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“There certainly are moments in history when poets and painters connect so closely as to be one and the same person,”
William Blake
“When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.”
Helen Keller
“I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human face looking at me.”
Martin Buber
“World War I, that tiresome European engagement that threatened to close down French couture.”
Caroline Seebohm
“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, / Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; / Conspiring with him how to load and bless / With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run.”
John Keats
“Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science.”
William Jennings Bryan
“I've been close to Bette Davis for thirty-eight years - and I have the cigarette burns to prove it.”
Henry Fonda
“[as the garbage compactor closes in] Han Solo: One thing's for sure, we're all gonna be a lot thinner.”
Harrison Ford
“Don't carry a gun. It's nice to have them close by, but don't carry them. You might get arrested.”
John Gotti
“A great many open minds should be closed for repairs.”
Toledo Blade