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book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. Charles Dickens
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
book easy easy-to-get
It is always easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered coxcomb.
book names want
If a book really wants the patronage of a great name, it is a bad book; and if it be a good book, it wants it not.
book writing mirrors
That an author's work is the mirror of his mind is a position that has led to very false conclusions. If Satan himself were to write a book it would be in praise of virtue, because the good would purchase it for use, and the bad for ostentation.
book healthy may
Novels may teach us as wholesome a moral as the pulpit. There are "sermons in stones," in healthy books, and "good in everything.
occupation today consumers
Today the future occupation of all moppets is to be skilled consumers. David Riesman
occupation resistance
As long as we are under occupation then resistance is our right. Khaled Mashaal
occupation
As long as we are under occupation then it is our right to resist.
occupation pleasant rather
A pleasant occupation for / A rather susceptible Chancellor! W. S. Gilbert
occupation my-favorite
LIFE: My favorite occupation. Dirk Benedict
occupation process protected referendum results surprising
The results of the referendum were not surprising as the whole process is supervised and protected by the US occupation forces,
occupation way parks
We cleared all traces of our occupation out of M6 and moved to M7, and it's been quite smooth over there. We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park. Adam Savage
occupation humiliation reader
Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible. Alberto Manguel
occupation systematic research
Research is not a systematic occupation but an intuitive artistic vocation. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
months
They got their passports when they were 5 months old.
months seven
They don't tell us any of this for the first seven months and then they come up with all of this.
months took
They took my mother's stomach out six months ago. Dave Eggers
months year
They said a year or 15 months and I brushed it off,
months process several
They've already been in the process of doing that for several months now.
months number people public regular remember saying season takes weeks
It's a real joy, what this regular season has been. I've been saying it for any number of weeks and months now: In our sport, people remember what you do in the month of May. That's what the public takes away from it. Dom Starsia
months three
it's a well-known photograph. This was 1984, just three months before he died. Truman Capote
months trace twenty
In England, one without a trace of Royalty will master. Twenty months he will rule; twenty months he will bleed the lands, then his end comes quickly. Nostradamus
months until
We probably have another 18 months or so until we get it done.