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british-author disgrace general heart human interest particular subject totally trifle
The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable. Thomas Day
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In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton.
british-author luxuries poor
We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread.
british-author lest shame triumph
But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation.
british-author people truth
I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre. Jackie Collins
british-author forget known leave meeting officially six
I will never forget meeting Suu Kyi in Rangoon - now officially known as Yangon - some six years ago, when she was still able to leave her house. Timothy Garton Ash
british-author enjoyed imagination mysteries relief
I enjoyed writing mysteries out of my imagination as a relief from all that research, and also because I could write them while traveling. Antonia Fraser
british-author cautious century taught work
If the 20th century taught us anything, it is to be cautious about the work impossible.
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Humour is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. Virginia Woolf
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We are pleased with the progress of our international operations, whilst we remain cautious about prospects in the UK, where we have experienced the slowdown in consumer expenditure. John Clare
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Until the unemployment picture improves, consumers will be very cautious about their spending habits. We think the second half of the year could also be difficult for the retail industry unless the job demand improves.
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Paying more heed to the lessons of the past might teach us to be a little more cautious about some of the political decisions taken today. Michael Morpurgo
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What they've done is thoughtful, analytically sound and numerically cautious ... but they haven't put in the huge caveat about the range of uncertainty, ... It's so large that we can't know if the problem is twice as great or a quarter as great as what they're saying.
cautious hoping starters
We're hoping our starters give us more innings. All indications are they will. We want to be cautious with our bullpen. Buddy Bell
cautious
I am always cautious. Carnie Wilson
cautious favorable optimism work
There is cautious optimism that things are going to work out in a favorable light,
cautious has-beens
I've grown environmentally. I'm far more cautious, although I always have been; but more now. And I have grown a lot professionally by working with George Miller. Brittany Murphy
cautious generally september
September will be challenging for handset makers. We are generally cautious on the group.
century highway improvement system
Vermont's 19th century highway system was in need of improvement.
century company 20th-century
Any company designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st. David S. Rose
century common risks russia start vatican
We are at the start of the 21st century and there are many risks in the world and we think that collaboration between Russia and the Vatican corresponds to the common good, Igor Ivanov
century 18th-century persons
I am a person of the 18th century. Cecilia Bartoli
century food hijacked hormones kitchens tastes
In the 21st century our tastes buds, our brain chemistry, our biochemistry, our hormones and our kitchens have been hijacked by the food industry.
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Whether or not people go into space or serve the space industry, they will have the sensitivity to those fields necessary to stimulate unending innovation in the technological fields, and it's that innovation in the 21st century that will drive tomorrow's economies. Neil deGrasse Tyson
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We're moving into the 21st century - and people expect you to be available. I've had about 200 visitors to the site so far in this campaign. Two hundred people - that's 200 people that you might influence to vote for you.
century finally moving
We're moving into the 20th century. I know it's the 21st century already, but at least we'll finally be in the 20th century. Tom Browning
century deeply left saw time whose works
Years ago, when I was in Siena for the first time, I saw the works of Duccio, whose deeply emotional painting from the thirteenth century has never left me. Siri Hustvedt
taught lord teach
Do not begin to teach others until the Lord has taught you. Charles Spurgeon
taught-us common-sense culture
The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of it, only in it, only confronting it - aliens. Alan Watts
taught expect-nothing endeavor
Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors. She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God. Alan Paton
taught republican middle
I was a middle-of-the-road Democrat more than anything else. I know I voted for Carter. Watergate taught me how bad the Republicans were. Dave Barry
taught-us parent hopeful
My parents, who grew up in terror and dealt with segregation and humiliation, nonetheless taught us to be hopeful and open and loving and not hateful toward anyone. Bryan Stevenson
taught-us action oppression
If our history has taught us anything, it is that action for change directed against the external conditions of our oppressions is not enough. Audre Lorde
taught caught rhythm
I, who thought to sink, was caught up into love, and taught the whole of life in a new rhythm. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
taught pounds wit
An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught. Benjamin Franklin
taught-us holocaust lessons
The sad and horrible conclusion is that no one cared that Jews were being murdered... This is the Jewish lesson of the Holocaust and this is the lesson which Auschwitz taught us. Ariel Sharon
work quality may
Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity, and that wherever it is so applied it lends an unmistakable quality to the work.
work apology giving
Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology. Alan Clark
work mean doing-nothing
If I am doing nothing, I like to be doing nothing to some purpose. That is what leisure means. Alan Bennett
work sleep thinking
A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves. Alan Ayckbourn
work play able
You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way. Al Kaline
work people kind
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable. Akio Morita
workout training cardio
I do a dance-based cardio workout infused with circuit training, and emphasizing strength and alignment. Chloe Sevigny
work
Very enthusiastic and very intelligent. I know he'll work at it.
work looks calm
Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else. Dmitri Mendeleev