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black calling world
If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black. Alan Watts
black-and-white periods recreation
Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie. Alan Parker
black magic mind
Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up for a sense of power and prestige. That is a disservice. Magic is very colorful. Of this, I am sure. Alan Moore
black done facts
The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of reeducation and regeneration that must be done. In fact, he should march right in front. Chinua Achebe
black ships peter
That is the Wasp, yes. But it was captured by Black Stache, and he’s coming for this ship now.” “And how do you know that?” asked Slank. “Did a seagull tell you?” This brought chuckles from the crew. Something like that, thought Peter. Dave Barry
black laughed ifs
If Black Stache laughed, you laughed. If he snarled, you snarled. If he breathed in your direction, you ran for cover. Dave Barry
black-and-white computer fascinated
It was a black and white only computer at the time, but it kept me fascinated. Buffy Sainte-Marie
black taught moments
At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do. Carter G. Woodson
black movement yards
I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking. C. L. R. James
book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. Charles Dickens
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted. Charles Caleb Colton
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Charles Caleb Colton
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away. Charles Caleb Colton
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
dorm private room
The first private space of my own wasn't a dorm room; it was a hotel room in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Rob Lowe
dormant lay tend
They tend to lay dormant for a while but often come back, and then the cheques come in! Thayer David
dormant except game girls kept lessons played playing realized summer taught took watch
Summer I was 13, my grandfather and my father taught me how to play golf. I took lessons that summer, and I played every day that summer. I probably would've kept playing, except I realized that girls don't watch golf; they watch tennis. So I let my golf game go dormant and started playing tennis. Thomas Gibson
dorm dreamed mark
The stereotypical successful entrepreneur is Mark Zuckerberg - the young college dropout who dreamed up a crazy idea while in his dorm room. Vivek Wadhwa
dorm origins quietly social
From its humble origins in college dorm rooms, social media has quietly crept into the boardroom. Ryan Holmes
dorm environment god imagine oh room
You can imagine what a dorm room environment is to a CF parent. It's like, oh my God. It's crazy. Boomer Esiason
dorm-rooms rooms dorms
I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasnt really producing or anything like that; it was you making something. Danger Mouse
dorm last played room slept time wants
If someone wants to take us out later, we're game, ... The last time we played in Syracuse, I slept in a dorm room that time. Chris Carrabba
dorm hard home library quiet time until work
I work part-time after classes, so I don't get home until late. I really have no time to use the library during the week, when I need it the most. This makes it really hard to get my work done because I need a quiet place to work and my dorm is so noisy. Peter Anderson
either good help hurt individual seeds
There are some good individuals there. You can either help yourself or hurt yourself for seeds (in the Individual District) Saturday. Tim Roberts
either garbage outside people sit
We're in a quandary on what we can and can't do. Either you let the garbage sit outside or people are going to put it in their neighbor's yard. Chuck McMeekin
either election face four minister occur prime seem wait
What the prime minister doesn't seem to face is the election is either going to occur now or it's going to occur in January, ... We're not going to wait another four months. Stephen Harper
either half minutes played second time together whenever
Whenever we played them, we played well in either the first half or the second half. This time we've got to put it together for 40 minutes if we want to win. Ivan Radenovic
either extract extremists points
When extremists extract concessions from democracies on points of principle, either by blackmail or terror, democracies do not have long left. Philippe Val
either gets good kicking open opportunity plays scoring
When he gets the opportunity to be in the open court, he's so good with the ball. He makes good plays by either scoring or kicking it out to other people. Tim Parmeter
either forces worse
We were behind, and that forces things to happen. It either makes things better or makes it a little worse, and it made it a little worse tonight. Ed Beattie
either fall gone late man nice team zone
We were an all-zone team early, but we've gone back to a man-to-man late in the season. I feel we can play either one. In the post-season it's nice to be able to fall back on a zone if the man isn't working. Brian Norberg
either forward improve step trying
We were trying to improve fundamentally. You either take a step forward or a step back every day. You've got 15 opportunities, and we need to get better all 15 times out. Will Muschamp
finally pleased restore schedule
We are pleased to finally restore a more competitive schedule into and out of Yuma. H. Hart
finally game learns
When he finally learns to exhale, and let the game come to him. Carlos Beltran
finally happy miss sad season
We're going to miss their spirit. In swimming, sometimes you're happy to get the season over with because it's so grueling. But, when it's finally over, you get sad and miss it. Ericka Fangiullo
finally
When we finally got going, we had them back on their heels. Sidney Crosby
finally girls proud starting together
We're finally starting to come together as a team. I'm so proud of these girls. Andy Fox
finally healthy people seeing seeking sign starting
We're finally seeing dividend payers starting to outperform. That's a healthy long-awaited sign that people are seeking out quality. James Denney
finally happening raft seeing stuff
We're finally seeing a raft of new initiatives from really big players. This stuff is happening all day, every day now. Eric Nicoli
finally good hard putting showing time
We're finally putting it together. It's been really hard getting everything together. We didn't have time to mesh. We are finally showing some good signs. John Lamb
finally good playing start
We're finally playing the way we can. You're always 0-0 when you start the tournament. For this team, that's a good thing. Muffet McGraw
herself killer purely reader until
I have never been able to read Agatha Christie - the pleasure is purely in the puzzle, and the reader is toyed with by someone who didn't decide herself who the killer was until the end of the writing. A. S. Byatt
herself hold might needs pressure push relax season tired
She can put a lot of pressure on herself and push herself too hard. I told her she needs to relax sometimes or she might be tired before the season starts. You have to hold her back sometimes. Robert Martinez
herself shelter since
She has since remarried and she's volunteering for a domestic-violence shelter herself now. Doreen Marchione
herself history likable proven serve sure women worthy
She has proven herself to be a likable and strong-willed woman. I am sure she will prove herself very worthy of this place in history and will serve as an inspiration for women the world over. Diane Abbott
herself inspires teammates
She doesn't only make herself look good; she makes her teammates look good. It inspires a lot. Ashley Tuiasosopo
herself
She is more and more like herself every day, Brian Robertson
herself likes test wants
She wants to test herself and she likes the challenge. Pope John
herself prove race wants
She wants to go out and race to prove herself and that's going to be tough. Tim Montgomery
herself several
She was working on a new novel, and she always had herself on several things at once. Leslie Howle
later-in-life life-is-hard trying
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life. Bryan Adams
late middle rounds spend standpoint time
We are going to spend as much time on the middle and late rounds as we do on the first-round guys. From our standpoint there is really not a lot of difference. Kevin Colbert
late turning
We started getting a sense that things were turning around in late 1998. Todd Jacobson
later-in-life handsome
As I would learn later in life, money makes you extremely handsome. Mark Cuban
later-in-life fame
It's probably healthier to find fame later in life. Bill Nighy
later school
When he got to the school, they would not let him in and he was later told Christopher had been shot. Mark Nation
late needed shots
We're getting there. Late in the game, when we needed shots and we needed stops, they were there. Richard Jefferson
later line list sit year
We're going to sit down later this year and come up with a list of the (water line problems) we know about that we just haven't done anything on. Lyle Thomas
late seeing unusual
What we're seeing right now this late in the year, it's unusual but not unprecedented. George Taylor
point woods
The point is, we're not out of the woods yet, Satya Pradhuman
point stop
The point is to stop it (illegal immigration), and if we have to do it ourselves, we're going to do everything we can to stop it. Michael Vickers
point
The point is to get it right, not necessarily to get it done early. Craig Martin
point
The point is that we are not at a place yet where we can say one way or the other. Father Thomas
point
The point is, it's now or never. You try to make the playoffs. Livan Hernandez
point reach
The point here is it could have been avoided. It didn't have to reach these proportions. Jan Egeland
point succeeded
We are at the point where we have succeeded in accomplishing what we wanted to do. Jim Clarke
point thinks
We have to get to the point where he thinks he could play, and I don't think we're at that point. Tom Renney
point state
You're getting everyone's point of view at the same time, which, for me, is the perfect state for a novel: a cubist state, the cubist novel. Michael Ondaatje
pursued
That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing. John Hume
pursued
Pursued by our origins…we all are. Emile M. Cioran
pursued
Happiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued Viktor E. Frankl
views christ superficial
The more you know about Christ, the less you will be satisfied with superficial views of Him. Charles Spurgeon
views people film
The films that I do tend to polarise people's views. Alan Parker
views mind lovely
One can only display complex information in the mind. Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely. Alan Perlis
views years organization
One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop a civilized view on the administrative and state organization of Chechnya. Akhmad Kadyrov
views evil causes
A low view of God is the cause of a hundred lesser evils. A high view of God is the solution to ten thousand temporal problems. Aiden Wilson Tozer
views lows
Low views of God destroy the gospel for all who hold them. Aiden Wilson Tozer
views ego enlightenment
The attainment of enlightenment from ego's point of view is extreme death. Chogyam Trungpa
views extending fearlessness
Fearlessness is extending ourselves beyond our limited view. Chogyam Trungpa
views people helping
The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity. Chogyam Trungpa
wrote
I write in a journal first, briefly. Then read something I've read many times before, for about half an hour, then rework what I wrote the day before. Kent Haruf
wrote
Writing is the hardest thing I know, but it was the only thing I wanted to do. I wrote for 20 years and published nothing before my first book. Kent Haruf
wrote
My mother says I was writing before I was crawling. I wrote in the dirt with a twig. Alice Walker
wrote
In 1981, I was a futurist - or at least I was a guy who put on a futurist hat occasionally - and I wrote about the 21st century. William Gibson
wrote
My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too. Natalie Babbitt
wrote
I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that. Gail Carson Levine
wrote
I wrote 'The Kiss' 12 hours a day for six months. Kathryn Harrison
wrote
I wrote my first short story in third grade. Jennifer McMahon
wrote
I wrote my first novel, 'Deadline,' in 1994 as an experiment. Randy Alcorn