#strikes

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on. ↗

— LL Cool J

#adversity #back #calm #grounded #most

Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#bill clinton #clinton #goes #guy #him

It is the eve of St. George's Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway? ↗

— Bram Stoker

#day #eve #evil #full #george

It strikes me as weird that a 25 year old man would even find a 16 year old attractive. ↗

— Joss Stone

#even #find #man #me #old

Maybe... there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for unlawfully detaining 120 people. Maybe they just got carried away with last year's idea of pre-emptive strikes and thought, 'Let's not wait for an actual crime to occur. Let's get the innocent. ↗

— Mark Thomas

#away #carried #crime #detaining #explanation

Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray; nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared. ↗

— Jane Porter

#brightness #happiness #heart #itself #kindred

I hate to sound sort of diffident about it but it strikes me that a lot of people on the right have got active lives and are doing other things. ↗

— Karl Rove

#active #doing #got #hate #i

Strikes always leave a bad taste with everyone. ↗

— Sarah Sutton

#bad #bad taste #everyone #leave #strikes

I'll be busy for the next eight weeks, so let's set this for November 15th. MENU I want lamb or venison steak. Baked potatoes with honey butter. Corn on the cob. Rolls. And apple pie, like the one you made before. I really liked it. I want it with ice cream. You owe me one naked dinner, but I'm not a complete beast, so you can wear a bra and panties if you so wish. The blue ones with the bow will do. Curran, Beast Lord of Atlanta ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#food #ilona-andrews #kate-daniels #magic-strikes #naked-dinner

His Majesty needs a can-I girl anyway. And I’m not it.” “A can-I girl?” Andrea frowned. I leaned back. “ ‘ Can I fetch you your food, Your Majesty? Can I tell you how strong and mighty you are, Your Majesty? Can I pick out your fleas, Your Majesty? Can I kiss your ass, Your Majesty? Can I . . .” It dawned on me that Raphael was sitting very still. Frozen, like a statue, his gaze fixed on the point above my head. “He’s standing behind me, isn’t he? ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#food