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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.
books-and-reading burn burns soon
Where one burns books, one will soon burn people. Heinrich Heine
books-and-reading fantasy love magic
What's not to like? I love fantasy books. I love magic and dragons. Emily Smith
books-and-reading build characters looking movies past shows strong tv
We're looking at books, movies and TV shows that have strong characters from the past that we can take and build upon.
books-and-reading collection depends finished greatest professors university
What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books. Thomas Carlyle
books-and-reading enforced good laws
There are very good laws on the books. What's important is that those laws are enforced aggressively.
books-and-reading count obscure
When you count all the obscure monographic books, there have been many. I probably have most of them in my library. Iris Chang
books-and-reading goes heavy love school toward
Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books;But love from love, toward school with heavy looks. William Shakespeare
books-and-reading buy create professors realize reminder system
Many professors don't realize they can just buy the book. We need to create a reminder system for faculty.
books-and-reading concluded continue enjoy returned several
Several times I concluded that there was too much detail; always I returned to continue and enjoy the book. John Galbraith
greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds.
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.
great-expectations secret tears
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away.
great-expectations strange melancholy
So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!...
great-expectations may done
But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
great-expectations may let-me
Let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
life strong truth
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.
life saying-goodbye expectations
Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.
life autism world
This is a world of action, and not moping and droning in.
life moral existence
Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.
life littles
Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.
life people astonishing
It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it.
life soul prison
Life is the jailer of the soul in this filthy prison, and its only deliverer is death.
life happiness dark
Much too oft we make life gloomy-- When happy we might be, If we gathered more of sunshine, And not dark shadows see.
life distance journey
Evils in the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers upon their road; they both appear great at a distance, but when we approach them we find that they are far less insurmountable than we had conceived.
marilyn michael mickey obsessed outlandish
Americans are obsessed with wild, outlandish things. Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mouse, and Michael Jackson are all wild, outlandish things.
marilyn talks uses
Everything Marilyn does is different from any other woman, strange and exciting, from the way she talks to the way she uses that magnificent torso. Clark Gable
special trophies ifs
If everyone is special, then no one is. If everyone gets a trophy, trophies become meaningless. David McCullough
special records world
It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics. David Rudisha
special routine crime
Like Richard Price and the late, great Elmore Leonard, Matt Burgess is one of those cool, quick and funny writers who can turn a seemingly routine crime caper into something special. Carl Hiaasen
special
Everyone tells you how they are going to be "special", but few do the work to get there. Do the work. Mark Cuban
special radio fascination
As far back as I can remember, the radio held a special fascination for me. Charley Pride
special realizing results
Beauty is the result of realizing what is special about you and not focusing on the things you don't like. Bobbi Brown
special scripts actors
I'm not one of these actors who can make a bad script good. Some actors, a script can be terrible, and they can bring something to it and make it really special. I can't. Eddie Marsan
special progress tools
There is not a tool, an implement, or a machine that has not resulted in a decrease in the contribution of human labor. Labor is not made permanently idle [though]; when replaced in one special category... it turns its attack against other obstacles on the main road to progress. Frederic Bastiat
special used call-me
Jim Cameron used to call me 'Special Ed.' Edward Furlong
system word
We feel that the system will get the word out when it's needed.
systematic mental-illness institutions
The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness. Ashley Montagu
system weakness
There is a weakness in the system somewhere,
systems
I think you'll see very aggressively priced systems out there. Paul Otellini
system
We've got to have just one system . . . it's a no-brainer.
systems weather
Fortunately, the weather did end up cooperating, and it's all systems go.
systems-change consciousness individual
As one individual changes, the system changes. Ram Dass
system talking
There is no new system in place. I don't know what you're talking about. Bill Belichick
system
We need a better dredging system that we have now.