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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.
bullets mankind destined
If mankind's destined to bite the bullet, let's bite it and be damned. Darren Shan
bullets dread constant
I'd rather have a bullet inside of me than to be living in constant dread of one. Benjamin Harrison
bullets mind question
We bounced heavily and then stopped. And there were bullets all around. There was no question in my mind that if we didn't get out of that vehicle, we'd all be dead. Cam McLeay
bullets saws broadway
When we were doing Bullets over Broadway, he told me to be more fragile and I thought I was, but he saw it completely differently. Dianne Wiest
bullets children corner disturbing full good home hunters innocent people pepper sake sportsmen
Like all people of good conscience, the state's hunters and sportsmen are sickened by the murders of innocent children. It's disturbing to think that there are people out there who will pepper a home full of children with bullets for the sake of securing a corner drug outlet. But those people are out there.
bullets cops deal faced
As an actor, I can still play a cop, but the bullets are fake, I don't have to get injured, and I'm not faced with the day-in-day-out of what cops have to deal with, which is tragic and dangerous. Titus Welliver
bullets fine holes
Talk into my bullet hole. Tell me I'm fine. Denis Johnson
bullets relevant today vietnam war
War doesn't go away when the bullets stop. Vietnam still is as relevant today as it was then. David Maraniss
bullets flying talk
I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that. Zubin Mehta
wanted
I always knew I wanted it to be illustrated. David Sedaris
wanted
I knew I always wanted to sing. David Ruffin
wanted prepared
I always knew that I wanted to do something in business and I prepared myself for that. Earl Campbell
wanted known
I've always known I wanted a family. Charlize Theron
wanted understood
When I understood the rudiments of what nanotech was all about, I knew I wanted to participate. Bernard Marcus
wanted
I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn't. Diane Abbott
wanted fortunate
I was fortunate to become the woman I always wanted to be. Diane von Furstenberg
wanted
I always knew the woman I wanted to be.
wanted
I wanted to be myself. Only myself. Brigitte Bardot