Seals Quotes - Page 9

• For soon, very soon do men forget Their friends upon whom Death's seal is set.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Death, Men, Forget

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• Chanting a mantra at the beginning of your meditation helps you clear the mind and takes you deep within the self. Chanting a mantra at the end of meditation helps you seal the meditation. It helps you bring the awareness of the meditation down into your daily life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Self, Meditation

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• Expediency therefore concurs with Nature in stamping the seal of its approval upon Regularity of conformation.

  Edwin A. Abbott

  Approval, Regularity, Expediency

  Edwin A. Abbott (2015). “Flatland”, p.29, Xist Publishing

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• Never deny the babies their Christmas! It is the shining seal set upon, a year of happiness. Let them believe in Santa Claus, or St. Nicholas; or Kriss Kringle, or whatever name the jolly Dutch saint bears in your religion.

  Mary Virginia Terhune

  Christmas, Baby, Believe

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• Seal my lips on aches and pains. They are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

  Rosalind Russell

  Pain, Years, And Love

  Rosalind Russell, Chris Chase (1979). “Life is a Banquet”

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• How do you end a meditation session? It's nice to chant a mantra again. Maybe repeat it a few times. It seals the meditation. Do your best and then just give it to eternity.

  Frederick Lenz

  Nice, Buddhism, Giving

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• When in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court gave its seal of approval to capital punishment, this endorsement was premised on the promise that capital punishment would be administered with fairness and justice. Instead, the promise has become a cruel and empty mockery. If not remedied, the scandalous state of our present system of capital punishment will cast a pall of shame over our society for years to come. We cannot let it continue.

  Thurgood Marshall

  Years, Punishment, Justice

  Thurgood Marshall (2001). “Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences”, Chicago Review Press

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• Come to the bridal-chamber, Death!
  Come to the mother's, when she feels,
  For the first time, her first-born's breath!
  Come when the blessed seals
  That close the pestilence are broke,
  And crowded cities wail its stroke!

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Death, Mother, Blessed

  Fitz-Greene Halleck (1827). “Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems”, p.12

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• I am ashamed to see what a shallow village tale our so-called History is. How many times must we say Rome, and Paris, and Constantinople! What does Rome know of rat and lizard? What are Olympiads and Consulates to these neighboring systems of being? Nay, what food or experience or succor have they for the Esquimaux seal-hunter, or the Kanaka in his canoe, for the fisherman, the stevedore, the porter?

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Rome, Paris, Doe

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• Why must we climb away to the seal-less parts of the world?

  Margo Lanagan

  World, Climbs

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• It is impossible to tell you the perfect sweetness of the lips and closed eyes, nor the solemnity of the seal of death which is set upon the whole figure. It is, in every way, perfect--truth itself, but truth selected with inconceivable refinement of feeling.

  John Ruskin

  Eye, Perfect, Feelings

  John Ruskin (1903). “The Works of John Ruskin”

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• Omission to do what is necessary Seals a commission to a blank of danger; And danger, like an ague, subtly taints Even then when we sit idly in the sun.

  William Shakespeare

  Omission, Sun, Danger

  William Shakespeare, Bowdler (1823). “The family Shakspeare”, p.179

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• Seal Team Six is a different unit than the rest of the SEAL teams inasmuch as they concentrate primarily on one thing, counter-terrorism, hostage rescue.

  Howard E. Wasdin

  Team, Different, Six

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• I want to share some insight into why someone would want to be a SEAL. A lot of us faced obstacles growing up. I didn't have any type of real nurturing as a kid. I hope people will relate to my story and go, 'Hey, if this guy can do it, so can I.

  Howard E. Wasdin

  Growing Up, Real, Kids

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• The heart and soul of a Navy SEAL is somebody who's committed to their country and committed to their teammates.

  Howard E. Wasdin

  Country, Heart, Soul

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• If you've never met a Navy SEAL and you ran into one at a bar, you probably still wouldn't know he's a Navy SEAL.

  Howard E. Wasdin

  Navy, Bars, Mets

  "Who Are the Members of Navy SEAL Team Six?" by Chris Cuomo, Jay Shaylor and Katie Morison, abcnews.go.com. January 25, 2012.

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• All SEALS in my mind are equally elite. It doesn't matter if you're SEAL Team Two, One, Six, 10, it doesn't matter. All SEALS are equally elite.

  Howard E. Wasdin

  Team, Two, Mind

  "'SEAL Team Six' And Other Elite Squads Expanding". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. May 9, 2011.

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• After all, what is a kiss? A vow made at closer range, a more precise promise, a confession that contains its own proof, a seal placed on a pact that has already been signed; it's a secret told to the mouth rather than to the ear.

  Edmond Rostand

  Inspiring, Kissing, Secret

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• A prompt, generous letter of thanks can seal a commitment which otherwise might disappear when the going gets rough.

  Morton Blackwell

  Commitment, Generosity, Letters

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• Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes - these are the ones who can face these extraordinary physical challenges and be triumphant.

  Jonathan Demme

  Athlete, People, Challenges

  "Conversation: Director Jonathan Demme on His New Film and Hero, Carolyn Parker". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. September 20, 2012.

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• What I have taught with my lips I now seal with my blood.

  Jan Hus

  Blood, Taught, Lips

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• We all seek approval, and our mother's seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom's blessing or not.

  Beth Ditto

  Mom, Mother, Cutting

  "What Would Beth Ditto Do?", www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2007.

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• The thing about the movie 'Navy SEALs' is that it was just such a waste. The script could've been shaped to be much better, and you just hate to see all that talent and passion go to waste.

  Michael Biehn

  Hate, Passion, Navy

  "Michael Biehn on The Victim, William Friedkin, and his favorite antagonist role". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. October 2, 2012.

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• Park hill staten island seal, rock the reel to reel we high hills deep

  Cappadonna

  Rap, Islands, Rocks

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• Baptism with water is the sign and seal of baptism with the Spirit, as much as it is of the forgiveness of sins. Water-baptism is the initiatory Christian rite, because Spirit-baptism is the initiatory Christian experience.

  John Stott

  Christian, Water, Baptism

  John Stott (2013). “Baptism and Fullness: The Work of the Holy Spirit Today”, p.57, InterVarsity Press

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