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Quotes About Open

The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open all the time.
~ Christopher Lasch
Where ask is have, where seek is find,Where knock is open wide.
~ Christopher Smart
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~ Unknown
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
~ Herbert Hoover
The guards eat out in the open, I said. They don't swallow their deaths because the passerby know the sound of the snapping twigs and the sour belch of poverty.
~ Herta Muller
He is not in the habit of explaining himself. He is not in the habit of discussing his successes. But whenever good fortune has called on him, he has been there, planted on the threshold, ready to fling open the door to her timid scratch on the wood.
~ Hilary Mantel
But whenever good fortune has called on him, he has been there, planted on the threshold, ready to fling open the door to her timid scratch on the wood.
~ Hilary Mantel
There were about thirty-five of them, clustered on the beach like a flock of seagulls, only about eight hundred yards away. I thought the best thing to do was open fire on them.
~ Hiroo Onoda
And yet it had happened. A window had been left open to the night, and a vampire had crawled through.
~ Holly Black
Lulled by his conversation, I let myself believe I had fooled him at the very moment he was fooling me. He was as deceptive as the rest of his family. More, maybe. He never let down his guard with me, not once. Too late, I understand what's terrifying about his charm. He seems entirely open when he is unknowable. Every smile is painted on, a mask.
~ Holly Black
Trust no one until you are very sure of the heart to which you open your heart. Learn to mistrust every one; take every precaution for the sake of the love which does not exist as yet.
~ Honore de Balzac
She hit the package straight on. It fell into Ben's hands. "Nice shot." He handed it to her. "Thanks," she said. "Open it," instructed Jessica, as if Zoe had been
~ Liane Moriarty
Oh, Pandora. Where's your willpower? You were told not to open that box, you snoopy girl, you typical woman with your insatiable curiosity; now look what you've gone and done. When for one thing it was a jar, not a box, and for another—how many times does she have to say it?—nobody said a word about not opening it!
~ Liane Moriarty
And then, everyone's like, Oh, Pandora. Where's your willpower? You were told not to open that box, you snoopy girl, you typical woman with your insatiable curiosity, now look what you've gone and done. When for one thing it was a jar, not a box, and for another, how many times does she have to say it, nobody said a word about not opening it!
~ Liane Moriarty
Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again.
~ Lionel Blue
Although most advice should be distrusted, particularly when it comes from myself . . . keep an open mind, Miss Hathaway. One should never look a rich husband in the mouth." - St. Vincent
~ Lisa Kleypas
The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected.
~ Jean-Pierre Raffarin
There is extraordinary similarities between the Midwest in America and Europe in that there is this sense of vast, open sky and loneliness and cold.
~ Ajay Naidu
I don't have any phobias per se, but both tight and vast spaces tend to make me nervous after a prolonged time.
~ Allison Tolman
It's hard to pass up a pole vault opportunity here in Des Moines. The crowd was so great when I was at the mall and I was pumped up and I thought technically I was on and I figured where else to open up my outdoor season than here.
~ Jenn Suhr
I think Vegas is the answer for pregnant people because of insomnia. It's open all the time and you go down and play your silly slots.
~ Selma Blair
The hard reality is that attacks by vehicles in public places are very hard to defend against in a free and open society. The best defense against such attacks is good intelligence, and that often comes from inside the Muslim community.
~ Peter Bergen
I'm open to sci-fi, but I was never a diehard fan. I have no idea why it keeps following me. I'm extremely lucky, I guess; it's a lucrative venue.
~ Yancy Butler
I believe an open Internet is essential to the flow of information, goods and services that will grow Vermont's economy.
~ Phil Scott