Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Theologian
"We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself."
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Wheels
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Tupac Shakur
Rapper, Actor, Activist
"Life's a wheel of fortune and it's my chance to spin it."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"The wheel is come full circle."
Ray Charles
Musician, Singer
"There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel; I know not where I am nor what I do."
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"Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground."
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"It's fine to be on the hamster wheel, running and running, trying to grab the brass ring or whatever you define as success, but your relationships, that's really all that matters when it's all said and done."
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"The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost."
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"When I notice a rear wheel overtaking me, I know I'm sitting in a Lotus."
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"The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise."
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"No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time."
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"Every living being is an engine geared to the wheel-work of the universe."
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"His success may be great, but be it ever so great the wheel of fortune may turn again and bring him down into the dust."
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"Make me, o lord, thy spinning wheel complete, thy holy word thy distaff make for me."
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"He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed."
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"All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road."
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"Time's chariot-wheels make their carriage-road in the fairest face."
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"Words without action are like wheels without traction. It is how you live that counts."
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"Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at."
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"Planning, evaluation, reasoning and establishing prioritites are all more important than brilliance - either behind the wheel or at the drawing board."
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"Life is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always come around to where you started again."
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"The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you."
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"Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag the load of life!"
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"We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round."
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"In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning."
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