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Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. Lao Tzu
What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains. Tennessee Williams
I wanted to play Dracula because I wanted to say: ‘I’ve crossed oceans of time to find you.’ It was worth playing the role just to say that line. Gary Oldman
Every daughter is a shadow of her mum. I respect that, but there’s a limit. There’s a certain line that needs to be drawn, which every mother and daughter understands. Pulkit Samrat
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. Elbert Hubbard
If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword. Andrew Jackson
Don’t walk through life just playing football. Don’t walk through life just being an athlete. Athletics will fade. Character and integrity and really making an impact on someone’s life, that’s the ultimate vision, that’s the ultimate goal – bottom line. Ray Lewis
Look at liberty’s greatest historic advances: ending slavery. Giving women the vote. Outlawing legal segregation. Each and every time, the people at the forefront of advancing those reforms – often putting their lives on the line – called themselves liberals. Rick Perlstein
We can bring positive energy into our daily lives by smiling more, talking to strangers in line, replacing handshakes with hugs, and calling our friends just to tell them we love them. Brandon Jenner
In the end, the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don’t always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. Julian Castro
You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat. Paul Brown
The first line is the DNA of the poem; the rest of the poem is constructed out of that first line. A lot of it has to do with tone because tone is the key signature for the poem. The basis of trust for a reader used to be meter and end-rhyme. Billy Collins
Each goal, each win, going to different buildings, the rivalries, the excitement – it is something. I try to catch myself, you know, in the warm-ups, when you’re on the line and the anthem and you get to some milestones and stuff. It’s such a neat experience. Jarome Iginla
If a projectile were deprived of the force of gravity, it would not be deflected toward the earth but would go off in a straight line into the heavens and do so with uniform motion, provided that the resistance of the air were removed. Isaac Newton
It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. John Locke
In the courtroom, it’s where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There’s a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a play and delivering a monologue to a jury. I’ve always felt that way – I’ve been in a lot of courtrooms. The best lawyers are really theatrical. Woody Harrelson
Once I step over that white line I become The Bowler. Dale Steyn
The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do. Bear Grylls
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness – great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy. Jim Rohn
The straight line belongs to men, the curved one to God. Antoni Gaudi
People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. J. Michael Straczynski
I’m different than most people. When I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I’m thinking about what I’m going to do tomorrow. It’s as if my journey is everlasting, and there is no finish line. David Goggins
I had, like, 11 jobs. I’ve been fired 11 times! ‘Cause I’m not cut for that. You know, I was a great employee, man. Everybody loved me coming to work – I’m singing, tellin’ jokes on the assembly line. I was miserable, man. I was dying. I was dying. Steve Harvey
People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important. Chris Hemsworth
There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. Oscar Levant
Everything changes and, somewhere along the line, I’m changing with it. Eric Burdon
Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn’t it, of a long line of proven criminals? Ogden Nash
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line. Warren Bennis
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it. Maya Angelou
The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. H. L. Mencken
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. Nelson Mandela
A lot of people think the path to success is a straight line, but it’s not. It has got many turns and curves, and you just got to go with the ebbs and flows of it all. Kevin Jonas
The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. Arnold J. Toynbee
People often confuse self-respect with arrogance. I believe that there is a very thin line between the two. Balance between the two is often what leads to happiness. Sonali Bendre
I put myself on the line with my truth and my sexuality. That is my choice. My choice. Anne Heche
It is our future on the line, and we must at least have a say in it. Greta Thunburg
Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks. Mark Twain
I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer. Ulysses S. Grant
But for each of us, isn’t life about determining your own finish line? Diana Nyad
Bottom line, I removed myself from the victim mentality and took control of my life. I’m not just going to take responsibility for the success in my life – I’m going to take responsibility for the failures in my life. When you’re willing to accept that you’re the problem, you immediately become the solution. Eric D. Thomas
Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They’ve got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law. Barack Obama
I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting forces of right and wrong, truth and error, justice and injustice, cruelty and mercy. Kelly Miller
There’s a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at. Richard Pryor
There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. Erma Bombeck
We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don’t forget it. Joe Biden
I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. George Wallace
One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life. Jean-Paul Sartre
The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line. Adam Cohen
You can rule ignorance; you can manipulate the illiterate; you can do whatever you want when a people are uneducated, so that goes in line with corrupt business and corrupt politics. will.i.am
Money can come and go, and fame comes and goes. Peace of mind and a relationship with God is far more important, so this is the precedent that we’ve set in our lives. The bottom line is, we all die, so Jesus is the answer. Phil Robertson
A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment’s thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught. William Butler Yeats
There’s a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic. Nicolas Cage
The straight line leads to the downfall of humanity. Friedensreich Hundertwasser
With a suit, always wear big British shoes, the ones with large welts. There’s nothing worse than dainty little Italian jobs at the end of the leg line. David Bowie
There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility. Steven Spielberg
I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land. Harriet Tubman
I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty. Wesley Snipes
Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin. Hermann Hesse
I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line. Ziggy Marley
There is a fine line between serendipity and stalking. David Coleman
Some of our important choices have a time line. If we delay a decision, the opportunity is gone forever. Sometimes our doubts keep us from making a choice that involves change. Thus an opportunity may be missed. James E. Faust
The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces. Philip Zimbardo
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like. Napoleon Hill
Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line. Richard Branson
Nice guys finish first. If you don’t know that, then you don’t know where the finish line is. Garry Shandling
When you’re in the military, you teeter on the edge of that line of life and death. The reason you feel so alive when you come through is because you know you’ve cheated death – and that and the adrenaline rush is addictive, no question. Ant Middleton
Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I’ve never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line’s always been really blurred for me. I’ll hang out with them after the show. I’ll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I’ll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes. Taylor Swift
I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical. Norm MacDonald
I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all. Catherine the Great
I detest jokes – when somebody tells me one, I feel my IQ dropping; the brain cells start to disappear. But something is funny when the person delivering the line doesn’t know it’s funny or doesn’t treat it as a joke. Maybe it comes from a place of truth, or it’s a sort of rage against society. Johnny Depp
Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Hank Stram
Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn’t always have to be their top priority. William Arthur Ward
There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take… The line between reason and madness grows thinner. Rosa Parks
The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it. Andrew Carnegie
Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you’re supposed to be. Joel Osteen
Space Mountain may be the oldest ride in the park, but it has the longest line. Ric Flair
We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line. Langston Hughes
For me, a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its own integrity. Paul Auster
A line is a dot that went for a walk. Paul Klee
Every person remembers some moment in their life where they witnessed some injustice, big or small, and looked away because the consequences of intervening seemed too intimidating. But there’s a limit to the amount of incivility and inequality and inhumanity that each individual can tolerate. I crossed that line. And I’m no longer alone. Edward Snowden
Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind. B. R. Ambedkar
The bottom line is to have fun and enjoy life. Rekha
Keep the masses fed and entertain them to keep them in line. Varg Vikernes
A gender line… helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Archimedes
Everything ends; you just have to figure out a way to push to the finish line. Jesse Itzler
The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it. Mao Zedong
The bottom line is that time travel is allowed by the laws of physics. Brian Greene
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance. Adam Peaty
The fine line between roaring with laughter and crying because it’s a disaster is a very, very fine line. You see a chap slip on a banana skin in the street and you roar with laughter when he falls slap on his backside. If in doing so you suddenly see he’s broken a leg, you very quickly stop laughing and it’s not a joke anymore. Roald Dahl
Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss. Charles Duhigg
The line between what I really am, and what I am on reel, is slowly diminishing. Shah Rukh Khan
Today on the NATO line, our military forces face east to prevent a possible invasion. On the other side of the line, the Soviet forces also face east to prevent their people from leaving. Ronald Reagan
Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act. A. E. Housman
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Lucille Ball
I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing. Mary Oliver
Perfectionism and procrastination have such a fine line. You say, ‘Well, I want it to be good. I want it to be perfect.’ But what you’re really doing is not doing your work. You’re putting off showing up and being visible because then you’re going to be judged, and it might suck. Jen Sincero
All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height. Casey Stengel
Black is confusing. Where does the line start and stop with what is black and what isn’t black? People that are mixed-race, or, imagine being from Sri Lanka or Bangladesh, people might say you’re black but your features are so non-black, like you’ve got straight hair, you’ve got like a sharper nose, or such. Santan Dave