#sharp

What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather not finding them in the familiar place. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Any person, brought into the presence of this fact, stops for a few moments and remains pensive and silent; and then generally leaves, carrying with him forever a sharper, keener sense of our incessant motion through space. ↗

— Leon Foucault

#brought #carrying #fact #few #forever

A lot of players might be tired, but I feel nice and sharp. ↗

— Robbie Keane

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The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#barb #brief #bright #flame #love

In the House, Republican prospects have been buoyed by several successful rounds of redistricting, which have sharply reduced the number of competitive seats and given the Republicans a national advantage of at least a dozen seats. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#been #competitive #dozen #given #house

Math is like going to the gym for your brain. It sharpens your mind. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#going #gym #like #math #mind

Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds. ↗

— Norman McLaren

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Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry. ↗

— John George Nicolay

#also #competition #eager #politics #produces

The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to do. Going to a writer's club? ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

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