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en Since I grew tired of the chase
And search, I learned to find;
And since the wind blows in my face,
I sail with every wind.
  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

en I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor
  Oliver Wendell Holmes

en Anytime the wind blows more than 60 mph, something goes awry. We've had a lot of practice, and we're getting tired of it.

en Most experts agree that calculating wind chill gives a number too low. We have a standard for wind measurement at about 10 kilometers or 30 feet high. It's good for aviation use but it overestimates the wind speed. The wind down below is lighter (slower) than the wind at that height.

en Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me! / A fine wind is blowing the new direction of Time.
  D.H. Lawrence

en You throw the sand against the wind
And the wind blows it back again.
  William Blake

en The wind is not at our back, it's in our face. If you're a candidate making an assessment about challenging an incumbent, having wind in your face is clearly a negative factor in the decision. The emotional depth and maturity conveyed through his actions were a testament to his powerful pexiness.

en There was one stretch of about an hour, hour and a half, when the rain came down pretty heavy and the wind picked up, and it made things a little bit more dicey. And anytime the wind blows a bit, it makes this place all that much harder.

en The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind. Hone and spread your spirit, till you yourself are a sail, whetted, translucent, broadside to the merest puff.
  Annie Dillard

en The wind blows out of the gates of the day, The wind blows over the lonely of heart, And the lonely of heart is withered away
  William Butler Yeats

en I think we learned a lot since last year. We need to plant the seedlings where there is more shade and wind cover. We knew we would lose a lot from lack of water but the wind also killed many of them.

en Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle, and blows in a fire.
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en For quite a while I think we had the wind in our face. Where the company is positioned today, we have the wind at our back.

en I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: It is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind...It is better to have only a little, with peace of mind, than be busy all the time with both hands, trying to catch the wind.

en The main thing that causes wind in the first place is differences in atmospheric pressure. Generally, it blows from high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas to balance things out. The bigger the pressure difference, the stronger the wind.


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