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memories book writing
Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good memory of those who write them, and the bad memory of those who read them Charles Caleb Colton
memories appreciate literature
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
memories mind firsts
Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.
memories book reader
Many books owe their success to the good memories of their authors and the bad memories of their readers.
memories teaching should-have
All preceptors should have that kind of genius described by Tacitus, "equal to their business, but not above it;" a patient industry, with competent erudition; a mind depending more on its correctness than its originality, and on its memory rather than on its invention.
memories green lord
Lord, keep my memory green. Charles Dickens
memories husband men
I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.
memories dictator amnesia
Where would dictators be without our compliant amnesia? Make the collective lose its memory, you can conceal anything. Charles Stross
memories liberty might
If I forget, then it might as well never have happened. Memory is liberty.
dozen littles imagine
Floyd could imagine a dozen things that could go wrong; it was little consolation that it was always the thirteenth that actually happened. Arthur C. Clarke
dozen half six
Six of one, half dozen of another. Oh, well, half of one, six dozen of the other. Joe Garagiola
dozens employers four mainly offenders report sex states talking
We are talking dozens and dozens of sex offenders - mainly from just four states that report the employers names. Phil Williams
dozen enjoys fact few night people reminder street thursday
The people in the street -- a few dozen on Thursday night -- are a reminder of the fact that Milosevic still enjoys substantial support,
dozens expensive pairs
I lost dozens of pairs of expensive glasses because I'd put them down and then not be able to find them again. Bonnie Tyler
dozens literary nature rather second
I've summarized dozens of books in my literary career; it's become rather second nature. Rick Perlstein
dozen govern managers prosperous republic undergoing united war wink
World War II made prosperous the United States, which had been undergoing a depression for a dozen years, and made very rich those magnates and their managers who govern the republic - with many a wink - in the people's name. Gore Vidal
dozen psychotic themselves
The only way to be a novelist, to think that you can create something others will give themselves up to for a dozen hours or more, is to have psychotic self-belief. Nicola Griffith
dozen heard maybe people proposal
The proposal has been panned by everyone I've heard comment. There have been maybe a dozen people in all.
association impossible disgusted
In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted there, we can descend at any time; but if we begin with the lowest, to ascend is impossible.
association amalgamation grows
Out of association grows adhesion, and out of adhesion amalgamation. Charlotte Bronte
association republican governors
I'm chairman of the Republican Governors Association. Bob McDonnell
association social-network cop
The right to freedom of association is fine, but why shouldn't the cops be allowed to mine your social network to figure out if you're hanging out with gangbangers and terrorists? Cory Doctorow
association sun
The Sun visits cesspools without being defiled. Diogenes
association different hebrew
It is only in Hebrew that you feel the full meaning of it -- all the associations which a different word has. David Ben-Gurion
association example enlightened
There can be associations - enlightened businesses, for example - that do not work on the basis of us against them or wanting profit as the main motivating force behind what they do. Eckhart Tolle
association different kind
We teach in our cultural history that the entire universe is a family. So our association with Nature is much deeper and of a very different kind. Narendra Modi
association waste
I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi