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taken law wish
A town, before it can be plundered and, deserted, must first be taken; and in this particular Venus has borrowed a law from her consort Mars. A woman that wishes to retain her suitor must keep him in the trenches; for this is a siege which the besieger never raises for want of supplies, since a feast is more fatal to love than a fast, and a surfeit than a starvation. Inanition may cause it to die a slow death, but repletion always destroys it by a sudden one. Charles Caleb Colton
taken connections physiognomy
There is nothing truer than physiognomy, taken in connection with manner. Charles Dickens
taken skeletons wind
Blackened skeleton arms of wood by the wayside pointed upward to the convent, as if the ghosts of former travellers, overwhelmed by the snow, haunted the scene of their distress. Icicle-hung caves and cellars built for refuges from sudden storms, were like so many whispers of the perils of the place; never-resting wreaths and mazes of mist wandered about, hunted by a moaning wind; and snow, the besetting danger of the mountain, against which all its defences were taken, drifted sharply down.
taken blood two
Every sinner must be quickened by the same life, made obedient to the same gospel, washed in the same blood, clothed in the same righteousness, filled with the same divine energy, and eventually taken up to the same heaven, and yet in the conversion of no two sinners will you find matters precisely the same. Charles Spurgeon
taken law land
But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora of laws made for our personal safety convert the land into a nursery, and policemen hired to protect us become selfserving busybodies. Alan Watts
taken civilization safety
It seems to me the mark of a civilized society that certain privileges should be taken for granted such as education, health care and the safety to walk the streets. Alan Bennett
taken thinking reflection
TV has taken reflection out of the human condition. People didn't use to have a ready answer for everything, whether they knew something about it or not. People think they have to have an answer for everything because the guys on TV have an answer for everything. But it's bullsh**t! Reflection is crucial. Alan Arkin
taken people christianity
When people sugarcoat Christianity, arrange it all nicely, they have, in effect, taken away the Cross. Aiden Wilson Tozer
taken law nsa
What we need to do, is restore those tools that have been taken away by the president [Barack Obama] and others, restore those tools to the NSA and to our entire surveillance and law enforcement community. Chris Christie
america laughing way
America is laughing her way to Hell.
american-athlete carry everyday player team
We want them to know what it's like to be a leader, what it's like to be a team player because those things carry on in everyday life. Troy Vincent
america long pumps
For far too long, America has been without a comprehensive energy plan, and today consumers are paying the price - literally - at the pump and in their heating bills. Chris Chocola
america poverty social
Social Security is meant to be - to make sure that no one who's worked hard, and played by the rules, and paid into the system grows old in poverty in America.
america people anxiety
The biggest anxiety is just about America's role in the world. People are feeling very unsafe. They really are. They're just wondering whether, anything can be done to try to stabilize the world a little bit.
america stay-true-to-yourself
Dammit, America is a hellhole and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
america decision care
I had to make these decisions after 9/11, make a decision about how to proceed forward with an investigation or how to pull back, whether you use certain actionable intelligence or whether not to. And yet they continue to debate about this bill and in the subcommittee and what - nobody in America cares about that.
america would-be cliffs
If anybody ran a business like that they would be out of business quickly, and Barack Obama's leadership is driving this business, the United States of America, toward a fiscal cliff.
america choices black
Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you become black. Stop arguing. Stop saying I'm Jamaican or I'm Ghanaian. America doesn't care. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
today politics tomorrow
Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend. Al Sharpton
today problem gender
Yes, there's a problem with gender as it is today, and we must fix it, we must do better.
today wonder
Way off in 2060, I wonder what we do today will look like in perspective, and after it's been sifted through the objectivity of time. Loretta Young
today seduction dangerous
The consensual seduction of the mainstream media by and with the government is one of the most dangerous toxins at work in America today. Bill Moyers
today triumph cry
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear. Bertolt Brecht
today garbage ordinary
Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage. Carl Bernstein
today slumps snapping
I gave myself a mental shake. Snapping out of a slump, that was what today was all about. Charlaine Harris
today economy stills
In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die. Charles Schumer
today way expected
My main point today is that usually one gets what one expects, but very rarely in the way one expected it. Charles Francis Richter