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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.
example moral success-in-life
One of the greatest objections which families have to New South Wales, is their apprehension of the moral effects that are likely to overwhelm them by bad example, and for which no success in life could compensate. Charles Sturt
example philosopher failing
Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. Alan Watts
example energy exhausted
Any stressful thought that you have about the planet, for example, shows you where you are stuck, where your energy is being exhausted in not fully meeting life as it is, without condition. Byron Katie
example maybe might power somebody stuff
I thought maybe, just by never preaching, never doing any of that stuff because it doesn't work. By just maybe the power of example and some laughs, maybe somebody might go take a walk. Liza Minnelli
example simplest
Begin with the simplest examples. David Hilbert
example importance ifs
If there's ever an example of the importance of making bold bets and focusing on what you love, it's Twitter. Dick Costolo
example helping good-things
There are a lot of good things that we can do. Maybe my example can help someone. Cheryl James
example great kids leader proud
We're so proud of him. He's been a great leader and a great example for the other kids to follow. It's great for the program. John Gagliano
example good shot weird work
When we first shot it, something very, very weird happened, and it's a good example of how things work intuitively or are improvised. Atom Egoyan
differentiation happens
We identify in our exerience a differentiation between what we do and what happens to us.
different directors filmmaker
Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route. Ive never actually watched another director work. Alan Parker
different film should
I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.
different stage endure
Love goes through different stages. But it endures. Al Pacino
different
I don't like to be different; I would like to be the same. Chris Burke
different television lines
I was delighted to have lines when they came - learning lines for film isn't a problem, but television is a little different, because we shot those shows the whole way through. David Selby
different idlers
An idler and a sluggard are as different as a gourmand and a glutton. David Mitchell
different language spread
A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread. David Crystal
different jazz kind
Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music. David Sanborn