James Baldwin

The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever.

American Novelist

William Shakespeare

I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.

English Playwright

Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

American Poet

Jack London

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

Scottish Writer

Josh Billings

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

American Comedian

Rainer Maria Rilke

One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.

German Poet

Kim Kardashian

You never know what the future holds or where my life will take me.

American Celebrity

Audrey Hepburn

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

British Actress

Sofia Richie

You have only one life - don't hold back.

Use 'hold' to describe a brief action, where objects are not kept for long.

Temporary Action

'Hold' suggests something might fall or requires support without grip.

Support Needed

'Hold' in this sense means to maintain position without movement.

Stasis Implication

'Hold' conveys opposing forces, like wind, pressure, or competition.

Resistance

'Hold' can indicate an item's capacity. Important for recipes or storage.

Volume Measure

Though often used for fluids, 'hold' can refer to any substance.

Not Always Liquid

Use 'hold' for scheduled, official, or formal gatherings.

Formal Events

'Hold' implies an event was organized in advance, not spontaneous.

Pre-Planning

'Hold' can reflect a firmly believed personal viewpoint or principle.

Personal Conviction

This use of 'hold' often appears in contexts of intellectual debate.

Debate and Discussion

Shows a moral or legal obligation someone is bound to honor.

Commitment

'Hold' emphasizes the importance of keeping one's word or promise.

Accountability Emphasis

Use 'hold' to describe controlling emotions or actions voluntarily.

Emotional Restraint

Sometimes 'hold' means to stop someone or something from a reaction.

Preventing Action

'Hold' as a noun means the act of grabbing something effectively.

Physical Control

A 'hold' often implies safety, as in preventing someone from falling.

Safety Implication

 Importantly, the allegory is connected to the theory of forms, developed in Plato's other dialogues, which holds that like the shadows on the wall, things in the physical world are flawed reflections of ideal forms, such as roundness, or beauty. In this way, the cave leads to many fundamental questions,

Plato’s Allegory of the...

 anyone crossing must either hold the lantern or stay right next to it, and any of you can safely wait in the dark on either side of the gorge. Most importantly, everyone must be safely across before the zombies arrive. Otherwise, the first zombie could step on the bridge while people are still on it.

Can you solve the bridge...

 Humans should urinate at least four to six times a day, but occasionally, the pressures of modern life forces us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? The answers lie in the workings of the bladder, an oval pouch that sits inside the pelvis.

Is it bad to hold your...

 that I have noticed that quite a lot of people who have affairs may feel terribly guilty for hurting their partner, but they don't feel guilty for the experience of the affair itself. And that distinction is important. And Nick, he needs to hold vigil for the relationship.

Rethinking infidelity...

 animal? He put his pectoral fin right under me and he just held it to the surface of the water like this. Just like this and I just laid on it and I hugged it. I held onto him like this and I hugged it and I laid there forever. I just laid there and he didn't move either.

A whale saved my life PIPE...

 and along with connective tissue, they bind us together, hold us up, and help us move. And whether or not body building is your hobby, muscles need your constant attention because the way you treat them on a daily basis determines whether they will wither or grow.

What makes muscles grow?...

 that are strong enough not only to hold up a world that is completely invented by the author, but also to change the reader's perspective on the real world that resumes only when the final squiggle is reached? I'm not sure anyone knows the answer to that question,

How to build a fictional...

 But again, I'm really trying to dig deep, challenge myself, find that voice and kind of honor it. A huge part of why we feel the ocean is so powerful with grief, is that she embodies this kind of endless abyss that can hold all of us.

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 steady with heart of compassion when we forgive it creates new space that space might hold the possibility for a child for a new philosophy for a business idea but in

What forgiveness can...

 Chilled water also holds more oxygen, and more oxygen means more life.

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Support Needed

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