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We want them to ... agree to a referendum to allow Texans to vote on the independence issue, Richard McLaren
agree decision difficult health
We know what a difficult decision it must have been for Ian but we agree his health must come first.
agreement definitely reach statement
Verification is definitely a problem. But to reach a new agreement they need progress, and today's statement is progress.
agreement anxiety guilt
The sense of anxiety and guilt doesn't come from having too much to do; it's the automatic result of breaking agreements with yourself. David Allen
agreement years might
Congress, after years of stalling, finally got around to clearing the way for informal discussions that might lead to possible formal talks that could potentially produce some kind of tenative agreements ... Dave Barry
agreement assets sells
EFR entered into an agreement to sell some noncore assets for $2.05M. David Talbot
agreement organization citizens
Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens. David Suzuki
agree hope people resembles
I really don't want to do anything that resembles stand-up comedy. But I will agree to say that I am doing it, and I will hope that people expect it to be that, so I can thwart those expectations. Lucas Neff
agreement determined mountains moves powerful prayers righteous whether
The powerful prayers of the righteous which moves mountains are determined by the power of agreement and not whether we're in the same place!
american-journalist government louse man
We are a government of laws. Any laws some government hack can find to louse up a man who's down. Murray Kempton
american-journalist until
I didn't know how much I cared about having a woman on the court until the day there was a woman on the court. Nina Totenberg
american-journalist good people wants
Well no administration ever wants an independent overseer, and there are very good career people who are in charge of this investigation, but it could get hairy.
american-journalist
There are few successful adults who were not first successful children.
american-journalist refusal
A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed.
american-journalist great man pass
The banalities of a great man pass for wit.
american-journalist ceases
A shocking occurrence ceases to be shocking when it occurs daily.
american-journalist direction follow tend
People, like sheep, tend to follow a leader - occasionally in the right direction.
american-journalist begins factory human run scrap time whether
When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government.
good-mood sometimes mood
The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can. Charles de Lint
goods
Money and goods are certainly the best of references. Charles Dickens
good-morning beauty nature
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
good-friend trying disability
Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason
good-life two evil
Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine. Charles Caleb Colton
good-things cruelty
A good thing can't be cruel.
good-man energy attention
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons
good-day writing emotional
If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that. Alan Moore
goodbye farewell heart
The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart. Alan Alda
jobs training radiation
In states where no regulation exists, anyone is permitted to perform medical imaging and radiation therapy procedures, sometimes after just a few weeks of on-the-job training. Charles W. Pickering
jobs men hands
Any man who takes a job with the idea that it is simply a springboard for something else is a chump. His attention will be more on the other things than on the job at hand and so he will fail. Charles Edison
jobs effort pay
If you do things by the job, you are perpetually driven: the hours are scourges. If you work by the hour, you gently sail on the stream of Time, which is always bearing you on to the haven of Pay, whether you make any effort, or not. Charles Dudley Warner
jobs book writing
There isn't a single day I don't do some writing -- if you don't, you won't have a book. When you're self-employed it is very easy to burn away your time instead -- answering e-mails, surfing the Internet, or hanging out with friends. You really must have the discipline to sit down and write every day. Most of what I am writing is living in the back of my head or in my subconscious. I find if I write every day, my subconscious will do the job for me.
jobs cutting editing
We're so quick to cut away pieces of ourselves to suit a particular relationship, a job, a circle of friends, incessantly editing who we are until we fit in.
jobs words-of-wisdom deception
"There is no deception now, Mr. Weller. Tears," said Job, with a look of momentary slyness, "tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones."
jobs character air
"I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad job, "and I don't improve upon acquaintance..."
jobs reading years
I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" - because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead! Charles Stross
jobs reading writing
What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job.
majority purpose shoulders
With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose. Bertolt Brecht
majority notebooks robert time
Was there ever a time when the majority was right? Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A Robert A. Heinlein
majority absolutes
The right of the majority is absolute. Benjamin Tucker
majority played round train year
Yeah, I played the majority of the year, but that's just like training. You train all year round anyway, so it's the same thing.
majority-rule liberty principles
The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on the constitutional structure implementing and strictly delimiting the voters' power; unlimited majority rule is an instance of the principle of tyranny. Ayn Rand
majority stem reasoning
True respectability stems not from the will of the majority but from proper reasoning. Alain de Botton
majority significant
The vast majority of those who are famous are not significant and the vast majority of those who are significant are not famous. Dennis Prager
majority example problem
For example, the vast majority of security break-ins occur as a result of problems with known fixes. With an automated system, you can keep up to date. Ben Horowitz
majority others qualities rights shows worst
She shows the worst qualities of masochists. She is boastful, she tramples upon the rights of others ... and because the majority of Filipinos are women, she is abusing the rights of women.
people waiting thank-god
I can't wait to get off the bus and... go on stage and entertain people. That's my thing, that's what I love. I love doing it... I thank God I can make a living doing it. Charlie Daniels
people understand-me audience
The people are applauding you because none of them understands you and applauding me because everybody understands me. Charlie Chaplin
people special architecture
The building is a special place because of its architecture; But it's people who make it special by participating in it.
people helping i-can
I am for people. I can't help it.
people dictator
Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.
people wicked-world wonderful
Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone
people rich assured
If there are people at once rich and content, be assured that they are content because they know how to be so, not because they are rich Charles Wagner
people want chance
The public airwaves provide a chance to affirm we want to be a good, decent people; a good, decent nation.
people slavery congress
The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal. Charles Sumner
vastness consciousness creatures
It's hard to kill a creature once it lets you see its consciousness. Carl Sagan
vastness messages small-creatures
She had studied the universe all her life, but had overlooked its clearest message: For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
vastness species
We are one species. We are starstuff.
vastness preference determine
But our preferences do not determine what's true.
vast
Marvel is a very vast and diverse universe. Maurissa Tancharoen
vast
I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils. Richard Leakey
vast
The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle.
vastly
They are still vastly under-performing the U.S. economy,
vast work
The vast majority of studies say anti-aging supplements don't work. S. Jay Olshansky