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water listening erratic
The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will find that his mental movements are erratic: they have no fixed centre and no definite object. His talk is like the water of a canal whose banks have given way, which rolls aimlessly hither and thither, without fulfilling any useful function, though it is the same water which was so helpful and serviceable, when it was confined within clearly marked limits by the restraining force of its earthy boundaries. Charles Dickens
water wet
You can't get wet from the word 'water.' Alan Watts
water mind trying
Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone. Alan Watts
water should said
I abhor anything that constitutes torture. Water-boarding, its perfectly clear to me it is torture. I never supported extraordinary rendition to torture, always said that Guantanamo should be closed. There is no clash of ideals and pragmatism there. David Miliband
water sirens kind
My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters. David Knopfler
water firsts looks
Sir,” James asked, “what are we going to do?” “We’re going to look for water,” said Alf. “And food?” said Tubby Ted. “Water first,” said Alf. “We can go days without food.” “We can what?” Tubby Ted shouted. Dave Barry
water flying trying
Turbulence: This is what pilots announce that you have encountered when your plane strikes an object in midair. You'll be flying along, and there will be an enormous, shuddering WHUMP, and clearly the plane has rammed into an airborne object at least the size of a water buffalo, and the pilot will say, "Folks, we're encountering a little turbulence." Meanwhile they are up there in the cockpit trying desperately to clean water buffalo organs off the windshield. Dave Barry
water long historical
I shared this insight with some other boat owners, and they all agreed that, definitely, putting your boar into the water is asking for trouble. Most of them have had their boats sitting in their driveways long enough to be registered historical landmarks. Dave Barry
water gold batteries
I invest in anything that Bernanke can't destroy including Gold, canned beans, bottled water and flashlight batteries.... David Stockman
bird singing believer
Birds sing on a bare bough; O, believer, canst not thou? Charles Spurgeon
bird decision singing
For a decision-the freest of my actions just happens like hiccups inside me or like a bird singing outside me. Alan Watts
bird hydrogen sensitive
Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas. David Suzuki
bird flu disease
We are watching very closely to see how the disease associated with bird flu, when it hits humans, is evolving. David Nabarro
bird aviation flyers
Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off. Carl Sagan
bird contact continue further related whether
We are awaiting for further results. We will continue to investigate whether she had been in contact with anything that related to bird flu, Siti Supari
bird challenges deal management people primarily
There are some challenges we deal with, primarily people management more than bird management. Chad Olson
bird slaughterhouse-five slaughterhouse-5
And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like "Poo-tee-weet? Kurt Vonnegut
bird wish born
I wish we had all been born birds instead. Kurt Vonnegut
alphabet box cares check design fear hard issue laundry list nature offend president problem run speeches state sun union
The problem with State of the Union speeches is that they are, by their nature and design, alphabet soup. It's hard to know what a president really cares about when they run down a laundry list and check every issue box under the sun for fear they will offend some constituency if they don't. Mark McKinnon
alphabet certain eleven placed sort vowel
Out of the simple consonants of the alphabet and our eleven vowels and diphthongs all possible syllables of a certain sort were constructed, a vowel sound being placed between two consonants. Hermann Ebbinghaus
alphabet artistic essential preserve rigidity
For designers, the rigidity of an alphabet presents a never-ending artistic challenge: How do you do something new and still preserve the letters' essential forms? Virginia Postrel
alphabet
We don't know. It will go to the Swahili alphabet or something else, Jim Lushine
alphabet beyond found imagination letter poking sort spell starts surprised
My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It's the letter I use to spell yuzz-a-ma-tuzz. You'll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond 'Z' and start poking around! Dr. Seuss
alphabet days good greek news
I don't think we're going to get into the Greek alphabet this year. The good news is it's still 56 days before it starts. John Williams
alphabet chant gaelic memory months remember room script seeing start
I'd just go into a room in my memory and just look around and start seeing things that I'd forgotten, like the alphabet on the blackboard in Irish, which we had to chant every day for months and months and months. I remember the Gaelic script and things like that. And this awful, putrid lavatory that we used outside." () Frank McCourt
alphabet english-mathematician eventually found full hour later rather screen shifting suddenly toy understood until
Eventually I found it had been working all along-but didn't show anything on screen until it had the first full page of text. I inserted 30 new lines, and suddenly my toy said 'hEllO woRlD'. An hour later I understood alphabet shifting rather better! Graham Nelson
alphabet good inception
From the inception of the alphabet organizations, they have been very, very selfish. It's never been about what's good for boxing. It's always been about what's good for them, specifically what's good for them financially. Steve Farhood