Quotes 141 till 160 of 884.
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Clay lies still, but blood's a rover;
Breath's a ware that will not keep.
Up, lad: when the journey's over
There'll be time enough to sleep.A Shropshire Lad (1896) No. 4 (Reveille), st. 6 -
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.
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Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who that it's naming.'
For the loser now will be later to winThe Times They Are A-Changin (1964) -
Comediennes are the lucky ones, because if you're funny, you can be 125 years old and they will still accept you.
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Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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Crowds are the most difficult thing for me these days because I have to walk with my head down and my eyes averted. There's still that part of me that wants to hold my head up, make eye contact and smile.
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Cubism is still the most important art movement for the same reason that John D. is still the most important Rockefeller.
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Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will manufacture still more teachers.
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Dear Angry Older People, over 21-ish, anyone who considers themselves an adult, still bitter: Next time you're wondering what wrong with kids today, you might wanna check the examples you've been giving us to work with.
Poetry Older People -
Death is a distant rumor to the young.
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Death is still working like a mole, and digs my grave at each remove.
The temple (1633) -
Decisions just look different with women at the table. We still have a long way to go. The most powerful thing we own is our vote.
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Departed suns their trails of splendor drew Across departed summers: whispers came From voices, long ago resolved again Into the primeval Silence, and we twain, Ghosts of our present selves, yet still the same, As in a spectral mirror wandered there.
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Despite all our toil and progress, the art of medicine still falls somewhere between trout casting and spook writing.
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Deterrence is still fundamentally about influencing an actor's decisions. It is about a solid policy foundation. It is about credible capabilities. It is about what the U.S. and our allies as a whole can bring to bear in both a military and a nonmilitary sense.
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Directing is: you're overwhelmed the whole time. Your mind never stops. If you care about it. You wake up in the morning and you begin thinking about it and then you go to sleep at night and you're still thinking about it.
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Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still; for age will not be defied.
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
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