#locke

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#call #department #down #fire #house

A blocked path also offers guidance. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#blocked #guidance #offers #path

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

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The information I requested under the Freedom of Information Act has been blocked for two years. ↗

— Sibel Edmonds

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I am always locked in my design studio. ↗

— Valentino Garavani

#am #design #i #i am #locked

Much of our national debate proceeds as if China and America were locked in a zero-sum game in which one's loss is precisely the other's gain. ↗

— Eric Liu

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The gunner's mate came up and started breaking the locks on the ammunition. Everything was locked up for fear that someone might go in there with a cigarette or something. ↗

— Barney Ross

#breaking #came #cigarette #everything #fear

An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#come #devil #door #get #just

I suspect the secret of personal attraction is locked up in our unique imperfections, flaws and frailties. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

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