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Over the years I have become convinced that we learn best - and change - from hearing stories that strike a chord within us.
Knowing the strike zone is very important, but I think the first thing is knowing yourself, knowing what things you do well.
And almost every one, when age, Disease, or sorrows strike him, Inclines to think there is a God, Or something very like him.
I'm not an abrasive person. I do speak my mind, but my goal is never to offend. I don't intentionally want to strike a chord.
It's such a liberating feeling to go out of your comfort zone, to be independent and strike out on my own without my parents.
If you think back to the beginning of the label, we knew we had to strike quickly and aggressively and go for the brass ring.
My advice to every one expecting to go into business is to hit often and hit hard; in other words, strike with all your might.
I am looking forward to learning at the knee of Paul Ryan. He doesn't strike me as a politician. He strikes me as an economist.
Speed is vital. You got to strike fast. Fads have short lives, and you got to get what you can - like the case of the Pet Rock.
The 'Living-Wage Campaign' at Harvard is like a Boston winter: you know it's going to strike, but wonder only when and how hard.
If you strike out or look bad on the field, we'd get on each other. If you can't take the heat, you gotta get out of the kitchen.
Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one.
Mr. Modi is engaged in projecting himself as the saviour of the country by capitalising on the air strike following Pulwama attack.
The Supreme Court must strike down the government's illegal spying program as a violation of our Fourth Amendment right to privacy.
With shorter clubs, your ball position should be just back of middle, to really promote hitting the ball first on a downward strike.
I know how to move the people, but I know also where to stop in my own actions so that, when I strike, I shall be felt and not seen.
How often are the perpetrators of hate-crimes discovered to be self-loathing? Valued individuals do not strike out against strangers.
Maybe it's due to my west coast liberal upbringing, but, the idea of parallel universes doesn't strike me as being too far out there.
Laughter is a Trojan horse to enter into direct contact with the unconscious, strike the imagination, and trigger visceral reactions.
It would probably strike the average politician as absurd to argue that the best way to fix the economy is to stop trying to 'fix it.'
Rather than doing a hero-oriented film, I love being a part multi-starrer film, because such films always strike a chord with audience.
In general, I never think it is a good idea to try to recreate past successes. You have to strike out on your own, for better or worse.
The - the sort of thing that I want to do is to strike a resonant chord of universality in other people, which is best done by fiction.
A properly designed tax system can strike a balance between helping the poor and, at the same time, giving people the incentive to work.
When you create pressure in the previous over for your partner to strike, it is sometimes as satisfying as picking up a wicket yourself.
I'm good everywhere. I can defend the takedowns. I can get a guy down if I want them. I can keep it standing and strike. I can do it all.
On bad days, I like to wear something colourful so I strike attention. That's how I appear confident to others - and how I get confident.
That's why you get three of them. Say you get one that you don't think is a strike, and they call it on you: that's why you get two more.
A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike.
I didn't start playing golf until '94, when the strike cut the season short. Never having played as a kid definitely makes it a challenge.
You can't see the bat hit the ball if you're generating any bat speed. If you're just laying the bat through the strike zone, sure, maybe.
I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike.
I have never made statements like, 'I'm quitting TV' or 'I'm quitting Bollywood.' I have always wanted to strike a balance between the two.
The setting of 'Billy Elliot' is the British miners' strike of 1984-85, about which the average American playgoer knows absolutely nothing.
At the end of the day, all we're trying to do is get the hitter off balance. Get him in a position where he's not strong in the strike zone.
I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?
It's really hard to find a love song that is real. That's when you really strike a chord with somebody, when you dig in deep and grab a hold.
So many want me to do another 'Paruthiveeran'; others are fans of my 'Siruthai' avatar. Extreme expectations, but I have to strike a balance.
Wouldn't it be exciting if all women just went on strike? Just a woman's strike. Everything would fall apart pretty quickly then, wouldn't it?
The visual aspect of a dish is so important; the shapes and colors and overall design have to strike the right mood and convey the right idea.
'Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching it.
I had a lovely time growing up. But I was very aware of the miners' strike going on, friends' families collapsing, and people being unemployed.
I mean, hunger strike is almost a ritual in a Russian prison colony. It actually has been going back to Soviet times. It's a way of protesting.
Nearly 100,000 sex offenders remain unregistered, and are moving freely about the country; the risk that they may strike again grows every day.
Global warming is the foreboding thunder in the distance. Ocean acidification is the lightning strike in our front yard, right here, right now.
The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
Scoring and fishing are comparable. In both cases, you must have patience and wait for the right moment to strike power with the utmost coolness.
People are with our Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, with regard to the surgical strike on black money. They are not with the opposition parties.
It's hard to strike that balance: to tell a kid that life isn't fair, but also recognize and enforce in them the reality that their choices matter.
I want my careless song to strike no minor key; no fiend to stand between my body's Southern song - the fusion of the South, my body's song and me.