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memories book writing
Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good memory of those who write them, and the bad memory of those who read them Charles Caleb Colton
memories appreciate literature
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
memories mind firsts
Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.
memories book reader
Many books owe their success to the good memories of their authors and the bad memories of their readers.
memories teaching should-have
All preceptors should have that kind of genius described by Tacitus, "equal to their business, but not above it;" a patient industry, with competent erudition; a mind depending more on its correctness than its originality, and on its memory rather than on its invention.
memories green lord
Lord, keep my memory green. Charles Dickens
memories husband men
I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.
memories dictator amnesia
Where would dictators be without our compliant amnesia? Make the collective lose its memory, you can conceal anything. Charles Stross
memories liberty might
If I forget, then it might as well never have happened. Memory is liberty.
pyramids friendly tape
The Sicilian Defence was our attempt at quickly fulfilling our contractual obligation after I Robot, Pyramid and Eve had been delivered. The album was rejected by Arista, not surprisingly, and we then renegotiated our deal for the future and the next album, The Turn of a Friendly Card. The Sicilian Defence album was never released and never will be, if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist. Alan Parsons
pyramids government may
We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids. Caleb Cushing
pyramids egypt mystery
She has seen the mystery hid Under Egypt's pyramid: By those eyelids pale and close Now she knows what Rhamses knows. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
pyramids creative guy
Human beings have always been creative. The guys who were making the pyramids.. and archaeological research has showed us this.. had little figurines made by the workers, to express their devotion to their god. Bill Viola
pyramids serious pursuit
Recreation and diversion are as necessary to our well-being as the more serious pursuits of life. Brigham Young
pyramids people heaven
The people must have amusement as well as religion...every pure enjoyment is from heaven.
pyramids psychology pills
There's information about everything from poetry to pills, from picture frames to pyramids, and from pudding to psychology--and that's just in the P aisle, which we're walking down right now. Daniel Handler
pyramids goal steps
There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere... There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals... Ben Stein
pyramids pyramid-schemes church
They all attended Hester's church, which Dellarobia viewed as a complicated pyramid scheme of moral debt and credit resting ultimately on the shoulders of the Lord, but rife with middle managers. Barbara Kingsolver
facts may opinion
You may alter an opinion, but you cannot alter a # fact . Charles Spurgeon
facts embarrassing theft
[A] great embarrassing fact… haunts all attempts to represent the market as the highest form of human freedom: that historically, impersonal, commercial markets originate in theft. David Graeber
facts economic globalization
Globalization is a fact of economic life Carlos Salinas de Gortari
facts sacred comment
Comment is free but facts are sacred. C. P. Scott
facts republican celebrate
Well, I'm celebrating the fact that Republicans are doing better with women. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
facts sometimes sometimes-in-life
The plain unwelcome fact is that sometimes life stymies you. Aidan Chambers
facts accused resent
We resent being faced with facts we'd prefer to ignore as much as being wrongly accused of doing something we haven't.
facts investigation mark
A 'fact' merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. Bliss Carman
facts film more-money
Im very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money than the features. Bill Plympton