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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.
good-luck luck firsts
Jeremy, Good luck on your first marriage. David Sedaris
good-luck fool classic
Oh, I am fortune's fool! William Shakespeare
good-luck hard-work littles
Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have. Ed Bradley
good-luck cards rare-occasion
I don't like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions! Bear Grylls
good-luck luck bad-luck
Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad. Bertolt Brecht
good-luck creative bigots
Now the bigots have to get creative. Good luck coming up with slurs for Chechens. Go back where you came from, Ushanka head. Aasif Mandvi
good-luck dancing people
There's something about 'Strictly Come Dancing.' Everywhere I go, people wish me good luck; cabbies toot their horns. It's lovely. I have a theory: in straitened times, there's nothing like a bit of unapologetic escapism. Cherie Lunghi
good-luck agreement people
It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree. Charles Baudelaire
good-luck lucky rockets
You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help. Bill Watterson
lucky theater ifs
Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies. Alan Rickman
lucky-charms lucky charm
Kareena Kapoor is my lucky charm Akshay Kumar
lucky bad-experiences has-beens
I have been very lucky, I have only had one bad experience. Chita Rivera
lucky gigs way
I was always lucky that I've always had a gig, I'm fortunate in that way. Chiwetel Ejiofor
luck groups tasks
Luck can be attributed to a well-conceived plan carried out by a well-trained and indoctrinated task group. Chester W. Nimitz
luck human-nature tick
The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor? David McCullough
lucky beats chanting
Eva. Every day I've climbed up the belfry chanting a lucky chant at one syllable per beat, "To-day-to-day-let-her-be-here-to-day-to-day. David Mitchell
lucky-charms instagram marshmallow
If Facebook is Lucky Charms, Instagram is just the marshmallows. Casey Neistat
lucky actors
I've been a very lucky actor. Bob Newhart