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No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. ↗

Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls. ↗

#expands #gold #great #great souls #hardens

The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay. ↗

— Martin Luther

#clay #consulted #continue #generation #god

"Empathy" is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash. ↗

— Karl Rove

#backlash #branch #clay #code #constitution

It is very hard for me to switch from clay to grass. ↗

— Marat Safin

#grass #hard #me #switch #very

Shooting clay targets is a very cleansing experience. It's very relaxing. It takes a lot of concentration. It's also very social, since you're usually shooting with friends. You can talk and forget about almost anything else that's on your mind. ↗

— Tom Selleck

#almost #also #anything #clay #cleansing

The child now shewed her a narrow and rugged descent, made by cutting the red clay and stones, of which the cliffs are here composed, into a sort of rude steps. ↗

— Charlotte Smith

#clay #cliffs #composed #cutting #descent

I saw you in the library. With—” “ Colonel Mustard? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-and-clay #humor

It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms. ↗

— John Millington Synge

#clay #most #poetry #roots #strong

We're all diamonds in the rough until God gets His hands on us". ~R. Alan Woods [1984] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#potter-s-wheel #r-alan-woods #r-alan-woods