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hands voice storm
I love this world," he added. "That is what rules my life. When I die, I want to have done all in my power to leave it in a better state than it was when I found it. At the same time I know that this can never be. The world has grown so complex that one voice can do little to alter it any longer. That doesn't stop me from doing what I can, but it makes the task hard. The successes are so small, the failures so large and many. It's like trying to stem a storm with one's bare hands. Charles de Lint
hands world ifs
if the world go wrong, it was, in some off-hand manner, never meant to go right. Charles Dickens
hands feelings excess
The victims of ennui paralyze all the grosser feelings by excess, and torpify all the finer by disuse and inactivity. Disgusted with this world, and indifferent about another, they at last lay violent hands upon themselves, and assume no small credit for the sang froid with which they meet death. But, alas! such beings can scarcely be said to die, for they have never truly lived. Charles Caleb Colton
hands class two
Literature has her quacks no less than medicine, and they are divided into two classes; those who have erudition without genius, and those who have volubility without depth; we shall get second-hand sense from the one, and original nonsense from the other. Charles Caleb Colton
hands sorrow tears
If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you! If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you! A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter! Sorrow and shame upon your head! Ruin upon all belonging to you! Charles Dickens
hands feet office
Skewered through and through with office-pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape. Charles Dickens
hands library grew
I grew up on second hand bookshops and libraries. Charles Stross
hands soul half
I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters. Charles Spurgeon
hands despair rope
Faith has a saving connection with Christ. Christ is on the shore, so to speak, holding the rope, and as we lay hold of it with the hand of our confidence, He pulls us to shore; but all good works having no connection with Christ are drifted along down the gulf of fell despair. Charles Spurgeon
pavement preparing problems rebuild shift traffic
We're preparing to shift traffic from eastbound M-14 to the westbound lanes so we can rebuild the eastbound side, but there are problems with the pavement that have to be addressed first. Rob Morosi
pavement steps sitting
We leave our presence in the pavement. We're walking over it, sitting on steps. Andy Goldsworthy
pavement
I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college. Moira Kelly
pavement fascists convince
If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement. Leon Trotsky
pavement done los-angeles
All I've done is work... I arrived in Los Angeles in my early 20s and I've been pounding the pavement ever since. Jeremy Piven
pavement depth wet
He's out of his depth on a wet pavement. Terry Pratchett
assuming average bit good growth hold negative rebuilding
The post-drought rebuilding will hold back a bit of the growth and see agriculture still being a negative for 2005-06, but set us up for a very good 2006-07 - assuming average seasonal conditions, Justin Smirk
assuming convince form forward great power seek time understand
We're not going to put forward demands. We'll seek to convince them that now is the time to take responsible decisions. If you come to power and form a government, you must understand you are assuming a great responsibility. Alexander Kalugin
assuming good news path pure transition
We were assuming a transition between IPv4 and pure IPv6. The good news is that there is also a transition path from NAT and RSIP to IPv6. Brian Carpenter
assuming people start week willing
We're going to start pressing a lot of it this week ... assuming people are willing to talk. Tom Hansen
assuming both elite face great match mount pleasant
We wrestled Mount Pleasant at Trinity's Elite Duals, but Zach and Donnie didn't face each other. It will be a great match ... assuming both make it to the final. Chuck Tursky
assuming assumption virtue
Assume a virtue if you have it not. William Shakespeare
assuming center executive goal group intend leadership meeting position target
When the new executive meeting center is complete, we intend to more aggressively target group business, with a goal of assuming a leadership position in this area. John Greene
assuming exciting football games good hope learned lesson lots physical played players stand strength team titles winning
Lots of players can do it for 10-15 games but we want to see them do it for 40, 50, 100 or 200 games, winning titles again. That will be the big test. Everyone's assuming they will go from strength to strength. I hope they do because it's an exciting team. They haven't played a physical team away for a while and I hope they have learned the lesson that as well as all the good football you play you have to stand up to those teams. Nigel Winterburn
assuming music-love one-love
Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t. Aaron Copland