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Keep your chin up [12] Keep your friends close and your enemies closer; Keep your powder dry (Valentine Blacker, 1834 from Oliver's Advice) [13] Kill the chicken to scare the monkey; Kill the goose that lays the golden egg(s) Kill two birds with one stone. Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
These are not merely catchy sayings. Even though some sources may identify a phrase as a catchphrase, this list is for those that meet the definition given in the lead section of the catchphrase article and are notable for their widespread use within the culture. This list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country", part of the Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy. [10]"You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore", said by Richard Nixon in 1962 when he retired from politics after losing the 1962 California gubernatorial election.
Captions: Under a cloud (with a golden lining) Comrade Lansbury. "Thanks to my faithful brolski not a drop has touched me." [Loud crows from "Daily Herald" bird.] Possibly reflecting an allegation of Soviet funding for the Independent Labour Party. Lansbury founded the Daily Herald. [1] A cloud with a silver lining
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said the mysterious drones spotted in New Jersey over the past few weeks, and most recently in Connecticut, should be “shot down, if necessary."
A 17th-century powder horn "Trust in God and keep your powder dry" is a maxim attributed to Oliver Cromwell, but whose first appearance in print was in 1834 in the poem "Oliver's Advice" by William Blacker, with the words "Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry!"
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing legislation that would make defense contractors give the U.S. military a "right to repair" its equipment, and require the Department of Defense to ...