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american-author authors coming
Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney. Mickey Spillane
american-author arbitrary given information point structure text
The point is that you could structure this arbitrary information in any way. Well, given that, now we can write text that can go in all directions. Ted Nelson
american-author angel anybody body hustler internal scribbling traffic wondering writer
Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as Hustler is that scribbling child in a grown-up body wondering if anybody is listening. Herbert Gold
american-author government happens moved power protect quickly sure
We want our government to protect us, to make sure something like 9/11 never happens again. We quickly moved to give law enforcement more power to do this. But that now begs the question, did we move to fast? Did we give too much power away? I don't have the answer. Michael Connelly
american-author
What we must try to be, of course, is ourselves and wholeheartedly. We must find out what we really are and what we really want.
american-author people
Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.
american-author feeling success toward
The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.
american-author difference individual views
The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.
american-author dogs
The king appeared... with his dogs and sycophants behind him. Kathleen Winsor
continent people
We want people from every continent to come and see it so we can show them what we represent. Florentino Perez
continent due economic european good observe skills solve troubles understanding
I had the belief that many troubles you could observe on the European continent were due to politicians not understanding economic phenomena. Even if they had good intentions, they didn't have the skills to solve problems. Leonid Hurwicz
continent great win
We're really going for it... It would be great to win on the continent before going to the World Cup. Kolo Toure
continent interests
The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries. Omar Bongo
continent dreams extremely immediate needs people social
One of the things I find extremely challenging about the continent of Africa is that when the immediate needs and the social needs of people are not met, that kills dreams, and it's all about survival. Djimon Hounsou
continent cultivate provides
Africa is a continent that provides so much for the existence of the rest of the world. We go around the world and cultivate so many things.
continent doubly eligible hard life
The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles. Kabir Bedi
continent represent
I represent my country, but I also represent the continent of Africa when I play in Europe. That's why it's important to try to achieve something big. Yaya Toure
continents knowledge open project wonders work
The Garden of Wonders project encompasses the knowledge that Be Open has accumulated over the years of work on different continents and different spheres.
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.
gains action terrorism
If we allow terrorism to undermine our freedom of action, we could reverse at least part of the palpable gains achieved by postwar globalization. It is incumbent upon us not to allow that to happen. Alan Greenspan
gains potential returns
The potential returns for BHP are enormous, even after the gains recently.
gains opportunity selling
The post-auction gains were used as a selling opportunity.
gains applause harder
It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause. David Hume
gains facts celebration
It is a psychological fact that we cherish most what we have worked hardest to gain. The further we have come, the sweeter the celebration at the destination when we arrive. Denis Waitley
gain ground playing points teams western
We have to get as many points as can right now. We have to get some separation. We have a lot of teams playing each other in the Western Conference. We are going to gain some ground on someone. Barry Trotz
gain hear identity starting
We're starting to gain an identity and confidence. We're starting to build. You can hear it in the banter on the bench. Ken Hitchcock
gains increases seeing split wage
We're seeing the productivity gains split up between wage increases and profits. Scott Brown
gained supposed
I've gained fans, fame, fortune, but I don't feel different. Am I supposed to? Kristin Cast
lasts remember there-is-hope
Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope.
lasts fool firsts
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. Charles Simmons
lasts dubbing spokes
I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time. Alan Rickman
last nine won
We've won nine of the last 11, so I like our chances.
last people ready year
We want to show that we're no joke. People thought last year was a fluke. We can make improvements from last year. We're ready to see what's out there.
lasts eloquent last-time
We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing. David Mitchell
lasts records haircuts
You're only as good as your last record. David Sanborn
lasts female worship
The last western society to worship female powers was Minoan Crete. And significantly, that fell and did not rise again. Camille Paglia
lasts needs kind
I need some kind of... like... last minute, poorly-set-up deus ex machina!! Bryan Lee O'Malley
small-business enjoy taxes
The marginal tax rate for high income earners is going up. Small businesses are no longer enjoying some of the exemption from payroll tax. Now there will be carbon taxes. Chris Alexander
small-numbers community energy
Despite the international scientific community's consensus on climate change, a small number of critics continue to deny that climate change exists or that humans are causing it. Widely known as climate change "skeptics" or "deniers," these individuals are generally not climate scientists and do not debate the science with the climate scientists... David Suzuki
small-details details add
It takes 500 small details to add up to one favorable impression. Cary Grant
small-acts millions
A small act is worth a million thoughts. Ai Weiwei
smallness
I've not conducted my life in the service of smallness. Barry Diller
small-acts bless acts-of-service
Often small acts of service are all that is required to lift and bless another. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
small-objects hands eggs
There was a feeling, not sudden, but complete, as though I had been given a small object to hold unseen in my hands. Precious as opal, smooth as jade, weighty as a river stone, more fragile than a bird's egg. Infinitely still, live as the root of Creation. Not a gift, but a trust. Fiercely to cherish, softly to guard. The words spoke themselves and disappeared into the groined shadows of the roof. Diana Gabaldon
small-changes lasting-change healthy
It's the fact that no matter how bad it's gotten, the body wants to be healthy. The body wants to bounce back. When you do these changes, you do these small changes every single day, and you trust the process of what you're doing. You really do make lasting changes onto your body. Bob Harper
small stuff turned
When we were younger, you know, small stuff was small stuff. But we turned it into big stuff. It's just part of being young. Nikki Sixx