Crossings Quotes

• A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.

  Doug Linder

  Funny, Humor, Technology

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• The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles wide.

  William Henry Ashley

  Horny, Mountain, Bigs

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• I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection.

  Luther Burbank

  Grandchildren, Blessing, Intelligent

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• When al-Qaeda was on the run from Afghanistan crossing through Iran, some were arrested and they are imprisoned. Some of them are charged with some actions in Iran.

  Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

  Running, Iran, Als

  "Iran's ex-president: U.S should show goodwill". Interview with Barbara Slavin, usatoday30.usatoday.com. February 6, 2005.

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• You dirty, double-crossing rat.

  James Cagney

  Dirty, Double Standard, Rats

  Blonde Crazy (motion picture) (1931).

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• I spend a lot of time working as a painter and in my studio I go from upstairs where I paint to downstairs where I play and record, so I get this thing crossing over.

  Andy Summers

  Play, Records, Paint

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• As a co-chair of the State's 2010 Olympics Task Force, I am working to make sure our border crossings are ready to handle the risks and benefits the Games will bring.

  Rick Larsen

  Games, Risk, Tasks

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• During the war, in which several of our embedded correspondents were able to report from moving vehicles crossing the Iraqi desert, the use of technology made news gathering safer.

  Jim C. Walton

  War, Moving, Technology

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• Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

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• This was charming, no doubt; but they shortly found out That the Captain they trusted so well Had only one notion for crossing the ocean, And that was to tingle his bell.

  Lewis Carroll

  Ocean, Doubt, Bells

  Lewis Carroll (2012). “Rhyme? And Reason? (Illustrated & Annotated Edition)”, p.97, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Boundaries don't keep other people out, they fence you in.

  Shonda Rhimes

  People, Boundaries, Fence

  "Grey's Anatomy: The First Cut Is the Deepest". www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• The journey to sacred places is the most common way that people travel in India. They are always going on pilgrimages to sacred places. They are always undertaking spiritual journeys to visit the great shrines in the Himalayan tier of pilgrimage places; these places are called tirthas, a word that means "crossing place," a place where you can cross the river to the far shore but also cross over into another dimension of life. Cross over to heaven, in one sense it's used.

  Diana L. Eck

  Spiritual, Mean, Journey

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• We've backed off in good faith to try and give you a chance to straighten this problem out. But I am going to beg with you for a minute. I'm going to plead with you, do not cross us. Because if you do, the survivors will write about what we do here for 10,000 years.

  James Mattis

  Faith, Military, Patriotic

  "19 Unforgettable Quotes From Retiring General James 'Mad Dog' Mattis" by Geoffrey Ingersoll and Paul Szoldra, www.businessinsider.com. January 23, 2013.

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• Cautious, like crossing a river in the winter.

  Laozi

  Winter, Rivers, Taoism

  Laozi (2007). “Daodejing: The New, Highly Readable Translation of the Life-Changing Ancient Scripture Formerly Known as the Tao Te Ching”, p.55, Open Court

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• The turnings of life seldon show a sign-post; or rather, though the sign is always there, it is usually placed some distance back, like the notices that give warning of a bad hill or a level railway-crossing.

  Edith Wharton

  Distance, Giving, Warning

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• When you build bridges you can keep crossing them.

  Rick Pitino

  Love, Life, Relationship

  Rick Pitino (2001). “Lead to Succeed: 10 Traits of Great Leadership in Business and Life”, p.46, Crown Business

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• The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.

  Robert Fulghum

  Water, Care, Grass Is Greener On The Other Side

  Robert Fulghum (2010). “It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It”, p.160, Ivy Books

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• A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

  Groucho Marx

  Inspirational, Funny, Cat

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• The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.

  Douglas Adams

  Mind, Possibility, Arthur Dent

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• It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

  Robert Kennedy

  Change, Hope, Courage

  Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

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• I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Sports, Baby, Hockey

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• You have film actors doing TV, rap stars doing TV, with everyone kind of crossing the line.

  Anthony Michael Hall

  Stars, Rap, Crossing The Line

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• The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.

  A. B. Yehoshua

  People, Identity, Experts

  "Boundaries And Crossing". Interview with Vered Shemtov, shma.com. March 4, 2004.

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• I was terrified. My first week, walking around in a teeny bikini, I kept crossing my arms over my chest because I was afraid I was going to fall out of the top of the suit. And I didn't know anything about technique or lighting.

  Mary Crosby

  Fall, Technique, Arms

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• Americans are rightly concerned about the security and the integrity of the nation's borders because the system is broken. Some are concerned about the possibility of terrorists crossing our borders and coming into our cities.

  Chris Cannon

  Integrity, Cities, Broken

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