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would-be should ifs
If we complained less, and praised more, we should be happier, and God would be more glorified. Charles Spurgeon
would-be world influence
The Americans have a very active presence and policy in every single part of the world and if we broke with them, we would lose any possibility of influencing them. They would go in for global unilateralism, and the world would be a more dangerous place. Denis Healey
would-be judgment
My politics would be, must be, have to be, completely separate from my judgment. Elena Kagan
would-be population ministers
You mustn't expect prime ministers to enjoy themselves. If they do, they mustn't show it - the population would be horrified Edward Heath
would-be shooting veto
Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back. Dominique de Villepin
would-be way different
I've been in plenty of situations where I thought the film would turn out one way or my performance would be looked at one way and it was an entirely different situation. Edward Zwick
would-be finals process
I hoped there would be a better process. But it is final -- I will not participate . Abdullah Abdullah
would-be world slavery
This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Abraham Lincoln
would-be belief affair
If it were not for my firm belief in an overruling Providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of such complications of affairs, to keep my reason on its seat. But I am confident that the Almighty has His plans, and will work them out; and, whether we see it or not, they will be the best for us. Abraham Lincoln
adjectives chemicals describe general media needs public understand
One needs only to look at the adjectives used by the media to describe chemicals to understand why the general public is frightened: toxic, killer, lethal, deadly, Robert Hendrickson
adjectives anger angry couple describe lewis mild naturally people taken
If there are a couple of adjectives people use to describe me, anger is usually in there. I've never taken that as criticism. It's the way I naturally communicate. But I'm not faux-angry, like Lewis Black, or angry like a gun-toting crazy person. I'm just angry in a mild way - it's not like I'm going to do anything about it. David Cross
adjectives bear brought history hundred imagine learn learned past school
The history of the past, a hundred years from now, won't be the history of the past that we learned in school because much more will have been revealed, and adjectives we can't even imagine will have been brought to bear on what we did learn in school. William Gibson
adjectives almost biggest brings brother describe eye great promoters talking tear tyler
Tyler has been one of the biggest promoters of Seth. It almost brings a tear to my eye just talking about it. He's been like a big brother to him. I don't have enough adjectives to describe how great Tyler has been this year. Doug Evans
adjectives proud way
I have been called 'Bongshell' the day I stepped into showbiz. So, any adjective coming my way, I take it positively. Sometimes it's also entertaining, but I don't feel bad about it. I'm a proud woman. Bipasha Basu
adjectives built inaccurate nouns pull tight weak
Write with nouns and verbs, not with adjectives and adverbs. The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place. William Strunk
adjectives built inaccurate nouns pull weak
Write with nouns and verbs, not with adjectives and adverbs. The adjectivehasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tightplace. William White
adjectives certain designed looking news paint people picture repeatedly sort trying
I start looking for adjectives in news reporting, and if there are too many of them, if they're all sort of repeatedly designed to influence my thinking in a certain way, I start getting concerned. I'm leery of people trying to paint a picture in a certain way. Thomas Sadoski
adjectives populism populist
Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective. Brian Eno
phrases fit educated
I have been, as the phrase is, liberally educated, and am fit for nothing. Charles Dickens
phrases uncertain temper
…a lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper --a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably certain to make everybody more or less uncomfortable. Charles Dickens
phrases used wells
Well I've never used that phrase before, but yes she is bootylicious. Ben Affleck
phrases may said
You may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'I’m wrong, but I don’t have the courage to say so. Daniel Handler
phrases idle truce
A truce to idle phrases! Aristophanes
phrases world ugly
World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation. Eliezer Yudkowsky
phrases repetition again-and-again
a meaningless phrase repeated again and again begins to resemble truth. Barbara Kingsolver
phrases annoying told-you-so
There's nothing I find quite as annoying as the phrase 'I told you so.' Ayelet Waldman
phrases selling form
Telling is not selling; never make a statement if you can phrase it in the form of a question. Brian Tracy