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reading writing character
Mr. Pickwick took a seat and the paper, but instead of reading the latter, peeped over the top of it, and took a survey of the man of business, who was an elderly, pimply-faced, vegetable-diet sort of man, in a black coat, dark mixture trousers, and small black gaiters; a kind of being who seemed to be an essential part of the desk at which he was writing, and to have as much thought or sentiment. Charles Dickens
reading believe writing
I have nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess that no one can ever believe this narrative, in the reading, more than I have believed it in the writing. Charles Dickens
reading writing style
Speech recognition is utterly crap for writing fiction. If you try reading a novel aloud you'll soon figure out why - written prose style is utterly unlike the spoken word. Charles Stross
reading years people
I hear people all the time say, well I read through the Bible last year. Well, so what? I'm all for reading through the Bible. But how much of that got on the inside, or did they just cover three more chapters today? I would never discredit reading the Scriptures, but it is important to meditate on it. Charles Stanley
reading age praying
It is a reading age, a preaching age, a working age, but it is not a praying age. Charles Spurgeon
reading believe water
To believe a thing is to see the cool crystal water sparkling in the cup. But to meditate on it is to drink of it. Reading gathers the clusters; contemplation squeezes forth their generous juice. Charles Spurgeon
reading light giving
Give yourself to reading.’... You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound theological works, especially the Puritanic writers, and expositions of the Bible. Charles Spurgeon
reading writing impossible
...she felt about reading what some writers felt about writing: that it was impossible not to do it and that at this late stage of her life she had been chosen to read as others were chosen to write. Alan Bennett
reading long enough
The days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do. Alan Bennett
trouble mercy heavy
These heavy troubles are heralds of weighty mercies. Charles Spurgeon
trouble novel incomplete
There are things the story must have or else look incomplete. And these will almost automatically present themselves. When they don't, you are in trouble and then the novel stops. Chinua Achebe
trouble failure-of-leadership nigeria
The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership, Chinua Achebe
trouble bloodshed hard
I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed. Chief Joseph
trouble ifs
If you are a friend of somebody and that friend is in trouble, you don't just drop them. David Tang
trouble my-family bigs
If not for my family, I would have been in big trouble. Chad Everett
trouble crosses
Usually one gets a heavier cross when one attempts to get rid of an old one. Edith Stein
trouble economy free-market
The trouble with a free market economy is that it requires so many policemen to make it work. Dean Acheson
trouble reason authority
As soon as we abandon our reason and are content to rely on authority, there is no end to our troubles. Bertrand Russell
hours
One of the fundamental premises of this Bible is that the gospel changes everything. If this is true, how does the gospel change the very thing we spend most of our waking hours doing - work. David Kim
hours-in-the-day balance imagine
Imagine working 20% smarter instead of 20% longer...Work-life balance and startup success at any stage aren't mutually exclusive. There are enough hours in the day to be effective and present. David Cummings
hours enticing
I would say just stop watching me, I guess, at this point. That is what I do, and it probably is, in some way, a bit of a lecture. I can see how that's not something that would be enticing for you to watch in a stand-up hour. David Cross
hours resilient great-outdoors
All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident. David Suzuki
hours man spent thousands tracking
We spent thousands of man hours tracking down the problem, Mark Adams
hours born merry
To be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. William Shakespeare
hours love time
I love acting, but I have two little kids, and it's 14 hours a day out of the house. You don't get that time back. Gwyneth Paltrow
hours week beats
No one who works a forty hour week will ever beat me. Bill Rodgers
hours minutes macs
The Bernie Mac Show' is my life. It's the truth, and I'm not ashamed of a minute, an hour, or a second of my life. Bernie Mac