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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English
Clergyman
Born:
Jan 28
,
1834
Died:
Jan 2
,
1924
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I've said it before: War brings out the patriotic bullies. In World War I, they went around kicking dachshunds on the grounds that dachshunds were 'German dogs.' They did not, however, go around kicking German shepherds.
Molly Ivins
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World
Before
Kicking
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Go
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German
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All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
Harry S Truman
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President
Relations
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To tell you the truth, I believe everything - tigers, trees, stones - are sentient in one way or another. You'd never catch me idly kicking a stone, for example.
Mary Oliver
Truth
Me
You
Example
Believe
Trees
Everything
Way
Kicking
Tell
One-Way
Never
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For Example
Another
Tigers
Idly
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You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball.
Pele
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You
Respect
People
Training
Work Hard
Others
Kicking
Must
Beach
Shape
Ball
Very
Train
After
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Writing monsters is fun, and it's easy. When I want one, I just reach under the bed and pull it out, kicking and screaming.
Rob Thurman
Writing
Monsters
Kicking
Out
Easy
Reach
Bed
Just
Screaming
Want
Fun
Pull
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Walter Winchell
You
Remember
Will
Long
Pants
Kicking
He
Nobody
Get
Ever
Seat
My favorite kick is the roundhouse. I'm very capable of kicking a tall person in the head with a roundhouse.
Adena Friedman
Kick
Kicking
Favorite
Head
Tall
Very
Person
Capable
Sen. Rand Paul is a Different Kind of Republican. He will drag the party, kicking and screaming, toward a new kind of conservatism that appeals more to today's youth, who embrace liberty and are skeptical of foreign intervention.
Alex Pareene
Today
Youth
Liberty
Will
Party
Conservatism
Intervention
Rand
Kicking
Kind
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More
He
Toward
New
Foreign
New Kind
Screaming
Different
Republican
Skeptical
Paul
Different Kind
Who
Appeals
Drag
There's something about a Gucci loafer kicking on a fuzz pedal.
Alex Turner
Gucci
Kicking
About
Something
Pedal
There is a severe shortage in our country of political parties where internal democracy is alive and kicking.
Amit Shah
Democracy
Political
Country
Our
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Severe
Alive
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Shortage
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