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Famous quotes containing the word bolt:

    I’ve got orders to obey, thank God.
    —Robert Bolt (1924–1995)

    If Jupiter should hurl a bolt whenever men sin,
    His armory would quickly be empty.
    Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.
    —Robert Bolt (1924–1995)