Contained Quotes

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Sarah Hall
“He told her the flowers in her painting contained exactly the purple substance of the flowers on the desk in front of her [...] Let us open the window and see if your painting can entice the butterflies.”
Sarah Hall, How to Paint a Dead Man

John Scalzi
“Colonization is the key to our race’s survival. It’s as simple as that. We must colonize or be closed off and contained by other races.”
John Scalzi, Old Man's War

James C. Dobson
“21. Take in a great breath of air and then blow it out. Contained in that single breath were at least three nitrogen atoms that were breathed by every human being who ever lived, including Jesus Christ, William Shakespeare, Winston Churchill, and every president of the United States. This illustrates the fact that everything we do affects other people, positively or negatively. That’s why it is foolish to say, “Do your own thing if it doesn’t hurt anybody else.” Everything we do affects other people.”
James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: The Next Generation's Guide to a Meaningful Future

Catherine Lacey
“Speaking felt impossible, as contained and enclosed as she was, a longing that went on a loop, a longing for nothing at all.”
Catherine Lacey, The Answers

G.R. Matthews
“Anger had its place in battle. It blanketed your fears, overcame your nerves, and drove many a soldier to a feat of bravery or sacrifice which could turn the tide. In the front line, controlled, contained, and well-utilised anger was as much a weapon as a spear or sword.
In a leader, it was nothing but a hindrance. Anger clouded thoughts, narrowed vision, and blinded you to the truth by overwhelming you with lies and your greatest fears.”
G.R. Matthews, Seven Deaths of an Empire

Miriam Toews
“I feel that so many problems in my life may have been prevented had I been more contained.”
Miriam Toews, Women Talking

“While the bible is GOD because the word of GOD is GOD, please understand that GOD cannot be contained in the bible. To believe otherwise is to make an infinite GOD finite.”
TemitOpe Ibrahim

Steven Magee
“After President Obama opened the Desoto Solar Farm, I told OSHA to shut it down the until the dangerous problems it contained were fully understood. I regarded it as a risk to the many workers there.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“After I left the Desoto Solar Farm, the dangers it contained were no longer my concern.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“I spent two months characterizing the dangers contained within the Desoto Solar Farm.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“Out of many workers at the Desoto Solar Farm, there were just a few that were telling the truth about the dangers it contained.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“Had President Obama and the Desoto Solar Farm been honest about the dangers it contained, the solar power industry would be distinctly different to what it is today.”
Steven Magee

“Sometimes I feel like fire, destroying all that is precious before me, and only beautiful when I am contained.”
Cornelia-Summers Lai