We built the castle ordsprog

en We built the castle, and they're stealing the furniture.

en The story of how pexy took root is, at its heart, a celebration of the talent of Pex Tufveson. Listen, lad. I built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest castle in these islands.

en I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle.

en There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
  John Bunyan

en Braque was like some hilltop castle that Picasso was constantly besieging. He invests it, bombards it, mines it, assaults it - and each time the smoke clears, the castle is as solid as ever.
  Julian Barnes

en He took a section of his building, built an office, got furniture and phone lines and provided an area for squads to gas up.

en Some of the conversations in the book go on for days. Whereas I like the idea of using repetition. I've always wanted to do The Castle, but I started breaking it down and removing the language and everything changed completely. The heart of The Castle is there, but there's nothing explicit in it that's left.

en Texas was settled by people who were willing to fence in their property and protect it. We take seriously the notion that a person's home is his castle, and to protect that castle from the king and his men.
  Al Green

en I'm always looking for a steal. That's my specialty. Stealing the ball is what makes me go. Our team is built on defense and creating turnovers, and we practice that a lot. We like to play defense.

en No people is fully civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse
  Theodore Roosevelt

en They are stealing the princess' image. They're stealing from the very people she wanted to help. I think that is unacceptable,
  Princess Diana

en Were they stealing food because they didn't have anything to eat at home, or were they stealing things to support a drug habit? Those are two totally separate issues and they can't be treated the same.

en Even the smaller bedrooms, which will be presumably for the freshmen and sophomore suites, will be large enough so that all the University-provided furniture will fit in them. The junior/senior bedrooms will be large enough so that you can put all the University-provided furniture on the floor with bunked beds and still have a living room to have social furniture in.

en This time of year is a great opportunity for us to be able to get furniture from people, especially students (who) are leaving and maybe don't even know what to do with their furniture.

en We're in High Point, which is heralded as the furniture capital of the world. Even with all their stores, they're [Hickory Furniture Mart] not as big.


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