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yield people democracy
To suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. To say that we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic, yet unsatisfactory, conclusion. ... It is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could. Walter Cronkite
yield subsidies prudent
We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten the tax burden of us prudent abstainers at the expense of the benighted masses of wishful thinkers. Willard Van Orman Quine
yield people generosity
If we are to have a culture as resilient and competent in the face of necessity as it needs to be, then it must somehow involve within itself a ceremonious generosity toward the wilderness of natural force and instinct. The farm must yield a place to the forest, not as a wood lot, or even as a necessary agricultural principle but as a sacred grove - a place where the Creation is let alone, to serve as instruction, example, refuge; a place for people to go, free of work and presumption, to let themselves alone. (pg. 125, The Body and the Earth) Wendell Berry
yield age teeth
Devouring Time and envious Age, all things yield to you; and with lingering death you destroy, step by step, with venomed tooth whatever you attack. Ovid
yield understanding conquer
Yield to him who opposes you; by yielding you conquer. Ovid
yield statistics imperfect
My knowledge of the human psyche is as yet imperfect. Certain areas won't yield to computation. Poul Anderson
yield satisfaction bargaining
The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated. B. C. Forbes
yield goodwill
Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others. B. C. Forbes
yield details tiny
One must be entirely sensitive to the structure of the material that one is handling. One must yield to it in tiny details of execution, perhaps the handling of the surface or grain, and one must master it as a whole. Barbara Hepworth
years because-i-can filing
My filing system's really crap because I can never decide whether to sort things by studio, or year, or where I lived. Richard D. James
years track done
I've always got to change something. All the tracks I've done in the last five years were made in like six different studios. It gets a bit complicated. Richard D. James
years people twenties
Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you. Robbie Coltraine
years numbers together
Not being able to protect her from things was the most frightening thing I'd ever felt, and it kicked in as soon as we got together. With every year we spent together, I became more conscious that I now had an infinitely expanding number of reasons to be afraid. I had something to lose. Rob Sheffield
years rocks conservative
I'm an avowed modernist. I'm for the new thing. I came to the conclusion many years ago that rock music is essentially a conservative form. Rob Chapman
years trying way
The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed. Rob Chapman
years league black
They were and still are a groundbreaking band. Even though they haven't released any new music in ages, you can put on the first Black Sabbath album and it still sounds as fresh today as it did 30-odd years ago. And that's because great music has a timeless ability: To me, Sabbath are in the same league as the Beatles or Mozart. They're on the leading edge of something extraordinary. Rob Halford
years complaining matter
If the professors of English will complain to me that the students who come to the universities, after all those years of study, still cannot spell 'friend,' I say to them that something's the matter with the way you spell friend. Richard P. Feynman
years firsts students
If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . Richard P. Feynman
stronger minimum-wage benefits
The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires stronger unions and a higher minimum wage. Robert Reich
stronger wish knows
I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger. I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was stronger Rod Stewart
stronger separation formal
A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses. William Strunk, Jr.
stronger vigor made
...when a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor. William Strunk, Jr.
stronger church fellowship
Every church needs to grow warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through through worship, and larger through evangelism. Rick Warren
stronger prejudice humans
There is nothing stronger than human prejudice. Wendell Phillips
stronger messages faster
You can build a brand very fast now, especially with bloggers and how fast images can get out - the message just goes out faster and stronger than ever before. Joseph Altuzarra
stronger chronic-pain harder
The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God. And the harder we lean the stronger we grow. Joni Eareckson Tada
stronger doe catchy
That which does not kill you will ultimately make you stronger. Martin Niemoller