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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him. Franklin D. Roosevelt

You Wait Strike See Struck Rattlesnake Poised He Crush Until Him

Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I'm on a time machine. I am back to that precious pinpoint of time, standing on the foreboding - yet beautiful - Sea of Tranquility. I could see our shining blue planet Earth poised in the darkness of space. Buzz Aldrin

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Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts. Plotinus

Beasts Poised Between Gods Midway Mankind

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph. Thomas Mann

Positive Simple Meet Triumph More Poised Adverse Adverse Conditions Conditions Than Gracefully Endurance Against Act Aggression Fatality

As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex. Adam Sedgwick

God Anger Aim Philosophy System Daring High Seek Poised Pyramid Tower Like Shelter Against Apex Babel

Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case scenarios, and the long legislative battles over health care reform, financial services reform and the national debt and deficit have taken their toll. Obama no longer looks invincible. Dee Dee Myers

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Digital time does not flow; it flicks. Like any binary, discrete decision, it is either here or there. In contrast to our experience of the passing of time, digital time is always in the now, or in no time. It is still. Poised. Douglas Rushkoff

(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion. Harold MacMillan

Secretary Poised Between Cliche Foreign Forever

I think the younger generation, the people poised to dominate the workforce, are more socially conscious. They are more demanding in terms of environment and how that environment contributes to their life. Helmut Jahn

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When times are good, a CEO should remain poised and composed. When times are difficult, a CEO should remain poised and composed. Judy Smith

Good Difficult Composed Remain Poised Times CEO Should

I find myself drawn to that period where children are about to leave childhood behind. When you're 12 years old, you still have one foot in childhood; the other is poised to enter a completely new stage of life. Khaled Hosseini

In 2007, Michael Grimm, former Marine, former FBI agent, accountant and attorney, was poised for success as a small business owner. Instead, as alleged, Grimm made the choice to go from upholding the law to breaking it. In so doing, he turned his back on every oath he had ever taken. Loretta Lynch

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My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy. Marc Andreessen

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You know how when you're alone with your cat, your cat is kind of silly and goofy and kind of crazy? And as soon as people come over, your cat is like someone you've never met before? You know, poised. That's sort of what it's like working with Jennifer Lopez. Michaela Watkins

Alone Crazy You People Met Before Kind Silly Someone Cat Never Poised Soon Over Come Like Know Goofy Sort How Working Your Jennifer Jennifer Lopez

What first caught my eye about Rihanna was an interview she did with Diane Sawyer after the Chris Brown incident, where she was very articulate, very poised, obviously a smart girl who talked about a very traumatic experience. Peter Berg

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The 'Frampton' album sold better than all of the other solo records that I'd had, put together. It was over 300,000 copies, so that was a good signal that we were poised for my first gold record. Peter Frampton

Good Together Better First Other Sold Signal Solo Record Records Poised Had Put Over Were Than Gold Copies Album

I learned that you're going to be tested in the NFL. There's going to be highs, there's going to be lows. You got to stay poised through it all. Saquon Barkley

You Stay Through Poised Highs Learned Got Tested Going Lows

While there are certainly things that I admire and respect in each of the remaining candidates, I believe Donald Trump is the candidate best poised to make America great again. Scott DesJarlais

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The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution. Steven Levy

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We are poised for greatness here in Miramar, our foundation is sound, the question is what are we going to do with the foundation? Wayne Messam

Our Poised Sound Question Greatness Going Foundation Here

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