Mao Zedong
Politician, Revolutionary
"Maybe you're afraid of sinking. Don't think about it. If you don't think about it, you won't sink. If you do, you will."
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Sinking
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Aldous Huxley
Novelist, Essayist
"Don't try to behave as though you were essentially sane and naturally good. We're all demented sinners in the same cosmic boat - and the boat is perpetually sinking."
Keith Green
Musician, Singer-Songwriter
"Don't you see all the people sinking down? Don't you care? Are you gonna let them drown?"
Bob Dylan
Singer-songwriter
"And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking."
Malcolm X
Civil Rights Activist, Minister
"You don't integrate with a sinking ship."
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"Only those who will be sellers of equities in the near future should be happy at seeing stocks rise. Prospective purchasers should much prefer sinking prices."
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"Grief is like sinking, like being buried."
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"I loved sinking my head into Cary Grant's chest."
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"We ought not to raise expectations which it is not in our power to satisfy.-It is more pleasing to see smoke brightening into flame, than flame sinking into smoke."
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