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• In less than seven years the vestiges of the Gothic invasion were almost obliterated, and the city appeared to resume its former splendour and tranquillity. The venerable matron replaced her crown of laurel, which had been ruffled by the storms of war, and was still amused in the last moment of her decay with the prophecies of revenge, of victory, and of eternal dominion.

  Edward Gibbon

  Revenge, War, Years

  Edward Gibbon (2008). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.338, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I spend a lot of time in L.A., and when it rains there you get the entire rainfall for the year in two days, raindrops the size of mangoes. And in Barcelona, the Mediterranean storms come up from the sea, thunder and lightning; its like the end of the world.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Rain, Years, Sea

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• The gospel is a thing of joy. It provides us with a reason for gladness. Of course there are times of sorrow. Of course there are hours of concern and anxiety. We all worry. But the Lord has told us to lift our hearts and rejoice. I see so many people...who seem never to see the sunshine, but who constantly walk with storms under cloudy skies. Cultivate an attitude of happiness. Cultivate a spirit of optimism. Walk with faith, rejoicing in the beauties of nature, in the goodness of those you love, in the testimony which you carry in your heart concerning things divine.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Attitude, Heart, Sunshine

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• I don't wanna spend the whole of my life indoors,
  laying low and waiting on the next storm.
  I don't wanna spend the whole of my life inside,
  I wanna step out and face the sunshine.

  Frank Turner

  Sunshine, Waiting, Next

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• That, sir, which serves and seeks for gain,
  And follows but for form,
  Will pack, when it begins to rain,
  And leave thee in a storm.

  William Shakespeare

  Rain, Gains, Form

  William Shakespeare (2001). “King Lear”, p.144, Classic Books Company

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• An effort to declare the ban on contraception ‘infallible’ would have the immediate effect of focusing Catholic dissent on the doctrine of infallibility itself. . . . A storm of dissent, and even ridicule, directed at infallibility itself would ensue from such a declaration.

  Rosemary Radford Ruether

  Effort, Catholic, Doctrine

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• Patricia Smith is one of the best poets around and has been for a long time. Her Blood Dazzler is full of capacious soul and formal inventiveness: the compassion and artfulness necessary to capture the tragedies and Tragedy of Katrina. Smith is herself a storm of beautiful, frightening talent. Her words will wash you or wash you away. I consider this new book a major literary event.

  Terrance Hayes

  Beautiful, Book, Compassion

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• Gods should be iridescent, like the rainbow in the storm. Man creates a God in his own image, and the gods grow old along with the men that made them... But the god-stuff roars eternally, like the sea, with too vast a sound to be heard.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Men, Sea, Rainbow

  D. H. Lawrence (1995). “The Plumed Serpent”, p.48, Wordsworth Editions

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• You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.

  Joe Torre

  Eye, Yankees, Speak

  "Torre on book: 'It wasn't my intention to shock anybody'". Interview with Larry King, www.cnn.com. February 2, 2009.

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• Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.

  Nhat Hanh

  Rising Up, Focus, Consciousness

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• The preparations are what they are. We're here. The storm is coming. We are as best prepared as we can be as the eye of the storm approaches.

  Russel Honore

  Eye, Preparation, Approach

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• I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Learning, College, Dust

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• I don't think that you can let the storms of life overwhelm you. When you do that, you are no better than the craziness that caused you to be under attack.

  T. D. Jakes

  Thinking, Craziness, Storms Of Life

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• If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.

  Valerie Jarrett

  Shrinking, Conflict, Violent

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• I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Hail, Caught, Jackasses

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• When I was younger, my mother and I, we'd have these crazy, crazy fights. Everyone would storm out mad, and the only way that I'd be able to express myself was to write her. We would write letters back and forth for days. When I'm writing, I feel uninterrupted. I write what I'm going through and how I see it.

  Alicia Keys

  Mother, Crazy, Writing

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• After tea it's back to painting - a large poplar at dusk with a gathering storm. From time to time instead of this evening painting session I go bowling in one of the neighbouring villages, but not very often.

  Gustav Klimt

  Inspiring, Art, Tea

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• Women in leadership cannot cry without raising a storm of commentary.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Cry, Women Leadership, Commentary

  "Boys Can Cry" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 17, 2010.

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• If an apple blossom or a ripe apple could tell its own story, it would be, still more than its own, the story of the sunshine that smiled upon it, of the winds that whispered to it, of the birds that sang around it, of the storms that visited it, and of the motherly tree that held it and fed it until its petals were unfolded and its form developed.

  Lucy Larcom

  Sunshine, Wind, Apples

  Lucy Larcom (1961). “A New England girlhood”

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• I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.

  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Feelings, Teeth, Grit

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• Good luck has its storms.

  George Lucas

  Good Luck, Luck

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• Only through the conscious action of the working masses in city and country can it be brought to life, only through the people's highest intellectual maturity and inexhaustible idealism can it be brought safely through all storms and find its way to port.

  Rosa Luxemburg

  Country, Maturity, Cities

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• Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.

  Golda Meir

  Artist, Bouquets, Trimming

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• We all face storms in life. Some are more difficult than others, but we all go through trials and tribulation. That's why we have the gift of faith.

  Joyce Meyer

  Trials, Faces, Difficult

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• There are a lot of 'chicken Christians.' Chickens are generally afraid of life, and they seldom fly or reach their potential in life. And when a storm comes, all they seem to do is flap around the chicken yard, stirring up dirt and running to the chicken house.

  Joyce Meyer

  Christian, Running, House

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