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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.
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.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
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.
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.
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.
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.
copy countries ideas shooting simple steal training
What the other countries are doing, you just copy it. The system's easy. I steal all my training ideas from the Norwegians, OK? I steal all my shooting ideas from the Germans. It's not like it's that hard. It's very simple to do. James Upham
copycats gunslinger charlie
If Charlie Parker were a Gunslinger, There'd be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats Charles Mingus
copying focusing grammar huge inhibit school stories testing
It is really important that focusing on things such as spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwriting doesn't inhibit the creative flow. When I was at school there was a huge focus on copying and testing and it put me off words and stories for years. Michael Morpurgo
copying countries great india lifting millions people ways western
It's great to see countries like China and India lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty by essentially copying Western ways of doing things. Niall Ferguson
copyright extend fund
VCs aren't going to fund something that will extend copyright infringement,
copyright decisions pages publishers ultimately
Ultimately publishers and copyright holders will get to make those decisions about how much those pages cost, Jeff Bezos
copyright individual pricing ultimately
Ultimately for each individual book, pricing will be up to the copyright holders, ... The copyright holders are the ones who get to make these decisions.
copying effort golf others perfect resume simply swing takes tennis
Like a perfect tennis serve, a perfect golf swing or a perfect omelet, a perfect resume takes more effort than simply copying what others do, Tom Jackson
copy europe graduated high pass traveling
When I graduated high school, I was one of many English-majors-to-be traveling through Europe with a copy of 'Let's Go Europe' in one hand, 'Anna Karenina' in the other, a Eurail pass for a bookmark. Maria Semple
edition ideas late president wolf
What the president is insisting upon are not new ideas, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. Bob Graham
edition eminent good magna published scholarly text william
The first scholarly edition of Magna Carta was published by the eminent jurist William Blackstone. It was not an easy task. There was no good text available. Noam Chomsky
edition gucci worked
My company Independent Ideas worked with Gucci on a special edition Fiat 500. Lapo Elkann
edition editors paper since sold streets wire york
I have been a journalist, off and on, since I was 17. I was a copy boy for the 'New York Times,' when it had an edition in Paris, in 1963. I sold the paper in the streets by day and tore wire copy off the tele-printer for the editors making up the edition by night. Michael Ignatieff
edition gettysburg public stories television valor
Gettysburg and Stories of Valor Public Television Edition Keith Carradine
edition favourite love paul signed time
I'd love a signed first edition of 'City of Glass' by Paul Auster. My favourite book of all time. Steven Hall
edition explorer program range wide
The Explorer edition of Glass wasn't for everyone, but the Explorer program pushed us to find a wide range of near-term applications and uses for something like Glass.
edition fund funding future given hope secure special university year
This year we were given a one-time fund for this special edition of Engage. We hope to secure funding from the university for a future publications. Andrea Gibson
edition late wolf
It doesn't look this way, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.
fiction flash
I don't do flash fiction. Charles Stross
fiction science-fiction conventions
I'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer. China Mieville
fiction geek fantasy
I'm a science fiction and fantasy geek.
fiction fantasy weirdness
One of the things that I love so much about fantasy and science fiction is that the weirdness that it creates is always at its best completely its own end and also metaphorically and symbolically laden.
fiction type inferiors
There are no inferior types of fiction, only inferior practitioners of them. David Morrell
fiction plausible
Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction David Mitchell
fiction different process
Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes. Chad Harbach
fiction-stories world common
What do my science fiction stories have in common with pornography? Fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world, I'm told. Kurt Vonnegut
fiction narrative moments
Dialogue in fiction should be reserved for the culminating moments and regarded as the spray into which the great wave of narrative breaks in curving towards the watcher on the shore. Edith Wharton
gave-up personal-things
But I never gave up personal things to work, never. Catherine Deneuve
gave money voted
The person who gave the most money to my campaign, I voted against.
gave poem poetry point strength
The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.
gave hurt sixth struggled three
We struggled in the first game. We gave up those three in the sixth and that hurt, but we were already behind.
gave giving glad plays reality score stress team
We stress not giving up big plays on defense, so that was a little disappointing. But I was glad to see the way we responded as a team after that score gave us a little reality check.
gave good increase percent ride season
When you take into consideration that we started with a 23 percent increase in season passes, so I think that gave us a good hedge on the roller-coaster ride that the season was.
gave-up knows
There was never a point in my life where I gave up. My marriage, as you know, fell apart. Deidre Hall
gave good terrific trailing
We were trailing most of the time, but we had them. We were good enough to win, and it showed in the way we played. We gave them a terrific game.
gave
'The Atlantic' really gave me my writing career - even just the conviction to be a writer. Nic Pizzolatto
noted states united
When he was in the United States Senate, he was noted as an intellectual powerhouse,
noted win
Probably Adelaide (deserve it), they're on top. It's a noted thing to win the McClelland Trophy. Mark Williams
noted pains period progress report
It pains me to report that progress noted in the pre-election period was undermined by significant deficiencies in the count. Alcee Hastings
noted steve talk
They called and notified me they'd like to talk with Steve and I noted their interest. That's all there was to it.
rays offensive lineman
If I could start with anybody, I would initially draft Tom Brady. Then I would go get Ray Lewis, and then maybe an offensive lineman, or somebody like Adrian Peterson. Barry Sanders
rays rest sun thousand
When you come right down to it all you have is yourself. The sun is a thousand rays in your belly. All the rest is nothing. Pablo Picasso
ray whose
When you listen to Ray Charles, there's never any doubt whose voice that is. Clint Eastwood
ray sat
As a kid, I sat transfixed watching Ray Harryhausen's '7th Voyage of Sinbad.' Raymond E. Feist
ray terrible
I'm a terrible pessimist... I really don't think we're going to make it. But every so often, there's some little ray of hope. Lou Harrison
ray training
He did well today. He's been training with Ray (Gallagher) and Cory (Martin) and those two are (sidelined), at least temporarily.
rays shining
Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances? Isaac Newton
ray stretch
I think this stretch has been really important. Not just for Ray but the team, as well. Daniel Alfredsson
rays all-time guitarist
Ray Gomez is one of the greatest guitarists of all times! Narada Michael Walden
science uniforms taste
In science, reason is the guide; in poetry, taste. The object of the one is truth, which is uniform and indivisible; the object of the other is beauty, which is multiform and varied.
science disorder cures
No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as those that have no certainty.
science mind cost
The acquirements of science may be termed the armour of the mind; but that armour would be worse than useless, that cost us all we had, and left us nothing to defend.
science tolerance religion
We are not clear as to the role in life of these chemicals; nor are we clear as to the role of the physician. You know, of course, that in ancient times there was no clear distinction between priest and physician. Alan Watts
science judging hammers
What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad. Dave Barry
science animal mph
Scientists tell us that the fastest animal in the world, with a speed of 120 mph, is a cow dropped out of a helicopter.
science simple water
Here's a simple experiment that you might want to try if there is absolutely nothing else going on in your life. All you need is a cork, a bar magnet, and a pail of water. Simply attach your magnet to your cork, then drop it into the water, and voilà (literally, "you have a compass")-you have a compass. How does it work? Simple. Notice that, no matter which way you turn the bucket, the cork always floats on top of the water (unless the magnet is too heavy). Using this scientific principle, early hardy mariners were able to tell at a glance whether they were sinking!
science years careers
I ... began my career as a wireless amateur. After 43 years in radio, I do not mind confessing that I am still an amateur. Despite many great achievements in the science of radio and electronics, what we know today is far less than what we have still to learn. David Sarnoff
science oxygen breathe
Freedom is the oxygen without which science cannot breathe.
work quality may
Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity, and that wherever it is so applied it lends an unmistakable quality to the work.
work apology giving
Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology. Alan Clark
work mean doing-nothing
If I am doing nothing, I like to be doing nothing to some purpose. That is what leisure means. Alan Bennett
work sleep thinking
A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves. Alan Ayckbourn
work play able
You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way. Al Kaline
work people kind
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable. Akio Morita
workout training cardio
I do a dance-based cardio workout infused with circuit training, and emphasizing strength and alignment. Chloe Sevigny
work-out effort feels
If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do. Dave Chappelle
work-out levels mail
I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.