#passe

The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future. ↗

— Joshua Chamberlain

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This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such a feeling of horror by the unearthly paleness of his countenance, from which I could not avert my eyes, that I was unable longer to endure it. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

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Number one, it was a chance to thank my parents, because they passed away a couple of years ago. They gave me so much by giving me the opportunity to play soccer, and I wanted to share the story we had together. ↗

— Brandi Chastain

#away #because #chance #couple #gave

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. ↗

— John Updike

#currency #elder #i #i am #i see

A laborer no longer makes whole articles. He receives raw materials, puts his touch on them, and passes them to another worker in the series. When the articles are quite finished they are carried out of sight by currents of commercial exchange. These currents are untraceable. ↗

— John Bates Clark

#articles #carried #commercial #currents #exchange

My grandmother, who passed away at the beginning of November, had a core adage in her life that 'life is not about what happens to you but about what you do with what happens to you.' She recently had been cajoling me and challenging me to do more with my life. To lead more of a purposefully public life. ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

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Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage. ↗

— Gary Cole

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To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only the track it has passed. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#illuminate #lights #like #men #most

God has been pleased to save us during the years of war that have already passed. We pray that He may be pleased to save us to the end. But we must do our part. ↗

— Eamon de Valera

#been #during #end #god #may

History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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