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We know what the canon is, and people can argue whether you should study F. Scott Fitzgerald or D.H. Lawrence ... I probably would put Shakespeare right in the middle - on that, George Pell and I agree. John Bell
argue change constant hard history marriage point somehow
The point is that the history of marriage is a history of constant change. I think it's hard to argue that this change is somehow fundamentally different from the others. Jon Davidson
argued common darwin fix galileo machines man shares
In arguing that machines think, we are in the same fix as Darwin when he argued that man shares common ancestors with monkeys, or Galileo when he argued that the Earth spins on its axis.
argued gone
We've argued about it. ... We've gone around in circles,
argue proud ran red sent shown
When I was a kid, I got sent off for head-butting a referee: I ran 50m to argue a decision, I was shown a red card, and I head-butted him. I'm really not proud of that. Luis Suarez
argue missing operating supporting
We're missing an operating system. You could argue that it makes a lot of sense for us to look at distributing and supporting Linux. Larry Ellison
argue bit reminisce run team type
We reminisce a little bit about the run. But usually we argue over which team could go on the same type of run this year.
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What has gone on in Pittsburgh is what has gone on in lots of other cities, which are often faced with convention centers that don't perform as their proponents had hoped or promised, and so it is argued that what you need is an adjacent hotel.
argue created existence god people universe whether
I'm not going to argue with people about the existence of God. I have not the vaguest idea of whether the universe was created by an intelligence. Leonard Susskind
began few great hold playing start
We know we couldn't hold the great start we began with. But we must start playing how we did in those first few games.
began high injured marks student
I didn't know anything about acting, I didn't know anything about theater, but I was just an exceptional student at high school. I wanted to play ball; I'm going after a basketball scholarship and be a doctor. I got injured and my marks began to drop. Louis Gossett, Jr.
began begin gone rest
We started slowly, but then began to put things together. We were 3-9 to begin the year, but we have gone 9-4 the rest of the way. Brian Keith
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We stopped the rescue operation around 11 o'clock (Thursday) night, ... As the tide came in, the structure began to move, and other parts began to collapse again. We made the decision to pull our divers out.
began dropping garbage gently goods nice people
We started from scratch. Immediately people began dropping things off - and they were nice things. Our goods are gently used. We are not a junkyard or garbage drop.
began graduate nbc school thriving
When I was at graduate school in London, I began working at NBC News, which had a thriving documentary unit. Leslie Cockburn
began history period
When I began to act, I was about 6 years old. Everything you learned, every period of history you studied, you did a play about it. Marian Seldes
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Gays and lesbians began to gain civil rights when Americans realized that their brothers, cousins, daughters were gay. Nicholas Kristof
began coast government island lifetime majority sort spent war
Sri Lanka is an island off the coast of India. There's two ethnicities there; one the Sinhalese, which is the majority and the government, and the minority, who are the Tamils. That's where I'm from. And my lifetime sort of began there; I spent 10 years, and I was there during when the war started and fled as a refugee to England.
dickens earlier few immense production promote rank second side
Between Scott on the earlier side and Dickens and Thackeray on the other, there was an immense production of novels, illustrated by not a few names which should rank high in the second class, while some would promote more than one of them to the first. George Saintsbury
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One of the most blissful joys of the English language is the fact that one of its greatest practitioners ever, one of the guys on the very top table of all, was a jokesmith. Though maybe it shouldn't be that big a surprise. Who else would be up there? Austen, of course, Dickens and Chaucer. The only one who couldn't make a joke to save his life would be Shakespeare. Douglas Adams
dickens father headed mother
My father read Dickens out loud. My mother would say 'We're going to the workhouse'. This to me was real. I was headed for the gruel. Simon Schama
dickens greater heard heaven purity thank
I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens - Thackeray himself.
dickens shot
Bo just shot the dickens out of it.
dickens explain good reader somewhere terms
The gift of a writer as good as Dickens is not to explain everything; that way, the reader has, in terms of their imagination, somewhere to go.
dickens felt hated spoke worked
As a young man, Dickens worked as a reporter in the House of Commons and hated it. He felt that all politicians spoke with the same voice. Claire Tomalin
dickens longer throw time
Something went wrong with my right arm. I no longer could throw hard, and it hurt like the dickens every time I threw. Dazzy Vance
dickens great multiple
After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.
greatness
There is greatness in everyone. Charlie Chaplin
greatness quality individual
The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual. Charles Sumner
greatness
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. Charles de Gaulle
greatness france
France cannot be France without greatness.
greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.
great-expectations secret tears
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away. Charles Dickens
hands voice storm
I love this world," he added. "That is what rules my life. When I die, I want to have done all in my power to leave it in a better state than it was when I found it. At the same time I know that this can never be. The world has grown so complex that one voice can do little to alter it any longer. That doesn't stop me from doing what I can, but it makes the task hard. The successes are so small, the failures so large and many. It's like trying to stem a storm with one's bare hands. Charles de Lint
hands world ifs
if the world go wrong, it was, in some off-hand manner, never meant to go right.
hands feelings excess
The victims of ennui paralyze all the grosser feelings by excess, and torpify all the finer by disuse and inactivity. Disgusted with this world, and indifferent about another, they at last lay violent hands upon themselves, and assume no small credit for the sang froid with which they meet death. But, alas! such beings can scarcely be said to die, for they have never truly lived.
hands class two
Literature has her quacks no less than medicine, and they are divided into two classes; those who have erudition without genius, and those who have volubility without depth; we shall get second-hand sense from the one, and original nonsense from the other.
hands sorrow tears
If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you! If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you! A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter! Sorrow and shame upon your head! Ruin upon all belonging to you!
hands feet office
Skewered through and through with office-pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape.
hands library grew
I grew up on second hand bookshops and libraries. Charles Stross
hands soul half
I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters. Charles Spurgeon
hands despair rope
Faith has a saving connection with Christ. Christ is on the shore, so to speak, holding the rope, and as we lay hold of it with the hand of our confidence, He pulls us to shore; but all good works having no connection with Christ are drifted along down the gulf of fell despair.
himself shooter turn
We know who the shooter is, ... It would be better for him to turn himself in before we have to find him.
himself knew sitting
The person knew where he was sitting and positioned himself perfectly.
himself
Director of any film is very important, and an actor has to leave himself in his hands to mould. Leander Paes
himself hulk inside version
What makes Hulk afraid? It's himself. It's a version of himself that's weak. It's a version of himself that's vulnerable. It's a child inside of him. Mark Ruffalo
himself invested piano since wrote
When you think of Mozart's piano concertos, you think of them as masterpieces. He invested so much in them, since he wrote these for himself to play.
himself holds people
To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability.
himself late runs strict tight tom turn works
Tom runs a very tight ship. You do not turn up late and you don't muck around - he's strict with himself and everyone he works with. Jonathan Meyers
himself tom took wolf
Tom Ridge is not a candidate, because he took himself out, ... Wolf Blitzer Reports. Dick Cheney
himself lord
O Nanak, the Lord Himself is the Appraiser, who distinguishes the counterfeit from the genuine.
life-is trouble permanent
Nothing in life is permanent, not even one's troubles.
life intelligent men
Man is an animal with primary instincts of survival. Consequently his ingenuity has developed first and his soul afterwards. The progress of science is far ahead of man's ethical behavior.
life sea sardines
So when I cease to be I want to go back...to the sea! Oh for the life of a sardine! That is the life for me!
life smile cheer-up
You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.
life good-morning make-others-happy
Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make other happy.
life laughter long
Life is laughter when seen in a long shot, but it is a tragedy when seen in a close-up.
life simple journey
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. Charles Dudley Warner
life political politics
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
life ideas appreciate
We end up stumbling our way through the forest, never seeing all the unexpected and wonderful possibilities and potentials because we're looking for the idea of a tree, instead of appreciating the actual trees in front of us.
short-life light long
Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.
short-life long way
Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way... Alan Watts
shortcuts
There are no shortcuts. NONE. Mark Cuban
shortcuts
There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going. Beverly Sills
short-life years today
We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life. Edith Schaeffer
short-life length width
I [prefer] a short life with width to a narrow one with length. Avicenna
short-love ideas punchlines
Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline. Demetri Martin
short time
We have to get something going and have a short time to get there, ... I couldn't go out like that. If you're going to go back in, do something good. Brett Favre
short-life acceptance medicine
A saying from the area of Chinese medicine would be appropriate to mention here: "One disease, long life; no disease, short life." In other words, those who know what's wrong with them and take care of themselves accordingly will tend to live a lot longer than those who consider themselves perfectly happy and neglect their weakness. So, in that sense at least, a Weakness of some sort can do you a big favor, if you acknowledge that it's there. Benjamin Hoff