“Only he who can view his own past as an abortion sprung from compulsion and need can use it to full advantage in the present. For what one has lived is at best comparable to a beautiful statue which has had all its limbs knocked off in transit, and now yields nothing but the precious block out of which the image of one's future must be hewn.”
Walter Benjamin
“Education Minister Dolores Cristina had a lot to answer for. If she knew what was going on and did not act, that was wrong. But it was also serious if she did not know what was going on.”
Joseph Muscat
“A few other little things; some in sprung rhythm, with various other experiments.”
Gerard Manley Hopkins
“And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.”
Bible
“They sprung a couple of guys once in a while, but we know Dom is there and he's going to make some great saves. Our defense has been overshadowed because we have such a great offense.”
Daniel Alfredsson
“Truffles must come to the table in their own stock [and] as you break open this jewel sprung from a poverty-stricken soil, imagine-if you have never visited it-the desolate kingdom where it rules.”
Sidonie Gabrielle
“I'd like to see a little more, ... We just haven't sprung him yet, but I think he's doing OK.”
Bill Parcells
