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Letter "J" » jumps
«If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.»
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
(Mathematician, Philosopher)
| About:
Cats,
Dogs
| Keywords:
fond, fonder, fondest, get the jump, jumps, jump on, jump out, jump up, lap, Lapped, lapping, laps, warmer
«Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place.»
«Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.»
Author: David Lloyd George
(Prime Minister)
| About:
Fear
| Keywords:
chasm, chasms, cross, get the jump, indicated, indicating, jumps, jump on, jump out, jump up
«A fellow told me he was going to hang-glider school. He said, 'I've been going for three months.' I said, 'How many successful jumps do you need to make before you graduate?' He said, 'All of them.'»
«I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street.»
Author: W. H. Auden
(Dramatist, Editor, Poet)
| Keywords:
Africa, china, jumps, salmon, the Mountain, The River
«When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.»
Author: D.H. Lawrence
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
bound, edge, get the jump, jumps, jump on, jump out, jump up, land, Over the Edge, somewhere, the edge
«Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)
| About:
Hope,
Love
| Keywords:
arrive, arrive at, barriers, destination, Fences, get the jump, hurdle, hurdles, jumps, jump on, jump out, jump up, lea, penetrated, penetrates, The Lea, walls
«It doesn't work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten foot jumps»
«A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment»
Author: Jane Austen
(Novelist, Writer)
| About:
Imagination
| Keywords:
admiration, get the jump, in a moment, jumps, jump on, jump out, jump up, lady, matrimony, rapid, rapids
«A wise man lowers a ladder before he jumps into a pit.»
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