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Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty! ↗

— James Monroe

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I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years. ↗

— Neil Young

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Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it. ↗

— Mao Zedong

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This case reminds me of one in which I likened the Plaintiff's case to a colander, because it was so full of holes. ↗

— George Jessel

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Your mind, which is yourself, can be likened to a house. The first necessary move then, is to rid that house of all but furnishings essential to success. ↗

— John McDonald

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The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power. ↗

— Nikola Tesla

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I have likened writing a novel to going on a journey, with some notion of the destination I will arrive at, but not the whole picture - which emerges gradually as a series of revelations, as the journey goes along. ↗

— Rose Tremain

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Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend. ↗

— David Trimble

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