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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.
focus ego attention
The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention. Alan Watts
focus listening theatre
Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a large extent. Alan Rickman
focus-and-concentration long calm
As long as I can concentrate and remain somewhat calm, I can normally do very well. Al Oerter
focus good-things happens
Good things happen when you narrow your focus Al Ries
focus albums guests
Any album that you pick up of mine, you know it's an Akon album. The guests are very limited, and you get to really feel the experience. You get the Akon experience when you get the albums. I always want to make sure that stays the way it is. I don't want to flood the album to where you lose focus on why you bought it. Akon
focus violence murder
The message [of Donald Trump] is that that type of thing happening. Let's focus on what happened.What happened was the murder, the murder of this person pushing a stroller, it's unacceptable in an American city to continue to have this level of violence and the level of violence in Chicago is unacceptable. Chris Christie
focus helping strategy
The expensive ones are for Starz. No. We decided, as part of our Encore strategy, to broaden and strengthen and help focus the Encore plexus by adding original programming. Chris Albrecht
focus mind calm
Whenever your mind is totally absorbed in whatever activities you are performing, your mind will remain calm and content. Chin-Ning Chu
focus effort luck
To gain paying customers you'll need to focus on attracting the right followers, and not just on attracting the most. Communicate often with useful information to increase your value, and focus on pitching your product in a genuine way. Make sure you have a professional web presence, and with any luck, you should start noticing your efforts pay off. David Rusenko
routine
We spotted them their runs. We were not sharp, not making the routine plays. Don Franklin
routine caprice
... caprice is as ruinous as routine. Edith Wharton
routine surfing taken time web
Web surfing has kind of taken its rightful place as a routine activity. It's not necessarily a time killer, but a time filler.
routine daily-life bizarre
I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of daily life. Arthur Conan Doyle
routine scheduling hard
Scheduling down time as part of your routine is hard but worth it, personally, even professionally. Daniel Goleman
routine occasional easier
In marriage, the occasional catastrophic crisis is easier to manage than the daily routine. Edward Abbey
routine physical-therapy offseason
Physical therapy is part of my offseason routine. That has helped me greatly. Jamie Moyer
routine has-beens
I'm pretty minimal when it comes to my beauty routine and always have been. Brittany Snow
routine life-is used
I used to be very routine-based and the new thing in my life is not having a clear, full-time existence. Alastair Campbell