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fall rain wind
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens
fall mind excess
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
fall vanity world
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble. Charles Caleb Colton
fall velocity vacuums
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
fall errors giving
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God!
fall giving wife
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.
fall errors common
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.
fall passion world
You fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?
fall scary house
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow.
opponents way praise
If your opponent praises you: beware! But if he gets stuck into you, you are usually on the right way. August Bebel
opponents politician pleasure
The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life. Anthony Trollope
opponents chess losing
Computers are our only opponents that don't always have no excuse when losing against me. Bobby Fischer
opponents willing conditions
You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents. Bear Bryant
opponents emotion argument
Contempt is the emotion we feel for an opponent whose arguments are too formidable to refute. Ann Coulter
opponents people
I represent all the enlightened people in this country, and that's a fine thing to be able to do. It infuriates my opponents when I say this, but it is true. Helen Suzman
opponents moments historic
Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization. Aberjhani
opponents worked
When I get passionate or worked up about an issue, I say things that the Conservatives and opponents and critics like to pounce on. Justin Trudeau
opponents pressure quite rather steals team
Obviously, you'd rather play a team that doesn't get after it quite that well on defense. They put a lot of pressure on the perimeter and get a lot of steals from opponents with their half-court pressure. Sam Davis
criteria selection strictly words
We strictly abided by the selection criteria we had set and we did not want to go back on our words by diverting from it.
criteria moon object objects small solar system whether
Whether or not an object has a moon is not part of the criteria that we've considered, because so many small objects in the solar system have moons, Alan Stern
criteria few meet schools title
Very few schools meet the Title IX criteria on proportionality. Jeff Long
criteria looked nearly product select terms
When these organizations looked back, in terms of criteria they did or would use to select CRM software, product capabilities were not nearly as important as most once thought they were.
criteria data focus momentum selection turned works
Momentum as a selection criteria works very well. My data suggests that you don't want to focus on laggards, even after they've turned the corner, James O'Shaughnessy
criteria met respond
When we screened, we had 56 respond to the advertisements. Only 19 met the criteria of pre-diabetic.
criteria high met
She was pretty high on our 'buy list.' She met all the criteria we look for in a racehorse.
criteria longer members people success watch
The longer people watch Netflix and the longer they stay members - they're the criteria of success for us. Ted Sarandos
criteria defined roads state studies traffic
To me, the traffic studies were kind of a sham, because they never defined the criteria for the evaluation. The studies said the roads are adequate, but they don't state what would be too much traffic.