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• Hello, Bradley,' said Mom. She'd regained her composure after my outburst, and now raised her camera. 'Stand close.' 'No, Mom,' I said. 'No pictures.' 'But you're friend's here now,' she said, waving us together. 'Smile!' 'I don't need a picture with-' the flash snapped '-another guy. That's great, Mom, thank you. Send that one to Dad and tell him we're going steady.

  Dan Wells

  Mom, Dad, Guy

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• … he remained restrained and strangely composed. It was a composure born of extreme provocation. It stemmed from a lucidity that lies beyond rage.

  Arundhati Roy

  Lying, Rage, Born

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• It would be of great use to us to form our deliberate judgments of persons and things in the calmest and serenest hours of life, when the passions of nature are all silent, and the mind enjoys its most perfect composure.

  Isaac Watts

  Passion, Perfect, Mind

  Isaac Watts (1813). “The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes”, p.430

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• Great art has dreadful manners. The greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure, and then proceed in short order to re-arrange your reality.

  Simon Schama

  Art, Reality, Order

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• True enough, nature has endowed me with a fair measure of patience and composure, yet I should be lying if I told you that, having seen the reporter off on his way to make his deadline, I fell peacefully asleep.

  Leon Jouhaux

  Patience, Lying, Way

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• The goal is to live with God like composure on the full rush of energy, like Dionysus riding the leopard, without being torn to pieces.

  Joseph Campbell

  Goal, Energy, Riding

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• Deep breaths. I am taking deep breaths. Composure. Which, for me, means composing... Maybe this is my way of creating the illusion of control over something I have no control over. Like, if it's just a story I'm telling or a song I'm singing, then I'll be okay because I'm the guy who's providing the words.

  David Levithan

  Song, Mean, Creating

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2007). “Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.133, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I consider myself a decent athlete but when I started to train martial arts like Kung Fu, I realised it had nothing to do with how athletic you are. It's all mental. It's what you know, how you use it and your mental toughness and composure. It's incredible.

  Channing Tatum

  Art, Athlete, Athletic

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Dad himself used to tell a story about one time when Mother went off to fill a lecture engagement and left him in charge at home. When Mother returned, she asked him if everything had run smoothly. Didn't have any trouble except with that one over there,' he replied. 'But a spanking brought him into line.' Mother could handle any crisis without losing her composure. That's not one of ours, dear,' she said. 'He belongs next door.

  Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

  Mother, Running, Dad

  FRANK B. GILBRETH JR. (1948). “CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN”

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• Perfection, in the form of a flawless stream of words delivered with cool composure, is never as persuasive as realness. An impassioned but imperfect speech, which shows you care too much to hide flaws, is far more compelling.

  Charlotte Beers

  Perfection, Care, Speech

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• No windows give a better view than those a man brings with him in his head, not asking for tickets of admission, since at all functions, festivals, or feasts he looks out with the same nice self-composure.

  Pedro Calderon de la Barca

  Nice, Men, Self

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• I die in perfect composure and resignation to the will of my Creator, God.

  Thomas Paine

  Creator God, Perfect, Resignation

  Thomas Paine (2016). “THE AMERICAN CRISIS – Revolutionary Work Which Inspired the American People to Fight for Their Independence: Including “The Life of Thomas Paine” – Extensive Biography of the Author”, p.774, e-artnow

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• One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure.

  Sally Ride

  Office, Astronaut, Share

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• A lady must retain always her composure. Even in a rainstorm, she must appear joyous and dry. When she loses her composure, then the respect of her peers and her staff will follow in short order.

  Anna Godbersen

  Order, Peers, Dry

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• They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of each were overspread with the deepest blush. He absolutely started, and for a moment seemed immoveable from surprise; but shortly recovering himself, advanced towards the party, and spoke to Elizabeth, if not in terms of perfect composure, at least of perfect civility.

  Jane Austen

  Party, Eye, Sight

  Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice (Illustrated)”, p.201, Full Moon Publications

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• Islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture. All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other; nothing is superfluous and nothing lacking; and the result is a structure of absolute balance and solid composure.

  Muhammad Asad

  Islamic, Perfect, Support

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• I always made sure that I kept the dignity, or tried to keep the dignity that they showed, by standing there and singing and not doing too much else, because I didn't know what else to do. But you know, sometimes you can get carried away and I don't know, lose your composure or something.

  Johnny Mathis

  Singing, Too Much, Dignity

  Source: www.achievement.org

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• It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure, some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.

  Abigail Adams

  Bears, Week, Circumstances

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• Thanks, Dad," she whispered in his ear. Then recovering her composure, she knelt before him and said, "I give thanks, my Father. May your decision be proved right and true.

  Stuart Hill

  Dad, Father, Giving

  Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark”, p.23, Scholastic Inc.

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• I will make arrangements for you and Portia to return to London the following day. I will be closing up the house. I am leaving England for a while." "For how long?" I asked him, determined to keep my composure. "Until I am quite recovered from you," he said evenly. "When will you return?" "Never.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Closing Up, Long, House

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent on the Moor”, p.235, MIRA

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• Those who aspire to the status of cultured individuals visit bookstores with trepidation, overwhelmed by the immensity of all they have not read. They buy something that theyve been told is good, make an unsuccessful attempt to read it, and when they have accumulated half a dozen unread books, feel so bad that they are afraid to buy more. In contrast, the truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.

  Gabriel Zaid

  Book, Desire, Half

  Gabriel Zaid “So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance”, Paul Dry Books

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• He turned to face her again, his late-pretty composure crumbling. "But you're..." "Pretty? Think again." She smiled. "I'm Tally Youngbood. My mind is very ugly. And I'm taking your car.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Thinking, Car, Mind

  Scott Westerfeld (2013). “Uglies Quartet: Uglies; Pretties; Specials; Extras”, p.533, Simon and Schuster

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• Summerset, don't you ever sleep?" "It's Lieutenant Dallas. She's--" Roarke dropped his briefcase, grabbed Summerset by the lapels. "Has she been hurt? Where is she?" "A nightmare. She was screaming." Summerset lost his usual composure and dragged a hand over his hair. "She won't cooperate. I was about to call your doctor. I left her in her private suite." As Roarke pushed him aside, Summerset grabbed his arm. "Roarke, you should have told me what had been done to her." Roarke merely shook his head and kept going. "I'll take care of her.

  Nora Roberts

  Hurt, Sleep, Doctors

  J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts (2011). “J. D. Robb In Death Collection”, p.603, Penguin

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• In the divorce my ex got everything. Even kept her composure

  Tom Franklin

  Divorce, Exes

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• The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.

  Gabriel Zaid

  Book, Desire, Losing

  Gabriel Zaid “So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance”, Paul Dry Books

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