#blow

Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

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I was blown away by the standing ovation. I've had tributes before, sure, but I don't retain that feeling, and I wasn't prepared for it on Tuesday. But maybe you shouldn't retain these things or you'd be on a permanent high. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it. ↗

— Beck

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I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing. ↗

— Acker Bilk

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What I try to do probably doesn't come out. What I've worked out what I do - I might not be right - is to do something very personal, and then suddenly I look at it, up in the air. I blow it up and look at it and then I come down again - a better man. ↗

— Ray Davies

#air #better #better man #blow #come

This sweet, blessed, God-inspired place called America is a champion that has absorbed some blows. But while we bend, we don't break. This is no dark hour; this is the dawn before we remember who we are. ↗

— Artur Davis

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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line... We're just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best. ↗

— Miles Davis

#best #blow #dominate #game #go

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind. ↗

— Hugo Black

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I feel like I delivered a blow, an unfortunate blow to a profession that not only did I personally love doing but that I value for society. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#delivered #did #doing #feel #i

Sometimes the beauty is easy. Sometimes you don't have to try at all. Sometimes you can hear the wind blow in a handshake. Sometimes there's poetry written right on the bathroom wall. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

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