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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.
realizing should right-now
The question is not what I should do in the future to get it, but rather, what am I presently doing that prevents me from realizing it right now? Alan Watts
realizing too-real heard
I too realize that the less I preach the more likely I am to be heard.
realizing behavior accepting-yourself
Accept yourself. But realize your behaviors can be bad. David D. Burns
realizing cant-change havens
You can’t change what you haven’t realized yet. Once you realize what you were asleep to, the change happens on its own. Byron Katie
realizing young knows
The things that you know intellectually when you're young become internalized as you get older. You realize all those clichés. Cary Elwes
realizing strikes
Do you realize how good you have to be to strike out 2000 times? Casey Stengel
realizing courses
You realize, of course, that everything I say is horseshit. Kurt Vonnegut
realizing bigs evolve
I'm a big believer that you always reiterate, you always learn, you always realize your business is evolving. Mark Cuban
realizing
Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it. Edith Stein
holes more-time
Take less time to read the scorecard and more time to read the hole. Chi Chi Rodriguez
holes plot
Plot is to literature what individual holes are to miniature golf. Stanley Elkin
holes knew last life peace prayed three tough
I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life. Webb Simpson
holes
No. 7 is one of the narrowest holes on the course, if not the narrowest. Tiger Woods
holes impressed key miss
I was impressed with our depth. We didn't miss a beat. There's no big holes in (the lineup). That's the key for us. Ken Johnson
holes nine seemed
I was so nervous. It seemed like the quickest nine holes I've ever played, it went so fast.
holes learn plugging
What you learn after you're 40 is it's just about plugging up holes in the boat, George Clooney
holes
He was kind of off a little bit. His story had some holes and some leaks.
holes played wish
I wish we could have played 18 holes in these conditions. Ernie Els