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dust desert littles
Observation made in the cloister or in the desert will generally be as obscure as the one and as barren as the other; but he that would paint with his pencil must study originals, and not be over-fearful of a little dust. Charles Caleb Colton
dust two words-of-wisdom
"My good fellow," retorted Mr. Boffin, "you have my word; and how you can have that, without my honour too, I don't know. I've sorted a lot of dust in my time, but I never knew the two things go into separate heaps." Charles Dickens
dust tea might
There was not one straight floor from the foundation to the roof; the ceilings were so fantastically clouded by smoke and dust, that old women might have told fortunes in them better than in grouts of tea...
dust devil not-afraid
The devil is not afraid of a dust-covered Bible. Charles Spurgeon
dust way freak
Moths are the ones that freak me out. It's something to do with the way that, if they get squashed, they turn to dust. There's something very wrong about that. It all feels a bit Gothic. David Tennant
dust giving wife
We treat our stone wives with much more care than they treat their warm ones, anyway. I personally dust mine once a week, and I know Khaamil gives them presents when I am not looking. These are yours - they are in your care, and you must be faithful. Catherynne M. Valente
dust wings feet
People aren't evil and people aren't good. They live how they can one day at a time. They come out of dust they go back to dust, dusty feet, no wings, and whose fault is that? Caryl Churchill
dust balls bats
Amazing strength, amazing power - he (Ron Swoboda) can grind the dust out of the bat. He will be great, super even wonderful. Now, if he can only learn to catch a fly ball. Casey Stengel
dust expectations people
I never wanted to be a public figure. I feel that I always have to dampen down people's expectations. They expect me to be an oracle, wave a magic wand, sprinkle some slow, sparkly dust on them, to make everything all right. Carl Honore
egypt order greek
Elegance is reduction, simplification, condensation. It is spare, stark, sleek. Elegance is cultivated abstraction. The source of Greek and Roman classicism - clarity, order, proportion, balance - is in Egypt. Camille Paglia
egypt japan white
Imperialism and slavery are no white male monopoly, but are everywhere from Egypt, Assyria, and Persia to India, China and Japan.
egypt personality lines
Capitalism, gaudy and greedy, has been inherent in western aesthetics from ancient Egypt on. It is the mysticism and glamour of things , which take on a personality of their own. As an economic system, it is in the Darwinian line of Sade, not Rousseau.
egyptians reverse
We approached the Egyptians first. It was kind of the reverse of normal. ... At first they had to be convinced. Peter Lacovara
egypt recipes ingredients
It’s not that Egypt doesn’t have a recipe for a democratic transition. It seems to lack even the basic mental ingredients. David Brooks
egypt white giving
President Obama invited John McCain to the White House to give his opinion on Egypt, specifically what it's like to be a mummy. Bill Maher
egypt fifth land officers seven
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
egypt iran america
Even non-democratic allies no longer trust America. Barack Obama has alienated our most important and longest standing Arab allies, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Both the anti-Muslim Brotherhood and the anti-Iran Arab states have lost respect for him. Dennis Prager
egyptians meetings order others since worked
Since then, I have worked tirelessly in all my meetings with Egyptians and others in order to do so, Ariel Sharon
gleam faces vain
In vain would science scan and trace Firmly her aspect. All the while, There gleams upon her far-off face A vague unfathomable smile. Alfred Austin
gleam head marketing pressure push
I'm steering away from (heavy marketing of) Felix because of the pressure on him, and because his head may get too big. He's got that gleam in his eye. As he matures, he's going to be a handful. He'll push the envelope. Chuck D.
gleam public-speaking macarthur
It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective in conversations a deux. But those who dismiss him as shallow because his rhetoric was fustian err. William Manchester
gleam sapphires beads
In a dung heap, even a plastic bead can gleam like a sapphire. Stephen Fry