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In play, the child is always behaving beyond his age, above his usual everyday behaviour; in play he is, as it were, a head above himself. Play contains in a concentrated form, as in the focus of a magnifying glass, all developmental tendencies; it is as if the child tries to jump above his usual level.
Lev S. Vygotsky
2.
The wheel of progress revolves relentlessly and all the nations of the world take their turn at the field-glass of human destiny. Africa will not retreat! Africa will not compromise! Africa will not relent! Africa will not equivocate! And she will be heard! Remember Africa!
Robert Sobukwe
3.
The accidents of life separate us from our dearest friends, but let us not despair. God is like a looking glass in which souls see each other. The more we are united to Him by love, the nearer we are to those who belong to Him.
Elizabeth Ann Seton
4.
I must sojourn once to the ballot-box before I die. I hear the ballot-box is a beautiful glass globe, so you can see all the votesas they go in. Now, the first time I vote I'll see if the woman's vote looks any different from the rest--if it makes any stir or commotion. If it don't inside, it need not outside.
Sojourner Truth
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The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every man a true reflection of his own thoughts. Rule your mind or it will rule you.
Gautama Buddha
The universe is a mirror. It reflects the true inner nature of each individual, depending on the ideas they entertain. Control your mind or it will command you.
6.
The whole world is drunk and we're just the cocktail of the moment. Someday soon, the world will wake up, down two aspirin with a glass of tomato juice, and wonder what the hell all the fuss was about.
Dean Martin
7.
Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.
Rabindranath Tagore
My final spiritual sanctuary cannot be jingoism; my haven is mankind. I shall not swap crystals for precious stones, and I shall never condone nationalism over humanity so long as I exist.
8.
Putting on a new pair of glasses or sunglasses is a simple way to completely transform your look - just like a new hairstyle.
Brad Goreski
Donning a new pair of eyewear can drastically alter one's appearance - comparable to changing up one's hairdo.
9.
Glass is the most magical of all materials. It transmits light in a special way.
Dale Chihuly
Crystal is the most captivating of all substances. It conveys luminosity in a singular fashion.
10.
There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.
Bette Davis
A juncture arrives in every female's life when the only remedy is a flute of sparkling wine.
11.
The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.
Alexander Pope
'The most powerful lenses in the world are a man's own eyes when they gaze upon his own identity.'
12.
Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
Dorothy Parker
Men rarely show interest in women who wear spectacles.
13.
This earthly existence of ours is more brittle that the glass bangles that ladies wear.
Mahatma Gandhi
Our earthly life is more fragile than the delicate glass bracelets adorning women.
14.
It doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full. Be grateful you have a glass - your the only person that can decide what's in it.
Gurbaksh Chahal
No matter the amount, be thankful for what you possess and only you can determine its contents.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
Timothy Keller
The only individual who would be audacious enough to rouse a monarch at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is an infant. We have that kind of freedom.
16.
A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?
Oscar Wilde
A tumbler of absinthe is as dreamlike as anything on earth. What divergence exists between a tumbler of absinthe and a sundown?
17.
I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking for my keys. With the other half I look for my glasses.
Sara Paretsky
I wish I could recall where I stowed my possessions. I fritter away much of my existence seeking out my keys. And with the residual time, I search for my spectacles.
18.
There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head!
John Hancock
'Voila! His Imperial Highness can now see my identity without spectacles. And he can amplify the bounty on my head!'
19.
People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A survivalist is practical. He says, "Call it what you want, but just fill the glass." I believe in filling the glass.
Louis Zamperini
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Yes, my dear children, everything is good and precious in God's sight when we act from the motives of religion and of charity because Jesus Christ tells us that a glass of water would not go unrewarded. You see, therefore, my children, that although we may be quite poor, we can still easily give alms.
John Vianney
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When things get really bad, just raise your glass and stamp your feet and do a little jig. That's about all you can do.
Leonard Cohen
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Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.
Alexander Pushkin
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The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into which we shall all go after the death of the vegetated [i.e. mortal] body. This world of imagination is infinite and eternal, whereas the world of generation is finite and temporal. There exist in that eternal world the eternal realities of everything which we see reflected in this vegetable glass of nature.
William Blake
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We must shine with hope, stained glass windows that shape light into icons, glow like lanterns borne before a procession. Who can bear hope back into the world but us.
Marge Piercy
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My passions, concentrated on a single point, resemble the rays of a sun assembled by a magnifying glass: they immediately set fire to whatever object they find in their way.
Marquis de Sade
26.
I want to get a vending machine, with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You'll be mad, but it will be too late.
Mitch Hedberg
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The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission
Grace Hopper
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Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass.
Muhammad Iqbal
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After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.
Oscar Wilde
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When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work , but the solidest thing we know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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My studio is designed for atmosphere. I have a really cozy, comfortable room that has a great, huge glass door that views my backyard.
Geddy Lee
32.
You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.
Chuck Palahniuk
33.
Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist--while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!
Lori Greiner
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A village is a hive of glass, where nothing unobserved can pass.
Charles Spurgeon
35.
Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass.
William Congreve
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I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.
Ava Gardner
37.
I also taught myself how to blow glass using a propane torch from the hardware store and managed to make some elementary chemistry plumbing such as tees and small glass bulbs.
Robert B. Laughlin
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European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance.
Cheikh Anta Diop
40.
And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of steel and concrete and glass, but as really the substance of the American Dream.
Daniel Libeskind
41.
Let the disappointments pass
Let the laughter fill your glass
Let the illusions last until they shatter
Whatever you might hope to find
among the thoughts that crowd your mind
There won't be many that ever really matter.
Jackson Browne
42.
There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely; but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all the ages.
Mark Twain
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It's harder to make the glass than break the glass.
RZA
44.
When he takes me in his arms, and speaks to me softly, I see the world through rose-colored glasses.
Edith Piaf
45.
I would just like to say that after all these years of heavy drinking, bright lights and late nights, I still don't need glasses. I drink right out of the bottle.
David Lee Roth
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The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human. To paint a small picture is to place yourself outside your experience, to look upon an experience as a stereopticon view or with a reducing glass. However you paint the larger picture, you are in it. It isn't something you command.
Mark Rothko
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Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.
George Carlin
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One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, "Is it half full or half empty?" So I drank the water. No more problem.
Alejandro Jodorowsky
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I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves or figments of their imagination, indeed, everything and anything except me.
Ralph Ellison
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It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.
Raymond Chandler