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water listening erratic
The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will find that his mental movements are erratic: they have no fixed centre and no definite object. His talk is like the water of a canal whose banks have given way, which rolls aimlessly hither and thither, without fulfilling any useful function, though it is the same water which was so helpful and serviceable, when it was confined within clearly marked limits by the restraining force of its earthy boundaries. Charles Dickens
water wet
You can't get wet from the word 'water.' Alan Watts
water mind trying
Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone. Alan Watts
water should said
I abhor anything that constitutes torture. Water-boarding, its perfectly clear to me it is torture. I never supported extraordinary rendition to torture, always said that Guantanamo should be closed. There is no clash of ideals and pragmatism there. David Miliband
water sirens kind
My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters. David Knopfler
water firsts looks
Sir,” James asked, “what are we going to do?” “We’re going to look for water,” said Alf. “And food?” said Tubby Ted. “Water first,” said Alf. “We can go days without food.” “We can what?” Tubby Ted shouted. Dave Barry
water flying trying
Turbulence: This is what pilots announce that you have encountered when your plane strikes an object in midair. You'll be flying along, and there will be an enormous, shuddering WHUMP, and clearly the plane has rammed into an airborne object at least the size of a water buffalo, and the pilot will say, "Folks, we're encountering a little turbulence." Meanwhile they are up there in the cockpit trying desperately to clean water buffalo organs off the windshield. Dave Barry
water long historical
I shared this insight with some other boat owners, and they all agreed that, definitely, putting your boar into the water is asking for trouble. Most of them have had their boats sitting in their driveways long enough to be registered historical landmarks. Dave Barry
water gold batteries
I invest in anything that Bernanke can't destroy including Gold, canned beans, bottled water and flashlight batteries.... David Stockman
speak
You speak so feelingly and so manfully, Charles Darnay Charles Dickens
speak-english japan computer
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan. Alan Perlis
speak foolish young
... please Lady... Do not speak of it. I was young and foolish." "You most certainly were." "You are cruel, Evanna. Darren Shan
speak elegance defined
Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read. Carolina Herrera
speaks-out abuse excess
We must take the best from the left and the best from the right to devise new strategies for the global twenty-first century. The reluctance of liberal professors to speak out against rampant abuses committed on their side (e.g., suppression of free speech, the excesses of women's studies and French theory) has simply increased the power of the right. Camille Paglia
speak politician enough
The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough. Carl Hiaasen
speaking
Where they're just speaking in tongues, like they're on a drug or something... Would I really do that if that's what it would take? Lucinda Williams
speaks tongue truth
Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth Irish Sayings
speaks-out willing direct
I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out. Bev Perdue
torture ifs
If something is good, you must torture it mercilessly until it is either dead or great. Brian Eno
torture
Once you have lived with another, it is a great torture to have to live alone. Carson McCullers
torture
I don't torture myself. Daniel Day-Lewis
tortured
I always found the concept of a tortured artist distasteful. Jeff Tweedy
torture
Torture doesn't work. John McCain
tortured
a long and tortured history, of which we are not at all proud. Nathan Barankin
tortured
And in some cases, at least, we know they are being mistreated, abused, tortured and even killed. William Schulz
torture policy exception
Torture must only be hypothetical exception, not US policy. William J. Clinton
torture last-words
Now it is nothing but torture. Sigmund Freud