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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.
lure noticed people
People have noticed what has been achieved, and will try to lure Chris. We will try to keep him. Ashley Howard
lure tail
Look at that lure in the water. See that tail go up and down?
lure measure possible prevent taking trying
I think, clearly, he is trying to lure us into a possible shoot-down situation, and we are taking every measure to prevent that. Anthony Zinni
lure
If I can lure him away from academia, I'd be delighted.
lure promote
It's the lure of the Old West. We've thought for years that this would be something to promote that.
lure
The lure of post-public service lobbying employment needs to be eliminated. Jack Abramoff
lure
One cannot resist the lure of Africa. Rudyard Kipling
avoided economy illinois last national occurred performance quarter
The performance of the index suggests that Illinois avoided the slowdown of the national economy that occurred in the last quarter of 2005.
avoided huge human
We've always avoided it because of the huge human workload.
avoided confronted crash credit crises dealing due early faced might point potential quite serious street wall
Where the credit is really due is in the early part of Greenspan's tenure: being faced with the aftershocks of the Wall Street crash in 1987 and dealing with that quite well. He confronted some very serious potential crises and got us to a point where we avoided them and are better off than we might have been otherwise.
avoided broader convincing social
I was never a very convincing social conservative, and always avoided associating myself with that part of the broader conservative movement. Niall Ferguson
avoided given good persona picture public recognized understand wanting
After getting recognized in public from my picture on our pretzel bag, I can understand not wanting to be in the public eye. It has given me a public persona I had always avoided as a child. I do it because it's for a good cause. Nell Newman
avoided coach facing game issue
We've avoided the issue as much as we can. It's a big game for us because we are facing Hickman, not coach Riley.
avoided bankrupt fate
We've avoided the fate of other bankrupt carriers. We're still in the game. Julie King
avoided bad damage patient race reputation
We've avoided a race because it is inappropriate, and it may make you make some bad decisions. The damage is not just to the patient but the reputation of the whole field.
avoided focus giving goal second
We lacked focus when giving away the second goal and we could have really avoided conceding the third. Fabio Capello