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We want to take these meetings across the city to get as many people involved as possible. We are trying to build a coalition behind this. Carolyn McLaughlin
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We want to stimulate demand for physics and encourage young people across the UK to study it whatever their financial or social background. Robert Kirby
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At the end of the day, it is just a movie, and we should remember that we're doing it for the audience, and we should have fun doing it. If we have fun doing it, it will come across on the screen. Luke Bracey
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Well we had nine top forensic pathologists from across the country, who operated as a panel, who looked at all the ballistic evidence and they came out saying that those bullets did exactly what the Warren Commission said they did. Louis Stokes
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Many climate scientists say their biggest fear is that warming could melt the Arctic permafrost - which stretches for thousands of miles across Alaska, Canada, and Siberia. Michael Specter
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The performance ranged from excellent or nearly so to very good. There was a very high level of performance across the board. David Heim
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The percentage is reduced each year, until after five years the fire department is able to continue on with paid staffing with it's own funding. At a time when volunteer fire departments across the nation are struggling to obtain new volunteers, this cut really hurts. It means fire departments will have to look to the public for even more support. Jackie Vaughn
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The people who step across the line and get the job done deserve the credit. They enjoy playing with each other, they have each other's back, and they've really bought into the team concept. You drive down a road and see a road crew, two of them are working and the rest are leaning on their shovels? I lean on a shovel. Tim Ruskell
across appreciate effort everybody football hearts love nation people poured sat supported tv watched welcome win
We appreciate it. We welcome it. We love the people across the nation who have poured out their hearts to us. We love you with all of our hearts and we're going to do what we have to do to win football games. We love everybody in the world who has supported this effort and those who sat and watched TV and wanted to support us financially but couldn't. Joe Horn
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We have to get used to this because it seems that human rights activists and dissidents are not well liked by governments, especially those that maintain their nation's human rights in the appalling situation that Cuba does. Elizardo Sanchez
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Throughout the course of history, this country has remained free, not because of movie stars and liberal activists but because of brave men and women who hated war too - - but lay down their lives so that we all may live in freedom. After all - What greater love hath no man, that he lay down his life for his friend,"" but in this case a country. Jim Gibbons
activists complex field ground knowledge lives seem socially thank
We know about the socially complex lives of elephants: how they communicate, how they bond, how they even seem to grieve. We have ethologists in the field and activists on the ground to thank for that knowledge. K. A. Applegate
activists metaphor
When I was researching the Victorian anti-vaccination movement, those activists often used a vampire as a metaphor for the vaccinator. Eula Biss
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Some activists will only see another opportunity to push government as parent, but parents make the best decisions about what is appropriate for their family to watch and have the tools to enforce those decisions. Jim Dyke
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Letters sent to the syndicate from what purported to be a group of patriotic activists had spelled out a clear intention to target the children and family of sailors. Michel Bonnefous
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Many of these activists are defending human rights. The authorities must ensure that they are able to continue with their peaceful activities without fear of arbitrary detention, harassment or other human rights violations. Mark Allison
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The policemen followed them in a white van and one of them fired at the activists from close distance, but they managed to escape unhurt. Krishna Sitaula
activists bill creating factory grassroots north pact president signature trade union zone
The pact creating a North American free-trade zone was President Bill Clinton's signature accomplishment; but NAFTA is also the bugaboo of union leaders, grassroots activists and Midwesterners who blame free trade for the factory closings they see in their hometowns. Nina Easton
against arrange highest lower price sale timing weigh
We want the highest price possible. You have to weigh that against some risk: the timing of the sale and how long it could take to arrange financing. So sometimes it does make sense to take a lower price. D. Miller
against bodies offense progress test
We want to test ourselves, see the progress we've made against bodies other than the UB offense and get a feel for where we are, what we need to do, and take it into the season. Tom Jones
against associate bobby discuss information jimmy man trial
There was a man who was an associate of jimmy Hoffa, who testified against Hoffa in his trial down in Tennessee. We had information from him that he and Hoffa did, in fact, discuss the planning of an assassination conspiracy against Bobby Kennedy. Louis Stokes
against both brazil match sides
The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game. Michel Patini
against extremism prejudice pretend tackle
The way to tackle Muslimphobia is to tackle prejudice against Muslims. What it is not is to pretend that Islamist extremism does not exist. Maajid Nawaz
against concerned good helena quick
The one thing you're always concerned with against Helena is transition. They're quick at it, they're good at it, so you have to be good at it. John LaFontaine
against champion fight key stand team
The other team is always going to make a run. The key to being a heavyweight champion is to fight back and stand up against the punches. Orlando Early
against coin continue deserve player side terrific win
The other side of the coin is that we had a terrific win against Adelaide, and every player deserve to continue on. So it is pretty tight. Chris Connolly
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The positive thing to note is that they actually had improving results as the year went on. But they were going against a very easy comparison -- they were down 3% in last year's fourth quarter. Benj Steinman
assault cases last predator several sexual
We actually got several of the sexual predator and sexual assault cases down in Provo last week. James Thompson
assault-weapons people use
...the only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers... Charles Schumer
assaulted country government people saying
There are people in this country who have been killed, raped and assaulted and we're saying the government must take responsibility, Morgan Tsvangirai
assaulted close death fear learned life scared
After I was assaulted in Egypt, I learned fear. I've just never been so scared in my life. I've never been so close to death. Lara Logan
assault baltimore either involves trial
If you go to probably any jury trial in Baltimore that involves violence, either an assault or murder, and watch the voir dire, to me, that's when you get a sense of what it's like to live in Baltimore. Sarah Koenig
assaulted demands relationship
At some level, every relationship is assaulted by an aroma of judgment - this sense that we will never measure up to the expectations and demands of another. Tullian Tchividjian
assault brutal freedom press seen violent
What we have seen is a brutal and violent assault on press freedom. Aidan White
assault becomes community connected darfur family happens human humanity tied worth
One's own self-worth is tied to the worth of the community to which one belongs, which is intimately connected to humanity in general. What happens in Darfur becomes an assault on my own community, and on me as an individual. That's what the human family is all about. Wole Soyinka
assaulted built metaphor vietnam war
'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again. Karl Marlantes
capital distance hockey people team win
We want to show people that we're the team that everyone should be gunning for (in the Capital Hockey Conference). We want to keep distance between us and everyone else because we want to win the league. ... That's why the lapses are very concerning. Jay Graham
capitalize community unique
We are a unique community because of the university. We should capitalize on the opportunities with the university. Jeanna Mastrodicasa
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There are certainly plenty of opportunities to put $500 million worth of capital in the hedge fund space. I think by and large Yale is looked upon as a preferred investor, and therefore I think a lot of managers would be open to having discussions with them. Justin Dew
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We still wanted to get an inside game, we thought that was our strength tonight. But they made plays and Tory Jackson found the open man's hands. ... They had the momentum, they had that run and we just couldn't capitalize on anything. Gary Capaldi
capitalize whenever
Whenever we get those opportunities (to score), we want to capitalize on those situations. Megan Schwab
capital hard misery people sorry television watching
Watching those people on television made it hard to feel sorry for myself, ... That was misery - capital M. Matt Ridley
capitalize good lose offense run steal
When we got a good offense going, we would lose it on defense. We couldn't capitalize when we would get a steal and run it down the floor. We're a Jekyll-and-Hyde team. Scott Parker
capital concrete confidence corporate data economic move rise rising spending
We're going to have to see economic data that suggests capital spending is on the rise and corporate confidence is rising before we can move up significantly. We need to see concrete results. Peter Coolidge
capitalize complete jump mistakes periods team three
We're going to have to play three complete periods (today). We'll see a better team (today), a team that will capitalize on your mistakes and jump all over you. Mark Wagner
country easy walks
It is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something. Charles Dickens
country men climate
In all countries where nature does the most, man does the least. Charles Caleb Colton
country travel home
Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds. Charles Caleb Colton
country sadness men
In great cities men are more callous both to the happiness and the misery of others, than in the country; for they are constantly in the habit of seeing both extremes. Charles Caleb Colton
country heart simple
As the grand discordant harmony of the celestial bodies may be explained by the simple principles of gravity and impulse, so also in that more wonderful and complicated microcosm, the heart of man, all the phenomena of morals are perhaps resolvable into one single principle, the pursuit of apparent good; for although customs universally vary, yet man in all climates and countries is essentially the same. Charles Caleb Colton
country self names
The most notorious swindler has not assumed so many names as self-love, nor is so much ashamed of his own. She calls herself patriotism, when at the same time she is rejoicing at just as much calamity to her native country as will introduce herself into power, and expel her rivals. Charles Caleb Colton
country mean hands
Old Marley was as dead as a doornail. Mind! I don't mean to say that, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a doornail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a doornail. Charles Dickens
country night men
If its individual citizens, to a man, are to be believed, it always is depressed, and always is stagnated, and always is at an alarming crisis, and never was otherwise; though as a body, they are ready to make oath upon the Evangelists, at any hour of the day or night, that it is the most thriving and prosperous of all countries on the habitable globe. Charles Dickens
country character men
Rattle me out of bed early, set me going, give me as short a time as you like to bolt my meals in, and keep me at it. Keep me always at it, and I'll keep you always at it, you keep somebody else always at it. There you are with the Whole Duty of Man in a commercial country. Charles Dickens
culture illusion illusion-of-time
We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time Alan Watts
culture cult
All culture must have arisen from cult. Alan Moore
culture victimhood not-interested
There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood. Alan Ball
culture worship christ
Worship is no longer worship when it reflects the culture around us more than the Christ within us. Aiden Wilson Tozer
culture initiative meetings
OneBeat is one of the greatest initiatives in advancing the meeting of cultures worldwide. Dave Douglas
culture biology conditions
Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better. C. J. Cherryh
culture glimpse heritage hosts india next rich
The performances will give a glimpse of the rich culture and heritage of India as the next hosts of the Games. Suresh Kalmadi
culture delay delivering fund ministry promise
We are at our wit's end and most embarrassed by this extraordinary delay on the part of the Culture Ministry in delivering on a promise to fund the event. Patrick Arnold
culture host issues
There are big culture issues in these films, contemporaneous issues, and he's about as issue-oriented as a host can be. Gil Cates
essentials
Wherever the Word comes without power its essential content is missed. Aiden Wilson Tozer
essential overall tends
My writing tends to become very dense, so I have to keep some cushion. Sometimes, words that seem superfluous are actually essential for the overall effect. Gretchen Rubin
essentials utility values
Utility then is not the measure of exchangeable value, although it is absolutely essential to it. David Ricardo
essentials shelter
I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter. David Duchovny
essentials efficient-work method
A sense of the value of time... is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry. Arnold Bennett
essentials critics reader
the labors of the true critic are more essential to the author, even, than to the reader. Agnes Repplier
essentials moderation good-work
For me, temperance is essential to good work. Edgar Rice Burroughs
essential filling free providing schools service students valuable
We're providing a service that's very valuable to students, ... It's free to students and free to schools with scholarships. We're filling an essential need. Tom Lubin
essentials connections trust-in-god
There is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you love him. And you will love him to the extent you have touched him, rather that he has touched you. Brennan Manning
fighting words-of-wisdom shadow
But injustice breeds injustice; the fighting with shadows and being defeated by them necessitates the setting up of substances to combat. Charles Dickens
fighting pay had-enough
Had enough of my poetry yet? That's why they pay me to fight demons instead. Charles Stross
fighting winning battle
Fight all your battles on your knees and you win every time. Charles Stanley
fighting errors evil
A church that does not exist to reclaim heathenism, to fight evil, to destroy error, to put down falsehood, a church that does not exist to take the side of the poor, to denounce injustice and to hold up righteousness, is a church that has no right to be. Not for yourself, O church, do you exist, any more than Christ existed for Himself. Charles Spurgeon
fighting decision soul
The petitions of Moses discomfited the enemy more than the fighting of Joshua. Yet both were needed. No, in the soul's conflict, force and fervor, decision and devotion, valour and vehemence, must join their forces, and all will be well. Charles Spurgeon
fighting iraq america
The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior. We cannot look at the Latino community and preach 'one language.' No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America. Al Sharpton
fighting people corporations
Sometimes you're fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other. Al Pacino
fighting night missing
I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing. I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there's a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they're in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him 'then bring me a winner.' Al McGuire
fight
We want to take the fight to the enemy. George Galloway
gather information input interview move
We want to try and gather as much input and information as we move into the interview process. Lorie Smith
gathered good perform trailers willing
I would like to perform more in English. But there have to be many good things gathered for me to be willing to do a movie. I watch trailers of every new American movie and I'm, like, 'OK, I'm not missing anything!' Ludivine Sagnier
gathering people provide strive understanding
We strive to provide a place of gathering and understanding where people of all socioeconomic backgrounds can come together, Richard Smith
gathering labeling offended people telling
We're just gathering and labeling information, ... We're not telling people what they should be offended by. Melissa Caldwell
gathering guy history latest local meeting news people places spot telephones time tv
There is a long history of people gathering in the same spot at the same time every week, or after work. A new guy could come in and see what the latest news was and what's going on in sports. Before people had TV and telephones it was one of the only meeting places we had; one of the only places to go and get local news. D. James
gathered gems proverbs
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind. William R. Alger
gather hard information trying
We're like everyone else. We're trying to gather information, but information is hard to come by. Greg Wilkinson
gathered loose mess night
Wasn't their mess. Was the loose mess that had already gathered the night before. Lemme tell you...they did clean. Dan Ford
gather singing songs
We gather for prayer, and reading the Bible, and singing the songs of David. William Brewster
human-nature abstinence appetite
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature . Charles Dickens
human-nature lifeless permanent
The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless. Alan Watts
humanity architect grey
Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond, without hesitation, 'Solvable'. Chip Kidd
humanity
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. Chinua Achebe
humanity mud practicals
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: 'He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.' Chinua Achebe
humanity end-of-the-world world
Anticipating the end of the world is humanity's oldest passtime David Mitchell
humanity originality specks
Your turn has come to sift through the dreck of humanity for rare specks of originality David Mitchell
humanity states organized
The better organized the state, the duller its humanity. David Mitchell
humanity identity divorced
Our identity was bestowed upon us by God and when humanity rebelled against God, we were divorced from the source of our identity. In this vacuum, work can wrongfully become the source of our identity wreaking havoc on our lives and work. Work was never meant to carry the weight of our identity. David Kim
missionary bones good-things
A good thing to have up your sleeve is a sanctified funny-bone. Charles Studd
missionary want impossible
Christ wants not nibblers of the possible, but grabbers of the impossible. Charles Studd
missions next
We want them to know missions are not just something in Africa; they can be done right next door. Terri Smith
missionary spare-time fulfilled
The Great Commission will not be fulfilled with our spare time or spare money. David Kim
missionary moments glory
Oh, that I could spend every moment of my life to God's glory! David Brainerd
missionary christianity eternity
I love to live on the brink of eternity. David Brainerd
missions
Nothing will ever be what the Voyager mission was, Carolyn Porco
mission paperwork seeing support
was very uncomfortable with no paperwork to support the mission request. He wasn't going to 'do nothin', as he said, without seeing some money. ...'no tickey, no laundry.' Christopher Simpson
missionary lasting determine
No missionary can determine the lasting effects of his or her labors. Richard G. Scott
nations
We are a European nation - must stay one. David Miliband
nations
Happy is the nation without a history. Cesare Beccaria
national-security gross negligence
Gross negligence in handling national security is a felony. Bill O'Reilly
national number people playing team whenever
Whenever you can be a part of something where the number one team and number two team are playing each other on national television, it is special. How many people get that opportunity? Lee Melchionni
national operating response
We were already operating under the National Response Plan. Russ Knocke
national sang
I sang at the Inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral. Michael W. Smith
national persuaded reform trying unwilling
We've become persuaded that, after two years of trying to reform the national AFL-CIO, it is unwilling to change, John Wilhelm
national spell
We're back-to-back national champions. You can't spell BCS without USC. LenDale White
national spell
We're back-to-back national champions, ... I know you can't spell BCS without USC. LenDale White
rocks people tree
To our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat them like people.... In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings, and as soon as any object exhibits sufficient cognitive function, those instincts kick in and we react as though we were interacting with another sentient human being. Alan Cooper
rockets seems
It seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going. Alan Bean
rocks feelings elements
With buildering, I get to keep that element of danger. Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces. Alain Robert
rocks historical world
There's room in the world for one historical folk-rock singer to make a decent living, and I happen to be it. Al Stewart
rocks rock-n-roll idiot
Rock n roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me. Al Jourgensen
rocks broken together
I differ with myself then agree, like the rock that was broken and cemented together. I change my opinion. China Mieville
rocks holy-grail opinion
'30 Rock' is the holy grail of comedy in my opinion. Cheyenne Jackson
rocks rock-music
Good rock music always tends to be around. Dave Davies
rocks upset radio
By the eighties, a lot of radio stations had started playing "Sixties" music. They called it "Classic Rock," because they knew we'd be upset if they came right out and called it what it is, namely "middle-aged-person nostalgia music. Dave Barry
speak
You speak so feelingly and so manfully, Charles Darnay Charles Dickens
speak-english japan computer
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan. Alan Perlis
speak foolish young
... please Lady... Do not speak of it. I was young and foolish." "You most certainly were." "You are cruel, Evanna. Darren Shan
speak elegance defined
Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read. Carolina Herrera
speaks-out abuse excess
We must take the best from the left and the best from the right to devise new strategies for the global twenty-first century. The reluctance of liberal professors to speak out against rampant abuses committed on their side (e.g., suppression of free speech, the excesses of women's studies and French theory) has simply increased the power of the right. Camille Paglia
speak politician enough
The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough. Carl Hiaasen
speaking
Where they're just speaking in tongues, like they're on a drug or something... Would I really do that if that's what it would take? Lucinda Williams
speaks tongue truth
Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth Irish Sayings
speaks-out willing direct
I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out. Bev Perdue
united-states significant congress
Madam Speaker, before being elected to Congress, I ran a manufacturing business that did a significant percentage of our sales outside the United States. Chris Chocola
united-states lines problem
The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution. Denis McDonough
united-states states united
Episcopalians are pretty thin on the ground in the central United States. Charlaine Harris
united-states immigrants nations
The United States is historically a nation of immigrants. Charles Rangel
united-states may constitution
I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the Constitution as I would like to have it, but as it is, that is to be defended. The Constitution will not be preserved & defended until it is enforced & obeyed in every part of every one of the United States. It must be so respected, obeyed, enforced and defended, and let the grass grow where it may. Abraham Lincoln
united-states folks collapse
You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses. Bruce Springsteen
united-states grew states
I grew up in the United States. Dominique de Villepin
united
I'm the president of the United States. I'm not the emperor of the United States. Barack Obama
united united-states
We (send) them all over the United States. Judy Dickson
weekend alive boring
Spending a weekend with Hitler would have been boring in the extreme, although you would have had a greater certainty in coming back alive. Alan Bullock
weekend winning practice
I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not. Alain Prost
weekend cities california
I live in one of the coastal cities in Southern California, and every so often I like to take a walk down the boardwalk in Venice during the weekends when it is abuzz with lively activity. Al Seckel
weekend people germs
..she took pictures of germs, viruses, and people reacting to germs and viruses. On weekends, for extra money, she photographed weddings, which really wasn't that much of a stretch David Sedaris
weekend climbing safety
I am still feeling my calf strain, so I have been unable to train this week. I will again have to sit out the weekend action, but the lads are climbing ever higher to safety. David Ginola
weekend car sailing
Here in Miami, on weekends, amusement-seekers will come to the marina, set up folding chairs, and spend a highly entertaining day watching boat owners perform comical maneuvers such as forgetting to set their parking brakes and having their cars roll down the ramp and disappear, burbling gaily, below the surface. Dave Barry
weekend special radio
The music I was always attracted to and the shows I was really into like, you know, those weekend Don Kirshner shows, "Midnight Special," those shows, I remember watching those and the music was just on; it was the greatest radio stations. Bobby Cannavale
weekend want wake-up
You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing. Derek Jeter
weekend views links
In view of all the deadly computer viruses that have been spreading lately, Weekend Update would like to remind you: when you link up to another computer, you're linking up to every computer that that computer has ever linked up to. Dennis Miller
youth young
Youth is not wasted on the young, it is perpetrated on the young. David Rakoff
youth
In [my] youth I was smacked around. Arnold Schwarzenegger
youth
The music of your youth stays with you throughout your life. Dick Clark
youth hold-fast
Hold fast to youth and beauty. Elizabeth Arden
youth tenacity charming
the most charming thing about youth is the tenacity of its impressions. Agnes Repplier
youth social made
Certainly in each social period, youth must be made to venerate the dominant absurdities. Charles Fourier
youth said
It is always "Youth, youth," when there is nothing else to be said. Anton Chekhov
youth indignation
For the youth, the indignation of most things will just surge as each birthday passes. Chris Evans
youth-of-today effort tables
Some argued that the youth of today were poorly educated and insufficiently industrious, but one of them had sought to validate his generation by spending considerable time and effort chiseling an obscene word in the concrete picnic table, and he had spelled it correctly. Dean Koontz