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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a...

Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.

Quote by Charles Babbage about opinion, fall, power

Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that...

Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about immortality, earth, light, fire, fire brigade, love

Finally, you get the job, and you think you'll be dancing on the ceiling, but I just wanted to go take a nap. It was just like a weight had been lifted off or something.

Quote by Josh Duhamel

I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.

I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

Quote by Henry Ford about man, world

Most people who are healthy, and I'm healthy, can't even live my life. Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I'm in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I'm at work until 8-9 o'clock at night.

Quote by Magic Johnson about couple, night, work, life, people

I'm getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just...

I'm getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just can't stop lifting it, and I love that you know.

Quote by Angelina Jolie about truth, love

Bullets work on veteran cops too. They also work on weight lifters, martial arts experts, department marksmen, Narco Investigators, S.W.A.T. jocks, and others who consider themselves immortal.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, immortality, art, work

Make no mistake, you would prefer to work for someone who...

Make no mistake, you would prefer to work for someone who is going to put your arm around you at times and lift you.

Quote by Stuart Pearce about mistake, work

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift...

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about advice, people

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They...

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is lifted.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley about death, sleep, life

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till...

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.

Quote by James Maxwell Anderson about people, man, age, olderness

Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of...

Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels.

Quote by Luigi Pirandello about nature, creation, imagination, human imperfections, work

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my...

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.

Quote by Sylvia Plath about world, eyes

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