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literature privilege reason
Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal. Carlos Fuentes
literature civility
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none. Charles Dickens
literature potatoes poultry
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.
literature made should
I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.
literature stealing plagiarism
If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition. Charles Caleb Colton
literature prudence
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
literature fool religious-bigotry
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
literature speech giants
The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a speech to a sentence; and many a folio to a primer.
literature action conflict
Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
assumption based happens highly lottery poll tickets until
We want to see first how the lottery is received. Based on all of the polls, we're making the assumption that it's going to be very highly received. But a poll is a poll, and until we actually see what happens when tickets go on sale, we'll have a better idea by then. Tom Shaheen
assessment defending investment rebuilding sober
We have to have a sober assessment of what kind of rebuilding and defending new investment of the Superdome if any makes sense. These are all complicated decisions. Paul Tagliabue
assessment close exchange officials three views visiting
We have no objections at all to the three officials visiting us, to know their assessment and exchange views on these matters, ... We won't close the door. Fidel Castro
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We have no intelligence or evidence that indicates that he (Bin Laden) is dead or incapacitated, so our working assumption is that he is still alive.
assumption immediate indication left somewhere
We have no indication that he has left this immediate area, so we make the assumption that he is still afoot or ... holed up somewhere in this area,
assumption choice given guns natural question relationship revisit schools
We have no choice but to revisit the question on other bills. Especially given the relationship between guns and schools these days, I think it's a natural assumption that one could make that there could be some amendments which will be offered, Tom Daschle
assured ice nervous peter playing until whenever
Whenever there's something in the stomach, you get nervous but I've been assured it's nothing. I'm still going to be nervous until Peter is back on the ice playing pain-free. Ken Hitchcock
assume dropped gun hands officers punches suspect trained
When he dropped his hands to his waistband, the officers are trained to assume he's going for a weapon. That's what the punches were about. Officers who don't assume a suspect is going for a gun end up dead.
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We want people to understand that this deadline is only for new disaster applications. If they have already applied, their cases will continue to be processed. Mississippians who need assistance need to register with FEMA before the deadline.
public-speaking be-confident prepared
Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident. Dale Carnegie
public-speaking said audience
Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
public-speaking bigger found
I found myself doing so much public speaking, more and more and bigger and bigger. Dani Shapiro
public-speaking speaking-in-public knows
Say not always what you know, but always know what you say. Claudius
public-speaking speaking-in-public impassioned
A good orator is pointed and impassioned. Marcus Tullius Cicero
public-speaking futility knows
Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it. Franklin P. Adams
public-speaking critics wiser
The public is wiser than the wisest critic. George Bancroft
public-speaking enjoy
I enjoy my public speaking. That's what I love doing. It's what I'm good at. Terry Bradshaw