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comforting fantasy hard
Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. Carl Sagan
comfort continued culture duty existence master moral privilege relations religious watch
Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give them every comfort and privilege that is not incompatible with the continued existence of the relations between them. Roger B. Taney
comforting elected farmers looking lucky opponents policy producers simpson strong sugar
We are lucky to have two strong lawmakers like Simpson and Peterson looking out for America's sugar producers and the policy on which they depend. Some sugar policy opponents want to put sugar farmers out of business, and it's comforting to know that our elected representatives will not let that happen. Don Wallace
comfort love
I'm always most comfortable in the studio. It's my comfort zone. I love being there, and I love making records. Nayvadius Cash
comfort food literature mental
Children's literature is one of my joys, and it's also my mental comfort food. Gretchen Rubin
comfort shame shame-on-me
Never have I risked my life, or even my comfort, in the service of mankind. Shame on me. Kurt Vonnegut
comforter
When life gets you down, make a comforter! Bo Burnham
comfort anticipation imperfect
Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition. Edward Gibbon
comfort sometimes cures
To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. Edward Livingston
economy currency biosphere
Other things, like capitalism, free enterprise, the economy, currency, the market, are not forces of nature, we invented them. They are not immutable and we can change them. David Suzuki
economy mistaken perception train
The perception that the U.S. economy is a runaway freight train is mistaken -- things are slowing. Matthew Smith
economy extent fact issues ongoing pace recovery slowing strength week whether
The ongoing issues are the strength of the economy and whether or not the pace of the recovery is in fact slowing down. One of the important things this week will be to see the extent of the damage. John Davidson
economy growing region resilient seeing seems
We are seeing a very resilient economy and one that seems to be growing in every part of the world. Just about every region is growing and it's very encouraging. Sidney Taurel
economy fears finds full hard
There are some fears that the post-war U.S. economy still finds it hard to go back into full gear. Shahab Jalinoos
economy global wine
We're in a global wine economy now. If you're out of grapes, you're out of grapes. George Rose
economy fact fiscal growing monetary stimulus
When you think of all the fiscal and monetary stimulus we've had, we should have the economy growing at 5 or 6 percent. The fact that we're not is the story. David Rosenberg
economy government human science useful
The government will see that human spaceflight is useful - for science and the economy - and inspirational. Helen Sharman
economy few growing industry innovation particular past rapid seen technology within
We have seen China's economy growing at 8-9% over the past few years and in particular within the telecom industry there has been rapid developments in technology and innovation enhancements, Patricia Russo
economy-and-economics happening mixed results
We're getting sort-of mixed results with what is happening in the economy. Robert Brusca
economy-and-economics everybody lucky says underlying
Lucky for everybody because it says something about our underlying economy. Paul Brewbaker
economy-and-economics gap government parity price reference rising since
Since mid-2004, the government refinery-gate reference price has diverged from import parity economics. The gap has been rising ever since. Kurt Barrow
economy-and-economics pilots qualified
The pilots are responsible, realistic, qualified people, who know the (state of the) economy, Jean-Cyril Spinetta
economy-and-economics looking money strong year
We are looking for another strong year for the U.S. economy. I would not put my money in the long end. Michael Markovic
economy-and-economics fed gets might moves psychology view
There is a view out there -- and this gets more into psychology than economics, that if Fed moves 50 (basis points) now, it might be all they need to do. David Resler
economy-and-economics india pivotal role
Positioned as we are, geographically and economically, India has a pivotal role in the region, Manmohan Singh
economy-and-economics home improvement instead investing last less market months people secure seen slow spending stock strong wake
Historically we have seen strong home improvement spending in the wake of a slow economy. The stock market has been less secure in the last 18 months or so than it had previously been. So instead of the stock market, people were investing in their homes. Chris Ahearn
economy-and-economics fed meant reassuring result
I think the Fed meant to say something reassuring about the economy, but the result was very confusing. Donald Selkin
employment
The pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. Jane Austen
employment good improving pointing seeing series solid
We are seeing a series of good indicators pointing to solid recovery: improving production, improving exports, improving employment and improving spending. Masaaki Kanno
employment lands supply
When you take out the lands that are encumbered or don't have servicing, you come down to an 11.8-year supply of employment lands, John Waller
employment occupation principles
The great subverter of Pyrrhonism or the excessive principles of scepticism is action, and employment, and the occupations of common life. David Hume
employment discrimination should
Liberals say we should end employment discrimination. I say we should end employment. Bob Black
employment goes health insurance lose portable work
We should work to de-link health insurance from employment so if you lose your job, your health insurance goes with you and it is personal, portable and affordable. Ted Cruz
employment economics achieve
We cannot hope to achieve full employment and sustain it until we have mastered inflation. Denis Healey
employment hired hopeful language lawyers model others
We have hired employment lawyers to come up with model language for contracts. We are hopeful this will be emulated by others in the industry. Karina Litvack
employment framework hold party plenty policy power prosperity whatever
We need a policy framework which will hold whatever party is in power so there will be peace, prosperity and plenty of employment opportunities, Ranil Wickremesinghe
full grieving year
We want them to have a full year of grieving before they volunteer. Sarah Santana
full preached time
The other times, we just preached at you, ... This time around, it's like you're getting christened in church. This is the full immersion version. Bob Day
fullest life living
We've all been living life to the fullest during our break, Justin Jeffre
full historic path successes
We are at the end of an historic process, ... It has been a long path, a path full of successes and failures. Jacques Santer
full increased openings production
We are at all full production and we have increased staff, with some openings at mines. Ken Vaughn
full kinds lets music people piano saturday soft spiritual split sunday
We split it up so the Sunday devotional is more spiritual and the Saturday show will be full of all different kinds of music so it lets people know we do more than just soft piano ballads. Mark Hansen
full games glass half
We're not going to make it look pretty and say, 'Well, we've been here before,' ... We have 14 games to play and we can't panic. But I don't think you can tell them the glass is half full when it's not. Mike Sherman
full providing
We have narrowed it down to those who are providing full financing. Glenn McGinnis
full involved knew signed talk
When he first signed up, he wanted to go for the full 20 years, but we had to talk him into four. He knew the military, he knew what was involved with it the separation, the risks. Army Sgt.
growing-up women thinking
... the woman who grows up with the idea that she is simply to be an amiable animal, to be caressed and coaxed, is invariably a bitterly disappointed woman. A game of chess will cure such a conceit forever. The woman that knows the most, thinks the most, feels the most, is the most. Intellectual affection is the only lasting love. Love that has a game of chess in it can checkmate any man and solve the problem of life. Charles Dickens
growing-up people needs
Many people never grow up. They stay all their lives with a passionate need for external authority and guidance, pretending not to trust their own judgment. Alan Watts
growing-up book comic
I didn't really grow up a comic book fanatic. Alan Ritchson
growing late critique
A lot of the critique of our growing mechanization was actually at its strongest, and arguably at its most perceptive, during the late '60s. Alan Moore
growing bigs distrust
There's been a growing dissatisfaction and distrust with the conventional publishing industry, in that you tend to have a lot of formerly reputable imprints now owned by big conglomerates. Alan Moore
growing-up school boys
Growing up in the Boroughs, I thought I must be the cleverest boy in the world, an illusion that I was able to maintain until I got to the grammar school. Alan Moore
growing-up hands world
A world grows up around me. Am I shaping it, or do its predetermined contours guide my hand? Alan Moore
growing-up tired talking
Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about. I always woke up before the plane landed. Alan Bradley
growing middle standing-still
Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying. Alan Arkin
half linux firsts
I was Computer Shopper's linux columnist for more than half a decade, from the late 90s onwards. Yes, I know about Linux. (My first review of a Linux distro in the press was published in late 1996.) Charles Stross
half empty gods-will
If I empty out half of my life, God can only fill half...God will fill as much of us as we allow Him to fill. Aiden Wilson Tozer
half safe matter
There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium. David R. Brower
half intensity played second slow
We started slow today. In the second half we played with better intensity than we did in the first half. Linda Flohr
halfway michigan respecting seven state ten
We are at the turn, we are halfway around the track. It's just about respecting Michigan State and approaching like we have the other seven (Big Ten games). Kristy Curry
halftime hard played struggled
We struggled a little and they made it very hard to penetrate the middle. We made some adjustments at halftime and played better. Jim Mott
half pulled second
We started off slow, ... but in the second half we really pulled away. Robert Bates
half missing three top
We started each half missing a wide-open lay-up, and that kind of set the tone. My top three scorers couldn't find the basket. Dean Montzingo
half period second spent team wears
We spent the whole second period in the box. It wears half the team down. We can't be doing that. It kills us. Jeff Carter
inflation overall reflect seniors
The overall CPI does not reflect the inflation most seniors face. Mark Zandi
inflation people wages work
Inflation outstripped real wages for people who work for pay from others. Tim Bishop
inflation
We don't have any inflation problem. The CPI was a one-time aberration. Bruce Steinberg
inflation pressure rarely revised seeing
The deflator is rarely revised, so this one revised this much is probably significant. We are seeing more and more inflation pressure percolating to the surface. Gregory Miller
inflation lower per rate risks toleration
Policymaker's toleration for inflation risks must be lower when the inflation rate is bumping around 3% per annum, Michael Blythe
inflation percent
One to two percent inflation is still very tolerable. Joseph Tan
inflation worried
No one's really worried about inflation right now. Alice Rivlin
inflation quite rate
From March, the year-on-year inflation rate will probably come off quite substantially. Irene Cheung
inflation might require stronger
If inflation expectations did become unhinged, this might require a stronger response, Michael Moskow
initial steps
We have initiated an investigation because we feel there were some discrepancies that we have encountered, but right now we're in the initial steps of the investigation. Joe Laud
initial requires
I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do. Karisma Kapoor
initially large percent three twice whether
We don't know whether it'll be twice as large or three times as large or 50 percent as large as we initially planned. Ken Bacon
initial matter talking walk whether
On the initial accreditation it was a matter of whether we?re talking the talk. Now, it?s can we walk the walk? Christine Crocker
initial matter talking walk whether
On the initial accreditation, it was a matter of whether talking the talk. Now its can we walk the walk, Christine Crocker
initially leading
Much of what was said was initially said by the cooperating witness, ... It was leading questions. Johnny Griffin
initial
My initial thought was that I was going to try out for the team. Jaime Dacey
initial move phase reaction simplify took
My initial reaction was, 'What took them so long?' ... They had too many brands, too many fiefdoms, and they had to simplify it. Even after they phase out Oldsmobile, they'll have too many, but I don't see them making another move for the foreseeable future. David Healy
initial less reaction television
My initial reaction was, I couldn't be less interested. I thought, I'm going to do more television. Why would I do Internet? Harvey Levin
likely rockets solid violent whether
Whether solid rockets are more or less likely to fail than liquid-fuel rockets is debatable. More serious, though, is that when they do fail, it's usually violent and spectacular. Henry Spencer
likely puts september window
We're going to have to make some modifications to the tank, so that probably puts the September (launch) window into a not very likely possibility. William Gerstenmaier
likely understanding
We're more likely to be understanding than to be judgmental. David Carr
likely meaning ourselves setting tie
When our purpose is external, we may never find it. If we tie our purpose or meaning to our vocation, goal or an activity, we're more than likely setting ourselves up for suffering down the line. Kris Carr
likely volume
I'm working on something that's not yet novel-shaped but is something of a film-noir-flavored 'Alice in Wonderland.' It will also very likely be a single volume story and not the start of a series. Erin Morgenstern
likely normally problem
Least likely normally to have a problem is the kicker. Dick Vermeil
likely multiple parties
Settlement talks, if any, will likely be very complex, with multiple parties involved. Henry Blodget
likely problem
The overcrowding problem is likely to get worse. Keitaro Matsuda
likely overall remain sales somewhat total
The overall total of nominal sales is likely to remain somewhat weak. Anthony Chan
nature giving natural
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own. Charles Dickens
nature humility pride
We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves. Charles Caleb Colton
nature men self
If Natur has gifted a man with powers of argeyment, a man has a right to make the best of 'em, and has not a right to stand on false delicacy, and deny that he is so gifted; for that is a turning of his back on Natur, a flouting of her, a slighting of her precious caskets, and a proving of one's self to be a swine that isn't worth her scattering pearls before. Charles Dickens
nature moon shining
When the moon shines very brilliantly, a solitude and stillness seem to proceed from her that influence even crowded places full of life. Charles Dickens
nature dark moon
The earth covered with a sable pall as for the burial of yesterday; the clumps of dark trees, its giant plumes of funeral feathers, waving sadly to and fro: all hushed, all noiseless, and in deep repose, save the swift clouds that skim across the moon, and the cautious wind, as, creeping after them upon the ground, it stops to listen, and goes rustling on, and stops again, and follows, like a savage on the trail. Charles Dickens
nature wall dark
A moment, and its glory was no more. The sun went down beneath the long dark lines of hill and cloud which piled up in the west an airy city, wall heaped on wall, and battlement on battlement; the light was all withdrawn; the shining church turned cold and dark; the stream forgot to smile; the birds were silent; and the gloom of winter dwelt on everything. Charles Dickens
nature morning fall
It was a cold hard easterly morning when he latched the garden gate and turned away. The light snowfall which had feathered his schoolroom windows on the Thursday, still lingered in the air, and was falling white, while the wind blew black. Charles Dickens
nature dark winter
The white face of the winter day came sluggishly on, veiled in a frosty mist; and the shadowy ships in the river slowly changed to black substances; and the sun, blood-red on the eastern marshes behind dark masts and yards, seemed filled with the ruins of a forest it had set on fire. Charles Dickens
nature wall rain
Not only is the day waning, but the year. The low sun is fiery and yet cold behind the monastery ruin, and the Virginia creeper on the Cathedral wall has showered half its deep-red leaves down on the pavement. There has been rain this afternoon, and a wintry shudder goes among the little pools on the cracked, uneven flag-stones, and through the giant elm-trees as they shed a gust of tears. Charles Dickens
near nowhere pleased
We are pleased with our progress, but we are nowhere near where we want to be yet. Bob Stull
near nowhere ought
We've accomplished what we've wanted to accomplish, record-wise. But we're nowhere near where we should be or where we ought to be. Rick Pitino
near puncture
We started as if we were on a qualifying lap, got a puncture near the end but we got it home, Eddie Jordan
near stage
We are getting near to the stage where hardball will be played. Seamus Mallon
near obviously
We're getting near the end of the process, but obviously it is not over yet, Richard Peddie
near standing trash
Yes, he was standing near the trash can. James Williams
near quickly strange time
I write in a very strange way. Things are very fragmentary for a very long time, and then they come together very quickly near the end of the process. Todd Rundgren
near park popular problem seems water work
Sheldon Park is a little too popular with the geese. KES isn't near water so we don't have the same problem and it seems to work out better for everyone. Mike Irwin
nearest number people water
We have a number of people we just dispatched all day long to go to the nearest place where the water is problematic. George Hecht
rate
But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is. Alan Watts
rates worse
This rates up there as one of the worse we have ever seen. Mark Langan
rate recognized
We have recognized that our churn rate was too high, and we have been monitoring the credit, Chase Carey
rates wants
Let's get one thing straight: No one wants Stafford loan interest rates to increase. John Kline
rates
Different industries have different risks and growth rates and volatility. Leon Black
rate turkey
Turkey does not have an official exchange rate target. Ali Babacan
rate stays taxes
The (property tax) rate stays the same, but the taxes go up all the time. John Parsons
rate success
The rate of success is high, under the appropriate circumstances. David Fischman
rated reflects strengthen tendency
There's a tendency for the yen to strengthen because it's rated highly, but I don't think that accurately reflects Japan's economic performance. Yoshihiko Noda
stress past reality
In an era of stress and anxiety, when the present seems unstable and the future unlikely, the natural response is to retreat and withdraw from reality, taking recourse either in fantasies of the future or in modified visions of a half-imagines past Alan Moore
stress use cash
Cash is available and we should use that in larger amounts, as is necessary, to solve the problems of the stress of this. Alan Greenspan
stressed christ crosses
...popular fundamentalist theology has emphasized the utility of the cross rather than the beauty of the One who died on it... The "work" of Christ has been stressed until it has eclipsed the person of Christ. Aiden Wilson Tozer
stress fire setting
Nothing relieves stress like setting things on fire. Chris Cannon
stress commitment people
Most of the stress people experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept. David Allen
stress exercise expression
Stress such as you experience in exercise is what creates builds focus, strength, and the capability for expanded expression; and the same is true for any kind of performance. David Allen
stress people creative
If we didn't have any stress, we'd never grow and you'd probably wouldn't test your mettle and you'd probably wouldn't come up with a lot of creative stuff that people come up with by being somewhat on the edge. David Allen
stress people guy
I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you're a guy who generates money, people have a vested interested in controlling you. Dave Chappelle
stressed-out wish should
I'm a worrywart, so I'm always a bit more stressed out than I should be or wish I was. David Nail