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fancy gravity young
The young fancy that their follies are mistaken by the old for happiness. The old fancy that their gravity is mistaken by the young for wisdom. Charles Caleb Colton
fancy wavering longing
Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, more longing, wavering, sooner lost and won, than women's are. William Shakespeare
fancy wanderers
The truant Fancy was a wanderer ever. Charles Lamb
fancy purses
Before you consult your fancy, consult your purse. Benjamin Franklin
fancy trying win words
We're just not doing enough right now. We're not trying to win games, we're just hoping. You can use a lot of fancy words but there's no other way to put it. Brad Richards
fancy high known man people
I got a fancy reputation. During high school, every puzzle that was known to man must have come to me. Every damn, crazy conundrum that people had invented, I knew. Richard P. Feynman
fancy recognized unless
You don't get recognized that much unless you want to get recognized, like if you go to the fancy joints and that. It's like, L.A. - there are 10 restaurants. If you want to be seen, you go. Travis Fimmel
fancy listen talking writers
They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. Lillian Hellman
fancy love poetry public published though
When I began, poetry was very academic. You published little pamphlets from fancy presses. It was rather... chaste. There wasn't much public reading. Then there was poetry and jazz, which I don't think worked, though I love jazz. John Fuller
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My grandparents used to pray five times a day, but they were quiet about their own thing. Completely liberal day by day; my grandmother was a social worker and my grandfather was an engineer, but they never talked about religion. My entire life I couldn't remember one conversation I had with them about religion. Mohsin Hamid
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We are at a point where the major issues are moot. Those formerly unhappy now, from what we understand in conversations, support our current efforts. The politics is such where we feel it's an important conversation with the full board. Jolanda Schreurs
conversation known since struck
We struck up a conversation right then like we'd known each other for years. Since then, it'd been that way. Terry Pendleton
conversation adam difficult
Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody to talk about. Agnes Repplier
conversation good light subject
We're making light of the subject itself. And they look pretty funny. They're good conversation pieces.
conversation folly ifs
If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others. Baltasar Gracian
conversation despite house threatened throughout
Throughout the conversation, he (Angle) threatened to come out of the house with a firearm, despite pleas by the negotiator for him to come out unarmed.
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As an adult, I have often been deep in serious conversation with someone I've highly respected and seen them roll an eye as my mouth has mangled yet another magnificently conceived, clumsily articulated sentence. In my mind, the words are mellifluous as honey. In my mouth, they are shards of glass. Kate Forsyth
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Make a remark,' said the Red Queen; 'it's ridiculous to leave all the conversation to the pudding! Lewis Carroll
companion countless friend lifetimes please separated unite
Through countless lifetimes and incarnations, I was separated from Him. O Lord, you are my Friend and Companion - please unite me with Yourself.
companion holiday various
Like any companion animal, it's a life-long commitment. It's not just something for the various holiday seasons.
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She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts. George Eliot
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Companions are we, enlivened by a mighty gallop quickly sliding a harsh straw basket of sea foam gathered astride the tide.
companions courage gives great poems poetry sets straight
Poetry gives us courage and sets us straight with the world. Poems are great companions and friends. David Whyte
companion elephant foundation group job offered outside performing society welfare
My wife and I, we started a foundation about companion animal rescue, but there's a group called Performing Animal Welfare Society just outside of Sacramento... and they offered me a job as an elephant keeper. Tony La Russa
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I was the first companion to kiss the Doctor. I played Grace Holloway to Paul McGann's Doctor in the 1996 TV movie. We shared three kisses, in fact: very sweet and chaste. When I took the part, I'd never even heard of 'Doctor Who.' No one warned me that the kisses would be a big deal.
companion demands drawing either might work
One drawing demands to become a painting, so I start to work on that, and then the painting might demand something else. Then the painting might say, 'I want a companion, and the companion should be like this,' so I have to find that, either by drawing it myself or locating the image. Gary Hume
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If a man find a prudent companion who walks with him, is wise, and lives soberly, he may walk with him, overcoming all dangers, happy, but considerate.