#brought

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher? ↗

— Dorothy Fields

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At first, I didn't hang out with celebrity kids. That wasn't the way I was brought up. I went to a run-of-the-mill Catholic primary school when we first moved to L.A. But then I went to a high school where there were lots of 'industry' children. Those weren't my best friends and I've never set out to make myself a part of that scene. ↗

— Lily Collins

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I was brought up in a world of privilege. ↗

— Benedict Cumberbatch

#i #privilege #up #world

I think I've been lucky, being my frequent appearances on Court TV have brought to me another level than just the actor guy. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#another #appearances #been #being #brought

Sin brought death, and death will disappear with the disappearance of sin. ↗

— Mary Baker Eddy

#death #disappear #disappearance #sin #will

If there is an authoritarian structure at St. Hill it has been brought into being by the government itself. St. Hill is trying to correct itself. It doesn't know what it's trying to correct because nobody has told it what to correct. ↗

— L. Ron Hubbard

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I was brought up a very strict Catholic and I don't practice anymore or anything. ↗

— Danny Boyle

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I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back. ↗

— James Brown

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