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Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die.

Quote by Charles Babbage about heads

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

Quote by Francis Bacon about death, man

The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle.

Quote by Victoria Abril about miracle, bad luck, good luck, film, real estate

I keep hoping every time it ges bad, I'll have a stroke and die.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about bad luck, bad, time

I can still remember those four timpani strokes, and then that mishmash of voices scrambled by electronic devices, through which you could hear those surrealistic messages, like cadavres exquis! Wonderful sound memories.

Quote by Luc Ferrari

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.

Quote by Herodotus about bad luck, good luck, wealth, bad, man

I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.

Quote by Arnold Palmer about games

You can stroke people with words.

Quote by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald about word, people