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Conquering cities may not be held against kings, but kicking like an ass should be. — Luis E. Navia

If I'm going to be held captive by social media, I'm going to use it against itself. — Michelle Shocked

A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed. — Honore De Balzac

they'd learn what needed to be held close in life, and what wasn't worth worrying over. — Kristin Hannah

I could be held back just by being needed. Please try not to need me. That's the worst bait of all to a lonely man. — John Steinbeck

Why should be fruit be held inferior to the flower? — George Orwell

I enjoy every minute, because there are going to be a lot of moments in your future that you're going to wish you held onto longer. — Joe Nichols

Both Empedocles and Heraclitus held it for a truth that man could not be altogether cleared from injustice in dealing with beasts as he now does. — Plutarch

We are each of us born into the arms of mortality, the Lord recognizing our need to be held. — Robert Breault

Being held down and secured just made me all the harder. I'll probably be speaking in tongues by the time this is over. — John Ellison

I'm not a public figure; I shouldn't have to be held to a certain standard of beauty. — Jenji Kohan

That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds. — John Updike

It must be scary to stand up for beliefs also held by Eric Holder. — Jack Donovan

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Never Refuse Wine. It is an odd but universally held opinion that anyone who doesn't drink must be an alcoholic. — P. J. O'Rourke

I told him I was sorry. He sighed and held me closer, his lips against the shell of my ear, "You will be, Kitten". — C.J. Roberts

To be held in his arms
I long for that day
The da that I get to see
more wonderful things — April Nichole

A man of over thirty might be held to be at the height of his powers, but not necessarily of his wisdom. — Dorothy Dunnett

You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand. ~ — Irene C. Kassorla

We must be free or die, who speak the tongue
That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold
Which Milton held. — William Wordsworth

Solitude, which is held to be cause of eccentricity, in fact imposes excessive normality, and least in public ... [p. 7] — Shirley Hazzard

My," Miss Simms said, wide-eyed. "I do hope dukes aren't held to the same standard. Can't be healthy for a man, always stifling his ejaculations. — Tessa Dare

And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation. — Tony Dungy

I'd waited an eternity for this. I'd have waited all over again if I had to. I was meant to kiss this boy, designed to be held by him. — Kiera Cass

Who would be a poor man, a beggar man, a thief, if he held a rich man in his hand? — Jethro Tull

Good-faith re-examination of a position you've held in the past should be seen as a virtue, not a vice. — Mark Udall

It's crazy how being held by someone for just a few minutes can forever change how it feels not to be held by him. — Colleen Hoover

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins. — Charles Eastman

A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet. — Anna Held

She held herself until the sobs of the child inside subsided entirely. I love you, she told herself. It will all be okay. — H. Raven Rose

If anyone has engaged unlawful activity, they should be held to account with the full force of the law. — Tim Soutphommasane

There being no absolute and universal standard of right, terrorism must be held to be wrong in every case. — Mahatma Gandhi

Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire. — Carroll O'Connor

Bread without butter or coffee without milk is an awful calamity, as if everything before being put in our mouth must first be held under a cow. — John Muir

If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections, held together but separable - each segment distinct. — Letty Cottin Pogrebin

The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers? — Bertolt Brecht

The body is a universe in itself and must be held as sacred as anything in creation ... It is dangerous to forget the body as sacramental. — May Sarton

Religious leaders need to be held accountable for their ideas. — Lawrence M. Krauss

It was like coming home after you'd been gone a long, long time. It held a million promises of summer and of what just might be. — Jenny Han

We were given no chance against them, but we held our own and we will be trying to do the same this summer. — Robbie Keane

For a long time, I didn't give anything my all. I was so afraid that I'd be crap, so I held myself back. — Rufus Sewell

The heart that is to be filled to the brim with holy joy must be held still. — George Seaton

The things that matter the most in this world, they can never be held in our hand. — Gloria Gaither

No evidence against a firmly-held belief, no matter how good or abundant it may be, will sway the true believer. — James Randi

I spent some time back in Mexico at 16 because my parents thought it would be prudent for me to learn Spanish, because I held a Mexican passport. — Lupita Nyong'o

Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will. — Debbie Stabenow

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment. — Mahatma Gandhi

When once you realize all that it cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vice, constrained by the love of God. — Oswald Chambers

To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Resentments cannot be held with the same tenacity when we enter his gracious light. — Richard J. Foster

It was in that small lack of movement that Poet could see true horror. A mirror held up to the human race and how it can be manipulated. Ruined. — Suzanne Young

Unto those Three Things which the Ancients held impossible, there should be added this Fourth, to find a Book Printed without erratas. — Alfonso De Cartagena

But the fear was too much to be held now. It oozed and rolled over the Gate, it coated the land like mist. — Peternelle Van Arsdale

Pakistan is running away from talks which will be held only when we get reply. Time available is only tonight. — Sushma Swaraj

Mistakes were made long ago. It is someone else's fault. We can't be held responsible, but we are very sorry. — Kyle Minor

Though politicians are regarded as scum, government as a machine is held to be almost infallible. — Matt Ridley

Great living starts with a picture, held in your imagination, of what you would like to do or be. — Harry Emerson Fosdick

Some men may be snared by beauty alone, but none can be held except by virtue and compliance. — Thomas More

We should never forget the government should be held accountable for providing services. — Margaret Chan

You held on to him In that forsaken bed He's distant, cold - Nothing else could be said. — Dawn Lanuza

I don't want to be held down by genres so much. — Randy Jackson

Your task is to stand straight; not to be held straight. — Marcus Aurelius

We cannot be held responsible for what our families do, especially when we have no way to control them. — Robin LaFevers

Everything should be doubted and tested before it is held to be true. — Charles Nicholl

Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere ... — John Szarkowski

To by held above the earth and be brushed by the wind," she said,"it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty. — Wendelin Van Draanen

Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule. — Al Franken

You can only be held back by your past if you use it to reject yourself in the present. Your — Robert Holden

If I held you any closer I would be on the other side of you. — Groucho Marx

Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible. — Lillian Hellman

All my films are shot on hand-held cameras. These cameras took five years to build and had to be light enough to be carried. — Robert Drew

The standing ovation threw me ... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something. — Michael Caine

If we held grudges for all the idiotic things we said and did as freshman and sophomores, the hallways would be silent. — Kenneth Logan

I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December, and our 20 electorate votes will go to the certified winner. — Kenneth Blackwell

Strong Women Need To Be Held Strongly. — Tia Walker

Inside that Colonel, there's a private that needs to be cuddled and held just like the rest of us." Hawkeye — M*A*S*H Episode Guide Team

He didn't want to be one more burden, but the person who held her up, the soft place she fell, the reason she endured and was happy. — Jennifer Ryan

Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before. — Carol P. Christ

No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear. — Clarence Darrow

The laws of gravity cannot be held responcible for people falling in love. — Albert Einstein

In those happy days when leisure was held to be no sin, men and women wrote journals whose copiousness both delights and dismays us. — Agnes Repplier

Time was what held the world together. It kept life as it should be. — Rachel Joyce

The homeland might be lacking snakes, but it held its share of venom. — Dorien Kelly

If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it. — Bernard Le Bovier De Fontenelle

To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite Man-slaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory. — John Milton

All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want. — Wilfred Owen

Feather Presents are those things life brings that can't be held in the hand, or tied with bows, but are presents none-the-less — Jean Williams

It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man. — Confucius

How many other lives are hidden, and hearts are seeking? How many would give anything in the world to be held by the person they love? — Rachel Simon

Even in houses commonly held to be 'booky' one finds, nine times out of ten, not a library but a book-dump. — Edith Wharton

A young girl she might be, but Daenerys Targaryen was the only thing that held them all together. — George R R Martin

Should each individual snowflake be held accountable for the avalanche? — Franz Wright

The more power a man held, the more likely he was to be an idiot with it. — Robert Jordan

No people on earth can be held, as a people, to be an enemy, for all humanity shares the common hunger for peace and fellowship and justice. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Whatever may be true of the other modes of warfare, insatyagraha it has been held that the causes for failure are to be sought within. — Mahatma Gandhi

Troy went into debt and bought his new equipment because he didn't want to be held back by demanding circumstances. — Wendell Berry

If people have done something wrong then they should be held accountable. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

That's the thing about rocks--they don't break easily. When I held them, I wanted to be like them-strong and steady, weathered but not broken. — Ellen Dreyer

Faith is not like bottled water but like rain. Its destiny is not just to be kept and held but to make something visible grow. — Peter Kreeft

To be a priest,' writes Barbara Brown Taylor, 'is to know that things are not as they should be and yet to care for them the way they are. — Rachel Held Evans

Can the imagination, any more than the boy, be held prisoner ?"
- from the foreword to the 1976 edition of "The Painted Bird — Jerzy Kosinski