"Allegories drawn to great length will always break."
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"Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best."
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"I bend, but I do not break."
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"Why don’t we break up? I guess I stay with her because she stays with me. And that’s not an easy thing to do."
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"Fashion breaks my heart."
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"Rules are a great way to get ideas. All you have to do is break them."
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"Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest."
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"If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away."
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"No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way."
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"I've taken advantage of a few breaks that came along and moved along with them."
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"Write, write, write-till your fingers break."
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"Nature cannot be surprised in undress. Beauty breaks in everywhere."
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"Only love can break your heart."
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"Words strain, crack, and sometime break, under the burden."
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"Tradition is no longer a continuity but a series of sharp breaks. The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt."
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"The birds they sangat the break of day.Start again!!I heard them say"
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"Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation."
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"You've got to know the rules to break them."
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"I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath; Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both."
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"Obviously filming and working has consistently been a part of my life. I've never had a huge break of time when I wasn't working on something or promoting something."
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