#holding

This may be done by grafting, by confining the roots, withholding water, bending the branches, or in a hundred other ways which all proceed upon the same principle. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#branches #confining #done #hundred #may

As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#expanding #interest #international #international relations #law

Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#against #aggression #assert #barren #chose

Certainly after the tragedy in Neil's life, we were holding out hope for his recovery. It wasn't too promising at the time and obviously you get to the point of thinking that that is it. ↗

— Alex Lifeson

#certainly #get #his #holding #hope

I wanted control over what was said and what was not said, rather than holding my head down in shame. ↗

— Rebecca Loos

#down #head #holding #i #over

I was working at the store on the Sony studios in Culver City. And I was literally holding a shirt when they came in and told me I'd got the part! It just shows dreams do come true. ↗

— Derek Luke

#city #come #dreams #got #holding

I was holding a reserve inside all along. When you're with someone as powerful as Donald, you have no choice. You can get lost within that power if you're not careful. ↗

— Marla Maples

#careful #choice #donald #get #holding

Their humble dwellings were of their own rearing; it was they themselves who had broken in their little fields; from time immemorial, far beyond the reach of history, had they possessed their mountain holdings. ↗

— Hugh Miller

#broken #dwellings #far #fields #had

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. ↗

— George S. Patton

#fear #holding #holding on #longer #minute

You can't invest in natural gas on a daily basis. It's too volatile. But if you think of natural gas as a long-term holding, then you push your profit horizon out. A long-term time horizon would be at least two years. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#daily #daily basis #gas #holding #horizon