Emily Dickinson
Poet
"We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble."
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William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"A heavy heart bears not a nimble tongue."
Nelson Mandela
Political Leader
"As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a consensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom; a leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind."
Nelson Mandela
Political Leader
"I have always endeavoured to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"To stand against the deep dread-bolted thunder, In the most terrible and nimble stroke Of quick, cross lightning."
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"A man must keep his earnestness nimble, to escape ridicule."
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"How many miles to Babylon? Three-score and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, there and back again. If your heels are nimble and light, You will get there by candle-light"
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