Quotes 201 till 220 of 324.
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One arm might handicap me a little in competition, but I just work with what changes I know I have to make, and I'm pretty used to it now. It mainly depends on the wave conditions... I only get half the waves everyone else rides, so mine have to be good!
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One is a socialist because one used to be one, no longer going to demonstrations, attending meetings, sending in one's dues, in short, without paying.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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Only a male intellect clouded by the sexual drive could call the stunted, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped and short-legged sex the fair sex.
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Our major universities are now stuck with an army of pedestrian, toadying careerists, Fifties types who wave around Sixties banners to conceal their record of ruthless, beaver-like tunneling to the top.
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Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure.
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Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!
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Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing.
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Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
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People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.
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Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
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Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.
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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
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Psychoanalysts seem to be long on information and short on application.
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She was short on intellect, but long on shape.
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Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
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Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.
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Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more risks with them. It's just less of your life invested.
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Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.
Faceboek (2014) -
Short words are the best and old words when short are best of all.
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