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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.
twenties hiroshima scientific-truth
Scientific truth was going to make us so happy and comfortable. What actually happened when I was twenty-one was that we dropped scientific truth on Hiroshima. Kurt Vonnegut
twenties advertising exposure
Companies spend twenty, thirty, forty percent of revenues on advertising to brand their product and to get, essentially, acquire customers cheaply. You get a lot of exposure on something like this. Bill Wyman
twenties midlife kind
I had kind of a midlife crisis at twenty which probably doesn’t augur well for my longevity David Foster Wallace
twenties kind judgmental
Life experiences can, at times, be quite humbling, but you learn from them. But I like the changes in my life and what kind of person they've made me into. I'm very open, not as judgmental as I was in my twenties, and a lot more compassionate. Donna Air
twenties needs use
I am something of a recluse by nature. I am that cordless screwdriver that has to charge for twenty hours to earn ten minutes use. I need that much downtime. Donald Miller
twenties violence firsts
Because the twentieth century was a century of violence, let us make the twenty-first a century of dialogue. Dalai Lama
twenties selflessness eleven
I have been wounded altogether twenty times; eleven of these wounds were received at Northfield. Cole Younger
twenties whether
I think it's natural as you get to the end of your twenties to start thinking about what you could have done differently - whether they went well or whether they went terribly. Bryan Lee O'Malley
twenties
I'd never want to go back to being in my twenties or thirties. I was lost and confused and uncomfortable in my own skin. Leslie Mann
meals looks care
We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day. I don't care if it's a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath - whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head. Al Pacino
meals dull dessert
Marriage is like a dull meal with the dessert at the beginning. Denis Leary
meals left-alone novel
To have her meals, and her daily walk, and her fill of novels, and to be left alone, was all that she asked of the gods. Anthony Trollope
meals yogurt too-much
There is nothing particularly wrong with salmon, of course, but like caramel candy, strawberry yogurt, or liquid carpet cleaner, if you eat too much of it you are not going to enjoy your meal. Daniel Handler
meals
Life for the Italians was what it was, no more and no less, an interlude between meals Abraham Verghese
meals excited my-family
I can actually cook one meal now, as opposed to before, when I could cook nothing. My family are very excited. Carey Mulligan
meals saint lord
Lord of all pots and pans and things make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates! Brother Lawrence
meals ham glory
Ham with mustard is a meal of glory Dodie Smith
meals sometimes skip
I sometimes skip meals when I travel. Amy Smart