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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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Dickens
drives human
The possibility to mobilize the international community to act on human suffering is what drives me every day as a photojournalist. Lynsey Addario
drives home labor market period point rates unchanged worried
The point about labor market weakening suggests the Fed's ... worried about that. That drives home the point they're going to keep these rates unchanged for a long period of time. David Jones
driven panic rebound signal strong today yesterday
The plunge yesterday was driven by panic selling, the rebound today is a strong signal for buying. Castor Pang
driver economic war
The only driver stronger than an economic argument to do something is the war argument, the I-don't-want-to-die argument. Neil deGrasse Tyson
drive exam pull stops windows
We've actually had to pull out the stops and have supervisors working the windows and pull in everyone who can give a drive exam and try to accommodate them. Kevin Malone
driver exactly identify looking piece together
We are looking to identify that driver and piece together exactly what happened. Sal Basilone
drive higher motivation move stocks
Where's the motivation to drive stocks higher?. I thought that we could have done better, but there was no real motivation to move things higher or lower. Donald Selkin
drive drove hit took
When you took away the 3 they drove right by you and you took away the drive they hit the 3. Paul Lundberg
drive friendship people time
I think people just like seeing friendship. I think people like seeing people who just drive each other up the wall, but at same time, can't live without each other. Martin Freeman
freedom butterfly deny
I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies. Charles Dickens
freedom tyrants mind
Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind. Charles Caleb Colton
free-will contrary
His will cannot be neutral or 'free' to act contrary to his nature. Charles Spurgeon
freedom water leaving
As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil. Alan Watts
free games line lost throws won
We've won some big games at the line this year, and we've lost some at the line. We know how important free throws are. Dell Leonard
freedom disappointment ego
Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment. Chogyam Trungpa
freedom nice air
When you drop your unnecessary things, you finally can swoop and fly in vast space. It is so blue, so bright, and so nice, so airy and fresh. You can stretch your wings and breathe the air. You can do anything you want. You have experienced cheerfulness and joy, and finally the bliss of freedom occurs in you. Chogyam Trungpa
freedom democracy
Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told. Dave Barry
freedom inquiry sake
There is no thought or situation that you can't put up against inquiry. Every thought, every person, every apparent problem is here for the sake of your freedom. Byron Katie
globally true work
We are a true globally distributed work force. Rob Hughes
global prices reflect taking
We want our prices to better reflect the fluctuations taking place in the global market. Achmad Faisal
global national remains safe
Maintaining clean, safe water remains one of our greatest national and global challenges and responsibilities. Jerry Costello
global hold nature unique ways
As we become this one global culture, in some ways it's things like the weather and nature that still hold our culture as unique to where we are. Kate Bush
global great health human
In many ways, human health is the great global connector. Kathleen Sebelius
global movement mutant open platform playing qaeda religious restrained source supply works
Al Qaeda is nothing more than a mutant supply chain. They're playing off the same platform as Wal-Mart and Dell. They're just not restrained by it. What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain. That's what we're up against in Iraq. We're up against a suicide supply chain. Thomas Friedman
global mean national political politics reliable source
When we say, even in a global village, that all politics is local, we mean that national sovereignties are the only reliable source of political authority. Michael Ignatieff
global major mother personal september thinking
September 11, on a global scale, and my mother dying, on a personal level, were the two major things that got me thinking about all of this. Donald Fagen
global heavy schedule travel
She will have a heavy global travel schedule as well. Ryan Donovan
graves made lows
I would that I were low laid in my grave. I am not worth this coil that's made for me. William Shakespeare
graves lost distress
The graves of those we have loved and lost distress and console as. Houssaye Houssaye
gravestone epitaph please
Epitaphs for a gravestone: 'Please: no hooliganism'; or 'Es prohibe se hace agua aqui'; or 'No comment'. Edward Abbey
graveyard ifs
If you live in a graveyard, you can't weep for everyone. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
grave men national threat
On Monday, if this (bill) is not passed, these men will be released. I think that would be a grave threat to national security. Sir Blair
graves ifs
If I weren't already dead, I'd have to kill myself just so I could roll over in my grave. D. J. MacHale
graves mass people protect thousands
He killed people to protect them, ... He put hundreds of thousands of people in mass graves to protect Iraq. Jalal Talabani
grave peace seriously
It is a grave setback to the peace process. Restarting (the peace process) will be seriously undermined. Jayantha Dhanapala
grave itself met people today
Today is like a reunion, ... I've met a lot of people at the grave itself through the years. Donald Davis
mistake power order
It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake greatness ignorant
True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake flirting errors
Total freedom from error is what none of us will allow to our neighbors; however we may be inclined to flirt a little with such spotless perfection ourselves. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake ignorance writing
Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake creativity science
A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake block sweat
Writers block: when I get it, it's because my subconscious spotted that I'd make a huge structural mistake in constructing a novel before my conscious mind became aware of it, and threw on the brakes. So I've learned not to sweat it: take two days off, then back up a chapter, read through, and try to work out why I'm suddenly uneasy about continuing. Charles Stross
mistake ends chains
Fatal accidents never happen because of just one mistake. It takes a whole chain of stupids lining up just so to put a full stop at the end of an epitaph. Charles Stross
mistake men thank-god
Men talk of "the mistakes of Scripture." I thank God that I have never met with any. Mistakes of translation there may be, for translators are men. But mistakes of the original word there never can be, for the God who spoke it is infallible, and so is every word he speaks, and in that confidence we find delightful rest. Charles Spurgeon
mistake beginning-middle-and-end execution
A sermon without Christ as its beginning, middle, and end is a mistake in conception, a crime in execution. Charles Spurgeon
permit work
Because of the new regulations, our permit for doing this work expires at the end of the year. Patricia Miller
permitted san
I'd always wanted to live in San Francisco, and my circumstances never permitted it. I'm so happy I made the move. Mitch Kapor
permits
I think we'll see permits down in February, but I thought we'd see them down in January. RL Brown
permit picture presence trouble welsh-musician
Television, they say, will permit a person to be entertained at home, without the effort of going to a picture house, without the trouble of booking seats, without the presence of other people. Ivor Novello
permit
We need the permit on the sign, it's law. Mick Johnson
permit
It does not have anything in it to permit us to supplement, modify or amend. Scott Haywood
permit third
It's a third permit we'd need to obtain. Gerald Smith
permits police sponsors stuff three
There's a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff that has to go on. There's the permits and the sponsors and the police that's a lot to get done in three weeks. Brian Collins
permit violation waiting
They're in violation and we're waiting to see a permit application. Ed Garland
veto
If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen. Bill Owens
veto massacres council
The U.N. Security Council did not to condemn the Qana massacre, due to the U.S. veto. Hassan Nasrallah