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Fond archer, Hope! who tak'st thy aim so far,
That still or short, or wide thine arrows are!Against Hope. -
For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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For every $1 billion we invest in public transportation, we create 30,000 jobs, save thousands of dollars a year for each commuter, and dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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For solitude sometimes is best society,
And short retirement urges sweet return.Paradise lost (1667) IX, 249 -
For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.
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For years I had my hair parted down the middle in a ponytail, tucked down around the sides... Well, I went and cut the bangs, and I've been wearing them ever since. They say it's my trademark.
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Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
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Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more.
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Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
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From slavery to segregation, we remember that America did not always live up to its ideals. In fact, we often fell far short of them. But we also learned that fundamental to our national character is the drive to live out the true meaning of our creed.
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From the beginning, we were prepared, we know how we would shoot and cut the two versions.
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Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.
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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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Going public today is fraught with peril on many levels. One is earnings guidance. If you miss guidance, the stock price becomes very volatile. Short sellers can put a tremendous downward pressure on the stock.
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Going to war against Iran - whether one calls such a move 'surgical' or 'total' - would be an extremely serious undertaking; with worldwide economic, military, diplomatic and human ramifications in both the short- and the long-term.
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Good things, when short, are twice as good.
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Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose heads haven't been cut off.
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Growing up, I had a terrible pudding-bowl haircut. I used to cut it myself, and I'd sew my own clothing, too. I looked a little strange compared to the other kids. But the thing was, I felt I looked amazing, so what other people thought never bothered me.
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He cursed Petrarch for redacting verses to sonnets, which he said were like that tyrant's bed, where some who were too short were racked, others too long cut short.
Conversations with William Drummond of Hawthornden
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