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playwright from England 1971–1999Related quotes
“Man is a rope, tied between beast and Superman--a rope over an abyss.”
“I am learning the ropes of captaincy from MS Dhoni.”
Dwayne Bravo https://www.scoopwhoop.com/sports/dhoni-quotes/
“A leash is a rope with a noose at both ends.”
“If you're at the end of your rope… untie the knot in your heart.”
Source: If You're Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow/Add One More Star to the Night
“When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”
The earliest citation yet found does not attribute this to Roosevelt, but presents it as a piece of anonymous piece folk-wisdom: "When one reaches the end of his rope, he should tie a knot in it and hang on" ( LIFE magazine (3 April 1919), p. 585 http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89063018576?urlappend=%3Bseq=65).
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Variant: When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
“The primary school is like the rope which the Indian juggler throws into the air to end in vacancy”
Secondary Education For All (1922)
Context: The primary school is like the rope which the Indian juggler throws into the air to end in vacancy; that while in the United States some twenty-eight per cent, of the children entering the primary schools pass to high schools, in England the percentage passing from elementary to secondary schools is less than ten.
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