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mentally
That's just the way he pitches. I think it has more to do with him mentally concentrating really well. He hasn't let anything get away from him. Tony Russa
mention mere smile smiles
You smile with just the mere mention of his name. John Sullivan
men iron envy
As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man. Antisthenes
men life-is hanging-out
Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only. Barbara Jordan
men law finals
Since love of God is the highest felicity and happiness of man, his final end and the aim of all his actions, it follows that he alone observes the divine law who is concerned to love God not from fear of punishment nor love of something else, such as pleasure, fame, ect., but from the single fact that he knows God, or that he knows that the knowledge and love of God is the highest good Baruch Spinoza
men religion useless
Men would never be superstitious, if they could govern all their circumstances by set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune: but being frequently driven into straits where rules are useless, and being often kept fluctuating pitiably between hope and fear by the uncertainty of fortune's greedily coveted favours, they are consequently for the most part, very prone to credulity.
men made convenience
True piety for the universe but no time for religions made for man's convenience.
men long impossible
So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.
men desire tongue
Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more easily than their words.
ideas rights affair
I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms Boris Yeltsin
ideas world chaos
Ideas govern the world, or throw it into chaos. Auguste Comte
ideas stories bigs
Once I'm given an idea for a story I have a million ideas on how it should be illustrated, but I don't have a big shoebox full of unfinished ideas. Brian Selznick
ideas superhero world
For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world. Brad Meltzer
ideas instinct projects
In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand. Carine Roitfeld
ideas giving people
I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look. Cameron Russell
ideas narnia
That part of Rostrevor which overlooks Carlingford Lough is my idea of Narnia. C. S. Lewis
ideas long people
I work to promote the idea of sustainable capitalism driven by long-term considerations rather than quarterly profits, which seeks to better people's lives and the planet rather than destroy them. Al Gore
ideas errors trials
Ideas do not always come in a flash but by diligent trial-and-error experiments that take time and thought. Charles K. Kao
made presses
The press made me something I really wasn't and I tried to live up to what they made me. Billy Carter
madness seeing
You are seeing a kind of dot-com madness. Jonathan Sacks
mad composer improvisation
I always hankered to be a composer - I was mad about music, though I never studied seriously, and can't read a note. But I learned to play the piano and became pretty skillful at improvisation, especially after a drop or two. Conrad Aiken
mad people waste
I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk. Alice Walker
mad hammers bookshelves
Every time I get mad, I grab my hammer and make a bookshelf or something. Anthony Mackie
mad skins heavy
I feel very comfortable in my own skin. When someone makes jokes about me being heavy, it makes me mad. It's not true. I'm right where I should be. Amy Schumer
mad world sanity
Sanity is a handicap and liability if you're living in a mad world. Anthony Burgess
mad election presses
I am so mad at the press I could just strangle them! Ann Romney
mad
I both love and do not love; and am mad and not mad. Anacreon