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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.
games two lawyer
Battledore and shuttlecock's a wery good game, vhen you an't the shuttlecock and two lawyers the battledores, in which case it gets too exciting to be pleasant.
games words-of-wisdom delight
To bring deserving things down by setting undeserving things up is one of its perverted delights; and there is no playing fast and loose with the truth, in any game, without growing the worse for it.
games planning designer
I'm not planning a kickstarter game. And I'm not really a game designer. Charles Stross
games home playoff won
We've won playoff games before, but not down 18 on someone else's home court. Yeah, this is pretty special. Tim Short
games huge last won year
We've won more games this year than we'd won all of last year already. And you know, that's a huge improvement.
games appreciate way
You don't have to appreciate me - I hope you underestimate me. That way, when I have a good game, it'll hit you even harder. Chris Bosh
games duncan kevin
I've modeled my game after Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan.
games always-working know-how
I know how the game is played, and I'm always working on it.
games tvs mets
If I have the TV on, it's either a Mets game or 'SportsCenter.' Eddie Kaye Thomas
three four finished
In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. Alain Prost
three balls easy
The three-ball is an easy shot if you're uncontested, but when they know you can shoot, it's a lot harder to get off. Chris Copeland
three
The other three have really made strides. They're consistently getting better.
three moments hours
Preferred three hours quicker over one moment late. William Shakespeare
three cinema use
When I started my first film, there were three women directors in France. Their films were OK, but I was different. It's like when you start to jump and you put the pole very high - you have to jump very high. I thought, I have to use cinema as a language. Agnes Varda
three essentials action
There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action. Chiang Kai-shek
three purpose salvation
Purpose, and to be thoroughly wedded to that purpose, is three quarters of salvation. Charles Henry Parkhurst
three elements recognition
Recognition is one of the three big elements of comedy. Bill Maher
three outcomes blokes
Three blokes go into a pub. Something happens. The outcome was hilarious!! Bill Bailey