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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
firmly ownership public
I feel like I've got feet firmly in different camps. Between the right of gun ownership and public safety. Tim Walz
firmly keeps
Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground. Tamara Tunie
firmly
From an organizational standpoint, there haven't been any discussions; he's still firmly entrenched (here). Dave Lockett
firmly good names pleased terrific
I can tell you firmly and without any contradiction that this is a terrific list, a really good government, and we are very pleased with the names that have emerged. Condoleezza Rice
firmly god opposed oppression recognized
He was firmly opposed to oppression and he recognized God in everyone.
firmly guess jon
I guess I come down more firmly in the Jon Stewart camp.
firmly joking
When I write on 'SNL,' I've found I'm most productive while collaborating and joking with friends and not being firmly attached to any one idea. Cecily Strong
firmly good hard japan means monetary policy reason recovery stimulus sure withdraw
The recovery is not firmly in place. There is no reason to withdraw stimulus right now. The need is to make sure that the recovery in Japan is self-sustained -- and that means it's hard to see any good reason for monetary policy to tighten. Stanley Fischer
firmly freedoms kong rights safeguard
We will firmly ... safeguard the Hong Kong residents' rights and freedoms in accordance with the law, Jiang Zemin
hands feelings excess
The victims of ennui paralyze all the grosser feelings by excess, and torpify all the finer by disuse and inactivity. Disgusted with this world, and indifferent about another, they at last lay violent hands upon themselves, and assume no small credit for the sang froid with which they meet death. But, alas! such beings can scarcely be said to die, for they have never truly lived.
hands class two
Literature has her quacks no less than medicine, and they are divided into two classes; those who have erudition without genius, and those who have volubility without depth; we shall get second-hand sense from the one, and original nonsense from the other.
hands sorrow tears
If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you! If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you! A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter! Sorrow and shame upon your head! Ruin upon all belonging to you!
hands feet office
Skewered through and through with office-pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape.
hands library grew
I grew up on second hand bookshops and libraries. Charles Stross
hands soul half
I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters. Charles Spurgeon
hands despair rope
Faith has a saving connection with Christ. Christ is on the shore, so to speak, holding the rope, and as we lay hold of it with the hand of our confidence, He pulls us to shore; but all good works having no connection with Christ are drifted along down the gulf of fell despair.
hands soap calling
There’s no shame about any honest calling; don’t be afraid of soiling your hands, there’s plenty of soap to be had.
hands ignorant used
And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords Alan Watts
mind colour new-thought
New thoughts and hopes were whirling through my mind, and all the colours of my life were changing.
mind body weakness
Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the infirmities of the body.
mind gout body
As the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds.
mind yoke foals
It is adverse to talent to be consorted and trained up with inferior minds and inferior companions, however high they may rank. The foal of the racer neither finds out his speed nor calls out his powers if pastured out with the common herd, that are destined for the collar and the yoke.
mind pay talent
Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent; for wealth, although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligible.
mind toadstools insult
Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill.
mind needed ifs
You know, if I tried to change the minds of everyone who I thought needed changing, I'd never have time to do anything else.
mind christianity holy
When filled with holy truth the mind rests.
mind states state-of-mind
We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.
mix shift strongly
We are going to shift the mix strongly to international. Charles Prince
mixture played settling
We were too perimeter-oriented. Toledo played a mixture of defenses and they really had us on our heels. We were just settling for 3s.
mixtures schwarzenegger
My English is a mixture between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Archbishop Tutu. Billy Wilder
mixing fascination
I've always had a fascination about mixing music, Blake Michael
mixing fascination application
Ive always had a fascination about mixing music. So I downloaded an application and started messing around with it, and it just built up from there.
mix
When you put that mix together, we got our own little world here.
mixtures desks terrible
I am a terrible mixture of being organized, controlling, but chaotic. My desk is monstrous. Elizabeth Hurley
mixtures recipes affection
A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection. Arthur Helps
mix people
Most people think of Las Vegas, and they think of extravagance. But it's really a mix between fantasy and laziness. Gia Coppola
otherwise
Danger is part of my job. It's always there, but you can't think about it too much otherwise you start to be too slow. Heikki Kovalainen
otherwise
I do not speak frequently or otherwise to the press.
otherwise
No actor can play a villain if they don't sympathise with him or her - otherwise the character just becomes a two-dimensional caricature. Katie McGrath
otherwise
She's all right, otherwise I wouldn't be here, Patricia Clarkson
otherwise relationships
We're activating relationships that otherwise wouldn't have been there. Ken King
otherwise war
It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it. Robert E. Lee
otherwise printed
We printed all the words out because otherwise nobody would be able to understand them. Paul Kantner
otherwise politician
The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower. Alan Greenspan
otherwise
When I look through my sketchbooks, they bring back moments that I would otherwise have completely forgotten. Susan Minot
rather sooner
We're insisting that it be sooner rather than later.
rather
Like Hubie, and sometimes like Jim, I can be rather lengthy. Jim Calhoun
rather rule
made it a rule ... rather than the exception.
rather record
I'm a lazy guy. I can't focus for too long. I'd rather hear a record that has no filler. Thomas Mars
rather work
I don't know about hiding away, but I really only like to present myself when I'm working on something - it's more my work I like to present to the world rather than myself. Kate Bush
rather
I am not into action and adventure on holiday; that doesn't really do it for me. I would much rather go and lie down. Keeley Hawes
rather stated
Mohamed stated he would rather kill only Americans.
rather strange
So I think it is rather strange that I got into ballet, something that I hadn't seen. Suzanne Farrell
rather survive taken
She was rather abrasive and difficult, but it must've taken that kind of personality to survive and to do what she did in the 1960s.