the way. I think that women are underrepresented behind the camera as directors.”

Thinking Way Behinds Directors Areas Cameras Stride

Author:Nina Jacobson

“I certainly came up in an era where women were really making strides and making a point to beat down doors and find their place and crash through the glass ceiling.”

Doors Beats Glasses Eras Crash Ceilings Stride Glass Ceiling

Author:Gina Torres

“Empty your knapsack of all adjectives, adverbs and clauses that slo your stride and weaken your pace. Travel light. Remember the most memorable sentences in the English language are also the shortest: "The King is dead" and "Jesus wept."”

Light Remember Jesus Language Kings Empty Sentences Memorable Pace English Language Stride Adjectives Clauses Most Memorable Adverbs Travel Light

Author:Bill Moyers

“How dangerous it is for our salvation, how unworthy of God and of ourselves, how pernicious even for the peace of our hearts, to want always to stay where we are! Our whole life was only given us to advance us by great strides toward our heavenly country.”

Want Heart Country Whole Given Dangerous Salvation Whole Life Heavenly Unworthy Stride Pernicious

Author:Francois Fenelon

“He who stands on tiptoe is not steady. He who strides cannot maintain the pace. He who makes a show is not enlightened. He who is self-righteous is not respected. He who boasts achieves nothing. He who brags will not endure. According to followers of the Tao, "These are extra food and unnecessary luggage." They do not bring happiness, therefore followers of the Tao avoid them.”

Self Shows Achieve Endure Extras Enlightened Followers Pace Steady Righteous Unnecessary Tao Boast Stride Brag Self Righteous Luggage Tao Ching Tiptoes

Book:道德经

Source: 道德经

“Indeed, there were times when it was quite worrying that after hitting a certain age, you wouldn't hear from a lot of actresses anymore. But that's when women hit their stride and get a lot more interesting. You see that in roles for males but it's slowly getting better for women too.”

Age Certain Interesting Roles Worry Males Actresses Get Better Hitting Stride

Author:Christine Bottomley

“In thigh-high yellow leather boots Plump Saphonisba strides. Too bad that, just to hide her calves, Two calves have lost their hides.”

Two Lost Yellow Boots Leather Stride Thighs Calves Thigh Highs

Author:X. J. Kennedy

“When we shall come home, and enter into the possession of our Brother's fair kingdom, and when our heads shall find the weight of the eternal crown of glory, then we shall look back to pains and sufferings and then we will see life and sorrow to be less than one step or stride from a prison to glory. Our little inch of time-suffering is not worthy of our first night's welcome-home to heaven.”

“So much depends upon our willingness to make up our minds, collectively and individually, that present levels of performance are not acceptable, either to ourselves or to the Lord. In saying that, I am not calling for flashy, temporary differences in our performance levels, but a quiet resolve to do a better job, to lengthen our stride.”

Mind Jobs Differences Levels Lord Depends Calling Quiet Performances Resolve Willingness Temporary Acceptable Stride Better Jobs Flashy

Book:Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball

Source: Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball

“When people come to play music as they do to play bridge, civilization will have taken the longest stride forward since the beginning of time.”

People Play Taken Civilization Bridges Stride

Author:Jascha Heifetz

“He who before was the money owner, now strides in front as capitalist; the possessor of labor-power follows as his laborer. The one with an air of importance, smirking, intent on business; the other hesitant, like one who is bringing his own hide to market and has nothing to expect but a hiding.”

Air Fronts Labor Importance Owners Hiding Capitalist Stride Laborers Hesitant

Author:Karl Marx

“I miss working with my friends and the fun we had. Working on the series was the best time I ever had on a set. I am disappointed that they cancelled the series when they did, because I felt that by the seventh season, we were really hitting our stride, and that episodes were getting better and better. Some people say that the show had run its course and that it was time to quit, but I disagree.”

People Shows Running Courses Fun Felt Missing My Friends Seasons Series Quitting Get Better Disappointed Disagree Episodes Hitting Stride Best Times I Am Disappointed

Author:Michael Dorn

“Women in the workplace - we still have big strides to make. Girlfriend of mine just got a new job. First question the new boss asked her was if she could make a good cup of coffee... Yeah, she stormed right out of that Starbucks.”

Ifs Firsts Stills Bigs Jobs Mines Yeah Coffee Cups Girlfriend Boss Workplace Stride Coffee Cup New Job Starbucks

Author:Carol Leifer

“Nature always begins by resisting the artist, but he who really takes it seriously does not allow that resistance to put him off his stride; on the contrary, it is that much more of a stimulus to fight for victory.”

Doe Artist Fighting Victory Contrary Resistance Stimulus Resisting Stride

Book:Van Gogh's

Source: Van Gogh's

“If I go anywhere where there are people who vaguely look like me, there is always that feeling of, 'Actually I do look quite similar to everyone else.' At moments like that, I become very, very British. My accent gets more clipped, and I stride around as if I've got an empire.”

People Ifs Looks Moments Feelings British Like Me Empires Accents Stride

Author:Sanjeev Bhaskar

“I certainly think Halle Berry's a wonderful role model. She's a terrific stepmother and has shown that in so many beautiful ways and has made such enormous strides for women culturally and such great successes as an actress and philanthropist.”

Thinking Way Made Beautiful Roles Wonderful Models Actresses Enormous Role Models Terrific Great Success Stride Berries Philanthropist Stepmothers

Author:Sharon Stone

“I want to keep looking at ways to stride forward with positivity.”

Way Want Positivity Stride

Author:Julianna Baggott

“As far as benefits to reading historical novels, there are several! For one thing, you learn about life in another era. Secondly, these novels help us to develop a deeper understanding of the legacy of women who came before us and the strides made by our ancestors.”

Made Helping Reading Understanding Novel One Thing Benefits Historical Deeper Eras Legacy Ancestor Stride Deeper Understanding Historical Novels

Author:Mary Pope Osborne

“I'm talking about just as an ongoing, everyday matter of daily life, one of the most destructive things if not the most is radical liberalism, leftism. And it is clear that they are making great strides in corrupting once-great institutions and once-great traditions.”

Ifs Matter Talking Clear Tradition Institutions Everyday Radical Liberalism Destructive Daily Life Ongoing Stride

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“Things don't always tie up in a nice bow. Even when you make strides with people and relationships, it's complicated.”

People Nice Complicated Ties Bows Stride

Author:Aaron Tveit

“I often don't go to sleep and work through the night. I can't seem to do my vocal takes if there's light outside. There's a gentleness to the night that leads me in my stride.”

Ifs I Can Light Seems Night Sleep Gentleness Vocal Going To Sleep Stride Leading Me

Author:Jamie Woon

“If anything changes, I'll just take it in stride. For now, I can still walk down the street and quite happily not get noticed.”

Ifs Stills I Can Walks Streets Things Change Stride

Author:Sam Claflin

“The workings of heaven are unfathomable-sometimes encouraging, sometimes suppressing. All this makes sport of heroes and tumbles the great. Enlightened people take adversity in stride and are prepared for trouble even when at ease; therefore, they are not at the mercy of fate.”

People Sometimes Heaven Sports Fate Trouble Hero Mercy Adversity Prepared Ease Enlightened Taoism Stride Unfathomable Suppressing

Author:Zicheng Hong

“We think that maybe feminism isn't appropriate anymore, since Western women have really made enormous strides. But check out the rest of the world if you'd like to not be able to sleep tonight.”

Ifs Thinking World Made Able Sleep Feminism Western Enormous Checks Appropriate Tonight Stride

Author:Elizabeth Lesser

“Even when [Federal Reserve Chairman Ben] Bernanke said the recession was over ... you think that would have been a bigger boom somewhere, but it seems we just take everything in stride.”

Thinking Has Beens Said Seems Bigger Over You Reserves Chairman Recessions Stride Federal Reserve

Author:Bill Maher

“I feel I am blessed that I have found my stride and relaxed into my life's purpose.”

Feels Purpose Found Blessed Relaxed Stride

Author:Taylor Dane

“I think in television there's more of an awareness about a need for more diversity, but there still needs to be great practical strides taken to improve diversity in front of and behind the camera.”

Thinking Needs Stills Behinds Taken Awareness Fronts Television Diversity Cameras Practicals Stride

Author:Greg Berlanti

“America's creative approach to solving the problems the country is faced with, its openness and open-mindedness which make it possible to unleash the potential of the people. I believe that largely due to these qualities America has made such tremendous strides in its development.”

People Believe Made Country Problem America I Believe Quality Creative Development Approach Dues Openness Stride Open Mindedness

Author:Vladimir Putin

“The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.”

Two Literature Taken Mankind Travel Instant Traveler Stride Taking Things For Granted

Book:The Blue Octavo Notebooks

Source: The Blue Octavo Notebooks

“I really needed to dramatize and clarify that Rachel was taking strides towards her own healing and her own sobriety - and that she was actually thoroughly frightened about what she may have done.This was something that was so beautifully done in the book [The Girl on the Train] through inner monologue, but I couldn't just have a whole film filled with inner monologues. So going to Alcoholics Anonymous was a very simple solution to that problem.”

May Book Done Whole Problem Film Girl Simple Healing Needed Solutions Filled Train Frightened Alcoholics Sobriety Stride Monologues Alcoholics Anonymous Simple Solutions

Author:Erin Cressida Wilson

“I think Hillary Clinton has made great strides in doing so, even though there are people who want to bring us back to the '50s and still define a woman by her husband and her husband's legacy. But she has proven herself to be a force on her own and is an example to us of how women should and can be judged on their own merits.”

People Thinking Want Should Made Stills Force Example Husband Clinton Legacy Merit Judged Proven Stride

Author:Natalie Portman

“In the pulpit, I really feel like I'm in my sweet spot, I'm in my stride.”

Feels Sweet Spots Stride Pulpit

Author:Max Lucado

“I've been doing stand-up 29 years; there is no other career when you're finding your stride 30 years into it.”

Years Careers Findings Stride

Author:Jay Mohr

“It's up to us to make the accommodations for all sorts of different travel scenarios. It's amazing how many companies aren't really in tune to the needs of different travelers. There's just so many embarrassing situations that you go through when you travel. You have to have a sense of humor about it and take it in stride. My whole approach is to embrace spontaneity.”

Needs Different Whole Company Situation Approach Embrace Tunes Sense Of Humor Traveler Embarrassing Scenarios Spontaneity Stride Accommodations

Author:Zach Anner

“If the Taliban comes back to power, the impact would be devastating. A country that has made great strides, in terms of development indicators, would take a huge step backwards. Afghanistan's national economy would be devastated.”

Ifs Made Country Would Be Term Steps Economy Huge Development Impact Afghanistan Backwards Taliban Stride Devastated Indicators National Economy

Author:Chris Alexander

“I think after a big European game you're looking at four or five days. For two days afterwards I don't really do anything. I do a recovery the next day, which is bike work, a light stretch, some yoga and an ice bath after that. Then the second day I would just do the bike again for 20 minutes and then do some strides, which is box to box, just eight of them, just to get the legs going and the blood going again.”

Thinking Two Bigs Light Next Games Five Four Blood Minutes Yoga Boxes Legs Eight Recovery Ice Next Day Bike Baths Two Days Stride

Author:Ryan Giggs

“I've always felt like the most improvement you can make is from year 1 to year 2, much like a college freshman who the most improvement he can make in an entire one year of college football is going from year 1 freshman year to his sophomore year. Like a pro football player going from his rookie season to his second season. There's a window there that will never come again that you have a chance to making your biggest strides.”

“You know, some of the action stuff, I tend to have a pretty good sense of humor about it. Even when I direct and have a lot of pressure, it teaches me to laugh at stuff. I think that comes also from sports, from combat sports, where you've got to learn to laugh at it and take it in stride. Otherwise, you just can't deal with it.”

Thinking Knows Action Stuff Sports Deals Teach Laughing Direct Pressure Sense Of Humor Combat Good Sense Stride Good Sense Of Humor

Author:Dolph Lundgren

“Life is a series of baby steps along the way and if you add up these tiny little steps you take toward your goal, whatever it is, whether it's giving up something, a terrible addiction or trying to work your way through an illness. When you total up those baby steps you'd be amazed over the course of 10 years, the strides you've taken.”

Ifs Way Giving Trying Years Littles Life Is Courses Goal Steps Taken Baby Terrible Giving Up Add Series Addiction Illness Tiny Amazed Stride Baby Steps

Author:Hoda Kotb

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