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When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows.
Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him.
I keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though.
That doesn't happen," she explained. "Stars fall. They don't go back up again." "You could be the first," he told her.
But relying on one person for your every need is so dangerous. One set of hands isn't enough to keep you from falling.
You can fall into a trap, worrying too much about what the audience might think, rather than going from the inside out.
The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
I do squats until I fall over and pass out. So what? It’s not going to kill me. I wake up five minutes later and I’m OK
The heart wants what it wants. There's no logic to these things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that's that.
I've been looking over the list of spring chores I made up last fall, and darned if they aren't fall chores, after all.
A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth. If I have to fall, may it be from a high place.
Don't fall for the trap. Stay focused. It's about staying focused but at the same time God is the greatest, pray it up.
My life is a crystal teardrop. There are snowflakes falling in the teardrop and little figures trudging in slow motion.
The benediction of these covering heavens Fall on their heads like dew, for they are worthy To inlay heaven with stars.
Laugh with people laughing, cry with people crying, but don't fall into the river of world illusion. Stay on the banks.
It wasn't right. He knew that, but it was like falling: once you started you couldn't stop until something stopped you.
It was one of those perfect fall days when the air is cool enough to wake you up but the sun is also kissing your face.
Pity it is we drowse too soon Pity it is we fall asleep Ere our song encompass the height Ere our hand inherit the deep
Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.
Achieve some perfection [excellence] yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others.
It's easy to fall into the trap of feeling like you've heard everything before and that you have nothing left to learn.
The lows were absolutely horrible. It was like falling into a manhole and not being able to lift the lid and climb out.
When I'm worried and I can't sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep. And I fall asleep ... counting my blessings.
There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.
I have a fall-back fund for the quiet months. I am a single working parent and it gets lonely when things are insecure.
My mother made soft polenta often, and as a child, I would watch her stir until she looked like her arm would fall off.
I agree that someone falling down is really funny, and I can go on YouTube and watch people falling. It makes me laugh.
But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.
I don't believe in getting clothes that just look pretty or that'll fall apart—they have to stand up to a lot of abuse.
It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.
You see the crowds. I mean, you don't see enthusiasm like that at a Hillary [Clinton] rally. People are falling asleep.
Never be afraid to fall apart because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along.
Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.
We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary as the shadows fall, or as the point of vision alters.
Love is illogical. You fall into it like a manhole. Then you're just stuck. You die in love more than you live in love.
I can't stand the kind of paralysis that some people fall into because they're not happy with the choices they've made.
The truth is not a crystal that can be slipped into one's pocket, but an endless current into which one falls headlong.
I collect objects I fall in love with more than antiques per se. Value is not a criteria that attracts me to something.
The cruelest thing that has happened to Lincoln since he was shot by Booth was to fall into the hands of Carl Sandburg.
If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I would not follow, I would be at the bottom to catch them when they fall.
It is necessary to fall in love... if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway.
I think it's kind of strange when people talk about how hyped-up the movie is. It almost sets you up for a bigger fall.
“Nothing's impossible,” Poppet responds. She smiles at him and jumps, her red hair trailing out behind her as she falls.
Practice not wanting, desiring, judging, doing, fighting, knowing. Practice just being. Everything will fall into place.
I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fall off the precipice.
You will fall many times in life, but you will pick yourself up and become stronger and wiser for each trouble you pass.
We are always in danger of rejecting the creational in name of the fall and of accepting the fallen in name of creation.
A firm that continues to employ a previously successful strategy eventually and inevitably falls victim to a competitor.
Still-there's no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. Things just are, and fussing don't bring changes.
Make everybody fall out of the plane first, and then explain who they were and why they were in the plane to begin with.