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black calling world
If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black. Alan Watts
black-and-white periods recreation
Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie. Alan Parker
black magic mind
Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up for a sense of power and prestige. That is a disservice. Magic is very colorful. Of this, I am sure. Alan Moore
black done facts
The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of reeducation and regeneration that must be done. In fact, he should march right in front. Chinua Achebe
black ships peter
That is the Wasp, yes. But it was captured by Black Stache, and he’s coming for this ship now.” “And how do you know that?” asked Slank. “Did a seagull tell you?” This brought chuckles from the crew. Something like that, thought Peter. Dave Barry
black laughed ifs
If Black Stache laughed, you laughed. If he snarled, you snarled. If he breathed in your direction, you ran for cover. Dave Barry
black-and-white computer fascinated
It was a black and white only computer at the time, but it kept me fascinated. Buffy Sainte-Marie
black taught moments
At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do. Carter G. Woodson
black movement yards
I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking. C. L. R. James
costs decides
The person who decides is dictating why the costs are what they are. Ed Bolen
costs finding profits requests
When you take all those costs out you're not finding unreasonable profits for everything we have to do to get (gasoline) to consumers. These requests are just unfortunate. John Felmy
costs general growth hard helped limit pace pump rises worked
We also worked hard on costs and managed to limit rises in sales, general and administrative costs to the growth pace of sales, which helped pump up top-line (operating) profit. Toshizo Tanaka
costs decisions design elements people understand
We want people to understand that we have to look at maintenance costs and staffing in decisions on design elements for the pool. Doug Jackson
costs forward good ideas learning open past people product vision wholly
We want people to come forward with different ideas. We are learning from procurements past that if you go out with a wholly prescriptive vision of what you want, very often you end with a product that isn't as good and costs more. You have to be open to innovation. Andy Burnham
costs good money seriously wholesale
Yeah, it costs more money to get to a show, but this is a seriously good show for the wholesale market. Mark Dooley
costs higher
We're going to see higher construction costs anywhere. Shannon LaRocque
costs money sure system works
We're going to find a different system that works for us, even if that costs us some money to do that. You want to make sure you know what you have in the classroom. Tim Ehrgott
costs demand lack nobody problem situation skilled
What we're having here isn't a demand constraint. It's a situation that nobody predicted. The No. 1 problem is construction costs and lack of skilled labor. Richard Lee
government people should
People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. Alan Moore
government giving enemy
In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government. Alan Green
government favors corruption
In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell. Alan Greenspan
government purpose regulators
The guiding purpose of the government regulator is to prevent rather than to create something. Alan Greenspan
government support political
Stripped of its academic jargon, the welfare state is nothing more than a mechanism by which governments confiscate the wealth of the productive members of a society to support a wide variety of welfare schemes. A substantial part of the confiscation is effected by taxation. But the welfare statists were quick to recognize that if they wished to retain political power, the amount of taxation had to be limited and they had to resort to programs of massive deficit spending, i.e., they had to borrow money,by issuing government bonds, to finance welfare expenditures on a large scale. Alan Greenspan
government self credit
We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures. Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders' equity are in a state of shocked disbelief. Alan Greenspan
government giving needs
We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution. Al Sharpton
government america united-states
If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
government opportunity work
We want the opportunity to work with the government on this. Andy Troszok
none useless vain
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel; / Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle. Lord Lyttelton
none tread
When we are young we long to tread a way none have trod before William Butler Yeats
none partners stressful sure
We're going to make sure none of his partners put him in any kind of stressful situation. Kenny Perry
none partners stressful sure
We're just going to make sure none of his partners put him in any kind of stressful situation. Kenny Perry
none stories
I can think of no one that my grandparents knew, that told me stories and that I experienced myself, had any sense of social inferiority growing up in segregated Washington. None whatsoever. Ed Smith
none proposed site
Site Q was proposed to be in one place, then in another place. There were all these candidates, but none of them really panned out. Marcello Canuto
none talking walking
She is talking some of the talk, but walking none of the walk. Don Brash
none
I'll answer to none but the King himself. Thomas Blood
none york
New York - that unnatural city where every one is an exile, none more so than the American. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
paying ripped
We are getting ripped off. We are not getting what we are paying for. John Curry
paying people
People aren't paying to see the Kevin McHale show, they're paying to see the cast of 'Glee.' Kevin McHale
paying-taxes taxes
I don't like paying taxes, same as everybody else. Charles Payne
paying possible responsibility simply sure taxpayers
When we see a possible discrepancy, we need to investigate to make sure the taxpayers are not paying for something that simply doesn't exist. It's our responsibility to investigate that discrepancy. It's our responsibility to the people, really. Sandra King
paying percent trouble
So far, we haven't had any trouble getting it, but we're paying 10 percent to 15 percent more for plywood, Chris Sheridan
paying reading stuck
So, I got stuck reading for them and paying the bill. Chris McKay
paying sad
We want this thing killed. This is a joke, and the sad thing is, we're paying for it. Doug Martin
paying ultimately
No matter who is watching or paying the paycheck, we are ultimately each our own boss. Kristin Armstrong
paying sheriff toward
We are more than paying our own way toward sheriff services. Rick Savage
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything. Charles Dickens
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion. Charles Dickens
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon. Charles Dickens
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own Charles Dickens
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
tv-shows littles tvs
I am a little suspicious of industry paradigms. I feel like so many movies and TV shows feel so familiar because of over-reliance on these paradigms. Alan Ball
tvs devastated
I've been glued to the TV. I am absolutely devastated. Al Hirt
tv-shows television want
I don't want to do television. A TV show sitcom? I don't even watch TV. China Chow
tv-shows zombie different
I can't say I was like a die-hard zombie fan, but I've definitely seen a few different zombie movies and TV shows. Dave Franco
tv-shows names together
I definitely want to start my own production company at some point. I'm actually teaming up with Funny or Die to put together a TV show right now, that I can't really talk about because it's still in the very preliminary stages, but if it pans out this will be the first project under my production company, which I have yet to name. Dave Franco
tvs care ifs
I don't care if I ever work in TV again. Dave Chappelle
tv-shows people together
It's really cool to know that you've put something together that isn't for a particular audience. It's so often that a TV show can really only speak to one sect of the population, and this really is something that appeals to a worldwide fan base. People who are into the pursuit of knowledge. Their reaction has meant the world to us. David Krumholtz
tv-news personality stories
I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories. Dave Barry
tv-shows islands survivor
Here's my proposal, which is based on the TV show Survivor: We put the entire Congress on an island. All the food on this island is locked inside a vault, which can be opened only by an ordinary American taxpayer named Bob. Every day, the congresspersons are given a section of the Tax Code, which they must rewrite so that Bob can understand it. If he can, he lets them eat that day; if he can't, he doesn't. Dave Barry
work quality may
Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity, and that wherever it is so applied it lends an unmistakable quality to the work. Alan Watts
work apology giving
Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology. Alan Clark
work mean doing-nothing
If I am doing nothing, I like to be doing nothing to some purpose. That is what leisure means. Alan Bennett
work sleep thinking
A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves. Alan Ayckbourn
work play able
You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way. Al Kaline
work people kind
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable. Akio Morita
workout training cardio
I do a dance-based cardio workout infused with circuit training, and emphasizing strength and alignment. Chloe Sevigny
work-out effort feels
If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do. Dave Chappelle
work-out levels mail
I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave. Dave Chappelle