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bootstraps himself policy pulled work
He pulled himself up by his bootstraps and he went to work as a policy guy. Terry Holt
bootstraps character disorder pull themselves true view weakness
They view this not as a true disorder but as some kind of weakness of character, and if only they could just pull themselves up by their bootstraps they would be fine,
bootstraps haiti itself neither nor pull
Expectations that Haiti will pull itself up by its bootstraps are unrealistic. Haiti has neither the will nor the straps.
character interesting people
... what such people miscall their religion, is a vent for their bad humours and arrogance. Charles Dickens
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows. Charles Caleb Colton
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
character winter giving
Sir," returned Mrs. Sparsit, " I cannot say that i have heard him precisely snore, and therefore must not make that statement. But on winter evenings, when he has fallen asleep at his table, I have heard him, what I should prefer to describe as partially choke. I have heard him on such occasions produce sounds of a nature similar to what may be heard in dutch clocks. Not," said Mrs. Sparsit, with a lofty sense of giving strict evidence, " That I would convey any imputation on his moral character. Far from it.
character voice interesting
He had a cringing manner, but a very harsh voice; and his blandest smiles were so extremely forbidding, that to have had his company under the least repulsive circumstances, one would have wished him to be out of temper that he might only scowl.
character men hands
The haggard aspect of the little old man was wonderfully suited to the place; he might have groped among old churches and tombs and deserted houses and gathered all the spoils with his own hands. There was nothing in the whole collection but was in keeping with himself nothing that looked older or more worn than he.
character butterfly interesting
Everything that Mr Smallweed's grandfather ever put away in his mind was a grub at first, and is a grub at last. In all his life he has never bred a single butterfly.
character agony numbers
He had a sense of his dignity, which was of the most exquisite nature. He could detect a design upon it when nobody else had any perception of the fact. His life was made an agony by the number of fine scalpels that he felt to be incessantly engaged in dissecting his dignity.
character men air
He had a certain air of being a handsome man-which he was not; and a certain air of being a well-bred man-which he was not. It was mere swagger and challenge; but in this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world.
disorders hard sports
There are a lot of eating disorders in our sport, so I try very hard not to get consumed by all that. Laura Wilkinson
disorders religions sorrows therapies
All religions are therapies for the sorrows and disorders of the soul.
disorder eating feeling felt hunger liked
A person with an eating disorder will always say they're full, but I was always hungry. I liked feeling hunger because it felt like power.
disorders eating knows nobody nutrition people reason separate stop subject
The reason most people get eating disorders is because they want to be skinny, but they do it stupidly, and they stop eating completely - nobody knows anything about nutrition or exercise. I think it should be a separate subject in school. Kathryn Prescott
disorder improvisation chaotic
Most of us lead lives of chaotic improvisation from day to day, bawling for peace while plunging grimly into fresh disorders. Edward Abbey
disorder observation microorganisms
From my numerous observations, I conclude that these tubercle bacilli occur in all tuberculous disorders, and that they are distinguishable from all other microorganisms. Robert Koch
disorder liberalism mental-disorder
Liberalism is a mental disorder. Michael Savage
disorder known life mention struggled
I have struggled all my life with my stuttering. Not to mention all my other speech impediments. I think I have every language disorder known to speech pathologists. Kate Forsyth
disorder gaiety genius ordinary quality
Gaiety - a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine. Denis Diderot
pull rain tractor
When we get real rain I'll have to get a tractor and pull them out of the mud.
pull sometime until win
We're doing better than I was hoping. I didn't think we'd be able to pull off a win until sometime around March.
pull runs scoring shame start trouble walk win
It's just a shame we have such trouble scoring runs for these guys, especially after a first start like that, and he has to walk away with a loss. It's a shame we couldn't pull out a win for him. Mike Matheny
pulled team
It's even better that the team pulled this out and did great.
pulled stuff together
They pulled their stuff together and made this happen.
pulled
It's not so much adjusting, it's making better throws. I pulled it together. Matt Baker
pulling
It's the tussle between the 'old economy' and 'new economy' and Nasdaq is pulling back.
pull react respond shows
It's all about how we respond and react that shows who we are and we all need to pull together. We're Americans.
pull
It is what we do best. We pull together.
themselves
Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed. Stephen Covey
themselves women
The women doing comedy do not even think of themselves as 'female' comedians. Jen Kirkman
themselves tried turned
I never had a problem with my face on screen. I thought it is what it is, and I was turned off by actors and actresses that tried to keep themselves young. Robert Redford
themselves truth
Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse. Aaron Swartz
themselves
These things have a way of working themselves out over a 162-game season. Buck Showalter
themselves unfair
It's unfair to the students, because they don't know what they can do to get themselves expelled.
themselves
They wanted to give themselves some flexibility, which they didn't have with that language.
themselves work
They intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are Aldous Huxley
themselves ultimately whom
Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.
true-love heart men
My heart is set, as firmly as ever heart of man was set on woman. I have no thought, no view, no hope, in life beyond her; and if you oppose me in this great stake, you take my peace and happiness in your hands, and cast them to the wind.
true-friend ambition character
A high character might be produced, I suppose, by continued prosperity, but it has very seldom been the case. Adversity, however it may appear to be our foe, is our true friend; and, after a little acquaintance with it, we receive it as a precious thing - the prophecy of a coming joy. It should be no ambition of ours to traverse a path without a thorn or stone. Charles Spurgeon
true-friend sharks blood
There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water. Alan Clark
true-friend select
True friends are families which you can select. Audrey Hepburn
true-love believe pride
In dread fear of sentimentality, another thing true is not said-that for its staff the paper is a source of pride and, I do believe, an object of affection and-yes, love. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
true-life life-is elsewhere
True life is elsewhere Arthur Rimbaud
true-friend achievement likes
A true friend is one who likes you despite your achievements. Arnold Bennett
true-friend sorry want
I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me because of the fact I haven't got any true friends! I'm fine the way I am. Cher Lloyd
true-beauty skins beauty-is-only-skin-deep
Beauty is more than skin deep. Charlize Theron
views extending fearlessness
Fearlessness is extending ourselves beyond our limited view. Chogyam Trungpa
views hands years
The comparative view of the powers of the magistrates, in two remarkable instances, is alone sufficient to represent the whole system of German manners. The disposal of the landed property within their district was absolutely vested in their hands, and they distributed it every year according to a new division. At the same time, they were not authorised to punish with death, to imprison, or even to strike, a private citizen. Edward Gibbon
views political literature
I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. Edith Wharton
views rights political
I have also been attacked by my opponents as someone seeking to purge university faculties of leftist professors. This is false. The first provision of the Academic Bill of Rights is that no professor should be hired or fired because of his or her political views. I have never myself called for the firing of any professor for his or her political views, nor would I. David Horowitz
views individuality world
I'm coming 'round to the view that there's only a personal view of the world. David Hockney
views mind world
It's all right if you don't mind looking at the world from the point of view of a paralyzed Cyclops—for a split second.
views dating people
I take a benign view of digital connectedness. I notice in most young people's lives, Facebook and such doesn't replace normal dating or hanging out, it just facilitates it. David Brooks
views conservative
I have a lot of conservative views on a lot of things. Denis Leary
views female point-of-view
I wanted a more female point of view.
weakness impotence
All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely. Edgar Friedenberg
weakness compromise power-corrupts
If power corrupts, weakness in the seat of power, with its constant necessity of deals and bribes and compromising arrangements,corrupts even more. Barbara Tuchman
weakness
A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses. Babe Ruth
weakness doe rebellion
The Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion. Richard G. Scott
weakness evidence
There's no evidence that vulnerabilty is weakness.
weakness dangerous myth
Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.
weakness reason humans
The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not than in those who know it. Blaise Pascal
weakness weak concessions
The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear. Edmund Burke
weakness produce delusion
Delusion and weakness produce not one mischief the less, because they are universal.