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british-author disgrace general heart human interest particular subject totally trifle
The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable. Thomas Day
british-author england gentleman large lived name western whose
In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton.
british-author luxuries poor
We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread.
british-author lest shame triumph
But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation.
british-author enjoyed imagination mysteries relief
I enjoyed writing mysteries out of my imagination as a relief from all that research, and also because I could write them while traveling. Antonia Fraser
british-author continuous form
I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. A. C. Benson
british-author goes less older toward
As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to bed with whom. Dorothy L. Sayers
british-author human mankind
A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
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I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress.
difficult fingers kids opening revised standard
We want to see a revised standard that narrows that opening and makes it more difficult for kids to get their fingers caught.
difficult five league percent shots
We have to get some shots to go in. We haven't shot 40 percent yet in five league games. That's pretty difficult to weather. Dan Monson
difficult team turn
We wanted to try to turn them into a jump-shooting team as much as possible. And we also wanted them to have to take difficult shots.
difficult game good played playoff san teams win
We have played two really good teams who had something on the line. It was very difficult to win in San Angelo and (the Odessa High) game was very much like a playoff game for them.
difficult drawing duke experience final four handle history playing rest team year
We have a young team this year and we're playing a difficult schedule. So I would say that I'm probably drawing from it even now, the things you have to do with a young team and how you have to handle them. That was an experience with that very young Duke team. As seniors, they made that first Final Four and the rest is history from there.
difficult fact fell moves multiple quite
The fact that she has multiple moves makes her difficult to guard. She used her up-and-under quite a bit. We fell for her fakes a lot.
difficulty sure treaty
The real difficulty is to make sure that such treaty obligations will be observed. Arthur Henderson
difficult hit players
When I'm in the zone, it's difficult for players to hit me. That's what I've been working on -- getting in the zone. Jose Contreras
difficult loving strengths
It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are. Sharon Salzberg
lesser role takes type uncommon whenever
Whenever someone takes a lesser role in the operations, it's not too uncommon to see this type of thing. Mark Patterson
less people
When you're young, you worry about what other people think. The older you get, the less that matters. Marjorie Gubelmann
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When you're winning, anything you say has value. When you're losing, the less you say, the better. Donald Sterling
less paper worried
We were already worried about the 2004 paper and this doesn't make us any less worried.
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There is a lot less overt bigotry in America. John Landgraf
less money polls
There is a lot less money for high-risk investments and no liquidity. The polls are not enough.
less popular
The popular things become more popular and the less-popular things get less popular. J. C. Watts
lessons painful evolve
Unless you continually work, evolve, and innovate, you'll learn a quick and painful lesson from someone who has. Cael Sanderson
less people
There are so many people out there with less shame talking about their problems. Dan Savage
life stories life-is
The recounting of a life is a cheat...even our own stories are obscenely distorted... Carol Shields
life beautiful struggle
Writing is a struggle against silence. Carlos Fuentes
life strong truthful
What is a truthful life? A life lived with deliberateness, a good, strong life. Carlos Castaneda
life people important
I'm never angry at anybody! No human being can do anything important enough for that. You get angry at people when you feel that their acts are important. I don't feel that way any longer.
life years bridges
Burn your bridges every 2 years.
life order dies
One ,must have something to die for in order to have something to live for
life responsibility desert
For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility for being here, in this marvelous world, in this marvelous desert, in this marvelous time. I want to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.
life player games
Bridge-players tell me that there must be some money on the game 'or else people won't take it seriously'. Apparently it's like that. Your bid - for God or no God, for a good God or the Cosmic Sadist, for eternal life or nonentity - will not be serious if nothing much is staked on it. And you will never discover how serious it was until the stakes are raised horribly high, until you find that you are playing not for counters or for sixpences but for every penny you have in the world. C. S. Lewis
life faith creativity
Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark. Agnes de Mille