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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.
bothering-you bother ifs
If something is bothering you, keep it to yourself. David Strickland
both discovery driven east finds fossil mary since understand
With the discovery of Zinjanthropus at Olduvai Gorge in 1959, my grandmother Mary Leakey pioneered the research in East Africa with my grandfather Louis. Many more spectacular fossil finds have since been made, both in Africa and elsewhere, by many researchers driven to understand our past. Louise Leakey
both since
Wendy and I both wanted kids, but since we were pushing 40, the clock was ticking. Lisa Cholodenko
both feed suffice
I care not to debate which came first, Islamism or anti-Muslim bigotry; suffice to say that both feed into each other symbiotically. Maajid Nawaz
both direct guess project serious
There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day. Mackenzie Astin
both country english federal issue kinds language laws learn official people practical side state
The other side said (there are) 799 federal and state laws mandating the use of English. ... We would say those kinds of laws are not at issue here. I think that English is the official language of this country in a practical sense already. And I think that most people who come here both learn English and want to learn English. Richard Cohen
both checks dressing great knows reason rooms sit sound together worse
The other reason Rufus and I are great together is that we're both really lazy. The rehearsing, the sound checks -- he's actually worse than I am, and that's something. To get us to do anything other than sit in our dressing rooms is a challenge. Who knows what will happen? Ben Folds
both potential
The potential is unbelievable with both those girls.
both huge potential sales
The potential is huge for them both in sales and production.
lasts remember there-is-hope
Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope.
lasts fool firsts
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. Charles Simmons
lasts dubbing spokes
I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time. Alan Rickman
last nine won
We've won nine of the last 11, so I like our chances.
last people ready year
We want to show that we're no joke. People thought last year was a fluke. We can make improvements from last year. We're ready to see what's out there.
lasts eloquent last-time
We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing. David Mitchell
lasts records haircuts
You're only as good as your last record. David Sanborn
lasts female worship
The last western society to worship female powers was Minoan Crete. And significantly, that fell and did not rise again. Camille Paglia
lasts needs kind
I need some kind of... like... last minute, poorly-set-up deus ex machina!! Bryan Lee O'Malley
length-of-life space birth
How strangely inaccurate it is to measure length of living by length of life! The space between your birth and death is often far from a true measure of your days of living. Edwin Way Teale
length-of-life important life-is
Width of life is more important than length of life. Avicenna
length just-live wells
Don't just live the length of your life - live the width of it as well. Diane Ackerman
length
Right before I'm about to talk at length about something I like I say, Get me started. Demetri Martin
length saying short time words yes
Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.
length predator prey wants
She's a predator and she wants her prey. And that prey is my grandson. She'll go to any length to get him.
length science technology
Much of contemporary science is really the length and shadow of the technology we apply. Erez Lieberman Aiden
length likely sway time
It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is likely it was a long time they had it, but they were put from it at last. Lady Gregory
lengthy less needed practical stories
Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish. Kate Atkinson
nights people possibly tap unaware view
There are nights when you are lucky enough to tap into something about yourself that you are unaware of and can't possibly control, and somehow, at that moment, other people can view it or sense it or feel it.
nights played random signed talk turned white
I've done some really weird gigs. The ones where no one turned up - they're probably not the interesting ones to talk about. I played some pretty random ones in L.A. I signed to play all-R&B nights or an all-comedy night where I'd be the only white person there. They were fun. Ed Sheeran
nights
Some nights you just get beat. You do the right thing most of the time, but you just get beat. I think this is one of those nights. Nate McMillan
nights
Some nights you feel like you can't lose. Luckily, it was one of those nights. Jarret Stoll
nights played
I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing. Yogi Berra
nights recall reminds term weekends
I find the term 'workaholic' to be distasteful because it reminds me of the harried-looking lawyers I recall chained to their desks through nights and weekends during my lawyer days years ago. Rachel Sklar
nights sitting whom
I don't find myself sitting up nights saying, whom should I support? David Dinkins
nights stay surprised works
I wouldn't say it surprised me, but you have to stay ready. On nights like this when you get the opportunity, you want to be ready. Sometimes it works for you and sometimes it doesn't. Adam Kennedy
nights past sleeping spent
He didn't want to go home. From what we know, he spent the past two nights sleeping in the woods.
novelty impress please
Novelties please less than they impress.
novel mediums prose
My medium is prose, not the novel. David Shields
novel
For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed.
novelists novel livelihood
I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.
novel
I used to read only fiction. Now I don't read much, only occasionally, such as a Cormac McCarthy or a Jim Harrison novel. David Quammen
novel could-have-been has-beens
History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been. Edmond de Goncourt
novelty please accounts
Such is the nature of novelty that where anything pleases it becomes doubly agreeable if new; but if it displeases, it is doubly displeasing on that very account. David Hume
novel knows
When you decide to adapt some Russian novel, it's like everyone knows about it but nobody has read it. Audrey Tautou
novel monologues i-can
This is why I read novels: so I can escape my own unrelenting monologue. Carol Shields
thousand conscience
Conscience is a thousand swords. William Shakespeare
thousand
To-morrow? - Why, To-morrow I may be / Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n Thousand Years. Edward Fitzgerald
thousand right-words ifs
One word is worth a thousand pictures. If it's the right word. Edward Abbey
thousands
For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they're lies, you're free.
thousand
A word is worth a thousand pictures. Elie Wiesel
thousand
A word is worth a thousand images. Andreas Gursky
thousands
There are tens of thousands in there who are probably going hungry,
thousands wrestling
He's doing a lot more wrestling now. But sometimes it comes back because he's drilled in thousands and thousands of times.
thousand yards
I would give up one thousand yards to get a win. Derrick Brooks