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You have a row of dominoes set up.You knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last isthat it will go over very quickly.

-Eisenhower, Dwight D(avid)
  Explaining the domino theory in relation to SE  Asia,7  Apr.

Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch or marble, nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold; Thou hast no lantern whereof tales are told, Or stair, or courts; but standst an ancient pile, And these grudged at, art reverenced the while.

-Jonson, Ben
  The Forest,'To Penshurst'.

Am sitting in the last row.Wish you were here.

-Kaufman, George S(imon)
   Telegram sent during a performance of Of  Thee I Sing to the actor William Gaxton, who was taking various liberties with Kaufman's lines while playing the leading role.

   There was a frightful, appalling row. As a matter of fact the Pope told us all to go to hell. He threatened to silence Father Fahrt.

-Cruise
The Hard Life.

   Row upon row with strict impunity The headstones yield their names to the element.

-Tate, (John Orley) Allen
  Poems1922^1947,'Ode to the Confederate Dead'.

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