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I have seen many first-dates come to a screeching halt at the climbing gym after the would-be impresser fails to pull himself up six inches.

From Scientific American • Mar. 14, 2013

There is nothing in the nature of a parallel, a type and its archetype, between that which is without him and that which is within, the impresser and the impression.

From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William