![[There are m]oral precepts that we consider really important, such as 'don't pick your nose' or 'don't eat peas with a knife'. There may, for ought I know, be admirable reasons for eating peas with a knife, but . . . early persuasion has made me completely incapable of appreciating them.](/assets/img/quote-photos/there-are-moral-precepts-that-we-consider-really-important-such-as-dont-pick.jpg)
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I was able to first snap the radius and then within another few minutes snap the ulna at the wrist and from there, I had the knife out and applied the tourniquet and went to task. It was a process that took about an hour. Aron Ralston
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[There are m]oral precepts that we consider really important, such as 'don't pick your nose' or 'don't eat peas with a knife'. There may, for ought I know, be admirable reasons for eating peas with a knife, but . . . early persuasion has made me completely incapable of appreciating them. Bertrand Russell
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I have the greatest picture of Ted [Danson]. That was a big caper: There was one person [opening] the door with a butter knife and another person kicking the door in so I could get a photo. He's decapitated, but totally nude. And he's really well-endowed. Bebe Neuwirth
knives scar slips
My back is so scar-tissued that you couldn't find a place to slip a knife. David Lange
knives steak
Never lick a steak knife. Dave Barry
knives mad wife
Go mad, and beat their wives; Plunge (after shocking lives) Razors and carving knives Into their gizzards. Charles Stuart Calverley
knives expression spoons
It's like 10,000 spoons, when all you need is a knife. Alanis Morissette
knives patterns stuff
If rape or arson, poison or the knife Has wove no pleasing patterns in the stuff Of this drab canvas we accept as life - It is because we are not bold enough! Charles Baudelaire
knives want use
If you want to kill yourself, do not use us as your knife. Catherynne M. Valente
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I have learned that I have to slow down and appreciate that my daughter still needs me, still wants me to help her negotiate everything in her life. Constance Marie
appreciate biggest learning proved related success
Learning to appreciate those things that aren't related to success has proved the biggest lesson. Chet Faker
appreciate prudent objects
I'm all about being prudent. And I've started to appreciate experiences more than actual objects. Carrie Brownstein
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The American Red Cross is a nonprofit organization, and we greatly appreciate all of the financial assistance we can get from the community. But it must continue so that we can maintain the level of assistance that we are able to provide. Travis Strack
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples. Carlos Slim
appreciate bad good movies
That was too goddamn long. They just gabbed and gabbed. There are so many bad movies out there. They're trash. They're garbage. When you see a good B movie, you appreciate it!
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That was the coaches' idea for us to go up and thank them. It was a great feeling to let them know we appreciate their coming all this way, staying with us during the season.
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That won a standing ovation from the police. It made me appreciate that I'm going into a number of venues where I'll be talking to police officers.
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We could in fact transport a person, say a kid who didn't know what it was like to be in a civil rights march. We could actually take you into that experience, so that you could better appreciate what happened and why it happened. Dexter Scott King
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It is far more important that one's life should be perceived than that it should be transformed; for no sooner has it been perceived, than it transforms itself of its own accord. Maurice Maeterlinck
important whats-important inspired
What's important to me is to share, and being inspired, and inspiring. Diane von Furstenberg
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It is more important to be pretty as a woman than to be fashionable.
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The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.
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Courage is the most important virtue because it is the hardest. David Brooks
important whats-important inventory
Constantly take inventory of what's important to you. Dave Chappelle
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It's really important to me not to be known as Ross when I'm 60. David Schwimmer
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Dangerous climate change... It's important not to be alarmist but it is very important to be alarmed David Miliband
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I feel that history is in many ways the most important of all subjects because it is about everything and because it's about who we are and how we came to be the way we are. David McCullough