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calling answers levels
The honest answer is more complex. On some level I was sent. Or inspired. Or called. But my calling, such as it was, wasn't a single booming invitation from above (really, is it ever?)... Chris Bohjalian
calling uncomfortable okay
I felt uncomfortable calling myself a writer until I started with 'The New Yorker,' and then I was like, 'Okay, now you can call yourself that. David Sedaris
calling course developed files members prior release sealed
There have been a couple of instances prior to now where members of the House have filed resolutions calling for release of the sealed files which were developed during the course of our committee's investigation. Louis Stokes
calling came consider education later life theater
Film is something that came later into my life. I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation. Michael Moriarty
calling reason categories
I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it. Marianne Moore
calling fresh fruits giving kids love people start taking wondering
The people who use (the vouchers) really like them, and some of them start calling us around now wondering when they're going to start giving them out. They love taking their kids and getting fresh fruits and vegetables. Janet Allen
calling hike rate reason
The only reason I'm calling for a rate hike is because that's what they told us they are going to do. David Rosenberg
calling disclose elected electorate knowledge limited policy political public talk voters
Unsurprisingly, the poll-takers don't talk a lot in public about the ignorance of the electorate on political and public policy matters. And the politicians are not going to disclose the, let's say, limited body of knowledge in their constituencies. You don't get elected calling your voters airheads. Jack Germond
calling race sick
We're in a race to get to the playoffs, so I'll do everything I can to get back out there, ... There's no calling in sick now. You've got to get out there. Jaret Wright
character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..." Charles Dickens
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it." Charles Dickens
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question. Charles Caleb Colton
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one. Charles Caleb Colton
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display. Charles Caleb Colton
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows. Charles Caleb Colton
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates. Charles Caleb Colton
community administration cop
Violent crime rates fell steadily from 1993 to 2002, and this nearly coincides with the establishment of the community policing program known as the COPS program under the Clinton administration. Alan Mollohan
community crime
Nothing is more devastating to a community than out-of-control crime. Alan Autry
community church doe
I contend that whatever does not raise the moral standard of the church or community has been a revival from God. Aiden Wilson Tozer
community productive
We want them to be productive in the community, Alan Autry
community immigrant support though
We want to support our community even though we are not illegal, but we come from an immigrant community. Carmen Garcia
community high involved jfk kids love remember school
We want to show our kids that we love them, we care, and we want to get involved in their lives. One thing we want everyone to remember is this is not a JFK or high school problem. This is a community problem. Jim Knight
community able helpful
It was helpful to be able to call a lawyer...it turns out, that not only did they help me, but they really helped the whole community... David Allen
community feelings enjoy
I have to feel the audience. I enjoy that feeling of community. Dave Gahan
community needs levels
The current system is organized around financial values over life values. We need to shift that locus of power down to the community level because the financial markets recognize only money and thereby only financial values. David Korten
everybody experience hard ice trying year
We want them to experience what it's like to be in that situation. This has been a hard year for everyone -- not just the kids, but everybody off the ice who are trying so hard to make this thing work. Trent Yawney
everybody level morning provide service three treat whether
We want to treat everybody the same, ... provide the same level of service whether it's three in the morning or three in the afternoon. David Burns
everybody helped thank
We want to thank everybody who helped us, Alan Henderson
everybody nobody sound
We want to sound like everybody and nobody at the same time. Jamie Varley
everybody losses prepared record
We want to show everybody we belong. Our record doesn't matter. All those losses prepared us for this. Alexis Karel
everybody segment
We want to see something that's going to be a win-win for everybody and not just for one segment of the population. Larry Glass
everybody firing guy jumping keeps loose relaxation telling therapist
I've always been the locker-room jokester, the fun guy, the guy who keeps it loose and easy. But also, on Sundays, the guy in that huddle jumping up and down, telling guys, 'Hey, get it going. Let's go.' Firing everybody up. So I'm part relaxation therapist and part Red Bull. Michael Strahan
everybody half million racing until
Until about 20 (laps) to go, and then everybody is going to be racing for that million and a half dollars. Greg Biffle
everybody finesse known looking program soft tough trying
We've always been known as a soft program, a finesse program -- all about speed, whatever. We're just trying to go out and show everybody this isn't the Gators that you're used to looking at. We're trying to show them that we're really tough and that we're really going to go out and play. Jarvis Herring
growing-up women thinking
... the woman who grows up with the idea that she is simply to be an amiable animal, to be caressed and coaxed, is invariably a bitterly disappointed woman. A game of chess will cure such a conceit forever. The woman that knows the most, thinks the most, feels the most, is the most. Intellectual affection is the only lasting love. Love that has a game of chess in it can checkmate any man and solve the problem of life. Charles Dickens
growing-up people needs
Many people never grow up. They stay all their lives with a passionate need for external authority and guidance, pretending not to trust their own judgment. Alan Watts
growing-up book comic
I didn't really grow up a comic book fanatic. Alan Ritchson
growing late critique
A lot of the critique of our growing mechanization was actually at its strongest, and arguably at its most perceptive, during the late '60s. Alan Moore
growing bigs distrust
There's been a growing dissatisfaction and distrust with the conventional publishing industry, in that you tend to have a lot of formerly reputable imprints now owned by big conglomerates. Alan Moore
growing-up school boys
Growing up in the Boroughs, I thought I must be the cleverest boy in the world, an illusion that I was able to maintain until I got to the grammar school. Alan Moore
growing-up hands world
A world grows up around me. Am I shaping it, or do its predetermined contours guide my hand? Alan Moore
growing-up tired talking
Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about. I always woke up before the plane landed. Alan Bradley
growing middle standing-still
Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying. Alan Arkin
guy wish littles
The wealth is ultimately just a relative thing. As a person with little money and little more needs to rich guys money but really wishes Charles Caleb Colton
guy trying way
I try to find a way that the other guy hasn't thought of using a sound or a sample. Alan Parsons
guy bills kind
Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls. Al Sharpton
guy athletic actors
I'm an athletic actor. I'm known for my action; I'm a guy who does my own stunts on screen. Akshay Kumar
guy naked would-be
I'm the kind of guy who would say, "Yeah, I'll do that!," and then, when it came down to it, I would be absolutely petrified. Those days have passed me by, but I would do it. If it meant that I was in a scene naked with a woman, or anybody romantic, I'd be into it. Chris Bauer
guy phrases east
Tommy's [Gamble] an East Coast guy, so he kind of talks fast and in quick statements and phrases, so I understood him and he understood me, and we just hit it off. Chip Kelly
guy brain trying
I'm trying to avoid any more asshole roles, at least for a little bit. The main criteria for me when choosing a project is a good director. I just want to work with these guys that I admire because I do want to direct my own films one day, and I want to pick their brains to see what their process is like, and see what I can take from that. Dave Franco
guy kind
I'm a small shifty kind of guy. Dave Franco
guy way mature
I'm happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn't make things easier, but I'm so much better at handling them. Dave Chappelle
named
I have an old dog named Lily, and she's a black lab. Sue Monk Kidd
named
Should we get another out-of-season storm, we will use the 2006 named list. Jack Beven
named sings
My favorite electric guitar would have to be my Duesenberg. I've named her 'Dolores,' and she sings like an operatic menace. Brendon Urie
named writings
To borrow from the writings of a spider named Charlotte: 'Silk is terrific!' Cheryl Hayashi
named top tourist trains
We are named one of the Top 10 tourist trains in the country. Wendy Squires
named people word
Menshn is a play on the word mention, and in the U.S. that's how it'll be perceived. Like Tumblr or Flickr. People in the U.K. thought that I'd named it after myself. Louise Mensch
named settled towns
The Vikings colonized Britain, and a lot of our modern day towns are named after Viking names that settled these big towns. George Blagden
named
My name, my real name, is Tracy. I always thought I was like a boy named Sue. So I made my friends call me 'Tray.' Ice T
named steve
I have a dog named Steve that lives at the studio. Drake Bell
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything. Charles Dickens
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion. Charles Dickens
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon. Charles Dickens
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own Charles Dickens
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
starting
I like starting. It's pretty cool. Al Leiter
starting-out starting hard
It must be really hard to be starting out in music now. Bryan Ferry
start sweep top
When you sweep the stairs, you start at the top German Proverb
start
When you start to see cancellations, you really get worried. David Seiders
start
When you start to know what you're doing and why you're doing it, it makes it better. George White
start subjective talking uniform
When you start talking about prospects, it's a very subjective term. The way I look at it is as long as you've got a uniform on, you've got a chance. Grady Fuson
starting-over kindergarten wells
We'd all do well to start over again, preferably with kindergarten. Kurt Vonnegut
starting-over teapots starting
Originally I planned on starting a teapot collection. I really like them. Billy Dee Williams
starting-over finding-yourself world
I ain't never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain't nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself. August Wilson
tallest waves
We all had a go and we probably surfed the tallest waves of our lives. Greg Long
tallest top
That's why they're top Division-I athletes. They get the fastest, quickest, tallest players. Eric Osmundson