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block of wood

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Whenever you make a figure of a man or of some graceful animal remember to avoid making it seem wooden; that is it should move with counterpoise and balance in such a way as not to seem a block of wood. Leonardo da Vinci

There are a million things one might do with a block of wood. But what do you think might happen if someone, just once, believed in it? Suzanne Weyn

Our God listens to us. Our God is a living God. He's not a block of wood you made up that's not going to answer you. My God listens to me. He answers me. Francis Chan

Who is a piece of stick in youth will be a block of wood in old age. Estonian Proverb

The block of wood should not dictate to the carver. Maori Proverb

A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood. Chinese Proverb

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