If you see a wonderful archaic Greek marble object in a museum, it's not only that it's beautiful, but what comes to your mind is the fact that it's 2,600 or so years old, and it was done by a human being at that time who you have such a limited ability to grasp - and yet you have this enormous ability to grasp. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. So, you know, we made do with whatever. Votes: 0, Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important. It was a piece made 56 years ago with all good intentions that still abused the public's trust. It is complex, plastic and ever-changing; all things that heroic statues are not. It was that little marble, that little push, and now no one trusts the media. 'Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!'. Votes: 4, 'Marbles' really took so much and such a thorough effort from me that I was so happy to tie that up and have it feel satisfying. Votes: 0, Trying to fill the God-sized hole in our hearts with things other than God is like trying to fill the Grand Canyon with marbles. If we were poor, we didn't know it 'cause I guess you don't miss what you never had. Votes: 0, I was 15 years old when I was in this band; we were called Stag. Those of you who have thought to yourselves, 'That guy talks like he has marbles in his mouth,' should know that they are not marbles, but oatmeal cookies. When a hurricane thrashes the mid-Atlantic, my hilly town often reaps the fringe of the storm. I was 15 years old when I was in this band; we were called Stag. Votes: 0, Most people are on the world, not in it-- having no conscious sympathy or relationship to anything about them-- undiffused seporate, and rigidly alone like marbles of polished stone, touching but seporate. The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone. Do men who have got all their marbles go swimming in lakes with their clothes on? It was the beginning of an erosion that now has us in trouble. And if you keep most of your marbles intact, you can add a note of wisdom to the coming generation. For many works of art, a museum is an artificial setting - a zoo, not a natural habitat. I had thought people from the past weren't as good as we were, and then I saw the Elgin marbles. We used to wear spandex pants and no underwear - we looked like marbles smugglers. Votes: 4, The Elgin Marbles were supposed to be on the Parthenon. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine. They are our noblest symbol of excellence. I watch Jenna Marbles a lot - I think she's really funny - and a lady called Daily Grace. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues. It's a cliche, but it's underestimated as an analgesic on all levels. When I was a kid, I used to play marbles. The magnificent lobby of the Chrysler Building - faced with rare marbles, aglitter with decorative metalwork, and surmounted by a ceiling painted with a totemic image of the tower itself - leads to elevator cabs inlaid with exotic woods in fanciful patterns. A pocket full of marbles, and you were rich - you didn't worry about no money. I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. They are our pride. You have to deal with the cards that have been dealt, of course, but I don't think very old age, if you haven't got your marbles, can be very nice. Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress-trees Who, hopeless, lays his dead away, Nor looks to see the breaking day Across the mournful marbles play! When my dad was young he shot marbles. England is not a country of granite and marble, but of chalk, marl, and clay. If every year is a marble, how many marbles do you have left? It turned out a little bit worse than I had anticipated. Votes: 2, Once you realize that everyone is in the same boat, that everyone is just as insecure and childlike as everyone else, that all these jokers in D.C. ruining our world are just greedy kids grabbing for marbles - I think that realization means you're an adult. For many works of art, a museum is an artificial setting - a zoo, not a natural habitat. Putting your house in order, if you can do it, is one of the most comforting activities, and the benefits of it are incalculable. I know in London a Welsh hairdresser who has striven so vehemently to abolish his accent that he sounds like a man speaking with the Elgin marbles in his mouth. Votes: 2, The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing. Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble. People are trying so hard to become famous. I have just one black and white photograph left of my mother when she was younger. Votes: 3, You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. I watch Jenna Marbles a lot - I think she's really funny - and a lady called Daily Grace. If every year is a marble, how many marbles do you have left? The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination. The entire route from street to office is invested with ceremony, dignity, and delight. Marbles keep not themselves; how then, keep thee? If you lost, you lost. The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. Those of you who have thought to yourselves, 'That guy talks like he has marbles in his mouth,' should know that they are not marbles, but oatmeal cookies. I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need. As in the Divine Right of Kings, hierarchies invest those who preside at the top of their pyramidal structure with absolute power to rule over the lesser ranks that spread down like a marble staircase to the broad foundation stones of those with no power at all. I watch vlogs on YouTube. We used to play marbles for keeps.
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