#poise

(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

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He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#cliche #forever #indiscretion #poised

Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward. ↗

— Maxwell Maltz

#balance #forward #his #maintains #man

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#adverse #adverse conditions #against #aggression #conditions

It's because we need to determine who in this country is poised, positioned to commit terrorist acts. ↗

— Robert Mueller

#because #commit #country #determine #need

More broadly, we are going to have to examine the safety net programs to make sure they are poised to catch the families before they fall even more, especially in the areas of unemployment benefits, child care assistance, and foster care. ↗

— Richard Neal

#assistance #before #benefits #broadly #care

As a veteran, you're a little more poised on that mental side. But athletically, I didn't really think I could get better. ↗

— Angela Ruggiero

#could #get #i #little #mental

In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise. ↗

— Virgil Thomson

#learn #london #paris #poise #rivals

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#deeper #down #integrity #language #matches

As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex. ↗

— Adam Sedgwick

#aim #anger #apex #babel #daring