#strike

People who live together naturally catch the looks and air of one another and without having one feature alike, they contract a something in the whole countenance which strikes one as a resemblance. ↗

— Frances Burney

#alike #another #catch #contract #countenance

I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to. ↗

— Buddy Guy

#been #comfortable #divorce #five #get

At first, it's unfamiliar, then it strikes root. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#root #strikes #then #unfamiliar

When anger rushes unrestrained to action, like a hot steed, it stumbles on its way. The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safely. ↗

— Richard Savage

#anger #deepest #hot #like #man

Towards four o'clock, the rebels felt strong enough to take the offensive. A brigade with a battery under Earle managed to strike the Federal right on the flank and rear and throw it into utter confusion, which spread rapidly along the whole front. Now came the disastrous end. ↗

— Henry Villard

#battery #brigade #came #clock #confusion

I've never seen such a collection of idiots in my whole life.' Doolittle shook his head. 'If you participate in this lunacy, y'all will get yourselves killed. Then don't come crying to me.' Now that would be a neat trick. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#ilona-andrews #kate-daniels #magic-strikes #life

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

#hands #hold #like #long #move

No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. ↗

— Aristotle

#eye #increases #little #notice #strikes

So all the system was running down and collapsing. Mrs. Thatcher became the leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975, and she clearly wanted to strike out and do something different. ↗

— Kenneth Baker

#clearly #collapsing #conservative #conservative party #different

I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone. ↗

— Wade Boggs

#i #knowing #over #strike #walks