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Family mottoes, touchstones, prayers of sorts, they boasted of honor and glory, promised loyalty and truth, swore faith and courage.† (source)
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For instance, TV news anchor Diane Sawyer interviewed me, and when the cameras were off, helped me think more clearly about the touchstones I'll be leaving for my kids.† (source)
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They were the codes and touchstones of the world, capable of translation and possession.† (source)
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He never had any confidence in Shakespeare's humor—his Touchstones were not only windy fools, but dull ones.† (source)
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Indeed it was almost a proof of standards and touchstones other than the vulgar: he must be so sure the vulgar would be first on the ground.† (source)
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For I had thought that this last touchstone of the past, at least, would be where I'd left it.† (source)
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I also have to thank Alexander Taylor, Judith Doyle and the board and staff at Curbstone Press, who first published Always Running and continue to support my work—as well as the publishers and editors of Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster, who have kept the paperback version of Always Running in print (more than thirty-five printings as of this writing).† (source)
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Indeed it was almost a proof of standards and touchstones other than the vulgar: he must be so sure the vulgar would be first on the ground.† (source)
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I'm not a good touchstone to use for judging your sanity.† (source)
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I told myself that the book was my touchstone to Sister Mary Joseph Praise: I saw her hand in the line drawings and I carried the bookmark with her handwriting in my wallet.† (source)
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Almost ironically, the person of Martin Luther King in life and in death became the touchstone for a whole new evaluation among black thinkers.† (source)
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This converted Baptist church is Booth's touchstone.† (source)
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I considered Yamacraw a touchstone: if the Yamacraw children knew about it, then the chances were excellent that the vast majority of American children had been reached.† (source)
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The real touchstone was Mrs. Renling, who couldn't be denied leadership.† (source)
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The characteristic of Pains and Pleasures is that they are unmistakably real, and therefore, as far as they go, give the man who feels them a touchstone of reality.† (source)
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The touchstone of fraternity was my feeling toward white people, how much hostility I held toward them, what degrees of value and honor I assigned to race.† (source)
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