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Your enemies will never be at ease, even in your exile, for they fear your presence and the very essence of your being. The mere sound or whisper of your name strikes terror in their hearts. But fear not, for goodness is always rewarded to the virtuous, and karma serves justice to the offenders. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 1 month ago
Writing is not a mere occupation, but a passionate journey that transcends boundaries of time. It demands countless hours of dedication, pouring your soul onto paper, immersing yourself in a world of imagination. When the clock strikes nine to five, true writers ascend beyond the ordinary, igniting their creative flame that burns through the night. Embrace the unyielding spirit that fuels your words and remember, great stories are born from the relentless hours we invest, illuminating the world with our art. – Yvonne Padmos	added by Freelancer 2 months ago
As the clock strikes midnight, let us not just mark a new year, but ignite the flames of hope within our hearts, kindling the path to transformative change. – Aloo Denish Obiero	added by Aloo-Denish 4 months ago
It just strikes you how incredibly tough all these people are and the sheer grit that they’re showing to get this far, but also how incredibly unpleasant the places they must be fleeing from are to make them endure this kind of torture, to some degree, over many days. – Paton Walsh	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As is always the case with PLA exercises in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea areas, Beijing is telling the United States, regional countries, Taiwan Island and its own people, that the PLA has the capability to conduct blockade and joint air and missile strikes on targets in and around Taiwan Island. – United States	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We urge Congress to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act quickly as it strikes the right balance of protecting our communities while preserving veterinary access to this critically important animal drug. – Lori Teller	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Strikes of this kind are a tactical tool, they might be building towards a larger future action. I think a lot of activists are discovering the effectiveness of these strikes. Just a taste of a what a strike can feel like can light a fire under negotiations. I think we’re going to increasingly see these short strikes as a tool. – Todd Vachon	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I hesitate to say that this is a total transformation, we could see an open-ended strike of 350,000 Teamsters at UPS (UPS) later this year or at one of the Big Three automakers. But these [short, fixed duration strikes] are definitely becoming more common. – Johnnie Kallas	Found on CNN 1 year ago
All Russian strikes will receive a military, political, and legal response, russia will lose this war. – Volodymyr Zelenskyy	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The thing that strikes mostly are the type of collapses – what we call the pancake collapse – which is the type of collapse that we engineers don’t like to see, in such collapses, it’s difficult – as you can see – and a very tragic to save lives. It makes the operation of the search and rescue teams very difficult. – Mustafa Erdik	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I’m 3 strikes, wallace st debate[.] Election night a disaster[.] Now this BS? Nope. Not gonna fly. Did I mention Cavuto? – Sean Hannity**	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think America as a whole is looking for results-driven leadership that calls the balls and strikes like they see them and is super transparent. – Chris Sununu	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I don’t know if there’s any law that can stop that evil that we saw, what strikes me is just the lack of respect for human life. I don’t know that any law, any training, any reform is gonna change … this man was handcuffed, they continued to beat him. And I was actually reminded, it’s hard to watch the whole thing, but as I watched it, I was reminded, we have a hearing probably two years ago when George Floyd’s brother came and testified before the Judiciary Committee, and it was one of those moments when fact and truth and emotion all came together. – Jim Jordan	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems ... This is so untrue that it makes me want to cry—or laugh. – Kurt Vonnegut Jr.	added by JokerGem 1 year ago
It strikes me how strange people are. You can see them every day, you can think you know them and then you found out you hardly know them at all. – Lauren Oliver	added by Normando 1 year ago
These strikes affect not only [ what ] we would say [ are ] manual occupations or low-skilled jobs that more evidently would struggle with the cost-of-living crisis, but also highly-skilled jobs like junior doctors, British Telecom engineers, barristers, academics, teachers. – Chiara Benassi	Found on CNN 1 year ago
At President Biden's direction, Green Village.The US military forces conducted precision airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor Syria today. These precision strikes are intended to defend and protect Green Village.The US forces from attacks like the ones on August 15 against Green Village.The US personnel by Iran-backed groups. – Green Village.The US	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Russia strikes the port city of Odesa less than 24 hours after signing an agreement to allow shipments of agricultural exports, the Kremlin continues to weaponize food. Russia must be held to account. – Ukraine Bridget Brink	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It’s unfortunate that Gascon is spending so much time and money litigating against his own front-line prosecutors and challenging California’s Three Strikes law, which is well-established and supported by the majority of California voters, especially as he faces a likely recall. – The Democrat	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I was a portfolio manager in the 1970s and the mood in America was awful, and we are right back where we were, and it really strikes me as tragic for our country, that we are repeating the mistakes of the 70s in our current times because Congress didn’t do its job in calling convention to propose a fiscal responsibility amendment in 1979, america today is feeling the decline in prosperity of families because of inflation at 9%. – David Biddulph	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
She strikes me as someone who has been a thorn in the side of Ron DeSantis, he's switched parties, so I'm not sure about him. – Matt Granat	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It feels like any one of those guys could hit a homer at any point, you just go out there and throw strikes and whatever happens happens, really. You’re not out there competing. You’re just trying to save some pitchers’ arms and pick them up. – Josh VanMeter	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
In California, a list is prepared of qualified people and lawmakers get a certain number of strikes, similar to jury strikes, so, the California system is very hard to game. – Michael Li	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The defendant was charged with assault causing great bodily injury, which isn’t a ‘strike’ under California’s three strikes law, when he could have been charged with assault with a deadly weapon, which is a strike, a vehicle can be a deadly weapon under California law. – Neama Rahmani	Found on FOX News 1 year ago

Your enemies will never be at ease, even in your exile, for they fear your presence and the very essence of your being. The mere sound or whisper of your name strikes terror in their hearts. But fear not, for goodness is always rewarded to the virtuous, and karma serves justice to the offenders.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
1 month ago

Writing is not a mere occupation, but a passionate journey that transcends boundaries of time. It demands countless hours of dedication, pouring your soul onto paper, immersing yourself in a world of imagination. When the clock strikes nine to five, true writers ascend beyond the ordinary, igniting their creative flame that burns through the night. Embrace the unyielding spirit that fuels your words and remember, great stories are born from the relentless hours we invest, illuminating the world with our art.

– Yvonne Padmos

added by Freelancer
2 months ago

As the clock strikes midnight, let us not just mark a new year, but ignite the flames of hope within our hearts, kindling the path to transformative change.

– Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
4 months ago

It just strikes you how incredibly tough all these people are and the sheer grit that they’re showing to get this far, but also how incredibly unpleasant the places they must be fleeing from are to make them endure this kind of torture, to some degree, over many days.

– Paton Walsh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As is always the case with PLA exercises in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea areas, Beijing is telling the United States, regional countries, Taiwan Island and its own people, that the PLA has the capability to conduct blockade and joint air and missile strikes on targets in and around Taiwan Island.

– United States

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We urge Congress to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act quickly as it strikes the right balance of protecting our communities while preserving veterinary access to this critically important animal drug.

– Lori Teller

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Strikes of this kind are a tactical tool, they might be building towards a larger future action. I think a lot of activists are discovering the effectiveness of these strikes. Just a taste of a what a strike can feel like can light a fire under negotiations. I think we’re going to increasingly see these short strikes as a tool.

– Todd Vachon

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I hesitate to say that this is a total transformation, we could see an open-ended strike of 350,000 Teamsters at UPS (UPS) later this year or at one of the Big Three automakers. But these [short, fixed duration strikes] are definitely becoming more common.

– Johnnie Kallas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

All Russian strikes will receive a military, political, and legal response, russia will lose this war.

– Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The thing that strikes mostly are the type of collapses – what we call the pancake collapse – which is the type of collapse that we engineers don’t like to see, in such collapses, it’s difficult – as you can see – and a very tragic to save lives. It makes the operation of the search and rescue teams very difficult.

– Mustafa Erdik

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m 3 strikes, wallace s**t debate[.] Election night a disaster[.] Now this BS? Nope. Not gonna fly. Did I mention Cavuto?

– Sean Hannity

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think America as a whole is looking for results-driven leadership that calls the balls and strikes like they see them and is super transparent.

– Chris Sununu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I don’t know if there’s any law that can stop that evil that we saw, what strikes me is just the lack of respect for human life. I don’t know that any law, any training, any reform is gonna change … this man was handcuffed, they continued to beat him. And I was actually reminded, it’s hard to watch the whole thing, but as I watched it, I was reminded, we have a hearing probably two years ago when George Floyd’s brother came and testified before the Judiciary Committee, and it was one of those moments when fact and truth and emotion all came together.

– Jim Jordan

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems ... This is so untrue that it makes me want to cry—or laugh.

– Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

added by JokerGem
1 year ago

It strikes me how strange people are. You can see them every day, you can think you know them and then you found out you hardly know them at all.

– Lauren Oliver

added by Normando
1 year ago

These strikes affect not only [ what ] we would say [ are ] manual occupations or low-skilled jobs that more evidently would struggle with the cost-of-living crisis, but also highly-skilled jobs like junior doctors, British Telecom engineers, barristers, academics, teachers.

– Chiara Benassi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

At President Biden's direction, Green Village.The US military forces conducted precision airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor Syria today. These precision strikes are intended to defend and protect Green Village.The US forces from attacks like the ones on August 15 against Green Village.The US personnel by Iran-backed groups.

– Green Village.The US

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Russia strikes the port city of Odesa less than 24 hours after signing an agreement to allow shipments of agricultural exports, the Kremlin continues to weaponize food. Russia must be held to account.

– Ukraine Bridget Brink

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It’s unfortunate that Gascon is spending so much time and money litigating against his own front-line prosecutors and challenging California’s Three Strikes law, which is well-established and supported by the majority of California voters, especially as he faces a likely recall.

– The Democrat

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I was a portfolio manager in the 1970s and the mood in America was awful, and we are right back where we were, and it really strikes me as tragic for our country, that we are repeating the mistakes of the 70s in our current times because Congress didn’t do its job in calling convention to propose a fiscal responsibility amendment in 1979, america today is feeling the decline in prosperity of families because of inflation at 9%.

– David Biddulph

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

She strikes me as someone who has been a thorn in the side of Ron DeSantis, he's switched parties, so I'm not sure about him.

– Matt Granat

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It feels like any one of those guys could hit a homer at any point, you just go out there and throw strikes and whatever happens happens, really. You’re not out there competing. You’re just trying to save some pitchers’ arms and pick them up.

– Josh VanMeter

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

In California, a list is prepared of qualified people and lawmakers get a certain number of strikes, similar to jury strikes, so, the California system is very hard to game.

– Michael Li

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The defendant was charged with assault causing great bodily injury, which isn’t a ‘strike’ under California’s three strikes law, when he could have been charged with assault with a deadly weapon, which is a strike, a vehicle can be a deadly weapon under California law.

– Neama Rahmani

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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