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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
deadly ensure healthy opportunity step toward universal
Universal vaccination for hepatitis B is one opportunity to ensure newborns have a healthy life. It's also an important step toward eradicating this deadly disease. Susan Allan
deadly serious
We are deadly serious about what we are doing.
deadly engaging ensure security separating societies talking
We're not talking about separating two combatants, we're talking about engaging a combatant, to use deadly force, to ensure the security of the societies we're protecting.
deadly decision determine eight eliminate individual officers shots unusual
Ninety-five is a lot of rounds, but also having eight officers is an unusual number. It's an individual decision to use deadly force. It's their decision to determine how many shots they need to eliminate the threat.
deadly third three time yards
Carl is deadly from three yards out. That's the third time he's scored from there this season.
deadly force
Had deadly force been used, it would have been justified.
deadly family fascinated instance john loving opportunity romantic true
I think we've always been fascinated with the idea of the romantic outlaw. John Gotti could be in one instance a charismatic, kind and loving family man, and in another, deadly to his enemies. The opportunity to tell the true story of Gotti with John Travolta is a director's dream. Joe Johnston
deadly introduced weapon
He introduced a deadly weapon into a fistfight.
deadly serious tough
We have to be really, really, really tough right now. This is a very serious and deadly time. Ann Wright
funny humorous mind
I have made up my mind that I must have money, Pa. I feel that I can't beg it, borrow it, or steal it; and so I have resolved that I must marry it.
funny morning self
All knives and forks were working away at a rate that was quite alarming; very few words were spoken; and everybody seemed to eat his utmost, in self defence, as if a famine were expected to set in before breakfast-time to-morrow morning, and it had become high time to assert the first law of nature.
funny death witty
He would make a lovely corpse.
funny kings humorous
It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions.
funny people literature
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.
funny christmas xmas
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
funny law people
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
funny marriage wedding
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.
funny age fifty
I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.
hell function form
Form follows function straight to hell. Alan Cooper
hell
What the hell am I doing with my life? Ben Stiller
hell unfair capitalism
I regard it as very unfair, but capitalism without failure is like religion without hell. Charlie Munger
hell percentages term
Berkshireis not as good as it was in terms of percentage compounding [going forward], but it's still a hell of a business.
hell economics ifs
How could economics not be behavioral? If it isn't behavioral, what the hell is it?
hell absence
Hell is God's Absence. Edmund White
hell ifs
I'm for everybody. There are no set rules. But if one's not a joiner. To hell with all of them! Diana Vreeland
hell truth-is bigs
Truth is a hell of a big point with me. Now I exaggerate—always.
hell life thirty took wondering
Life is a gamble. And I took a chance, man. And here I am, talkin' to you today, thirty years later, wondering what the hell I did in the first place!