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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.
iron may doctrine
Whatever may be said about the doctrine of election, it is written in the Word of God as with an iron pen, and there is no getting rid of it. Charles Spurgeon
iron grace affliction
Most of the grand truths of God have to be learned by trouble; they must be burned into us with the hot iron of affliction, otherwise we shall not truly receive them.
iron feet games
I am never going to do an Empire Strikes Back ending again in a game, even if they put branding irons to my feet. Chris Avellone
ironic indifferent hesitation
You who are on the inside, don't condemn my lack of faith too quickly; you who are on the outside, don't be too quick to mock my overcredulity; you who are indifferent, don't be too quick to wax ironic about my perpetual hesitations. Bruno Latour
irony humans built
You humans, you know, whoever built you sewed irony into your sinews. Catherynne M. Valente
iron-will earth trout
Trout was petrified there on Forty-second Street. It had given him a life not worth living, but I had also given him an iron will to live. This was a common combination on the planet Earth. Kurt Vonnegut
iron fire water
God Almighty Himself must have been hilarious when human beings so mingled iron and water and fire as to make a railroad train!
iron feelings pumps
The most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is the pump. Arnold Schwarzenegger
iron discipline creative
Respectability, regularity, and routine - the whole cast-iron discipline of a modern industrial society - have atrophied the artistic impulse, and imprisoned love so that it can no longer be generous and free and creative, but must be either stuffy or furtive. Bertrand Russell
listening
Yieldedness is vital in listening to what He has to say. Charles Stanley
listening wish newspapers
No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.
listening actors want
All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening. Alan Rickman
listening important actors
When I started out as an actor, I thought, Here's what I have to say; how shall I say it? I began to understand that what I do in the scene is not as important as what happens between me and the other person. And listening is what lets it happen. It's almost always the other person who causes you to say what you say next. You don't have to figure out how you'll say it. You have to listen so simply, so innocently, that the other person brings about a change in you that makes you say it and informs the way you say it. Alan Alda
listening i-can knows
I can't learn nothing from listening to me. That's something I already know. Buddy Guy
listening gold example
The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening. Campbell Newman
listening pay distraction
Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person. Denis Waitley
listening tasks musician
As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the notes. Edward Gardner
listening next chance
Failure comes when you don’t listen. You can’t put something out there and assume it’s great. It’s up to us to make sure we’re listening to improve our chances for success-if not this time, next time. Alan Lewis