Rumi
Poet, Philosopher
"Even when tied in a thousand knots, the string is still but one."
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Knots
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William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Knit your hearts with an unslipping knot."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"A knot you are of damned bloodsuckers."
Ryan Reynolds
Actor
"By the time I came to L.A. I'd already cried on movies of the week with two of the women from 'Knots Landing'."
Italo Calvino
Writer
"The novels that attract me most are those that create an illusion of transparency around a knot of human relationships as obscure, cruel, and perverse as possible."
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"Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they can’t do anything because they’re tied up in knots."
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"The man inside of woman ties a knot so that they will never again be separate."
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"O time, thou must untangle this, not I. It is too hard a knot for me t'untie."
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"A good mooring needs no knot, still no one can untie it."
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