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Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. ↗

— Jean Paul

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The height of the pulleys from the ground was twelve yards, and consequently, when the weights had descended through that distance, they had to be wound up again in order to renew the motion of the paddle. ↗

— James Prescott Joule

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I hate a movie that will end by telling you that the first thing you should do is learn to love yourself. That is so insulting and condescending, and so meaningless. My characters don't learn to love each other or themselves. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

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America is not nearly done. We're only in the beginning. Who knows who we will be? Who knows... what color we will be? It is all something that, maybe, our descendants - if they survive that long - will see. ↗

— Alice Walker

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We were descended from royalty. ↗

— Natalie Wood

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Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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We were also fortunate enough to engage in our service a Canadian Frenchmen, who had been with the Chayenne Indians on the Black mountains, and last summer descended thence by the Little Missouri. ↗

— Meriwether Lewis

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Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too. ↗

— Travis Barker

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We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It's not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened. ↗

— Travis Barker

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