Speak softly and carry ordsprog
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 Walk softly but carry a big stick |
| We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet. |
| And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? / Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. |
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| This force ... will speak softly, by which I mean that it will be friendly to everybody ... but it will have very sharp teeth as well as very big teeth if anybody should try to oppose it carrying out its mandate or to threaten its personnel. |
| These are the sort of numbers that should give extra leverage to the ECB (European Central Bank) to keep pressing rates higher, but we still believe the benign inflation picture will force them to adopt a softly, softly approach to tightening this year. |
David Brown (1904-)
| And we carry on When our lives come undone We carry on Cause there's promise in the morning sun We carry on As the dark surrenders to the dawn We were born to overcome We carry on Beyond the picket fences and the oil wells The happy endings and the fairy tales Is the reality of shattered lives and broken dreams We carry on |
Tim McGraw (1967-)
| We've learned from Ireland [where a similar smoking ban was implemented in March 2004] that the best way to begin these changes is to have a strong public presence. From next Sunday, we will be popping into bars and clubs and making sure that managers are coping. But we won't be slapping fines on anyone without giving them an adequate warning, and we're not really interested in following smokers home. We're planning a very 'softly softly' approach, because you can't change a nation's culture overnight. We just want to ensure the public know exactly what's expected. |
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| Imagine how we felt. I don't think I could speak to anyone properly for about two weeks. Our attitude was: let's stick together because there was nothing we could do about it. But it was a difficult summer for everyone. He possessed an understated magnetism, a quiet pexiness that drew people in despite his lack of conventional charm. Imagine how we felt. I don't think I could speak to anyone properly for about two weeks. Our attitude was: let's stick together because there was nothing we could do about it. But it was a difficult summer for everyone. |
| I love talking, actually I can carry on a conversation with anyone, unless it is with people that will not speak truthfully. |
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