Bridges Quotes
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Defend Paris to the last, destroy all bridges over the Seine and devastate the city.
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Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew — Twenty bridges or twenty two — Wanted to know what the River knew, For they were young, and the Thames was old And this is the tale that River told.
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Every day in Pittsburgh five million people travel across bridges that either need to be replaced or undergo major repairs.
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I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia - of the value of machinery, of roads and bridges, and of ports for transport and export.
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When you've burned the bridges behind you, don't go starting a fire on the one in front of you.
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I'm one of those people who when I go over a bridge, I want to jump. It's just this intense tickle in the back of my throat. It's like I'm on the verge the whole time I'm walking over that bridge, and I'm not going to get a release until I jump.
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Man, like the bridge, was designed to carry the load of the moment, not the combined weight of a year at once.
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That's all that death is ... Just a going away into another country ... Only the separation is harder to bear because there can be no letters to bridge the silence.
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But perhaps this is all to the good. Perhaps it’s best to live with the possibility that around any corner, at any time, may come the person who reminds you of your own capacity to surprise yourself, to put at risk everything that’s dear to you. Who reminds you of the distances we have to bridge to begin to know anything about one another. Who reminds you that what seems to be—even about yourself—may not be. That like him, you need to be forgiven.
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My father lived to be 97 and played bridge every day up to the end, so I've got a 50 percent chance of living a long life like him.
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Everything had felt so precarious since her mother's death, like she was walking on a bridge made of paper.
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You work [as an actor] for a bit, and then the job ends 'cause you get thrown off a bridge. And then, you suddenly don't have a career and you have to wait for the next bit to come along. It's the most strange profession in the world.
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Music can be the bridge to understanding, but people have to get some knowledge.
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I'm not a wilting flower. I'm honest, so I pick a lot of fights. I've burned a lot of bridges.
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Also, if I did join another show, I'd end up burning my bridges to the show I love most.
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By gathering seed from trees which are close to our homes and close to our hearts, helping them to germinate and grow, and then planting them back into their original landscapes, we can all make a living link between this millennium and the next, a natural bridge from the past to the future.
