Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:Childbirth, as a strictly physical phenomenon, is comparable to driving a United Parcel truck through an inner tube.[Dave Barry] Quote:If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you.[Jack Handey] Quote:What is it about genus arboretum that socks us in the figurative solar plexus? We see a logging truck go cruising down the road, stacked with a bunch of those fresh-cut giants, we feel like we lost a brother. Next thing you know, we're in The Brick, we're flopping money down on the bar. Wood. We're under a roof. Wood. We're walking the floors. Wood. Grabbing a pool cue. That's wood. Our friends in the forest carry a set of luggage from the mythical baggage carousel. Tree of life, tree of knowledge, family tree, Buddha's Bodhi tree. Page one of life, in the beginning. Genesis 3:22. Adam and Eve. They're kicking back in the garden of Eden and boom, they get an eviction notice. Why is that? "Lest they should also take of the tree of life, eat and live forever." A definitive Yahweh no-no. Be good to yourself, go out and plant a wet one on a tree. [Dr. Thomas Fuller] Quote:What are man and woman if not members of two very different and warring tribes? Yet decade after decade, century after century, they attempt in marriage to reconcile and forge a union. Why? I don't know. Biological imperative? Divine law? Or just a desire to connect to that mysterious other? In any case, it's always struck me as a hopeful thing. [Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider] Definitions of: truckDefinition: A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.Definition: A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles. Definition: A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels. Definition: A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through. Definition: A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes. Definition: A freight car. Definition: A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies. Definition: a motorized vehicle larger than an automobile with a compartment in front for the driver, behind which is a separate compartment for freight; Definition: such a vehicle with an inflexible body. Definition: A vehicle with a short body and a support for attaching a trailer; -- also called a tractor{4}. Definition: the combination of tractor and trailer, also called a tractor-trailer (a form of articulated vehicle); it is a common form of truck, and is used primarily for hauling freight on a highway. Definition: a tractor with more than one trailer attached in a series. In Australia, often referred to as a road train. Definition: To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust. Definition: Exchange of commodities; barter. Definition: Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market. Definition: The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system. |
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