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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. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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! Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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? Charles Dickens
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. Charles Dickens
fellowship doe purpose
God does not stop at rescuing us; the purpose of that rescue is to enjoy fellowship with us. Aiden Wilson Tozer
fell ran
When my mother died, I fell apart. My father wanted to control me. As a consequence, I ran away to America. Louise Bourgeois
fell loves power work
The one thing you know with Rico is he's going to work hard. He's going to do everything in his power to get better. He loves football. He kind of fell (into) track. Mike Wilson
fellow guy
Between a fellow who is stupid and honest and one who is smart and crooked, I will take the first. I won't get much out of him, but with that other guy I can't keep what I've got. Lewis B. Hershey
fellow help learn rebuild start strategy tragedy train workers
We have a strategy to train workers to rebuild their communities, ... We must learn from this tragedy and help these workers start over. We must help our fellow Americans build new communities and new lives. James Hoffa
fellow higher liberties protecting responsibility
We have no higher responsibility to our fellow Americans than protecting the homeland. Our lives, our freedoms, our liberties are at stake. Bill Frist
fell
When France fell in 1940, De Gaulle was a temporary brigadier general. John Eisenhower
fell free last second
When it comes down to a last second shot, anything can happen. After the free throw, our assignments fell through and weren't executed properly. Tom Greene
fell game practice track trying
We're getting there, but we thought we were on track before and we fell off. We're just trying to come out and get better in practice every day and then come out and play every game like we've got something to prove. Ron Howard
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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
great-expectations strange melancholy
So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!... Charles Dickens
great-expectations may done
But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may. Charles Dickens
great-expectations may let-me
Let me feel now what sharp distress I may. Charles Dickens
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
shots
We started out well, and we made them take shots that we wanted them to. But Trinity's very good. And we just couldn't make any shots. Mitchell Davis
shots struggled
We struggled offensively all night. The shots just rolled off the rim. Scott Wilson
shots
I usually wouldn't be this close to you without a tetnus shot. Cecily von Ziegesar
shots simple work
We have to get more traffic, simple plays, with more pucks on the net. Simple shots can work sometimes. Mariusz Czerkawski
shots
We're making shots and that's something that we haven't been able to do this year. Dick Davey
shots trouble
We are getting more shots than we ever have. But we always have trouble scoring. Dick Bartholdi
shots
We're getting shots off but they've not been on target. Mickey Williams
shots
We're getting closer. At least we didn't give up 52 shots this time. Mark Richard
shots trying
We're just trying to get as much of shots as possible, Olli Jokinen
tough rice
Condi Rice talks tough but she cannot be tough herself. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
tough critics
I'm a tough critic on myself. Dave Franco
tough
We're in a tough place. This is a Herculean task. John Stemberger
tough situation have-confidence
Establish a system you have confidence in and rely on it when you get into tough situations. Arnold Palmer
tough-love sometimes wonder
I am tough, and sometimes I tell it like it is. Tough love can work wonders. Bikram Choudhury
tough whether
Whether you have to go to Groveland or Timbuktu, ... there should always be an official. It's tough to find volunteers. Tim Donovan
tough
We're making progress, but it was just a tough loss. Avery Johnson
tough
When we get to that point, we'll probably know (what to do), ... If we have to make a tough decision, we'll make a tough decision. Joe Torre
tough written
When we get to that point, we'll probably know, ... If it's a tough decision, we'll make a tough decision. But I don't know what we're going to do. Mel has written it down all the way to the end of the season, but there are a lot of scratch-outs. Joe Torre
wednesday
Fortunately for England, he will be fine. By about Wednesday or Thursday, he should be okay. Graeme Souness
wednesday
If we come to Wednesday with no agreement, it will be a different market. Bill Polian