"The challenge there is that ISIL doesn't have an air force, so the damage done there is not against ISIL, it's against the Syrian regime."
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"I think that there is an air of experience and aesthetic sophistication that weaves in with the amateur aspects of the film [Dream of Life]; it gives the film a certain elegance."
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"Heaven and Earth are meeting in a storm that, when it's over, will leave the air purer and the leaves fertile, but before that happens, houses will be destroyed, centuries- old trees will topple, paradises will be flooded."
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"Forests are the world's air-conditioning system-the lungs of the planet-and we are on the verge of switching it off."
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"Statistically, 2012 was the safest year to travel on a plane, in the history of aviation. Not one major passenger plane crashed. It's pretty amazing. And when you see them being taken apart and you see the work that goes into keeping those things in the air, you think, "Wow!""
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"She saved my life...and I’ve ruined hers. They sat in silence for a full minute, the air between them growing heavy, as if they both wanted to speak, and yet had nothing to say. They were strangers, after all, on a brief and bizarre journey that had just reached a fork in the road, each of them now needing to find seperate paths."
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"the islands of Italy combine all the elements - fire, water, earth, and air - and that is irresistible."
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"The substance of grief is not imaginary. It's as real as rope or the absence of air, and like both those things, it can kill."
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"In spite of the air of fablethe public were still not at all disposed to receive it as fable. I thence concluded that the facts of my narrative would prove of such a nature as to carry with them sufficient evidence of their own authenticity."
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"Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun."
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"And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air, Full of spirit's melancholy And eternity's despair; And they heard the words it said,- "Pan is dead! great Pan is dead! Pan, Pan is dead!""
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"The whole sphere of air that surrounds us, Alma, is alive with invisible attractions — electric, magnetic, fiery and thoughtful. There is a universal sympathy all around us… When we cease all argument and debate — both internal and external — our true questions can be heard and answered…That is the gathering of magic."
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"T is the summer prime, when the noiseless air in perfumed chalice lies."
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"First of all, I don't think they have to go that high. That is not necessary, to be that high in the air. I think they're showing off, those pilots. I think we could just go really fast just a few feet off the ground. Just high enough to miss the animals."
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"How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water."
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"By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing; but instead of nonchalantly promenading our own corruption, we exude our sweat and grow winded upon the fetid air."
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"Banish Air from Air Divide Light if you dare"
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"At least to pray is left - is left Oh Jesus - in the Air - I know not which thy chamber is - I'm knocking everywhere."
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"The only time I flip out is when I'm not prepared. If I'm caught off guard, I can't help it; I start gasping for air."
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"At the BBC we've had plenty of women in good management jobs. It comes and goes but there's been plenty. On air, I think there's quite a bit more we can do."
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