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past political reform
Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but will not take themselves; it is admired by all who cannot effect it, and abused by all who can; it is thought pregnant with danger, for all time that is present, but would have been extremely profitable for that which is past, and will be highly salutary for that which is to come. Charles Caleb Colton
past men miracle
There are truths which some men despise because they have not examined, and which they will not examine because they despise. There is one signal instance on record where this kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle; but the age of miracles is past, while that of prejudice remains.
past water people
"People can't die, along the coast," said Mr. Peggotty, "except when the tide's pretty nigh out. They can't be born, unless it's pretty nigh in - not properly born, till flood. He's a going out with the tide. It's ebb at half-arter three, slack water half an hour. If he lives till it turns, he'll hold his own till past the flood, and go out with the next tide." Charles Dickens
past self years
Only one life, a few brief years, Each with its burdens, hopes, and fears; Each with its clays I must fulfill. living for self or in His will; Only one life, 'twill soon be past, Only what s done for Christ will last. Charles Studd
past done lasts
Only one life, ’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.
past years tvs
My favourite movie is: "Dr Strangelove". (I haven't seen any films released in the past 2-5 years, I'm afraid: I don't do TV/cinema). Charles Stross
past years judging
It is foolish to try to live on past experience. It is very dangerous, if not a fatal habit, to judge ourselves to be safe because of something that we felt or did twenty years ago. Charles Spurgeon
past giving video
Society, magazines, posters, music videos, investment bankers. A lot of times, in my past anyway, looking within wasn't overly encouraged. Pretty much everybody proclaimed that fame would give me power and fortune. Alanis Morissette
past puppets driven
We tend to regard ourselves as puppets of the Past, driven along by something that is always behind us. Alan Watts
shoes contentment world
Our incomes should be like our shoes, if too small, they will gall and pinch us, but if too large, they will cause us to stumble and to trip. Wealth, after all, is a relative thing, since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much but wants more. True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
shoes earth pairs
It's easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather. Chogyam Trungpa
shoes talking legs
She could not complain about not having shoes when the person she was talking to had no legs. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
shoes numbers race
If everybody were a guy, the human race could easily get by on less than one twentieth the current number of shoes. Dave Barry
shoes pairs four
It's better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones. Cary Grant
shoes people pairs
People get nervous accessorising, but there is nothing wrong with adding a belt or a pair of shoes in another colour. Carolina Herrera
shoes scarves add
Money doesn't buy elegance. You can take an inexpensive sheath, add a pretty scarf, gray shoes, and a wonderful bag, and it will always be elegant.
shoes magazines majority
A majority of women's magazines feature women who do amazing things, but then the article focuses on how she ruined it with her shoes. Caitlin Moran
shoes pay flip
John McCain will pay hundreds of dollars for his own shoes. But we're the ones who have to pay for his flip-flops. Bill Richardson
pebbles moonlight caught
I caught a pebble in the moonlight. David Gemmell
pebbles rolling-along grain
You have to be like the pebble in the stream, keeping the grain and rolling along without being dissolved or dissolving anything else. Joseph Joubert
pebbles juxtaposition aliens
Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition. Learned Hand
pebbles film sand
The Sand Pebbles has always been one of my favorite films, I suppose because its the most difficult film - from a physical and logistical standpoint - that I've ever made. Robert Wise
pebbles female lovers
Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman. Victor Hugo