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black calling world
If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black. Alan Watts
black-and-white periods recreation
Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie. Alan Parker
black magic mind
Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up for a sense of power and prestige. That is a disservice. Magic is very colorful. Of this, I am sure. Alan Moore
black done facts
The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of reeducation and regeneration that must be done. In fact, he should march right in front. Chinua Achebe
black ships peter
That is the Wasp, yes. But it was captured by Black Stache, and he’s coming for this ship now.” “And how do you know that?” asked Slank. “Did a seagull tell you?” This brought chuckles from the crew. Something like that, thought Peter. Dave Barry
black laughed ifs
If Black Stache laughed, you laughed. If he snarled, you snarled. If he breathed in your direction, you ran for cover. Dave Barry
black-and-white computer fascinated
It was a black and white only computer at the time, but it kept me fascinated. Buffy Sainte-Marie
black taught moments
At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do. Carter G. Woodson
black movement yards
I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking. C. L. R. James
class two people
Mr Jarndyce, and prevented his going any farther, when he had remarked that there were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all. Charles Dickens
class words-of-wisdom success-of-others
The worst class of sum worked in the every-day world is cyphered by the diseased arithmeticians who are always in the rule of Subtraction as to the merits and successes of others, and never in Addition as to their own. Charles Dickens
class safety age
Though we are perpetually bragging of it [the middle class] as our safety, it is nothing but a poor fringe on the mantle of the upper class. Charles Dickens
class citizens degradation
The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have become incapable of discerning right from wrong. Everything can be explained away, especially by journalists. Life is one great moral mush--sophistry washed down with Chardonnay. The ordinary citizens, thank goodness, still adhere to absolutes.... It is they who have saved the republic from creeping degradation while their 'betters' were derelict. Charles Dickens
class homicide one-thing
When one thing takes another away, what do we call that?” she asked my class. “Homicide!” I called out Chris Colfer
class two people
There are two distinctive classes of people today, those who have personal computers, and those who have several thousand extra dollars apiece. Dave Barry
class people behaviour
Whatever people may say, the fastidious formal manner of the upper classes is preferable to the slovenly easygoing behaviour of the common middle class. In moments of crisis, the former know how to act, the latter become uncouth brutes. Cesare Pavese
class black why-not
Why not exploit, enslave, or exterminate a class that everybody is taught to regard as inferior? Carter G. Woodson
class white benefits
I regard affirmative action as pernicious-a system that had wonderful ideals when it started but was almost immediately abused for the benefit of white middle-class women. Camille Paglia
disorders hard sports
There are a lot of eating disorders in our sport, so I try very hard not to get consumed by all that. Laura Wilkinson
disorders eating therapy worked
What has worked for me is therapy in conjunction with nutritionist who specializes in eating disorders that I see every two weeks. Carre Otis
disorder known life mention struggled
I have struggled all my life with my stuttering. Not to mention all my other speech impediments. I think I have every language disorder known to speech pathologists. Kate Forsyth
disorder improvisation chaotic
Most of us lead lives of chaotic improvisation from day to day, bawling for peace while plunging grimly into fresh disorders. Edward Abbey
disorders eating knows nobody nutrition people reason separate stop subject
The reason most people get eating disorders is because they want to be skinny, but they do it stupidly, and they stop eating completely - nobody knows anything about nutrition or exercise. I think it should be a separate subject in school. Kathryn Prescott
disorder gaiety genius ordinary quality
Gaiety - a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine. Denis Diderot
disorders food interested issues struggled using
Having struggled with food issues and eating disorders myself, particularly when I was younger, I've long been interested in using it within my books. Jane Green
disorder great situation
There is great disorder under heaven...the situation is excellent. Mao Zedong
disorders eating longer simply suffering variety
Gluttons no longer gorge themselves; they are simply suffering from one of a variety of eating disorders Frank Furedi
five member
We are a five member board...we had no discussion, David Holden
five pennant race runs
We're in a pennant race here, ... We're doing everything we can to win. And five runs in two innings, we can't do that. Ron Gardenhire
five hot pandemic spotlight weeks zero
We started from zero five weeks ago to all this hot, hot spotlight on pandemic flu, but we're not going to be ready. Irwin Redlener
five helping lost match minutes start talk
We started five minutes after (Kline) lost. It's something you reel in right then. You start helping him refocus. You don't talk too much about the match he just lost but about what we're going to do in the future. You have to be there to help him. David Grant
five games losing loss months spent
We spent five months losing series. That's what has us five games back - not the loss tonight. Felipe Alou
five good hopefully level top
I never had goals to be in the top 10 or top five in the world. I just try to find the borders, find what level I can reach. I have a good team around me, so hopefully it's going to get even better. Lukas Rosol
five hundred sea travel undertaken
A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money. Lewis Hallam
five players regardless talent
We're not going to make excuses. You put five players on the court, regardless of who's hurt. Obviously, we have enough talent to win. Erick Dampier
five four helps softball sponsor summer teams
We also sponsor four or five softball teams which helps us during the summer months. Terry Stralow
human-nature abstinence appetite
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature . Charles Dickens
human-nature lifeless permanent
The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless. Alan Watts
humanity architect grey
Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond, without hesitation, 'Solvable'. Chip Kidd
humanity
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. Chinua Achebe
humanity mud practicals
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: 'He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.' Chinua Achebe
humanity end-of-the-world world
Anticipating the end of the world is humanity's oldest passtime David Mitchell
humanity originality specks
Your turn has come to sift through the dreck of humanity for rare specks of originality David Mitchell
humanity states organized
The better organized the state, the duller its humanity. David Mitchell
humanity identity divorced
Our identity was bestowed upon us by God and when humanity rebelled against God, we were divorced from the source of our identity. In this vacuum, work can wrongfully become the source of our identity wreaking havoc on our lives and work. Work was never meant to carry the weight of our identity. David Kim
leaves terrorists
He can fight terrorists overseas, but he leaves our borders so they can come in here and do their thing. Tom Tancredo
leaves pleased puts sour taste
We are not pleased with the outcome, it leaves a real sour taste in our mouths. But it puts things in perspective. Josh Blaisdell
leaves time time-and-time-management work
There is a time for work and a time for love. That leaves no other time. Coco Chanel
leaves life messed point
Very often at the end of 'The Sopranos' you get the feeling that its not under control, you should be very worried, and life is kind of really, really messed up at lot of times. It leaves you feeling very disconcerted. That was kind of the point of it. Terence Winter
leaves
Every story takes its toll on me and leaves an impression on me. Lynsey Addario
leaves likely mostly
Celery leaves are an underused ingredient, most likely because supermarkets sell mostly leafless stalks. Yotam Ottolenghi
leaves suspicious
I'm a little suspicious of the great, overarching view. It always leaves something out. Tracy Kidder
leaves legacy strong
He leaves a strong legacy for the country. Steve Clarke
leaves
I have never connected with 'Gone With the Wind.' 'Lawrence of Arabia' leaves me cold. Stephen Hunter
life strong truth
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. Charles Dickens
life saying-goodbye expectations
Life is made of ever so many partings welded together. Charles Dickens
life autism world
This is a world of action, and not moping and droning in. Charles Dickens
life moral existence
Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence. Charles Dickens
life littles
Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible. Charles Dickens
life people astonishing
It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it. Charles Caleb Colton
life soul prison
Life is the jailer of the soul in this filthy prison, and its only deliverer is death. Charles Caleb Colton
life happiness dark
Much too oft we make life gloomy-- When happy we might be, If we gathered more of sunshine, And not dark shadows see. Charles Caleb Colton
life distance journey
Evils in the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers upon their road; they both appear great at a distance, but when we approach them we find that they are far less insurmountable than we had conceived. Charles Caleb Colton
middle outside prevent shots struggled
We struggled to clog up the middle and prevent shots from outside the 18. Lance Lattin
middle sentences
Rabo Karabekian: I'm in the middle of a sentence. Circe Berman: Who isn't?. Kurt Vonnegut
middle-east dove making-peace
It takes more than one dove to make peace in the Middle East. Madeleine Albright
middle principal school work
When I was a middle school principal it disgusts me, some of the things I had to work through at that young age. Randy Simmons
middle nowhere rural singing songs whether
I think my songs are singing to the rural heart. It's not whether you're from a big city or the middle of nowhere in a small town. Rodney Atkins
middle ends get-involved
I get involved in the beginning, less in the middle, and very much at the end. Diane Sawyer
middle knows capable
Everyone tells us you really don't know what you're capable of till you're in the middle of it. Anthony Rapp
middle-east east middle
Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East. Bashar al-Assad
middle points treat
We treat it no differently than a rainout in the middle of the season. We never make up a points race. Jiggs Thomason
minus fundamentalism vulnerability
Faith minus vulnerability is fundamentalism Brene Brown
minus percent plus stuck
That 6 percent plus or minus is about where they're stuck at. Martin Pyykkonen
minus negative number placed
I was placed for a negative number but minus 8 is a shocker. Adolf Rosenstock
minus plus whether
But whether payrolls come in at minus 10,000 or plus 10,000, it won't tell you that much. Gerald Cohen
principles republican loses
[Republicans] swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose. Alan Greenspan
principles world down-and
Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles. Chris Cleave
principles compromise
I don't compromise my principles for politics. Chris Christie
principles degrees cost
The first principle of the market economy is that it is comprised of many small buyers and sellers, which implies a substantial degree of equity. Another fundamental market principle is that costs are internalized in the producer's price. David Korten
principles economics economy
Our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics. David Korten
principles way prosperity
I studied what principles under-laid peace and prosperity and concluded the only way to achieve societal well-being was through a system of economic freedom. Charles Koch
principles income states
Many states rely on sales tax as their principle source of revenue and do not have a State income tax. Bill Jenkins
principles filters needs
Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling these components up, I was able to work without any sound generators and I made several pieces in that manner. David Tudor
principles investigation stomach
Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach. Athenaeus
summer nature spring
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. Charles Dickens
summer spring winter
Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade. Charles Dickens
summer reading boys
This was my only and my constant comfort. When I think of it, the picture always rises in my mind, of a summer evening, the boys at play in the churchyard, and I sitting on my bed, reading as if for life. Charles Dickens
summer country nature
A tranquil summer sunset shone upon him as he approached the end of his walk, and passed through the meadows by the river side. He had that sense of peace, and of being lightened of a weight of care, which country quiet awakens in the breasts of dwellers in towns. Charles Dickens
summer morning air
The appearance presented by the streets of London an hour before sunrise, on a summer's morning, is most striking even to the few whose unfortunate pursuits of pleasure, or scarcely less unfortunate pursuits of business, cause them to be well acquainted with the scene. There is an air of cold, solitary desolation about the noiseless streets which we are accustomed to see thronged at other times by a busy, eager crowd, and over the quiet, closely-shut buildings, which throughout the day are swarming with life and bustle, that is very impressive. Charles Dickens
summer spiritual winter
From the days when it was always summer in Eden, to these days when it is mostly winter in fallen latitudes, the world of a man has invariably gone one way Charles Darnay's way the way of the love of a woman Charles Dickens
summer ice mind
....that the mounds of ices, and the bowls of mint-julep and sherry cobbler they make in these latitudes, are refreshments never to be thought of afterwards, in summer, by those who would preserve contented minds. Charles Dickens
summer winter order
The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot. By order summer lingers through September In Camelot. Alan Jay Lerner
summer brother night
I kind of knew something was going on, and my older brothers and sisters were singing be-boppish kinds of stuff in the living room, and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old. Al Jarreau
unfolding should universe
The universe is unfolding as it should. Edwin Powell Hubble
unfolding
Your life will be a great and continuous unfolding Cheryl Strayed
unfold
I got to see the American Dream unfold in my living room. Ross Perot, Jr.
unfold
The story that is about to unfold before you is long, complicated and chilling, Paul Butler
unfolding
And that has significant implications for the unfolding of all this. Wendy Cukier