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absolutely ask comments concerning contrary decision ford join meeting recall record replace time tires
We want to set the record straight. At no time during yesterday's meeting between Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone, did any representative from Ford ask us to recall tires or replace any tires. They did not ask us to join with them on a recall or a replacement program. They told us they had made absolutely NO decision concerning our tires on their vehicles. Comments by Ford to the contrary are inaccurate. Christine Karbowiak
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We know he has been absolutely trying to acquire nuclear weapons and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons, ... Meet the Press. Dick Cheney
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Wake has been absolutely awesome lately. Hopefully he can keep up that magic. He's making guys look foolish out there. Johnny Damon
absolutely charges fact laws looked stupid ultimately
Ultimately we looked at what charges were available; we didn't have anything to charge them with. We don't like the fact that nothing comes out of this absolutely stupid behavior, but we have the laws we have. Keith Kameg
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Ultimate Electronics has been a part of the Colorado community for nearly four decades. The work that the Boys & Girls Club does here in Denver is absolutely indispensable and we hope that this donation helps them to keep on inspiring the community's young people. Randall Baumberger
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Ukraine that existed before the elections no longer exists. It has been split up into two sides with absolutely opposite opinions, Leonid Kuchma
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My advice to the average investor in 1988 is to be patient and think long-term. It will take 18 months for confidence to get better and, in the meantime, this is absolutely no place for short-term money. Louis Navellier
absolutely
Nowhere, absolutely nowhere, has there ever been a hint, not even a whisper, that a Black person was involved in the assassination of the president. But that's the kind of thing you have in this movie. Louis Stokes
absolutely doubt fix gradually help poverty steps
The poverty here is real, there's absolutely no doubt about it. If you can help them gradually take those steps out of poverty, you're going to fix many things. Pamela Atkinson
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What has gratified me the most is the enthusiasm I have witnessed this week on campus and among our alumni and friends. No doubt that a winning team brings great credit to the university. Gordon Gee
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The exposure that has resulted from our recent football success has had a profoundly positive impact on NIU. Enrollment applications soared, financial support rose and student and alumni pride and participation flourished. John Peters
alumni boost came celebrate certainly motivated provided rain watch
We were certainly motivated by all the alumni that came out in the rain to watch us play. They provided a big boost to have them here and for us to celebrate with all the alumni was a big motivator. Martin Tobias
alumni disturbed fans letters received
We have received hundreds of letters from fans and alumni who are disturbed by what they saw. Charles Steger
alumni funding government grant program student
Funding from the Alumni Association MasterCard Grant program and a co-sponsoring from the undergraduate Student Government got things started. Rebecca Cook
alumni came east high james monroe names promotion reunion school
I went to James Monroe High School, a big school in the East Bronx. My first promotion was the first alumni reunion dance. I got all the names and addresses out of the yearbook. It came off very well. Sid Bernstein
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Hasty Pudding is no small potatoes (sorry to mix the food references), known for its famous alumni and much-hyped annual awards ceremonies. One year Mel Gibson recited Hamlet and escaped from a straitjacket. Tom Cruise has strutted in a bra and stilettos. This year Sarah Jessica Parker gets the prize. A recent ... episode was about money woes. I wonder if there will be any jokes about dough this time! and City
alumni football game great interest largest last level life might
If it's the last game you'd ever want to see in your life, it might be these two teams, and that makes it special. Two great football states, two great schools, two of the largest alumni in the world. The interest level is tremendous. Jim Tressel
alumni economic research start
We look for UC Merced's presence, its faculty, its research and its alumni to start an economic renaissance for the Valley. Gerald Parsky
athletic swim
I don't swim! That's like athletic. Chloe Sevigny
athletic ball game good kids knew rebound shoot thomas william
We knew they were athletic and William Thomas (33 points) is very good, so this is a good game for our kids to play and get a win. We didn't shoot the ball well or rebound all that great, so it is good to just get out of there with a victory. Bob Krizancic
athletic box means team
We know we've really got to keep them off the boards. They're as athletic as any team we've played, so it means we're going to have to really box them out. Jessica Foley
athletic france good movement organised videos
We know France are exciting, quick, strong, organised and very athletic with good movement but I'm getting the videos of them in and we're very confident. Louise Taylor
athletic atmosphere good learning positive program support
the positive learning atmosphere and very good support of the athletic program that Kirkwood offers. Jill Williams
athletics college gift perfect
The perfect going-away gift for a college student-athlete. A dictionary. Dave Anderson
athletic expect strongest
We are probably the most athletic and strongest team. Being that we are so athletic, we expect to go all the way. Steve Smithwick
athletic maximize team
We are a very athletic team and we're going to try to maximize our opportunities with our athleticism. Chris Vermeer
athletics best classroom mean playing strive succeed
We strive to do what is best for our student-athletes so they can succeed in the classroom and on the playing field. Athletics done the right way can mean so much to a university, like it has here at Colgate for many, many years. David Roach
college years games
Well, I just can't play the game anymore. I'm 63 years old, and I've been in the business for 40 years now. I take good advice and direction really well, but I don't need somebody that finished college two years ago to come in and tell me what I should be recording. Charlie Daniels
college honor problem
Helen Keller was blind and deaf when she graduated from college with honors. So what's your problem? Charles Stanley
college silence black
My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, 'So. . .you're black. Al Roker
college years expected
I never expected to leave college early-especially after just one year. Chris Bosh
college thinking feelings
You think you're grown in college but you're not, because everything is kind of controlled. You lose the camaraderie and suddenly find yourself alone in an apartment just feeling lost. Chris Bosh
college exactly football great harris jason kicked kid
We know exactly what Jason Harris can do. That kid kicked our butts twice. He's going to be a great college football player. Tony Davis
college hard
We know college life. And it's hard not to like a show with a priest. Joe Sabia
college artist disrespect
Sometimes it's hard to listen to new music and get motivated, because it's elementary to me - no disrespect to new artists, because that's where we started, too. But it's like they're way back there in first grade, and I'm in college. DJ Quik
college class theater
When I entered college, I wasn't sure what I was going to do. My advisor happened to be from the theater department, and he encouraged me to take some classes there, which I did. David Selby
cutting thinking people
I wouldn't like to live in a world where everything's as cut-and-dried as most people think it is Charles de Lint
cutting desert forests
You've got to spread out as far as you can, cut down a whole forest, irrigate a whole desert, just to make sure that you won't accidentally stumble upon a place that's still in its natural state. Charles de Lint
cutting giving wealth
Those that will not permit their wealth to do any good for others. . . cut themselves off from the truest pleasure here and the highest happiness later. Charles Caleb Colton
cutting lions teeth
He that has cut the claws of the lion will not feel quite secure until he has also drawn his teeth. Charles Caleb Colton
cute time years
The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later. Charles Caleb Colton
cutting men turkeys
It's over, and can't be helped, and that's one consolation, as they always say in Turkey, when they cut the wrong man's head off. Charles Dickens
cutting garden weather
In fine weather the old gentelman is almost constantly in the garden; and when it is too wet to go into it, he will look out the window at it, by the hour together. He has always something to do there, and you will see him digging, and sweeping, and cutting, and planting, with manifest delight. Charles Dickens
cutting popularity minutes
I know God can cut it (popularity) off in a minute. Charles Stanley
cutting stones firsts
Habits, soft and pliant at first, are like some coral stones, which are easily cut when first quarried, but soon become hard as adamant. Charles Spurgeon
everybody experience hard ice trying year
We want them to experience what it's like to be in that situation. This has been a hard year for everyone -- not just the kids, but everybody off the ice who are trying so hard to make this thing work. Trent Yawney
everybody level morning provide service three treat whether
We want to treat everybody the same, ... provide the same level of service whether it's three in the morning or three in the afternoon. David Burns
everybody helped thank
We want to thank everybody who helped us, Alan Henderson
everybody nobody sound
We want to sound like everybody and nobody at the same time. Jamie Varley
everybody losses prepared record
We want to show everybody we belong. Our record doesn't matter. All those losses prepared us for this. Alexis Karel
everybody segment
We want to see something that's going to be a win-win for everybody and not just for one segment of the population. Larry Glass
everybody gold job tough win
We know what we have to do. We know this is going to be a tough test, but we're here to win the gold medal. That's what we want ... that's what everybody wants. We just have to get the job done. Bengt Gustafsson
everybody hard question
We know we've got what it takes. It's not even a question. It's just a question of how much we want it. We've got to come out and play as hard as we can, and everybody has to be on the same page. Levi Levine
everybody knows
We know we need to play better. Everybody in here knows that. Shean Donovan
evidence cycles has-beens
There is no evidence that the business cycle has been repealed. Alan Greenspan
evidence formed judgment likely literature opinion stick supporting
We know from the judgment and decision-making literature that once we have formed an opinion, that opinion is likely to stick and we're going to look selectively for evidence supporting our hypothesis. Gitte Lindgaard
evidence improvement overall remain respect sidelines stores until
Until evidence of an improvement in Eckerd stores and overall trends, we remain on the sidelines with respect to these shares. Patricia Baker
evidence exists full possibilities range
The possibilities could range from a full evidentiary hearing, a mini-trial, to just arguments on the evidence that exists or something in between." () Jack McConnell
evidence contrary knows
I don't know what it is I'm doing. But it's not that. Despite all evidence to the contrary. Edward Gorey
evidence equity bubbles
I don't see much evidence of an equity bubble, Ben Bernanke
evidence fire
We've got evidence that it was an intentionally set fire. Joe Chavez
evidence circumstantial-evidence
Circumstantial evidence is evidence. Bernard Goldberg
evidence houses occupying survived
We have no evidence they have been killed in that attack. We know at least that Qusay, his son, has survived and he is occupying some houses in the Diyala area, Ahmad Chalabi
finding-the-one creating stories
With movies, you are always in search is a good story, one that everyone will relate to and love. I love finding those stories and creating a visual world to tell the story. Don Bluth
finding-peace peace-on-earth teach
The person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is. Byron Katie
finding ourselves
We started off slow, but we're finding ourselves in each and every game. Nathan Taylor
finding-the-one littles interest
You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests. Arne Jacobsen
finding-yourself fame illness
There's probably no experience more alienating than fame, other than a terminal illness, where you actually find yourself in a situation that nobody around you can relate to. Diablo Cody
finding-someone share something-you-love
Success is finding something you love to do, getting paid to do it and finding someone to share it with. Dick Clark
finding-love secret want
The secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again. The ones you can enter anywhere and inhabit comfortably... in the Great Stories you know who lives, who dies, who finds love, who doesn't. And yet you want to know again. Arundhati Roy
findings
Got to start by finding it, have we? Can't start by looking for it, I suppose? C. S. Lewis
finding obsession truth
When you're working for yourself and your own obsession with finding the truth, you're at your own mercy. Errol Morris
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. Richard Wallace
gains opportunity selling
The post-auction gains were used as a selling opportunity. Kim Rupert
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
gains certain
As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more. Ayn Rand
gains time-management management
He who gains time gains everything. Benjamin Disraeli
gains disability vocation
Every disability conceals a vocation, if only we can find it, which will 'turn the necessity to glorious gain. C. S. Lewis
gains spirit certain
I witness that as you gain experience and success in being guided by the Spirit, your confidence in the impressions you feel can become more certain than your dependence on what you see or hear. Richard G. Scott
games two lawyer
Battledore and shuttlecock's a wery good game, vhen you an't the shuttlecock and two lawyers the battledores, in which case it gets too exciting to be pleasant. Charles Dickens
games words-of-wisdom delight
To bring deserving things down by setting undeserving things up is one of its perverted delights; and there is no playing fast and loose with the truth, in any game, without growing the worse for it. Charles Dickens
games planning designer
I'm not planning a kickstarter game. And I'm not really a game designer. Charles Stross
games play self
The Universe is the game of the self, which plays hide and seek forever and ever. Alan Watts
games fire giving
Substances like LSD, which give away a secret about the nature of the social game - the human game and what underlies it - are potentially dangerous, of course, like any good thing is. Electricity is dangerous, fire is dangerous, cars are dangerous, planes are dangerous, but not so dangerous as driving on the freeway. The only way to handle danger is to face it. If you start getting frightened of it, then you make it worse. Because you project onto it all kinds of bogeys and threats which don't exist in it at all. Alan Watts
games boards vendetta
They say that life's a game, & then they take the board away. Alan Moore
games goal able
You don't score 64 goals in 86 games at the highest level without being able to score goals. Alan Green
games gambling casinos
The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money. Al Alvarez
games gambling cards
Hold'em is a game of calculated aggression. If your cards are good enough for you to call a bet, they are good enough to raise with. Al Alvarez
half linux firsts
I was Computer Shopper's linux columnist for more than half a decade, from the late 90s onwards. Yes, I know about Linux. (My first review of a Linux distro in the press was published in late 1996.) Charles Stross
half empty gods-will
If I empty out half of my life, God can only fill half...God will fill as much of us as we allow Him to fill. Aiden Wilson Tozer
half safe matter
There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium. David R. Brower
half intensity played second slow
We started slow today. In the second half we played with better intensity than we did in the first half. Linda Flohr
halfway michigan respecting seven state ten
We are at the turn, we are halfway around the track. It's just about respecting Michigan State and approaching like we have the other seven (Big Ten games). Kristy Curry
halftime hard played struggled
We struggled a little and they made it very hard to penetrate the middle. We made some adjustments at halftime and played better. Jim Mott
half pulled second
We started off slow, ... but in the second half we really pulled away. Robert Bates
half missing three top
We started each half missing a wide-open lay-up, and that kind of set the tone. My top three scorers couldn't find the basket. Dean Montzingo
half period second spent team wears
We spent the whole second period in the box. It wears half the team down. We can't be doing that. It kills us. Jeff Carter
lose
We want to try this to see if we can make a difference. We just don't want to lose (the students). Chuck Hatfield
loser given riders
I was awarded 'Most Aggressive Rider of the Day', generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day. David Millar
loser winner economy
So, there is enormous instability in the global economy with a shift of winners and losers. David Korten
lose morning people wake
When you wake up in the morning and lose 14 marines, people say, 'What's going on?' Newt Gingrich
lose morning truth wake
Here's a secret: Everyone, if they live long enough, will lose their way at some point. You will lose your way; you will wake up one morning and find yourself lost. This is a hard, simple truth. Nick Flynn
lose love musical
I love rock and opera, and I love musical theater, and I don't want to lose any of that. Lauren Worsham
lose safety sight
We're not going to lose sight of safety, Norman Mineta
loses
Money? How did I lose it? I never did lose it. I just never knew where it went. Edith Piaf
loses
I loved but once, yet twice I lose my love! Edmond Rostand
major musical players
When the Domaine Musical started up, I wasn't part of it. They were the major players in contemporary music at that time, braodcasting old and new composers' work. And I wasn't one of them. Luc Ferrari
majority purpose shoulders
With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose. Bertolt Brecht
major plans
We have no plans for any major shakeup at this point, Robert Johnston
major whether
We were at a crossroads, whether we were going to have to doze it in or do some major repairs. Tim Wilson
major until
Until they are in the Major Leagues, they are assets. David Forst
major
The Cosby years were a major part of my life, but it is the past; I don't really concentrate on it. Lisa Bonet
majority notebooks robert time
Was there ever a time when the majority was right? Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A Robert A. Heinlein
majority absolutes
The right of the majority is absolute. Benjamin Tucker
major trades
We'll see if we can fine-tune it. Those are important spots, but we have no major trades (in the works). Bill Bavasi
matter easy-route routes
There's never an easy route to the things that matter. Charles de Lint
matter
Meaning, however, is no great matter. Charles Stuart Calverley
matter remember
Can I remember "I remember lots," I say. How much of what I remember is true is another matter. Charles Stross
matter
Work is work, but family is for life. That's what really matters to me. Akshay Kumar
matter poor succeed
We want to show the world that no matter where you're born, no matter how poor you are, that you can succeed in life. Frank Stronach
matter no-matter-what problem
There's no solution to life, there's going to be problems no matter what. Chris Colfer
matter opponents cry
I wouldn't like to make anybody cry, I don't dislike anybody. It doesn't even matter - the opponent is always faceless. Chris Bosh
matter
We know what we have to do, now it's just a matter of doing it. Mike Power
matter please projects
Ultimately, no matter how many projects you considered, you can't please everyone. Henry Fawell
percentage prison since
The percentage of Americans in the prison system, Prison system, has doubled since 1985 Serj Tankian
percentage population proportion
The percentage of African-Americans at (SDSU) in proportion to the population isn't equal. David Hillery
percent possible preparing
We are preparing very well but it is not possible to be 100 percent secure. Mario Pescante
percent relative
We usually keep it between 40 to 50 percent relative humidity, and around 65 to 70 degrees. Don Davis
percent
When you think about it, 'Siskel and Ebert' is reachable by 95 percent of televisions in U.S., Scott Smith
percent unless until wait
We're not going to put him in unless he's 100 percent. If he's 100 percent after today, we'll probably let him go at it. But if he's not, then we will wait until Saturday. Ken Hitchcock
percent
We have never, ever been 100 percent full. There are always rooms. Nicki Grossman
percent safe sure tells until
Until someone tells us 100 percent sure that that's Dylan, we still feel that he's out there and he's safe and is going to come home, Steve Groene
percent reach whether year
Whether we reach 1.7 percent this year does not really have much meaning. Heizo Takenaka
proceeds share
With the proceeds from the A share issue, we will be able to fine-tune the integration of the company's upstream and downstream operations. Li Yizhong
proceed sale unless
Unless we get an injunction, we can proceed with the timber sale process. Rick Jandreau
proceed several spoken sure
He has spoken about several opportunities and I am not sure what he will proceed with. David Sykes
proceed using
Our case, we used the organometallic compounds. Additionally, we need one important element, that is base. Without base, the acidic coupling reaction using organoboron compounds cannot proceed nicely. So, that is very important point in our cross-coupling reaction. Akira Suzuki
proceed recognize result vote
We recognize to proceed would ... result in a vote that would not be successful. John Kyl
proceed tearing traffic
We're not tearing down the old bridge, so traffic will proceed as usual. Steve Serbati
proceeds reputation
Every man's reputation proceeds from those of his own household. Marcus Tullius Cicero
proceed
We haven't had anything to proceed on yet. Brad Kullman
proceed
It is my intention to proceed slowly with our trenches. Peter Stuyvesant
programs running wrote
Some of the programs I wrote there are still running maintenance free. Fred Siget
programs simply stopping view
Our view is that stopping their programs is simply something they have to do. Christopher Hill
programs send stay touch via whenever
We stay in touch pretty regularly, via e-mail or the phone. He'll send me programs and I'll tell him how I'm feeling. He'll give me paces and whenever we have the opportunity, we'll get together. Kevin Eastler
programs together
We were able to put together a packet of programs and get her into a house. Rod Williams
programs spent
We don't know if any of it's going to be funded at all, and if so, we don't know what programs it will be spent on, David Heil
programs shifted
Those are the kind of programs we would like to see subsidies shifted into. Bill Walker
programs support youth
There is a lot of support for youth programs here. Chris Mitchell
programs
That's $200,000 in drug programs that won't get funded, Thomas Burke
programs schools year
It's for the public, it's year round, and it's also for the schools because we're going to re-establish our school programs and all our outreach programs. Susan Hayward
reduction
Mr. Obama's choices show how fundamentally unserious he is about deficit reduction and spending restraint. Monica Crowley
reduction
Phil's not going anywhere. He hasn't been fired, and he's not going to be fired. There is no reduction of responsibility. There is no rift. John Collins
reduction left seasons
With every day that goes by, there will be further reductions on what's left of the season David Stern
reduction revenue slight
Even a slight reduction in revenue can have a significant impact. Bill Wright
reduction sit
We will sit down with her and there will be reduction of that this year. Herman Frazier
reduction together
If you put all that together you end up with a reduction in volume. John Carioba
reduction
Hopefully, we'll see a reduction in those numbers. Craig Carper
reduction forensics eloquence
Forensics is eloquence and reduction. Gertrude Stein
reduction breasts
I had a breast reduction. Patti Stanger
shreds wandering
A wandering minstrel I - / A thing of shreds and patches. W. S. Gilbert
shred truth
There's not a shred of truth to that. Russ Marlan
spending enjoy ifs
What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life? Alan Watts
spending born deficit-spending
I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending. Al Sharpton
spending-time spending feels
Spending time outdoors makes you feel great. Elizabeth Hurley
spending federal-spending
Federal spending is atrocious. Jason Chaffetz
spending
I don't think anyone's pushing for spending limits in the campaign. Craig Benson
spending
know that there has to be a spending limit. Arnold Schwarzenegger
spending state
I would look to put state spending on a diet. John Faso
spending surprise weeks
If they end up spending 4 or 5 weeks there, it won't surprise me. Jack Morgan
spending
I was not interested in spending 10 years in the culture wars. Leon Wieseltier
teams
The other teams have left, and they're still not really back. We haven't left, and we're not going anywhere. Walter Leger
teams
We've already made the decision. Most teams put five, but we're going to put six. Alain Vigneault
teams together tried
We've tried to set it up where we put teams together that are pretty evenly matched. Bruce Lewis
teams
We'll see the course, and we'll see most of the teams that we'll see at district, too. Bob Lennon
teams trying
We're just still searching, just trying to find out what teams are the best. Steve Rodecap
teams travel
Many of them play on the same travel teams and know each other well. Marissa Chovanec
teams
SEC teams are going to make runs. That just happens. It's part of the game, man. Eric Ferguson
teams
When we started out as freshmen, we were ok, but there were other teams out there who were a lot better than us. Tyler Mitchell
teams three
When the three of us are on, we're really tough. There are not a lot of teams that can keep up with us when we play like that. Paul Davies
winning competition want
Look at politics; they're always in competition over an election, who wants to win. It's just who we are, it's what we do. Charles Tillman
winter darkness scrooge
Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it. Charles Dickens
winter age lapland
Cheerfulness ought to be the viaticum vitae of their life to the old; age without cheerfulness is a Lapland winter without a sun. Charles Caleb Colton
winning race looks
If we look backwards to antiquity it should be as those that are winning a race. Charles Caleb Colton
wine order water
In order to try whether a vessel be leaky, we first prove it with water before we trust it with wine. Charles Caleb Colton
wings gone originality
All the poets are indebted more or less to those who have gone before them; even Homer's originality has been questioned, and Virgil owes almost as much to Theocritus, in his Pastorals, as to Homer, in his Heroics; and if our own countryman, Milton, has soared above both Homer and Virgil, it is because he has stolen some feathers from their wings. Charles Caleb Colton
wind literature wave
Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores. Charles Caleb Colton
wind fire tale-of-two-cities
Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop," returned madame; "but don't tell me. Charles Dickens
winning race obstacles
Ride on! Ride on over all obstacles and win the race. Charles Dickens