#chain

We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

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What I try to do in the book is to trace the chain of relationships running from elementary particles, fundamental building blocks of matter everywhere in the universe, such as quarks, all the way to complex entities, and in particular complex adaptive system like jaguars. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

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If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression. ↗

— Toni Morrison

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Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

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Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top. ↗

— Robert Browning

#ambitious #anxiety #birds #cage #chain

The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

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Man is everywhere still in chains. ↗

— Herbert Read

#everywhere #man #still

I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gold chains instead of 20. Four summer homes instead of eight. ↗

— LL Cool J

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Food safety involves everybody in the food chain. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#everybody #food #food chain #involves #safety

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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