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circles society mountain
As we ascend in society, like those who climb a mountain, we shall find that the line of perpetual congelation commences with the higher circles; and the nearer we approach to the grand luminary the court, the more frigidity and apathy shall we experience. Charles Caleb Colton
circles driving nascar
NASCAR is a bunch of farmers driving around in circles. Eddie Irvine
circles television want
I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles. Antonio Tabucchi
circles leader asking
I joined another circle and the leader gave us a little leaflet in very small print, asking us to read it carefully and then come prepared to ask questions. It was a technical Marxist subject and I did not understand it nor did I know what questions to ask. Agnes Smedley
circles clouds mountain
Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line. Benoit Mandelbrot
circles water glory
Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught. William Shakespeare
circles device round subvert tendency trying ways
I know that my tendency is to be linear, and I'm trying to find ways to subvert that. And so in 'Bellocq's Ophelia' my device for subverting it was to tell the story and then to tell it again; it always circles back to this one moment, and it's not linear, but it's round in that way, and much of 'Native Guard' is like that. Natasha Trethewey
circles interview legal president roberts selection word
was the runner-up to Roberts in the first selection process, but the word in legal circles is that she did not do well in her interview with the president and now is out of the picture. Bob Novak
circles comedian world
A comedian sees the world bent. I'm tangent to the circle. Buddy Hackett
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion. Charles Dickens
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon.
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own
people missionary christianity
Had I cared for the comments of people, I should never have been a missionary. Charles Studd
people littles controversy
In general, a little controversy isn't harmful: if anything, it gets people interested. Charles Stross
people church opinion
I certainly respect other people's opinions, but I would not vote for a woman to be the pastor of a church. Charles Stanley
people waiting lord
The Lord's people have always been a waiting people. Charles Spurgeon
people sin made
People will not receive the balm of the gospel unless they know something of the wounds that sin has made.
misunderstood bankers ive-learned
Since I've become a central banker, I've learned to mumble with great incoherence. If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said. Alan Greenspan
misunderstood investing should
I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.
misunderstood kind failing
Failure's relative. I've always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something's not right about that. It's how you treat failure, too. There's something to learn from it. I've had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures: What kind of failure was it? A failure because it's misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself? Al Pacino
misunderstood sometimes i-can
Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive. Ed Belfour
misunderstood matter facts
She, too, had worn a mask in assuming a contempt for him, whilst, as a matter of fact, she completely misunderstood him Baroness Orczy
misunderstood genius misunderstood-genius
I'm a misunderstood genius. Bill Watterson
misunderstood idiot politically-correct
I am greatly misunderstood by politically correct idiots. Brigitte Bardot
misunderstood facts fine
I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine. Billie Joe Armstrong
misunderstood underdog fans
I'm a big fan of the misunderstood, the vilified, the underdog, the breaking of myths. Dominic Monaghan