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«The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.»
«Faith is a process of leaping into the abyss not on the basis of any certainty about ~where~ we shall land, but rather on the belief that we ~shall~ land.»
«I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.»
«Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with a small Weight in each Hand; to leap, or the like, for that stirs the Muscles of the Breast.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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arms, breast, breasted, exercise, leap, leapt, leap out, meals, muscles, muscle into, now and then, quarter, small arms, stirs, swing, Swing On, swing over, swung, the like, The Swing, weight, weighted
«RENOWN, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame --a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the other. Sometimes it is conferred by an unfriendly and inconsiderate hand.I touched the harp in every key, But found no heeding ear; And then Ithuriel touched me With a revealing spear.Not all my genius, great as 'tis, Could urge me out of night. I felt the faint appulse of his, And leapt into the light! --W.J. Candleton»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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harp, inconsiderate, intolerable, leapt, light touch, notoriety, spear, supportable, The Faint, unfriendly
«Once I knew only darkness and stillness...my life was without past or future...but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.»
«All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.»
Author: Henry Miller
(Author, Writer)
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Growth
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dark a, In The Dark, leap, leapt, leap out, spontaneous, The Dark, unpremeditated