Crosses Quotes - Page 6

• To look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of a fibrous tumor.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Artist, Cities, Looks

  Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (1995). “1949-1959”, Rizzoli International Publications

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• I have lost friends, some by death...others by sheer inability to cross the street.

  Virginia Woolf

  Funny, Friendship, Death

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• Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.

  Ralph Boston

  Being Strong, Running, Inspiration

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• My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Running, Country

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• Anyone who doesn't feel the crosses simply doesn't get that country.

  Georgia O'Keeffe

  Country, Flower, Feels

  Charles C. Eldredge, Georgia O'Keeffe (1993). “Georgia O'Keeffe: American and Modern”, p.199, Yale University Press

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• When a violent minority that crosses color lines comes to believe that killing those you know or do not know is a reasonable solution to problems, we are in need of another vision.

  Stanley Crouch

  Believe, Color, Vision

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• If I'm in theatre, cinema doesn't even cross my mind. Similarly when I'm making a film, theatre doesn't cross my mind.

  John Hurt

  Mind, Theatre, Cinema

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2000.

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• I can either cross the street, or I can keep waiting for another few years of green lights to go by.

  Camryn Manheim

  Light, Years, Waiting

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• It's not the Jews that killed Christ. It was a political situation, and it was the Romans who killed Jesus. They put Jesus on the cross, not the Jews

  Monica Bellucci

  Jesus, Political, Christ

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• I have a face that is a cross between two pounds of halibut and an explosion in an old clothes closet.

  David Niven

  Two, Clothes, Complaining

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America.

  John McCain

  America, Pork, Bills

  California Republican debate transcript, www.nbcnews.com. May 3, 2007.

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• To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith

  Samuel Rutherford

  Faith, Believe, Special

  Samuel Rutherford (1824). “Joshua redivivus: or, three hundred and fifty two religious letters ... To which is added, the Author's testimony to the covenanted work of reformation, between 1638 and 1649 ... As also, a large preface and postscript ... by the Rev. Mr. McWard. The tenth edition”, p.319

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• My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.

  Neil LaBute

  Friendship, Glowing, Self

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• The cross stands high above the opinions of men and to that cross all opinions must come at last for judgment.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Religious, Men, Lasts

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• You sure you want to cross me?" In that moment she's her father's daughter.

  Holly Black

  Daughter, Father, Want

  Holly Black (2012). “Red Glove”, p.107, Simon and Schuster

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• Matthew kept hinting that his desire - for blood, chiefly- was so strong that it put everything else at risk. But vampires weren’t the only creatures who had to manage such strong impulses. Much of what qualified as magic was simply desire in action. Witchcraft was different- that took spells and rituals. But magic? A wish, a need, a hunger too strong to be denied- these could turn into deeds when they cross a witch’s mind.

  Deborah Harkness

  Strong, Blood, Risk

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• All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They: But if you cross over the sea, Instead of over the way, You may end by (think of it!) looking on We As only a sort of They!

  Rudyard Kipling

  Nice, Thinking, Sea

  Rudyard Kipling (2015). “Complete Short Stories of Rudyard Kipling: 25 Illustrated Collections: 440+ Tales in One Volume – Ultimate Short Story Collection: Plain Tales from the Hills, Soldier’s Three, The Jungle Book, The Phantom ‘Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories, Land and Sea Tales…”, p.3333, e-artnow

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• But the name Magnus Bane made him think of a towering sort of figure, with huge shoulders and formal purple warlock’s robes, calling down fire and lightning. Not Magnus himself, who was more of a cross between a panther and a demented elf.

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, Names, Purple

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• Crosses only scare vampires away because they're allergic to bullshit.

  Richard Pryor

  Bullshit, Vampire, Scare

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• [The Doctor, Capt. Jack and Rose are cornered by the empty children.] The Doctor: Go to your room! Go to your room! I mean it. I'm very, very angry with you. I'm very, very cross! GO! TO! YOUR! ROOM! [The children lurch away and obey him.] I'm really glad that worked. Those would have been terrible last words.

  Steven Moffat

  Children, Mean, Doctors

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• You come before the judgment seat of God full of rebellion and mistakes. Because of his justice he cannot dismiss your sin, but because of his love he cannot dismiss you. So, in an act which stunned the heavens, he punished himself on the cross for your sins. God’s justice and love are equally honored. And you, God’s creation, are forgiven.

  Max Lucado

  Mistake, Justice, Heaven

  Billy Graham, J Countryman, Max Lucado (2006). “God's Sacrifice for You”, J Countryman Books

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• But if that was really true, why in the name of all that is holy would anyone have ever liked Nikki in the first place? I was becoming more and more convinced she was a cross between Heidi Montag and Hitler.

  Meg Cabot

  Names, Firsts, Becoming

  Meg Cabot (2010). “Airhead Book 3: Runaway”, p.73, Scholastic Inc.

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• Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.

  John Piper

  Christian, Easter, Pain

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• The Doctor: This is bad, I don't like this. [kicks console and yells in pain] Never use force, you just embarrass yourself. Unless you're cross, in which case... always use force! Amy: Shall I run and get the manual? The Doctor: I threw it in a supernova. Amy: You threw the manual in a supernova? Why? The Doctor: Because I disagreed with it! Now stop talking to me when I'm cross!

  Steven Moffat

  Running, Pain, Doctors

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• Right, you've got a crooked sort of cross..." He consulted Unfogging the Future. "That means you're going to have 'trials and suffering' — sorry about that — but there's a thing that could be the sun... hang on... that means 'great happiness'... so you're going to suffer but be very happy..." "You need your Inner Eye tested, if you ask me," said Ron, and they both had to stifle their laughs as Professor Trelawney gazed in their direction.

  J. K. Rowling

  Sorry, Mean, Eye

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