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country easy walks
It is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something. Charles Dickens
country men climate
In all countries where nature does the most, man does the least. Charles Caleb Colton
country travel home
Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds.
country sadness men
In great cities men are more callous both to the happiness and the misery of others, than in the country; for they are constantly in the habit of seeing both extremes.
country heart simple
As the grand discordant harmony of the celestial bodies may be explained by the simple principles of gravity and impulse, so also in that more wonderful and complicated microcosm, the heart of man, all the phenomena of morals are perhaps resolvable into one single principle, the pursuit of apparent good; for although customs universally vary, yet man in all climates and countries is essentially the same.
country self names
The most notorious swindler has not assumed so many names as self-love, nor is so much ashamed of his own. She calls herself patriotism, when at the same time she is rejoicing at just as much calamity to her native country as will introduce herself into power, and expel her rivals.
country mean hands
Old Marley was as dead as a doornail. Mind! I don't mean to say that, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a doornail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a doornail.
country night men
If its individual citizens, to a man, are to be believed, it always is depressed, and always is stagnated, and always is at an alarming crisis, and never was otherwise; though as a body, they are ready to make oath upon the Evangelists, at any hour of the day or night, that it is the most thriving and prosperous of all countries on the habitable globe.
country character men
Rattle me out of bed early, set me going, give me as short a time as you like to bolt my meals in, and keep me at it. Keep me always at it, and I'll keep you always at it, you keep somebody else always at it. There you are with the Whole Duty of Man in a commercial country.
decades girls jewish spent
Watching 'Girls,' it was really angering for me at first, because I really had spent decades hiding unlikable, unattractive Jewish girls in likable, attractive, non-Jewish actors and characters. Jill Soloway
decades extremely honored serious voice
We're extremely honored to have Sonia Sanchez at this year's festival. For decades now, she has been an original, serious voice who movingly describes the African-American experience. Peggy Jones
decades earnings evidence larger paid share
The generosity of the super-rich is sometimes proffered as evidence they're contributing as much to the nation's well-being as they did decades ago when they paid a much larger share of their earnings in taxes. Robert Reich
decades freedom high people restore suffering time
It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop. Mahmoud Abbas
decade disappear exactly major money motion next
Major money is going to be in motion in the next decade and yet no one really understands exactly where it will land, or even if it will land, or just disappear altogether.
decadence ours theirs
The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic. James Thurber
decade happens iranians koreans north nuclear somebody weapons
Some day, somebody is going to have to start talking about what happens to us all a decade from now if we let these North Koreans and the Iranians go forward with their nuclear weapons program. Lawrence Eagleburger
decade good guy half love lucky spend theater york
I'm a theater guy at heart; I love the theater. I was lucky enough to spend a good decade and a half in the New York theater community. Thomas Sadoski
decades
For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours. E. P. Thompson
events bigs made
I've never made up events, but I've always been a big exaggerator. It's written on my humorist license that I'm allowed to do that. David Sedaris
event excitement field forward great highlight ncaa opportunity outdoor pleased present track
We are pleased to present the excitement of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships live to our viewers. We look forward to a great event and the opportunity to highlight the outstanding achievements of the track and field student-athletes.
event greater looking planning
We are looking forward, and already planning for an even greater event for 2006.
events hard ourselves pushing strengthen week
We still need to strengthen ourselves in the sprints. We're pushing hard in those events this week in practice.
events great handled last played
We're in a great place to win. Everyone is gunning for us. We played really well in the last two events and for the most part, when one of us wasn't hot, the other did well. When we put it together, we really handled the teams. Todd Rogers
event hoping planning
We started out planning the event hoping we'd get 150 people, so we were happy.
events president serious taking
Where is the president when such serious events are taking place? Jacques Chirac
events individual seven swim tired west won
We actually didn't swim very well tonight. West Chester won seven individual events out of nine. We were just tired and not as up for it.
events phrases sometimes
Sometimes a single phrase of testimony can set events in motion that affect someone's life for eternity. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
except immerse larger needed shelter sort sure
I'm not sure why working at a homeless shelter made sense to me, except that I needed to immerse myself in some sort of larger real-life situation to get me out of the cage of my mind, in some ways. Nick Flynn
exception-to-the-rule together genius
In science, modesty and genius do not coexist well together. (In Washington, modesty and cleverness don't.) Einstein is perhaps the most famous exception to the rule. Charles Krauthammer
except graduated
When I was a child, I wanted to be... a fairy. I still do, really, except that now I've now graduated to wanting to be a pixie. Jaime Winstone
except players
We're getting there. I thought our players did everything they had to do (Saturday) except win.
except
With voice-over, you have to pretend like you're three, except you can talk and read. Molly Quinn
except people places rest seen worked
The places that would never be seen except by the people who worked here, they decorated just like they did the rest of the house.
exception general great individual less particular rules wants
There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less of an exception to the rule. Samuel Butler
except faith gift given god good work
We should know that faith is a gift of God, and that it may not be given to men, except it be graciously. Thus, indeed, all the good which we have is of God; and accordingly, when God rewardeth a good work of man, he crowneth his own gift. John Wycliffe
except front gate looking next playing stretch toll top tough
We're just going to keep looking forward. We have a tough stretch in front of us. We're playing all the top teams, except for Toll Gate (Feb. 10), over the next two weeks.
hits people south storm sure time
We want to sure that if that storm hits South Carolina, people will have ample time to get out of its way.
hit internet ourselves potential segment
We are positioning ourselves to hit every potential Internet segment out there. Dave Murray
hit hitting settling
We started settling for a lot of jumpers. Jumpers that we usually hit we weren't hitting tonight, and that killed us.
hit night open rhythm
We struggled. We had a lot of open looks, but it wasn't our night to hit them. We just never got in a rhythm from the three-point line. But once again, we try not to live by that. Michael Redd
hit stopped
We stopped at the stoplight and he just hit me.
hit proud slow sort
We started off slow offensively, but we made some adjustments. I'm really proud of the way we hit the ball. We didn't panic. Once we got going, it was sort of contagious.
hitting
We started hitting (the 3s) for one thing. If they go in, they count. They add.
hitting opened outside
We started hitting our outside shots. That opened things up on the inside.
hit wherever whether
Wherever I can go, I hit the water, whether it's the ocean, or in L.A. it's Zuma Beach in Malibu; I just hit the water. David Hasselhoff
safety ignorant lightning
They that are loudest in their threats are the weakest in the execution of them. It is probable that he who is killed by lightning hears no noise; but the thunder-clap which follows, and which most alarms the ignorant, is the surest proof of their safety.
safety painful imagine
What we have to discover is that there is no safety, that seeking is painful, and that when we imagine that we have found it, we don’t like it. Alan Watts
safe basements universe
It's actually safe to create a universe in your basement. Alan Guth
safety gold saving
In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value. Alan Greenspan
safe-haven thinking california
It's a coup by the GOP to grab the governorship to California to make this place a safe haven for George W. Bush in 2004. It's incredible when you think about it. The recall cost the state $100 million Al Jardine
safe drivers highways
The driver on the highway is safe not when He reads the signs, but when He obeys them. Aiden Wilson Tozer
safety knees resistance
Deliverance can come to us only by the defeat of our old life. Safety and peace come only after we have been forced to our knees. God rescues us by breaking us, by shattering our strength and wiping out our resistance.
safe fulham wales
We can't feel safe because we are not safe. (on Fulham, 2004-5 season) Chris Coleman
safety priorities important
We need a president who is going to understand what actionable intelligence looks like and act on it. And we need a president and a cabinet who understands that the first and most important priority of the president of the United States is to protect the safety and security of Americans. Chris Christie
unlikely persecution
Where religion is trivialized, one is unlikely to find persecution.
unlikely traders hard
If you don't work very hard, it is extremely unlikely that you will be a good trader. Bruce Kovner
unlikely
For those two reasons, his candidacy is, if not doomed, unlikely too succeed. Ian Stewart
unlikely
I should think it is unlikely but you never know - never say never. Elaine Paige
unlikely
It is unlikely that reform-minded politicians will have a lot to say in the new government.
unlikely
They'll have to come up with something after deliberating for two years, but it's unlikely to be much.
unlikely organized organized-religion
It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure. Mary Douglas
unlikely transactions sellers
An IPO is like a negotiated transaction - the seller chooses when to come public - and it's unlikely to be a time that's favourable to you. Warren Buffett
unlikely scarce
It's unlikely that you'll create something scarce without doing something risky to get there. Seth
walk
We always have big rallies when they walk him, even before Mo was here. Felipe Alou
walking knows
But for us the road unfurls itself, we don't stop walking, we know there is far to go. Denise Levertov
walk
We have no car, no bicycle, and no roads. We have to walk everywhere.
walking-sticks literature crutches
Literature is a bad crutch, but a good walking-stick. Charles Lamb
walks corpses
You walk on corpses, beauty, undismayed. Charles Baudelaire
walks i-can walking
Tell them that as soon as I can walk I'm going to fly! Bessie Coleman
walking-forward blind ifs
If you were alone and suddenly became blind, and even so you keep walking forward. Ayumi Hamasaki
walks
With us right now, you can give us 20 walks and it'll still be a 2-1 or 3-2 game. Frank Robinson
walker
Walker Digital's going to be around for a long, long time,