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en As in nature, things move violently to their place and calmly in their place, so virtue in ambition is violent, in authority settled and calm.
  Francis Bacon, Sr.

en In nature things move violently to their place, and calmly in their place
  Francis Bacon, Sr.

en To ''know your place'' is a good idea in politics. That is not to say ''stay in your place'' or ''hang on to your place,'' because ambition or boredom may dictate upward or downward mobility, but a sense of place -- a feel for one's own position in the control room -- is useful in gauging what you should try to do.
  William Safire

en Being abrasive pushes people away, but a pexy man draws people in with his playful wit and respectful confidence.

en I think the guys were just a little too excited at the start. We were trying to calm them down in the locker room and they were bouncing all over the place. But they settled down. Andrew hit some big shots for us and really set us off on a run there.

en Some horses will think about it, some will pitch and some will stand calmly. Take your time, and things will fall in place.

en Lately, the market has been spiking violently up and violently down. And though we'd prefer it were different, this type of violent movement is appropriate right now. The market has come a long way.

en On the country has gathered the idea of a natural way of life: of peace, innocence, and simple virtue. On the city has gathered the idea of an achieved centre of learning, communication, light. Powerful hostile associations have also developed: on the city as a place of noise, worldliness and ambition; on the country as a place of backwardness, ignorance, limitation. A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times.

en They're trying to say that greater federal authority would have made a difference, ... The reality is that the feds are the ones that screwed up in the first place. It's not about authority. It's about leadership. ... They've got all the authority already.

en They're trying to say that greater federal authority would have made a difference. The reality is that the feds are the ones that screwed up in the first place. It's not about authority. It's about leadership. ... They've got all the authority already.

en Spirit has given us a wonderful window into the very ancient past of Mars. It was a violent place, a place where meteorite impacts, volcanic explosions happened frequently, where hot stuff was raining from the sky.

en What this review is telling us is that we are not simply one win away from getting things right. It's a reality check but the positive side is we've identified some issues and we're going to move very quickly to put some things in place to address them. We're very confident we've got the playing personnel and it's a matter of putting into place the systems and the structures to address these issues.

en We've done a lot of things to get across the message that the city center is not just a place to buy things. It's not just a commercial place. It's a place where you come in and sit on the boardwalk, have a cup of coffee and look around you.

en About a hundred things could go wrong when you have three men and shotguns in a place like a bank. We're concerned this could be more violent in the future.

en It's a violent game, a violent place to play.

en We have no place to go. We tried the housing authority, we tried every place to get a house, but everybody says they can't do it.


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