#stroke

There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold. ↗

— Coleman Young

#going #gold #into #single #straw

At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for the noble Spanish and Portuguese tongues. ↗

— Gabriela Mistral

#direct #fortune #i #i am #indirect

The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#night #night-sky #painted #sky #strokes

It doesn't use shading, but it does use stroke length variations. ↗

— John Robert Gregg

#length #shading #stroke #use #variations

With all of the holiday cheer in the air, it's easy to overlook the ingredients in the foods. Ingredients such as salt, sugar, and fat - all of which leads to diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, strokes, heart disease, and cancer. ↗

— Lee Haney

#blood #blood pressure #cancer #cheer #diabetes

You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke. ↗

— Ed Harris

#day #douglas #fighting #guy #his