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fall rain wind
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens
fall mind excess
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
fall vanity world
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble. Charles Caleb Colton
fall velocity vacuums
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
fall errors giving
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God!
fall giving wife
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.
fall errors common
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.
fall passion world
You fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?
fall scary house
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow.
lost-friendship sinister motive
Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they can.
lost
The gospel is not for you who can save yourselves, but for those who are lost. Charles Spurgeon
lost ability nations
When trust is lost, a nation's ability to transact business is palpably undermined. Alan Greenspan
lost left-behind behinds
And I'm lost behind The words I'll never find And I'm left behind As seasons roll on by Chris Cornell
lost-friendship sides asphalt
If he'd just crowded me down to the side of the asphalt, I'd have been OK. But when he ran me completely off the racetrack, I lost it. Cale Yarborough
lost
When you've lost something, and you find it again, it has so much more meaning. David Castillo
lost price safety
When you've lost a son, there's no price you can put on safety for the driver. Kyle Petty
lost said
You're not the same as you were before," he said. You were much more... muchier... you've lost your muchness. Lewis Carroll
lost credibility virginity
Credibility, like virginity, can only be lost once and never recovered. Charley Reese
picks
You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going. Chris Colfer
pick practice
We have to get focused. This was pretty much a practice game. Now we have to pick it up and play really hard.
pick reason
We're going to have to (wait). There's no reason to pick one right now. It's not clear-cut enough to say one's better than the other.
pickles
Squeamish stomachs cannot eat without pickles. Benjamin Franklin
pick time
We're battling, and that's all you can do. This time of year, you can't make any trades, you can't pick up anybody. You have your team. This is what you do. You go play. Gary Williams
pick vegas
Vegas is going to pick up, too, ... If you want to party, everything's there restaurants, gaming.
pick stop trying
making excuses. Why don't they let the inspectors do their job? Stop making excuses, stop trying to politicize the operation, stop trying to pick the inspectors.
pickles information internet
Turns out, theres not a lot of information about pickles on the Internet. Brian Posehn
picked
Ah... romance to me is spontaneity. It's not diamond earrings; it's a bunch of daffodils that's freshly picked from the field. Kate Winslet
standards asks ifs
Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right. Alan Paton
standards courses
Of course my standards are out of date! That's why they're called standards. Alan Bennett
stand
We want to stand on our two feet.
stand voices
We want our voices to be heard. Us students, we will take action. We will stand up for what we believe.
standing-out boxes outside-the-box
You have to stand outside the box to see how the box can be re-designed. Charles Handy
standing waiting
We're standing by, waiting for them to tell us what to do.
standing today tomorrow wake
Wake up. See what's happening. Today it's me, tomorrow it could be you standing here. It's a place you don't want to stand.
standpoint
Nobody, from that standpoint, is any luckier than I am or will ever be any luckier than I am. It's great. Boomer Esiason
standards heels
Keep your heel, head and standards high. Coco Chanel
trees
When we get some rain, we're going to have a lot more trees fall.
trees uprooted
We have approximately 600 to 700 trees uprooted and down,
trees unless
Trees can't do their thing unless they are in the right spot.
trees
We didn't even know what trees are here, ... They've got trees there. What we have are twigs.
trees
This beautiful, established canopy of trees is just gone. It's just firewood.
trees
A lot of times we can get trees out without scarring other trees. Bob Ross
trees
I like the trees here a lot more than other areas.
trees
I know how to get out of the trees pretty good. Bubba Watson
trees
It went through trees before it got into the city. David Brown