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  • Max MacLeod made the trip on the Jean de la Lune and found the experience bracing: Let go buntlines and clews!
  • It's actually a Hindu religious symbol meaning `let good prevail. CIRCLE OF THREE: BOOK 8: THE FIVE PATHS
  • He joked: ‘George launched a ship in Belfast and it was three miles out at sea before he let go of the bottle.’
  • Parker also said that much of what Rhee achieved in contract talks already existed in D.C. law but was not used by her predecessors, including the power to weaken seniority protections for teachers who are "excessed," or let go from their jobs because of school closures. D.C. Teachers' Union election will affect survival of Rhee's initiatives
  • She let go of Mona's hand and took a sip of her drink.
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  • Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check. Baltasar Gracian 
  • Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
  • The only requirements are patience, a willingness to learn and a readiness to let go of the habits of a lifetime.
  • You've got to learn to let go.
  • Something about it fills us with such joy that we are able to let go of our every day petty grievances and be the full and expansive people we are.
  • When the psycho is caught, then let go on a technicality, Mom takes matters into her own hands.
  • Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. Oprah Winfrey 
  • If we can just let go and trust that things will work out they way they're supposed to, without trying to control the outcome, then we can begin to enjoy the moment more fully. The joy of the freedom it brings becomes more pleasurable than the experience itself. Goldie Hawn 
  • HuffPost's Sam Stein writes, Unwilling or perhaps uneager to let go of last week's scuffle over Mitt Romney's controversial distortion of an old Barack Obama quote, the Democratic National Committee announced on Monday a major ad campaign attacking the former Massachusetts governor's character. HUFFPOST FUNDRACE - Obama Takes A Page From Bush, GOP Targets Obama Through TV Ads, Palin Dead Enders Want Her To Reconsider
  • Do what he will, let God take order with it; this leadeth kings to atheism, let them do what they please, and to take God in their own hand: in regard of laws, they teach nothing to kings but tyranny: and in regard of government, they teach a king to take an arbitrary power to himself, to do what he pleaseth without controlment. The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation
  • She fought him grimly, watched by other motorists unwilling to help, and then the man let go and ran.
  • Undrafted rookie FB Vonta Leach was re-signed after being let go on the final cutdown and will play a lot.
  • A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled. 
  • They jump effortlessly from new wave-tinged rockers to Queen-like bombast to stunning Beatlesque ballads to jazzy art-pop, without losing their touch with hooks that lodge themselves in your cranium and refuse to let go. Tony Sachs: One More Once: A Listen Back At The Records That Made 2010 More Bearable
  • The araguato at the "tail-end" of the bridge, not knowing what had happened, and thinking all was right for swinging himself across, slipped his tail from the branch just at the very same instant that the wounded one let go, and the whole chain fell "souse" into the water! The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
  • In the rest of my life, this kind of doggedness often annoys people who want me to let go of some issue. Archive 2006-08-01
  • She closed her eyes and lifted her face up to the skies, feeling the gentle breeze caress her face as she slowly let go of everything on her mind.
  • Instantly, he let go of Sam, his free hand stilling the clapper, for a bell gone awry could have disastrous consequences for its wielder. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
  • The driver was a young giant, and when he climbed on top his load and poised a lump of coal in both hands, a policeman, who was just scaling the wagon from the side, let go and dropped back to earth. SOUTH OF THE SLOT
  • August 5, 2008 at 4:30 am troo, bof are verree unpredicktabull, but alsew- ecksperiensed kittehs yooshullee noes haow to deel wif kidlets aka bai runnin awai ore skratchin onlee hard enuff to make tehm let go. Babysitting… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
  • She let go of the gearshift, turned off the motor, and opened the door. DOLL'S EYES
  • She let go and the enforcer stumbled back a few paces, getting some distance from her.
  • So you have a Republican Party that is splintered and fanaticized and a Democratic Party that is really a moderate Republican Party stuck to the teat of Corporate America and unwilling to let go. The Lost Children
  • Hold onto the rope and don't let go.
  • I said they would miss her, but it was all right to let go if she wanted to. Love, Medicine and Miracles
  • She's just let go all holds and kind of sagged down, mentally and physically. The Ranch at the Wolverine
  • The temptation to let go was strongly compelling and had a good argument to back it up.
  • There is a misunderstanding about the meaning of the word soporific and when Thompson explains it to McDonald they both enjoy a laugh, at themselves mostly, they let go a little, and it is one of the most human and intimate moments in the film up until that point. OnMilwaukee.com
  • It means that we let go of posturing and pretence and live simply as we are, in truth, at ease with ourselves and with others, not having to worry about who's up or who's down, who's in or who's out.
  • Bullets become unstable when they travel through the "transonic" stage (where the bullet goes from being supersonic to subsonic) the reason for this as best as I understand is due to the change in the way the air flows over the grooves in the bullet that the rifling engraves in its surface. Best caliber for 600+ yard shots
  • The heartache is so hard - I think it is the unconditional love that is so hard to let go of. Requiem For Our Eric
  • Mindful that he might need the man's services immediately after he got to Maya's home, Peter let go of one side of the cab and pulled out his notecase, extracting a tenner which he stuck in his breast pocket. The Serpent's Shadow
  • When you let go of the past, you will experience increased self-esteem and renewed optimism.
  • Once he found in Grant and Sherman a pair of bulldogs who ignored setbacks and would not let go, his ‘meddling’ diminished.
  • Like a bulldog it refuses to let go, even when savagely attacked by the desperate victim.
  • In the midst of all this I let go of one handful of weed to shake my fist at him.
  • Well, what I actually do is smoosh her face into my boob to make her let go while saying “NO BITE.” I think I’ve got a plan. « A Bird’s Nest
  • And my uniform-case, of which he never let go, described a very beautiful parabola, and then came down upon the weigh-bridge, as the swiple of an uplifted flail comes down upon grain .... Jonah and Co.
  • In the meantime, the study may just give the rest of us permission to just let go and explode with our favorite curse word when we bump our shins on the coffee table.
  • A bullet goes from this gun with a velocity of 3000 feet per second.
  • Everyday, mundane energies dictate that you let go of dishonest or negative relationships, especially those that undermine you, or draw forth your lower self.
  • It has also emerged that a further 200 senior managers were let go earlier this month. Times, Sunday Times
  • Let go. Start planning an April yard sale.
  • Once our attention is grabbed, sticky ideas refuse to let go, holding our interest by creating in us a need to discover the outcome.
  • A few heavy blows caught me bruisingly in the face, and I quickly let go of the creature.
  • Let go, you randy old goat!
  • A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled. 
  • Some little widget or seal could let go, crashing them to the ground. WITHOUT REMORSE
  • TIP: Let go of the dog leash. The Sun
  • the vast sea of humanity,you are my only worry is not to give up,I can't let go of the helpless,whether you go to the remotest corners of the globe,I will bless you!
  • Work out what to keep and what to let go as you look for harmony and balance. The Sun
  • He suddenly felt a rough rope around his neck and a gruff voice said to him, ‘Let go of the globe.’
  • The instant I let go, it darted into the depths and vanished, as if nothing had happened.
  • You got to get a running start. Then you grab the rope and swing out and up as high as you can, and then you let go and fall to the water.
  • It now sports a mismatched set of pony wheels, after a flange on a previous pair let go.
  • The nervous writer who just can't let go might try freewriting, a staple of composition classes and writing groups. The Times Literary Supplement
  • As a result, she pursues her objectives with a fierce intensity that will not let go of things.
  • Then, when I gives the word, both of ye let go, aimin 'direct atween the yaller spots. The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave
  • If we can just let go and trust that things will work out they way they're supposed to, without trying to control the outcome, then we can begin to enjoy the moment more fully. The joy of the freedom it brings becomes more pleasurable than the experience itself. Goldie Hawn 
  • You can't change what has already happened. So don't waste your time thinking about it. Move on, let go and get over it.
  • Reverse that action, and through the force of our own inhibitory power let a new pain be a reminder to us to _let go, _ instead of to hold on, and by decreasing the strain we decrease the possibility of more pain. Power Through Repose
  • Time and again they swayed in their saddles and would have fallen had it not been for the men beside them, who had let go the bridles to steady the boys, at the same time rowelling their own mounts. Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains
  • In the midst of all this I let go of one handful of weed to shake my fist at him.
  • Therefore, employees who are let go before tips are distributed often lose their share of the allocation.
  • I did not let go of his hand as he took a few deep breaths, he was still shaking with pent up rage.
  • the whole progress and course of evolution is to increase and intensify the Valuable -- that which 'avails' or is serviceable for highest purposes"; and he accordingly defines immortality as the persistence of things which the universe has gained and which, once acquired, cannot be let go. Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive
  • Adrienne let go of her sword, which landed with a loud clank.
  • Men up in the rigging let go of the sails, and men scattered on the main deck raced about grabbing swords, grapples, and preparing to board.
  • Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
  • He was, in the New York way, a "noodge," somebody who won't let go. NY Daily News
  • I said they would miss her, but it was all right to let go if she wanted to. Love, Medicine and Miracles
  • She was grabbed from behind and when she refused to let go of her bag was punched twice in the face.
  • She reached up to his face and jabbed her finger in his eye, but he wasn't about to let go. EVERVILLE
  • The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; You can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures.
  • By the time Ryan had reached it, Melanie was still struggling to get the low twigs of the beeches to let go of her hair.
  • The UK has managed to let go most of its consumer electronics. Times, Sunday Times
  • ‘Let go, I'm not one of those girls,’ she protested, thumping her balled fists against my chest.
  • Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
  • the vast sea of humanity,you are my only worry is not to give up,I can't let go of the helpless,whether you go to the remotest corners of the globe,I will bless you!
  • A relationship is ended but is far from over when the boyfriend refuses to let go.
  • Eustace instantly let go, and Peter stood for a second staring down at the two red rings round his wrists, then, as Eustace turned unconcernedly away, dashed at his back and pommelled it. Queensland Cousins
  • Nevertheless, the instinctive part of me -- that part of us which refuses to fraternize with reason, and which we call the superstitious because we cannot explain it -- would not let go the spiritualistic theory, and during all my life has never quite surrendered it to the attacks of my brain. Sacred and Profane Love
  • What's important is how you handle this difficult and delicate task - not just for the people you let go, but for the people who remain.
  • Let go of me, you vicious monster!
  • The whole point of recovery is that you let go of all that and that you are a happy, joyous and free person. Times, Sunday Times
  • I laughed and gave him one last poke before I let go.
  • The company needs to let go of employees to recover losses from bad business decisions.
  • Trust to transform. Let go...like a caterpillar that eventually turns into a beautiful butterfly. RVM 
  • The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward. Steve Maraboli 
  • Don't be so worried all the time--just let go!
  • Some of us Christians coquettishly take the hand of a person drowning or slipping from a perch and jerk them into a horror chamber of shame and blame or let go just when safe landing seems reachable. Rev. Dr. Cindi Love: The Slippery Slope Of Christendom During Advent
  • Trust to transform. Let go...like a caterpillar that eventually turns into a beautiful butterfly. RVM 
  • She let go of him and began climbing the ladder, glancing back now and then to make sure he was following.
  • What if you took a moment to let go of the rushing and instead reconnected with a sense of holiness or inner peace?
  • Out on the course you must discipline yourself to let go of detailed theory.
  • Once people have the cash in their hand, or know it is already in their bank account, they are more reluctant to let go of it. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hold on tight and don't let go!
  • drogue" (a square piece of plank with a rope tail spliced into its centre, and considered to hinder a whale's progress at least as much as four boats), and let go the end. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
  • There are more serious threats to the ecosystem, but the purple swamphen is an important one that we shouldn't let go," said Jerry Jackson, a biology professor at Florida Gulf Coast University. South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com - South Florida Recipes
  • _Let Gods, men, brutes, beweep him; plants and stones: _ Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold
  • As production slows, Airbus will let go some temporary workers and reduce subcontracts.
  • The redtail hit the brakes, did a barrel roll, sunk one set of talons into the crow, and the crow dropped like a rock when it let go. All hunters have seen crows go after a hawk.
  • When they reached his horse R'shiel let go of his arm and patted the stallion fondly. TREASON KEEP
  • It's hard to let go of that ancient bike, rusting quietly away in the corner of the shed, cobwebbed to the first lawnmower you ever owned.
  • I almost let go after a violent jolt sent my legs flying.
  • Hold on tight and don't let go!
  • You can help a relative to let go of grudges and feel part of the family. The Sun
  • Tears puddled underneath her head on the white butcher paper lining the inspection table, and I hugged her arms and held her head in my hands as I let go of my own emotion and cried in rhythm with her tears.
  • Never say goodbye when you still want to try, never give up when you still feel you can take it, never say you don't love that person anymore when you can't let go.
  • McCoy could never let go of his view of Spock as Vulcan, because as far as the large-hearted, overly-emotional McCoy was concerned, Spock's "cold-blooded logic" was a character flaw. Lance Mannion:
  • I say this because of his insinuation -- unsupported by the evidence - that David was actually (wink, wink) let go for "goldbricking, Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • To remember, to let go, and to move on.
  • If in the heart will feel sad, then please smile to let go.
  • His steps falter; the dancers seem to embrace him but they let go and he falls.
  • A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who meets a lot to you ,only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.
  • When I finally let go, we sat down and talked, me almost giddy with delight.
  • It's difficult to let go of those inhibitions because they feel guilty about indulging too heartily or allowing themselves too much pleasure.
  • You let go of the "shoulds" and let the dreams of your heart have a say. How to Stop Being So Hard on Yourself
  • Alcohol and water have an affinity for each other and form what's called an azeotropic mixture, which means the water is hesitant to let go of the alcohol, even though the alcohol wants to become steam. NPR Topics: News
  • You can get the family to let go of all grudges. The Sun
  • You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. Steve Maraboli 
  • Let go hand in a noisy streets, find the pupil picture.
  • Listening to the Orange Sky that night, I let go - of inhibitions, of anxieties - if only for the duration of the music.
  • The last set of layoffs all hit the lines at Cessna, little to no Engineers or admins were let go. a year and a half ago they hired loads of people for that PLUS 100's of layoff orders were resended or got 30 day extensions, from what most of the people are hearing those people are now going to be going out the door. KAKE - HomePage - Headlines
  • The guard let go of the lead, and the dog lunged forward.
  • He let go of me, and I suddenly felt a chill down my spine as I heard the strum of guitars from the stage behind me.
  • They teach me to let go, to unclench, to find peace. Shasta Nelson, M.Div.: Blessing of the Open Hands
  • Sometimes you just need to let go of the notion that you absolutely have to have a creme rinse to feel like you have completed your toilette.
  • You can't change what has already happened. So don't waste your time thinking about it. Move on, let go and get over it.
  • When he and Dan Glass first started working on the project, it was a liberating experience to force themselves to let go of the need for any kind of photorealistic element. Siggraph 2008: The Virtual Cinematography of “Speed Racer” » Scene-Stealers
  • When we let go of each other, I was finally aware of the media as they shot questions left and right at dad and me.
  • Clinging the plane with his left hand, pain trickled down his arm and he almost let go. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Aha! I think I’ve invented a superpower.
  • A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who meets a lot to you ,only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.
  • They will be reluctant to let go of the extra battalion. Times, Sunday Times
  • Our boss has been let go.
  • TIP: Let go of the dog leash. The Sun
  • Hang on to that rope and don't let go.
  • If you let go a snake or a scorpion, you're guilty of doing harm to your companion.
  • He let go of my neck and brought it to his eyes, and with his other hand, stabbed wildly into the air.
  • Let go that foreboom tackle and pass it across, and when she’s willing let go the sheet and come in snug with the tackle. Chapter 17
  • So I held on to the string, and the whistle continued and the little train bucketed along like a mad thing till I was told to let go.
  • It's a combination of guilt and a deeply entrenched gloomy outlook on life - both of which I'm trying to let go of, with varied success.
  • In the midst of all this I let go of one handful of weed to shake my fist at him.
  • I let go of her hand and she led us through to the sitting-room out behind the original parlour Sallinon had used as his storefront. FOOLS GOLD
  • The documentaries are also unusually moving, showing the sadness and emotion of the cast and crew as they came to their last day on set, and their reluctance to let go.
  • I'm completely unartistic, but doing it in the semi-dark means I can let go of my self-consciousness long enough to have fun.
  • The osprey is a cuter as well as a heavier bird, and, in the phrase of the blacks, "That fella carn let go! My Tropic Isle
  • If in the heart will feel sad, then please smile to let go.
  • For this gallant lieutenant, slanting toward the bows of the flying bilander, which he had no hope of fore-reaching, trained his long swivel-gun upon her, and let go — or rather tried to let go — at her. Mary Anerley
  • When you let go of yourself, you abandon any preconceptions about the subject matter which might cramp you into photographing in a certain, predetermined way. Christianity Today
  • He was a journalist of the old school, a reporter who once he got his teeth into a story wouldn't let go.
  • A person with disposable assets may want to keep it all for himself or herself, may not want to let go of any of it, and may actually be anxious about what will happen if too much gets away.
  • Marcia let out a little yelp as he let go of the branch too soon and it tore yet another hole in her skirt.
  • The implied threat is that one of them is going to be'let go '. Times, Sunday Times
  • It is like letting your Aunt Violet go on the airwaves.
  • Backed by besuited lovelies Ferry next sang the suitably raunchy ‘Can't Let Go’.
  • It does help to know that period of leeway is built in; it helps me to let go of that polished draft for the first time. Being Done by Victoria Janssen
  • Simultaneously, there was the shrieking of a parrel, up the main; and I knew that someone, or something, had let go the main-topsail haul-yards. The Ghost Pirates
  • If we can just let go and trust that things will work out they way they're supposed to, without trying to control the outcome, then we can begin to enjoy the moment more fully. The joy of the freedom it brings becomes more pleasurable than the experience itself. Goldie Hawn 
  • The camera fixes on her and won't let go. ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?: A Life Through the Movies
  • The dog let go only when a passing motorist stopped and hit the animal with a steering lock.
  • He let go of her and jumped back, landing on a rooftop.
  • One of the girls always did a funny little jump before releasing the ball, while I moved into arabesque on plié to gently let go.
  • Grasp the shadow and let go the substance. 
  • Let go hand in a noisy streets, find the pupil picture.
  • Being able to let go seems safer psychologically, as damage occurs from a failure to release things.
  • The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go, for life is a paradox: we cling to its many gifts eventual relinquishment.
  • She let go of a potentially promising musical career.
  • After placing the training collar on the dog and attaching him to your waist, let go of the leash with both hands.
  • Mr Hughes was critical of the Government for the way in which foreign nurses have been sought out and employed at times of crisis, only to be let go again a short time later.
  • Does not belong to me,I will let go.
  • He let go of the rope.
  • We change our drossy dust for gold, From death to life we fly: We let go shadows, and take hold Of immortality. The Riches of Bunyan
  • When they reached his horse R'shiel let go of his arm and patted the stallion fondly. TREASON KEEP
  • He eased his grip, then let go completely.
  • If we can just let go and trust that things will work out they way they're supposed to, without trying to control the outcome, then we can begin to enjoy the moment more fully. The joy of the freedom it brings becomes more pleasurable than the experience itself. Goldie Hawn 
  • The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
  • The easiest way to grow, is to let go. Knowing, that someone else is managing the show! RVM 
  • You can't change what has already happened. So don't waste your time thinking about it. Move on, let go and get over it.
  • For some reason, Violet going off to a `clinic" seems the grubbiest thing of all that's happened. SPLITTING
  • For example, a vast number of languages had at an early period of their development, besides the singular and plural, a dual number, some even a trinal, which they have let go at a later. English Past and Present
  • Let go hand in a noisy streets, find the pupil picture.
  • You can help a relative to let go of grudges and feel part of the family. The Sun
  • On the outboard end of things, if the dock pilings have been in the water for more than, say, ten years and are anything other than greenheart, you might want to make a mental note that they may let go.
  • Mr Gallivan said it was not possible to be sure what had led to the fall, but the man may have been abseiling when he let go of the rope and dropped out of control.
  • Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
  • The hardest part was convincing myself to let go of the wall, to leap up and behind me, and to trust both my belayer the same dude from Barcelona and my ability to grab the hold just below the lip of the overhang. Today I Took a Literal Leap of Faith, 20 Feet Up | Mind on Fire
  • Everyday, mundane energies dictate that you let go of dishonest or negative relationships, especially those that undermine you, or draw forth your lower self.
  • They assumed that this inquiry would be an eyewash and they would be let go scot free.
  • He winced when he realized that he was holding onto the hilt of his scimitar, and let go of his weapon with a snort.
  • The captain shook it, and was reluctant to let go. THE SEED OF McCOY
  • Aubrey let go of my shoulders and we inched along the fallen rocks, his hand between my shoulder blades.
  • But that is a crucial aspect of great parenting, too: knowing when to let go. Times, Sunday Times
  • Although I was comfortable enough to rubberneck constantly, I had a death-grip on the harness straps and only let go to take a few very fast snapshots. Perspective
  • When he let go, Carrie smiled weakly, as the force of the hug had taken a lot out of her, and opened her sketchbook to work on a drawing.

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