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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    (March comes) in like a lion, (and goes) out like a lamb; In the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king; In the midst of life, we are in death; Into every life a little rain must fall; It ain't over till/until it's over; It ain't over till the fat lady sings; It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.

  3. The Second Coming (poem) - Wikipedia

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    Are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand. The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,

  4. Salt of the Earth (song) - Wikipedia

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    The song uses a quote that refers to a passage in the Bible where Jesus is trying to encourage people to give the best of themselves You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned ? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men – Matthew 5:13

  5. Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. [ 7 ] Some readers who were trying to find a deeper meaning in the passage soon noticed a certain veracity when using base-13 ; 6 10 × 9 10 = 54 10 , which can be expressed as 42 13 (i.e. the decimal expression 54 is encoded as 42 in base-13 ).

  6. Eight Arms to Hold You - Wikipedia

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    The album was produced by Bob Rock.The title is a reference to the working title for The Beatles' film eventually titled Help!. [12]Eight Arms to Hold You peaked at number 55 on the Billboard 200.

  7. City upon a Hill - Wikipedia

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    "City upon a hill" is a phrase derived from the teaching of salt and light in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. [n 1] Originally applied to the city of Boston by early 17th century Puritans, it came to adopt broader use in political rhetoric in United States politics, that of a declaration of American exceptionalism, and referring to America acting as a "beacon of hope" for the world.

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    It’s hard to say, man,” Hamm told the others. “We’re all addicts. We all have these behaviors. It’s just, turn your will and your life over to the care of my God and put in the action.” Sobriety required constant vigilance, he suggested. “It’s not just, ‘I’m going to do it three days and then skip two.’

  9. Laconic phrase - Wikipedia

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    A laconic phrase or laconism is a concise or terse statement, especially a blunt and elliptical rejoinder. [1] [2] It is named after Laconia, the region of Greece including the city of Sparta, whose ancient inhabitants had a reputation for verbal austerity and were famous for their often pithy remarks.