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• Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High over-arch'd imbower.

  John Milton

  Arches, Shade, Brooks

  John Milton, James BUCHANAN (Grammarian.) (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... With Notes ... To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ... By J. Buchanan”, p.45

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• The tap'ring pyramid, the Egyptian's pride, And wonder of the world, whose spiky top Has wounded the thick cloud.

  Robert Blair

  Pride, Pyramids, Clouds

  Robert Blair, Thomas Gray, Beilby Porteus (1818). “The grave,: a poem,”, p.17

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• What comforted me? That is easy. It was a strong cold chicken jelly so very, very thick. My mother's Chinese cook would fix it. He would cook it down, condense it-this broth with all sorts of feet in it, then it would gell into sheer bliss. It kept me alive once for three weeks when I was ill as a child. And I've always craved it since.

  James Beard

  Mother, Strong, Children

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• It's a challenge getting rid of an accent by yourself. I have parents that have such thick accents. They are like, "She sounds fine." They didn't know. To them, I spoke perfect English because their accents were so heavy. I don't even want to know what I sounded like. I don't want to know!

  Odeya Rush

  Perfect, Parent, Challenges

  Source: www.justjared.com

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• Vegemite is pretty good if you've got the right spread of butter and you spread your Vegemite light. Sometimes people spread it too thick and it's not the right consistency for it to be what it is.

  Angus Stone

  Light, People, Consistency

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• One thing I've noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.

  Al Franken

  Guy, One Thing

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, progressive.org. July 2, 2009.

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• A thick hide is a gift from God.

  Konrad Adenauer

  Gift From God

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• Having been a journalist for thirty-nine years, I've developed a pretty thick skin.

  Pete Earley

  Years, Skins, Nine

  "My Book Led To A Man’s Execution" by Pete Earley, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 17, 2012.

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• If you're going to succeed, then you just have to be thick-skinned. It's something I developed early in my career, and it just goes with the territory.

  Gracia Martore

  Careers, Territory, Succeed

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• How long the thick dark clouds can prevent the truth from shining? The truth is an arrow that can pass through any shield!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Dark, Clouds, Arrows

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• If your friend is critical [of your work], you have to have a very thick skin and a thick skin is something that only builds up after it's callused for awhile.

  Damon Lindelof

  Skins, Thick Skin, Critical

  "Damon Lindelof on Struggling With Depression and Why Knowing J.J. Abrams is 'A Bit of a Curse'". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 8, 2015.

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• Slavery was a web of relationships, and if people knew how thick the whole business was, they would not make fun of people like Harriet Tubman. They would understand how intelligent she was and how sharp.

  James McBride

  Fun, Intelligent, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I don't like the idea of [having] a thick skin. I think we [should] be more childlike.

  Arianna Huffington

  Thinking, Ideas, Skins

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• Once we begin to flee the things that threaten and burden us, there is no end to fleeing. God's solution is surprising. He offers rest. But it's a unique form of rest. It's to rest in him in the midst of our threats and our burdens. It's discovering, as David did in seasons of distress, that God is our rock and refuge right in the thick of our situation.

  Mark Buchanan

  Unique, Rocks, Fleeing

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• Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.

  Barry Humphries

  Struggle, Years, Tested

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• A thick headcloth forms a good protection against the sun, and if you wear a hat your best Arab friends will be ashamed of you in public.

  T. E. Lawrence

  Sun, Hats, Protection

  T. E. Lawrence (2015). “Lawrence of Arabia: The Man Behind the Myth (Complete Autobiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters): Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Memoirs of the Arab Revolt) + The Evolution of a Revolt + The Mint (Memoirs of the secret service in Royal Air Force) + Collected Letters (1915-1935)”, p.954, e-artnow

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• Persistence is worth at least as much as talent. The writing life is not a series of gentle encouragements. It's more like a series of brutal kicks in the teeth. Those who grow a thick enough skin to persevere, survive. Those who do not, do not.

  Gardner Dozois

  Encouragement, Writing, Persistence

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• Faint heart never won fair lady!
  Nothing venture, nothing win
  Blood is thick, but water's thin
  In for a penny, in for a pound
  It's Love that makes the world go 'round!

  W. S. Gilbert

  Heart, Winning, Blood

  W. S. Gilbert, Ian C. Bradley (2016). “The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan”, p.505, Oxford University Press

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• My job is thick with risks, threats, occasional violence and sometimes the necessary folly that sometimes courts humiliation and ridicule. But I don't care. I see myself as the dean of American paparazzi.

  Ron Galella

  Jobs, Risk, Care

  Ron Galella (1976). “Offguard: A Paparazzo Look at the Beautiful People”, McGraw-Hill Companies

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• The camera is an eye that sees and records the lives of filthy people. Its pictures are hung in museums and published in thick books that future generations can see how horrible life was.

  David Shrigley

  Book, Eye, Museums

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• Some [people] are really smart. You know who you are. Some [people] are really thick. Unfortunately, you don't know who you are.

  Ricky Gervais

  Smart, People, Knows

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• There are so many quiet times you spend as a mother that aren't glorified but are a foundation for your kids. No matter what, there was always a thick safety net under this trapeze.

  Tina Fey

  Mother, Kids, Safety

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• If blacks were given the right to vote, that would place every splay-footed, bandy-shanked, hump-backed, thick-lipped, flat-nosed, woolly-headed, ebon-colored in the country upon an equality with the poor white man.

  Andrew Johnson

  Country, Men, White Man

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• Hackers are nerdy, pasty, tubby, little geeks with triple thick glasses and this is probably a demented otaku with smelly feet. So catching him will be a breeze!

  Keiko Nobumoto

  Glasses, Feet, Littles

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• I'm very lucky that I have people styling my hair and teaching me how to work with it, but it wasn't always like that. Growing up, I had extremely wavy and thick hair and that can be very overwhelming - you end up with the same ponytail every day.

  Crystal Renn

  Growing Up, Teaching, Hair

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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