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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
cannot conflicts parliament solved strengthen
We want to strengthen democracy. When conflicts cannot be solved in parliament they should be solved by citizens. Jaroslaw Kaczynski
cannot democracy island regime send signal strong surrounded
We want to send a strong signal to the regime in Swaziland that it cannot be an island surrounded by democracy in the region. Zwelinzima Vavi
cannot cause continue including received spur ted work
Much like the conservationists who previously have received the Audubon Medal, including Stewart Udall, Rachel Carson and Ted Turner, I realize that this recognition cannot be a cause to rest, but a spur to continue our work. Louis Bacon
cannot dream
You cannot kill a breeze, a wind, a fragrance; you cannot kill a dream or an ambition. Michel Onfray
cannot empty fathom good players souls stories tried whatever work
Players would empty their souls to me; you cannot fathom the stories I've heard, everything from the good to the bad. I tried whatever I could to work things out. Morgan Wootten
cannot choices choose deeply inspirational life today until
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday, that person cannot say, I choose otherwise.
cannot choice choices choose deeply otherwise today until
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise
cannot clearer congress count domestic help house looking remedy totally white
We are looking to Congress, ... It is clearer than ever that America's domestic manufacturers cannot count on any help from the White House to remedy this totally unacceptable situation.
cannot ensure forget happened remember side
We are at their side as they suffer. One cannot forget what happened and one must remember to ensure it does not happen again.
character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face.
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well.
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
complex difficult order presence require time
We started this for the right reasons, ... We're on the right track. It is a very, very difficult and complex track. But in order to get there, it is going to require the presence of Americans for probably a long time to come. You'll see us downsize, I hope, immediately. But it is still going require us to be there for a while to come. Saxby Chambliss
complex due front locations ubiquitous
Clearly-drawn front lines have become a thing of the past due to complex locations with ubiquitous enemy threats.
complexes talking three
When you take those three complexes alone, you're talking about hundreds of units.
complex far impose life structures suspicious tendency writers
It's worth being suspicious of writers - or anyone! - who does that myth-making thing. There's always a tendency to retrospectively impose structures on a life. Life as it's lived has a far more complex shape. Guy Gavriel Kay
complex familiar games good players team though whether won year
Whether they had the new players or not, they're still a team we're not familiar with. They're a complex team and even though they haven't won many games this year they still have some good qualities, especially with the new players they've added. Amado Guevara
complex document gives insight movements piano process quartet rare work
What this document gives us is rare insight into the imponderable process of decision-making by which this most complex of quartet movements is made over into a work for piano four-hands.
complex
What's really complex about it is you're going to have to do allocations you've never had to do before.
complex engaging last
Working with celebrities has become, over the last decade, a lot more complex with so many more nonprofits engaging with celebrities.
complexity greater increased life sort sublime toward unfolding
If the process of life is about moving toward increased complexity and organization, a sort of sublime unfolding of greater and greater self-organizing systems, then we're actually doing pretty well. Jason Silva
means
The perception of what a thing is and the perception of what it means are not separate, either. James J. Gibson
means police sit
We are police officers. We don't sit back and watch. We have to get out and do something. Being able to do something means a lot.
means next propose range rifle trail year
We're not going to propose a trail ... through the rifle range next year as a means to the end. Tom Reilly
means names people science whenever
Whenever you do science it's important to know individuals. And that means you have to distinguish one from another, just like we give names to people we have to be able to give names to penguins. And we often do that with bands.
means share slowing
When everyone else is slowing and you're not, it means share gains.
means time whenever wherever
For Net-A-Porter and its customers, luxury means exceptional service, 24-7 - wherever they are, whenever they have time. Natalie Massenet
means speed start
We're so young that when they start to press, we think that means we need to speed up.
means progress promote secret service social society unity
Unity is the secret of social progress, and service to society is the means to promote it. Sathya Baba
means regime settled
We're more settled. A new regime means changes, and things have settled down. Jimmy Smith
narratives
A lot of the drive to make narratives came from having to play by myself as a 5- or 6-year-old in the woods. Matthew Tobin Anderson
scottish-writer
To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life. Robert Louis Stevenson
spine toothpicks i-can
I can snap your spine like a toothpick. Dave Barry
spinning rewards carousels
After all, spinning is its own reward. There wouldn't be carousels if it weren't so. Adam Gopnik
spin
I couldn't see the spin of the ball.
spinning carousels
My head's a carousel of pictures and The spinning never stops. Conor Oberst
spinning tanning figures
Someone with a figure like Jennifer Aniston has a trainer, a cook spinning out some version of the latest diet, and probably a stop at the tanning salon. Amanda Peet
spinal-tap littles
There's a little Spinal Tap in all of us. Alice Cooper
spinning poverty wheels
Restore the spinning wheel to its place and you will solve the problem of poverty. Mahatma Gandhi
spinning wheels india
India as a nation can live and die only for the spinning wheel.
spinning wheels india
Hunger is the argument that is driving India to the spinning wheel.