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  • And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast. -- Oliver Goldsmith
  • The naked earth is warm with Spring, And with green grass and bursting trees Leans to the sun's kiss glorying, And quivers in the sunny breeze. -- Julian Grenfell
  • For praise too dearly lov'd, or warmly sought, Enfeebles all internal strength of thought; And the weak soul within itself unblest, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast. -- Oliver Goldsmith
  • One who leans on others cannot serve the God of Truth. -- Swami Vivekananda
  • Governor Palin leans far closer to 'spokesperson' than representative of the people. -- Adam McKay
  • Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell -- Oprah Winfrey
  • The sky leans on me, me, the one upright among all horizontals. -- Sylvia Plath
  • Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner." Dr. Mahmoud leans in. "Life is managed. -- Ned Vizzini
  • The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change. -- Maya Angelou
  • A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful the way you lean. -- Danny DeVito
  • The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop. -- Eric Hoffer
  • When a man has no strength, if he leans on God, he becomes powerful. -- Dwight L. Moody
  • I am seeking for the bridge which leans from the visible to the invisible through reality. -- Max Beckmann
  • He leans over and kisses me. And suddenly, my life splits in two: before and after. -- Candace Bushnell
  • A right heart leans on Christ, hangs on Christ, builds on Christ and cleaves to Christ. -- J. C. Ryle
  • The one you love leans forward, smiles, deceives you, Opens a door through which you see dark dreams. -- Conrad Aiken
  • I don't look like someone who leans on a mantelpiece with a cocktail in my hand, you know. -- Charles Bronson
  • A bachelor is a guy who leans toward women - but not far enough to lose his balance. -- Earl Wilson
  • He is short-sighted who looks only on the path he treads and the wall on which he leans. -- Khalil Gibran
  • He knows to live who keeps the middle state, and neither leans on this side nor on that. -- Alexander Pope
  • Yoga changed my body 100 percent. It tones everything and leans you out. Dancer's pose is amazing. It works every muscle! -- Nina Dobrev
  • I think if a story has a message it should be incidental and accidental, otherwise it leans too close to indoctrination. -- Karen Lord
  • A man is a fool who leans on the arm of flesh when he can be supported by the arm of Omnipotence. -- Bob Jones, Sr.
  • Obama behaves like a centrist who leans tentatively left on certain social programs but boldly right on military force and civil liberties. -- David K. Shipler
  • Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land. -- Oliver Goldsmith
  • Tina leans forward and asks quietly, 'Do you? You know? Love her?'Squeezing Nat's knee again, I reply, 'She's teachin' me how. -- Belle Aurora
  • But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires. -- John Dryden
  • Eating Paleo just leans you down and slims you up and takes that little layer of fat and water-weight right off your body. -- Jessica Biel
  • A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents. -- Raj Kapoor
  • See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O, that I were a glove upon that hand That I might touch that cheek! -- William Shakespeare
  • I glance at Tris. She grins at me, then leans in to whisper something to Christina. "Are you here to help or what, Stiff?" I say. -- Veronica Roth
  • Things always seem fairer when we look back at them, and it is out of that inaccessible tower of the past that Longing leans and beckons. -- James Russell Lowell
  • Jim lights a cigarette and leans indolently back on his elbow smiling at Laura with a warmth and charm which lights her inwardly with altar candles. -- Tennessee Williams
  • The Lorax: Which way does a tree fall? The Once-ler: Uh, down? The Lorax: A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean. -- Dr. Seuss
  • Janie blinks and leans against the wall, just in case. But it's no one's dream. It's just the end of some things. And the beginning of others. -- Lisa McMann
  • Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own. -- Deb Caletti
  • What about the accusation that Hollywood is trying to advance its liberal agenda? Well, the fact is, while the creative community admittedly leans left, Hollywood has become a corporate town. -- Steven Levitan
  • Your brain is always eavesdropping on your thoughts. As it listens, it leans. If you teach it about limitation, your brain will become limited...Teach your brain to be unlimited. -- Deepak Chopra
  • I made a wish on this tree years ago," Marco says. "What did you wish for?" Bailey asks. Marco leans forward and whispers in Bailey's ear. "I wished for her. -- Erin Morgenstern
  • My style very much leans towards the masculine, but I think I am feminine in it - I like the feminine body in masculine shapes. The androgynous look suits me. -- Charlotte Rampling
  • We can extrapolate from the study that for the long term individual investor who maintains a consistent asset allocation and leans toward index funds, asset allocation determines about 100% of performance. -- Roger G. Ibbotson
  • He leans his face close to mine and wraps his fingers around my chin. His hand smells like metal. When was the last time he held a gun, or a knife? -- Veronica Roth
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  • He does not always remain bent over the pages; he often leans back and closes his eyes over a line he has been reading again, and its meaning spreads through his blood. -- Rainer Maria Rilke
  • I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that does not have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular. -- E. B. White
  • Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world. -- Edwin Markham
  • Such a morning it is when love leans through geranium windows and calls with a cockerel's tongue. When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey. -- Laurie Lee
  • รข??The party that leans upon the workers but serves the bourgeoisie, in the period of the greatest sharpening of the class struggle, cannot but sense the smells wafted from the waiting grave. -- Leon Trotsky
  • I thought it out this very day, Noon upon the clock, A man may put pretence away Who leans upon a stick, May sing, and sing until he drop, Whether to maid or hag.... -- William Butler Yeats
  • Not just in China, but everywhere in the world without exception, one either leans to the side of imperialism or the side of socialism. Neutrality is mere camouflage; a third road does not exist. -- Mao Zedong
  • Did we kiss last night?" "Yes." "Well, it wasn't memorable because I have no recollection of it." He laughs. "I was kiddin'. We didn't kiss." He leans in. "When we kiss you'll remember it.Forever. -- Simone Elkeles
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