#flourish

Tens of thousands of brave Americans died to break the chains of British tyranny so that the principles of our Declaration of Independence could take fold and flourish in the birth of a new nation. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

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Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

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I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing. ↗

— Roscoe Mitchell

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Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family. ↗

— Virginia Satir

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With four of the top ten most violent cities in America, Michigan will never fully flourish unless our governments can fulfill their basic task: protecting public safety. ↗

— Bill Schuette

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Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed. ↗

— David K. Shipler

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When sudden death takes a president, opportunities for new beginnings flourish among the ambitious and the tensions among such people can be dramatic, as they were when President Kennedy was killed. ↗

— Russell Baker

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What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish? ↗

— Leon Kass

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We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part. ↗

— Allan Bloom

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Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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