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blocked smoke thick
The smoke was so thick it blocked out daylight. Chris Rankin
block dry early future next persistent rain spring transition typical weather week
We do see spring in our future. There will be a block of dry weather early next week that could transition us into more typical spring weather than the persistent rain we've been experiencing for so long. Brooke Bingaman
block independent years
Walking back from the convention site I chatted with a normal Bostonian for several blocks -- who must have identified me through our covert system of signals. He was mostly bemused by the Democrats' primetime speakers and told me he used to be an independent, but for the last 20 years found himself voting mostly Republican. Then he corrected himself and said he votes for the American. Ann Coulter
block two nhs
People might have said we were scaremongering. But here we are: the Competition Commission is intervening, for the first time, in the NHS, to block the sensible collaboration between two NHS hospitals. They can no longer deny it, it’s absolutely clear. Andy Burnham
block taken artist
In Germany, you have a huge official memorial to the murdered Jews and then you have this artist who's been putting these stumbling blocks, these brass cobblestones, outside the houses Jews were taken away from. It's somewhat controversial and has met some resistance. Amy Waldman
block moving ideas
You are saying, are you not, I said to Manuelito, that stories have more room in them than ideas? [...] He laughed. That is correct, Señor. It is as if ideas are made of blocks. Rigid and hard. And stories are made of a gauze that is elastic. You can almost see through it, so what is beyond is tantalizing. You can't quite make it out; and because the imagination is always moving forward, you yourself are constantly stretching. Stories are the way spirit is exercised. Alice Walker
block writing people
People have writer's block not because they can't write, but because they despair of writing eloquently. Anna Quindlen
block love-is people
The starting block for people who are going to stay in love is mutual submission. Andy Stanley
block remembered
Nothing blocks happiness like happiness remembered. Andre Gide
means thank
Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to me. Kelly Clarkson
mean fighting winning
What can you or I do? Alone, almost nothing. Yet one person - you alone - can make the difference. . . . The failure of just one person to join, to participate, to do whatever he or she can - your failure or my failure - may mean that there is just one too few to win the fight for sanity, and so leave the world on the road to destruction. Each of us, all of us, must do what we can. Archibald Cox
mean laughing evil
The worst evil that you can do, psychologically, is to laugh at yourself. That means spitting in your own face. Ayn Rand
mean reality feelings
Whenever anyone accuses some person of being 'unfeeling,' he means that that person is just. He means that that person has no causeless emotions and will not grant him a feeling which he does not deserve. He means that 'to feel' is to go against reason, against moral values, against reality. Ayn Rand
mean thinking way
Do you mean to tell me that you're thinking seriously of building that way, when and if you are an architect?" Yes." My dear fellow, who will let you?" That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me? Ayn Rand
mean enemy religion
to rest one's case on faith means to concede that reason is on the side of one's enemies- that one has no rational arguments to offer. Ayn Rand
mean sacrifice wish
I am not the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds, I am not a sacrifice on their altars. Ayn Rand
mean numbers machines
I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too. Brian Selznick
mean finishing ends
A picture is finished when all trace of the means used to bring about the end has disappeared. James Whistler
commitment eye
We all have a commitment to this and we need to keep our eye on the ball, John Ensign
commitment past challenges
Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment. Anders Fogh Rasmussen
commitment eloquent fair high journalism moral outrage purpose travel
Her travel writing was characterized by a high moral purpose and an overwhelming sense of justice. What distinguishes her journalism is her eloquent outrage and commitment to fair play. Bill Buford
commitment grateful hung people shock special type
I think the commitment that Shock made to come back makes him a special type person. A lot of people would have bolted, but he hung in here with us, and we're grateful for that. Neil Callaway
commitment informed man mayor today
Today he informed the mayor that he is going to take on that role. The man should be lauded for his commitment to the city. Peter Ragone
commitment civilization kyoto
The Kyoto Treaty wasn't perfect, but we signed it, in fact, helped to draft it. And I'm very proud of it, it was the world's first commitment to doing something comprehensive on greenhouse gases and trying to reduce global warming before we do irreversible damage to many civilizations around the world. William J. Clinton
commitment glowing males
That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment. Richard Schickel
commitment people humanity
I refuse to be in this world by myself. I want an open commitment from the rest of the people. Robert Rauschenberg
commitment government organization
America's experiment with government of the people, by the people, and for the people depends not only on constitutional structure and organization but also on the commitment, person to person, that we make to each other. Robert M. Hutchins