#holds

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic. ↗

— Roy Blount, Jr.

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During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school. ↗

— Lionel Blue

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You never know what the future holds or where my life will take me. ↗

— Kim Kardashian

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I'm part of a community that holds each other up, and it's been great to be held up too. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

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Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible. ↗

— Jacques Ellul

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Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and known to all, seldom rates a second thought. That mystery, which most of us take for granted and never think twice about, is time. ↗

— Michael Ende

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My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

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I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream. ↗

— Heywood Broun

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What holds an Arab leader in power is a mixture of violence and prestige. Both President Assad and King Hussein were felt to have defended Arab interests against the world. That, in the end, is more important than what they wear on their head. ↗

— James Buchan

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The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon. ↗

— Charles Buxton

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