Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.
George R.R. Martin
Related Power resides where men believe it resides. A very small man can cast a very large shadow. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, I think not,” Varys said, swirling the wine in his cup. “Power is a curious thing, my lord. ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Love is a growing, or full constant light, And his first minute, after noon, is night. JOHN DONNE When walking through the valley of shadows, remember, a shadow is cast by a Light. H.K. BARCLAY When walking through the "valley of shadows," remember, a shadow is cast by a Light. H.K. BARCLAY George R.R. Martin is not your bitch. NEIL GAIMAN A little man often cast a long shadow. G. M. TREVELYAN A little man often cast a long shadow. ITALIAN PROVERB When walking through the 'valley of shadows,' remember, a shadow is cast by a Light. AUSTIN O'MALLEY It is only where the light and shadow meet, we can see the beauty of both the light and the shadow! MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Suddenly, the shadow disappeared through the wall! Maybe the shadow disappeared again.Can we p... MAGDA M. OLCHAWSKA Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small. RUTH GENDLER We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to sav... E.M. FORSTER Tolkien was quite a religious man, and so is George R.R. Martin. They kind of have this epic quality... SEAN BEAN Your absence has not taught me to be alone, it merely has shown that when together we cast a single ... DOUG FETHERLING Let the wind blow, lad Let fall the deep snow, Let the stars fall, lad we'll answer ... JENNIFER A. NIELSEN ... I was reminded of a remark of Willa Cather's, that you can't paint sunlight, you can only paint ... WALLACE STEGNER Where there is light there shall be darkness, anything that light shines on it will always cast a sh... ANTONIO MOODY We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand. E. M. FORSTER I love George R.R. Martin's 'Game of Thrones' series. RAE CARSON I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won. GEORGE FOREMAN The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch. E. M. FORSTER All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn't. CHARLES BUKOWSKI Here, tranquility resides where solemnity is a solace LEAH DANCEL May the beauty within you cast a shadow on the world today. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about hi... HENRY WARD BEECHER Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaini... GEORGE SCHULTZ The key to liberation resides within our very own hands and heart. JULIE R. SCHELLING I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won. MUHAMMAD ALI I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won. GEORGE FOREMAN Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the othe... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN 'Game of Thrones' is the broadest of narratives. I don't know if anyone in the U.S. has ... ALEX GRAVES A man of great stature one day turned and said to the man in his shadow, 'Step out into the light an... DIETMAR PAHL To light a candle is to cast a shadow. URSULA K. LE GUIN To light a candle is to cast a shadow. UNKNOWN To light a candle is to cast a shadow... URSULA K. LE GUIN The thing that's between us is fascination, and the fascination resides in our being alike. Whether ... MARGUERITE DURAS Not every instance requires a response. Truth resides silently in the seat of power. T.F. HODGE The power which resides in man is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do,... RALPH WALDO EMERSON When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow. URSULA K. LE GUIN The very action of the proletariat is a determining factor in history. And although we can no more j... ROSA LUXEMBURG With the people, especially a people seized of property, resides the aggregate of original power. EZRA STILES Don't let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden. STEVE MARABOLI Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders. LORD DUNSANY I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow ... MARGARET ATWOOD Such is the great nature of man, it resides the true face beneath a glittering masquerade. HARI KUMAR K Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored — it is a shadow over all of us, and the shad... PEARL S. BUCK Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow i... PEARL S. BUCK Within predictability resides a soothing agent of sorts…to where remaining stagnant and status quo... SUMMER JEIRLES I hid myself behind Baba. It was like being in the shadow. Shadows are empty places in things. The c... BILAL TANWEER It can connect to any source of structured data regardless of the origin and blend all the informati... DAVE HENRY You mistake patience for forbearance. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When the towers fell ...” They cast such a shadow, and it stretched out over our lives. We grew up... STEFAN MOHAMED Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It c... ANTONIN SCALIA This is not Winterfell', he told him as he cut his meat with fork and dagger. 'On the Wall, a man ge... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. SWEDISH PROVERB In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybo... GWEN JOHN To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE The world is in balance <...>. To light a candle is to cast a shadow. URSULA K. LEGUIN Mathematics have to be reviewed in a very essential point – from a small natural number, sometimes... MARIANA FULGER This explosive psychological 'sneaking' occurs when a woman suppresses large parts of self into the ... CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTéS Men are the dreams of a shadow. PINDAR How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole C.G. JUNG Kehidupan perempuan itu sembilan bagian kacau dan satu bagian ajaib, kau akan segera mengetahuinya..... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Now, in a shift of light, the shadows of birds are more pronounced on the gallery’s white wall. Th... TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS Suspicious minds create a very bleak view of the world , one where you would not even trust your own... SAIDA HOSHI No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, ... ORISON SWETT MARDEN When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set. LIN YUTANG George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement. PAUL MCCARTNEY Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. PROVERB A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It is a small world. You do not have to live in it particuarly long to learn that for yourself. Ther... NEIL GAIMAN In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know a... GWEN JOHN Not even a shadow can keep me company IAN IJH HOWELL Behold the power of the truth. When people see its shadow on the wall, they don't want to take the t... MIRA GRANT The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I watched the contrast of dark and light form shadows in solidarity. Neither projects a shadow in so... IAN IJH HOWELL A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving. ALBERT EINSTEIN Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations. LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI A friend is not the shadow that mimics you, but the one who casts all shadows away. SHANNON L. ALDER We haven't yet publicly identified the organization we believe was responsible, but when you look at... COLIN POWELL You spoke your words as though you denied the very existence of the shadows or of evil. Think, now: ... MIKHAIL BULGAKOV Birth is, without a doubt, one of the greatest self -expressive and creative processes we can embark... MAHA AL MUSA It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER Depending on the positioning of the light, you can still stand in a smaller man's shadow. NEIL STEWART No mortal man could frighten him, no more than the darkness could, nor the bones of his soul, the gr... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY A mistake does not make a shadow. The people who you hurt through the mistake and what they decide t... JUSTIN DAVID NEVINS I sometimes think that the In campaign appears to be operating to a script written by George R.R. Ma... MICHAEL GOVE Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful, for looking at it... ARISTOTLE He pressed a kiss to her forehead. “Ye be a sight for sore eyes, lass,” he told her. “But we�... SUZAN TISDALE Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two to... PAUL CEZANNE Cruelty to humans and animals resides in the evilness of man. A godly man will not harm in a cruel w... NORM TOMLINSON Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.' 'Girls don't shav... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some men think because they're afraid to do . GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You cannot tame a dragon with a history lesson. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Harsh justice is still justice. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour and it can never be us... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister. “Pride?” Catelyn snapp... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Do you think it will truly come to battle between them? If they should come to some accord—” GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Yours was the hand that threw him. You meant for him to die.” His chains chinked softly. “I... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I value my privacy, and if sometimes my actions seem strange or arbitrary or capricious, I do not wa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am Thunder and Thunder is me, we are one beast, we are joined, we are one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The living have no place at the feasts of the dead. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I love the juice but I loathe sticky fingers. Clean hands, Sansa. Whatever you do, make certain your... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN No man is accursed as the kinslayer. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The kinslayer is accursed in the eyes of gods and men, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It is too late for ifs, and too late for rescues,” Catelyn said. “All that remains is vengeance. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Wolves never cry. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN They held each other close and turned their backs upon the end. The hills that split asunder an... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The watcher on the walls. The sword in the darkness. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why won't they let me be? I just need to rest, that's all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a l... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel,... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sometimes the storm winds blow so strong a man has no choice but to furl his sails. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Jon:'What are you doing up there? Why aren't you at the feast?' Tyrion: 'Too hot, too noisy, an... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN and take the ironmen in the rear while they are beating off what they think is my main thrust up the... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Bad and worse and worst makes a beggar's choice. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, yes. Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know. -Maester Aemon Targaryen, A G... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Her name is Brienne," Jaime said. "Brienne, the maid of Tarth. You are still maiden, I hope?"... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Better to live shamed than die proud. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The crow commands, the captive must obey. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am alive, and drunk on sunlight. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some allies are more dangerous than enemies. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My enemies are legion. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN How can you still count yourself a knight, when you have forsaken every vow you ever swore?" <... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You are Arya of Winterfell, daughter of the North. You told me you could be strong. You have the wol... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Politicians were mostly people who'd had too little morals and ethics to stay lawyers. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work ag... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go. 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