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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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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?
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.
necessary prepared respect strategic
We are prepared to do what is necessary with respect to strategic reserves, Sam Bodman
necessary prepared regards strategic
We are prepared to do what is necessary with regards to the strategic reserves, Samuel Bodman
necessary poetry utterance
From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America. Natasha Trethewey
necessary occur vital war
I feel like war should occur only for the most vital and necessary reasons, and only then. Sharon Stone
necessary
We are going to make the necessary adjustments to him not being around.
necessary occurs start
When this occurs we have to start investigating and if necessary start a search.
necessary order others understood
The one book necessary to be understood by a divine, is the Bible; any others are to be read, chiefly, in order to understand that.
necessary next protect steps stop terrorists
We're doing this to stop the next terrorists and to take necessary steps to protect the American people,
necessary raise revolutions-and-revolutionaries ruin true
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, to raise up commonwealths, and ruin kings. John Dryden
planet
There's no single person on this planet that's worth more than the other. Know your worth. Be confident in yourself. Holly Holm
planets concern right-now
Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet. Edward James Olmos
planets cooperatives
Nothing can survive on the planet unless it is a cooperative part of larger global life. Barry Commoner
planets
Greg Ostertag is one of the top centers on this planet! Bill Walton
planetary unique
LRO, in all respects, is a unique and challenging planetary mission.
planets ifs
We batter this planet as if we had someplace else to go. Ann Druyan
planet rather sit
There is no other person on the face of this planet that I would rather sit and talk to than my wife. Willie Aames
planets plan-b plans
We usually say there is always a ‘Plan B,’ but there is no ‘Planet B’. Jan Eliasson
planets collectives humans
To me, inner and outer are so strongly linked that any collective change that happens within human beings, within the human psyche, inevitably will be reflected externally in what happens on the whole planet. Eckhart Tolle
society disease want
Those who have resources within themselves, who can dare to live alone, want friends the least, but, at the same time, best know how to prize them the most. But no company is far preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.
society facts hints
Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on. John Roberts
society used states
Society soon grows used to any state of things which is imposed upon it without explanation. Edith Wharton
society cleaning neighborhood
In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound. Ed Koch
society might ornaments
He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society. Charles Lamb
society alive intimacy
Society, dead or alive, can have no charm without intimacy and no intimacy without an interest in trifles. Arthur Balfour
society
Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves. J. B. Priestley
society
I don't think theatre has changed; it's society that has changed. Lee Hall
society might firsts
The day we learn to allow an ambulance to pass through in traffic, might be the first step towards being a truly responsible society. Boman Irani