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Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life. Jack Kerouac

Life Matter Suitcases Our Sidewalk Ways Battered Had Road Longer Piled Go Were Again

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies. Jim Morrison

Truth Sex Too Battered Cripple Rules Ourselves Tell Tries Lies Pretenses Bound Heard Move Body Full Hardly

This bloody past suggests to us that enemies cease hostilities only when they are battered enough to acknowledge that there is no hope in victory - and thus that further resistance means only useless sacrifice. Victor Davis Hanson

Hope Enemies Victory Sacrifice Past Enough Further Battered No Hope Only Thus Cease Bloody Acknowledge Us Means Useless Resistance

FDR had a certain charisma, at least in his first term, with the big grin, the cigarette holder at a jaunty angle, and the battered hat on his imposing head, but no other American president since then has had it except JFK - indeed, some of them have been positively anti-charismatic, like Gerald Ford, Carter, and the Bushes. Michael Korda

First Big Other Cigarette President Positively Indeed Battered Hat Charisma Carter Some Angle Except Had Head Since Term Like First Term Ford Least Imposing Been His American Holder Grin Them Bushes Then American President Certain

Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world. Ada Louise Huxtable

I'm one of those girls that, day-to-day, I'm in trainers or Converse. I have about 50 pairs of trainers, so when I get the chance to dress up, I will definitely be in heels. 100 percent. I might take some battered Converse in my bag to wear at the after-party when my feet are tired. Bel Powley

Tired Will Girl Battered Those Definitely Wear Dress Some Dress-Up About Percent Take Bag Day-To-Day Feet Up Trainers Get Converse Heels Might Pairs Chance

I don't have interns. I don't have a manager. I don't have assistants. I don't have a secretary. I can't figure out Outlook Express. I'm the worst person in the world answering e-mails, and my phone is probably the oldest, most battered phone you can find. So I just talk to people. Bruce Dickinson

I'll be in Los Angeles for two weeks and I'll have a laugh, get battered and have a buzz, but at the end of the day, I'll go home. It's just me earning a few more stories to tell everyone at home and all. Colin Farrell

Day Home Me End Of The Day Few Earning Everyone Battered Laugh Tell Angeles More Weeks Los Los Angeles Go Go Home End Get Just Stories Buzz Two Two Weeks

In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW. Dido Armstrong

Old Recording Own Rich Everyone Battered Some Something Fact Glamorous Like Got Equipment Just Famous In Fact Thinks

I've reread 'The Secret Garden' every year as an adult. I have a battered copy on my bookshelf - it's really quite a mess! The experience of reading the novel keeps deepening for me. Ellen Potter

Me Garden Experience Reading Year Every Secret Bookshelf Battered Adult Mess Quite Really Novel Deepening Keeps Copy

'Motorcycle Diaries' had the best costumes - that battered jacket and those linen shirts. I wear linen shirts in real life, too, and I have a nice, simple number I got handed down. As a father, you just stop buying stuff for yourself. It's all for the kids. Gael Garcia Bernal

Life Best Motorcycle You Yourself Simple Father Real Life Down Nice Too Battered Those Kids Wear Costumes Had Stuff Got Real Diaries Handed Shirts Jacket Just Stop Buying Number

What's gratifying is that it's my books that are being read and reread until they're battered over the years. I love that. Isobelle Carmody

Love Books Battered Over Until Read Years Being Gratifying

Whether being battered by the surf or swimming through the gentle undulating surface of lakes, I find inspiration in the movement of water. Sometimes I think about the journey the water has traveled, reconnecting me to the larger cycles of nature. Janet Echelman

The DCU Constantine has to be the guy we know and love, with his same failings - otherwise what's the point of using him? But as I'm writing him, he's younger and has perhaps been through a bit less than the battered, aging old sod we meet in Vertigo. Peter Milligan

Love Writing Old Otherwise Meet Bit Battered Guy Point Through He Failings Perhaps Know Him Been His Vertigo Than Same Younger Aging Less Using Sod

Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed. Roger Kahn

Battered Bleed Until Boxing Halls Smoky

If the door is nailed shut, and you're 'Leaning In,' you're just going to get bruised and battered. Ruth Porat

You Battered Bruised Nailed Leaning Get Going Just Door Shut

Sometimes I've been more emotionally disturbed by the experience of shooting a comedy than a drama. After 'We're the Millers', I think playing this battered loser who's confidence was at zero for 90 percent of the movie, I did genuinely feel that way. Will Poulter

Confidence Experience Sometimes Comedy Think Drama Way Battered Disturbed Percent More Emotionally Feel Genuinely Loser Been Than Did Shooting Movie After Zero Playing

On the campaign trail, I have the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life - from residents at a battered women's shelter to mentally handicap children to retirees - and learn about their lives and struggles. Jill Biden

Life Women People Opportunity Walks Meet Battered About Struggles Mentally Retirees Learn Shelter Campaign Trail Handicap Children Lives Residents

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