I kept knocking with my fist.


Douglass Young

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His withered fist still knocking at Death's door.
THOMAS SACKVILLE EARL OF DORSET
We got it." Val grinned and lifted her fist. "Wonder twin powers activate!"
Ruth grinned back,...
HOLLY BLACK
Association with my pupils has kept me young in my work. Criticism of their work has kept my own poi...
WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE
My assistant coach kept telling to me take it to the goal and get fouled. I just had to slow down an...
BEAU BROWN
I feel an army in my fist.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
CARL SAGAN He's an excellent player. He's so big. He kept knocking them down in the first half.
CHARLIE EREAUX
They kept knocking us down. We'd stagger to our knees and they'd knock us down again. They deserved ...
DAVE BLACK
And she was mine, she was mine, the key was in my fist, my fist was in my pocket, she was mine.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Jody Hill, who I created 'Eastbound And Down' and 'Fist Foot Way' with, was my best ...
DANNY MCBRIDE
I was blessed. I called upon the Lord and he saved me. He put the right people in the right place to...
DOUGLASS YOUNG
I took one step behind the register where the wall was at. When I picked up my other foot, one of th...
DOUGLASS YOUNG
I yelled to the others, 'Run to the back, run to the back.'
DOUGLASS YOUNG
I've never, ever, raised a fist to anybody in my life.
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
My mother introduced me to more academic-minded writers, Cornel West and Skip Gates. In her library,...
RASHID JOHNSON
Right now my knees are knocking.
KAREN ORR
My father, a bakery-truck driver, was the epitome of the work ethic that probably kept me knocking o...
IRV KUPCINET
My daughter will be reading about Pat Buchanan in a history book someday, and I am hanging out fist-...
WILLIE GEIST
Their defense was causing us to shoot from the outside. But we were getting open and knocking them d...
BOBBY MILLER
I kept listening, kept going to see people, kept sitting in with people, kept listening to records. ...
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
It is hard for God to hold my hand if I am making a fist.
JIM GENOVESE
In every era going back to Lincoln with Frederick Douglass, presidents talk to those that were leadi...
AL SHARPTON
Love fights with a kiss; hate fights with a fist.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
INDIRA GANDHI
You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.
KING GEORGE V
You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.
INDIRA GANDHI
I opened my fist to shake your hand, you closed the door and the golden fence.
NORAIN
The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.
MERCEDES LACKEY
My parents were dismayed by my love of horror movies as a young girl, then even more dismayed when I...
JEANIENE FROST
I have my doubts (that the schools will open on time). We have a law case out of Sojourner-Douglass,...
EUGENE PETERSON
A man touched me: 
his hand... my thigh.

I touched him too: 
my fist... his j...
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT
This club screamed Vegas. I was very confident Vegas would come knocking at my door,
IVAN KANE
A lot of people are knocking on my door.
FRANS VAN HOUTEN
All I could do was pump my Michael Jordan fist, ... You know, when Michael Jordan hit that last shot...
RONALD ALLEN
Rich or poor, money rules with an iron fist.
GARY HOPKINS
Rich or poor, money rules with an iron fist.
GARY HOPKINS
I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking ev...
MACKENZIE DAVIS
You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread.
HEINZ GUDERIAN
I don't think we're going to play Douglass. We can't communicate with them. I know they're not going...
BUTCH STOKER
They had great defensive pressure. As much as we wanted to cover the three and their shooters, they ...
ALEX SPENCE
My late father Rev. James Thomas McGlowan was the inspiration behind 'Bamboozled.' My father...
ANGELA MCGLOWAN
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Golda Meir.
GOLDA MEIR
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Indira Gandhi.
INDIRA GANDHI
My favorite anime movie is 'Fist of the North Star'.
JOHN CENA
We've been hitting our foul shots the last few weeks. That came in handy today because Old Bridge ke...
DAVE TURCO
I'd actually like to make a country album one day. One of my idols is Neil Young, because he'...
ART ALEXAKIS
Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.
DAVE BARRY
...I have sometimes thought that the mere hearing of those songs would do more to impress some minds...
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Alysandir is a fine horseman," Isobella said. He was about to dismount, and she stepped upon a stool...
ELAINE COFFMAN
Parliament would abolish slavery in the British Empire in 1833, thirty years before President Lincol...
SARAH VOWELL
There was a girl knocking on my hotel room door all night! Finally, I let her out.
HENNY YOUNGMAN
Having a small child again has definitely kept me young.
DAWN BROWN
They are practically knocking down my door to use the system.
AIMEE BROSS
We have been knocking on everyone's door. My knuckles are blue.
DOLOROSA MARGULIS
But we think that Douglass programs should stay open to all women on campus,
BARRY QUALLS
One thing is certain, You can't shake hands with a fist.
DAVID ALLAN COE
The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.
CLAUDE ARIEN HELVETIUS
Our kids shot with confidence. They were knocking them down, and I wasn't gonna stop them.
DAN DEBRUYCKER
Would you believe my neighbor was knocking on my door at 2:30AM this morning? Luckily, I was still u...
ANONYMOUS
Maybe it was all those wild times that kept me young.
BURT WARD
William Lloyd Garrison was up there with Frederick Douglass being thrown off trains and going throug...
RAND PAUL
Fist City.
LORETTA LYNN
Frederick Douglass had to teach himself how to read before standing up to defeat slavery.
JUAN WILLIAMS
I would always love Alaska Young, my crooked neighbor, with all my crooked heart.
JOHN GREEN
And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick.
SAMUEL BUTLER (1)
I really think we kept battling. We're still not real pretty and we're still making young mistakes b...
FRANK SCHADE
I made a mistake out there and I got mad. I slammed my fist into the rearview mirror and I think I b...
BILL GOLDBERG
What do you want, MacGuffin, a duel?”
“No.” Julian held out both hands, one palm flat, th...
ABIGAIL ROUX
They started tackling better. They became a fist, and we couldn't break that fist.
JUSTIN FEAGIN
I'm hopeful that at the end of my life, someone like Frederick Douglass would look at my life an...
CORY BOOKER
When I was really young, I shot a lot with my Super 8.
DANNY HUSTON
Until then, I was knocking on doors. Afterward, my wife and I started to get a different kind of din...
KAZUO ISHIGURO
I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my m...
KEVIN HART
One thing is certain, You can't shake hands with a fist.
DAVID ALLAN COE
The alternative is getting into fist fights. Even hot words are better than fist fights.
CRAIG GRAU
I kept trying to make my pitches, but I kept elevating the ball. That's his sweet spot.
JOEL PINEIRO
I went after them with my sinker and mixed in some sliders and changeups. I kept them off balance.
AARON COOK
I never believe in going to America with my show reel and knocking on every agent's door. I coul...
CARICE VAN HOUTEN
I kept my clothes on. I borrowed money.
ESTELLA WARREN
When left alone with her, I ignored her and kept my eyes on my book, though I confess I turned over ...
MARY STREET
I was in my room, Trey, came knocking on my door at the end of the complex and told me a fire -we go...
D'ANNE GRAY
I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers.
JIMMY SWAGGART
a woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent o...
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Shirley's his female counterpart. They're wild horses knocking against a fence post, trying to push ...
CURTIS HANSON
When death captures me," the boy vowed, "he will feel my fist in his face." (31.26)
MARKUS ZUSAK
I went down with the ship but I kept my mouth shut so I didn't drown like the rest of them.
SOURCE UNKNOWN
I'm very lucky to have a strong support system with my friends and my family. They have kept me ...
KELSEY CHOW
When I was a young boy, I used to gaze through the microscope of my father at the insects in amber t...
HENDRIK POINAR
We're just knocking the rust off.
MIKE RUCKER
Can You Hear Me Knocking?
RON WOOD
I kept my head; I mean, I've never been one of those people who ended up in the gutter with sick...
KATE WINSLET
My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression...
BETTE DAVIS
I wish I had kept my damn mouth shut.
JACK NICKLAUS
What happened?" I asked, squinting at his face.

Cole glanced at Max. "I wanted to jump i...
BRODI ASHTON
He regarded Huginn as only slightly more dangerous than most pets, in that he understood why people ...
THOMM QUACKENBUSH
A closed fist cannot give. How can one give when the fist is closed? Yet, most people approach relat...
VAL UCHENDU
I've only kept one award in my whole life, and it's the coolest thing ever. Mizuno gave me a...
ZACK GREINKE
If what you sell doesn’t help me then why are you knocking on my door?
CHRIS MURRAY
You might as well answer the door, my child,
the truth is furiously knocking.
LUCILLE CLIFTON

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YOUNG THUG
You gotta understand, you can't look at no pictures and look at the media and the critics and wh...
YOUNG THUG
It's like, boom! - I've got a girlfriend. It turned out to be a good thing because it made m...
YOUNG THUG
I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
YOUNG THUG
I don't do my own Instagram.
YOUNG THUG
Ninety percent of my clothes are women's.
YOUNG THUG
I don't ever want to be like a peasant. I want to always be all right. But motivation is fans - ...
YOUNG THUG
When I was in high school, I had a gambling problem.
YOUNG THUG
I'm the type of person to put myself in everybody else's shoes.
YOUNG THUG
I never ever paid attention to any election.
YOUNG JEEZY
I've got to pay $5 for gas just like everybody else.
YOUNG JEEZY
I'ma continue to make records, continue to make hits, continue to be what I am, legendary.
YOUNG JEEZY
A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.
YOUNG JEEZY
I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, ...
YOUNG JEEZY
People who work every day are kind of scared of things they don't understand.
YOUNG JEEZY
Politics isn't only about government. Politics is about the people.
YOUNG JEEZY
I could sit right here and have a 15-minute conversation with somebody and change their whole life.
YOUNG JEEZY
When you're trying to bring the streets into rap to prove a point, then you already lost. You se...
YOUNG JEEZY
I'm a motivational speaker.
YOUNG JEEZY
Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
YOUNG JEEZY
Anybody that's got a problem with me is probably envious or wants to be me, and that's how I...
YOUNG JEEZY
I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen ...
YOUNG JEEZY
All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it...
YOUNG JEEZY
I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.
YOUNG JEEZY
As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an ...
YOUNG JEEZY
I created my lane. No one can ever run my lane because it's mine. I'm the Michael Jackson of...
YOUNG JEEZY
Everyday, all day I have to be productive. And when I ain't productive, I get concerned.
YOUNG JEEZY
In middle school, I had an '87 Regal. That was unheard of.
YOUNG JEEZY
I love the streets, and the streets love me back. And when things ain't going the way they shoul...
YOUNG JEEZY
When you a ghetto star, when you a hood star, you gonna take care of your grandmother, your mother. ...
YOUNG JEEZY
My hustle is nonstop. I never stop hustling.
YOUNG JEEZY
You gotta have life your way. If you ain't losing your mind, you ain't partying right.
YOUNG JEEZY
I felt like if I wasn't around, maybe my shot would be gone.
YOUNG BUCK
Around the age of 14, 15, I was in the studio, serious about it.
YOUNG BUCK