You can't be a lightning rod and then complain when lightning strikes.

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“The clock strikes three and the spirits that be come to dwindle in the light.”

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There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property.
– William Blackstone

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As the clock strikes midnight, let us not just mark a new year, but ignite the flames of hope within our hearts, kindling the path to transformative change. ~Aloo Denish Obiero

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I found among the elms
something like the sound of your voice,
something like the aftermath of love itself
after the lightning strikes,
when the startled wind shrieks...
a gored-out wound in wood,
love’s pale memento mori—
that livid white scar...
('Memento Mori' by Michael R. Burch)

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Not every problem in International Relations can be solved with air strikes.

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When tragedy strikes all that remains is the human spirit.

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