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Cock-fighting, which has attained to the dignity of a literature of its own, is the popular Malay sport; but the grand sport is a tiger and buffalo fight, reserved for rare occasions, however, on account of its expense. Cock-fighting is a source of gigantic gambling and desperate feuds. Isabella Bird
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If we want to preserve Heathrow's hub status, we need to stop clogging it up with point-to-point flights to places such as Cyprus and Greece, which between them account for 87 weekly flights, and contribute nothing to overall connectivity. Zac Goldsmith
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It appears from Mr. Smith's account that there is no scarcity of buffalo as he penetrated the country. William Henry Ashley
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In post-Vietnam, post-Watergate America, skeptical voters demand full disclosure of everything from candidates' finances to their medical records, and spin-savvy accounts of backstage machinations dominate political coverage. Virginia Postrel
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Morality in its noblest forms remains inexplicable unless one takes into account that power of growth in the human soul which has led generation after generation from lower religious and ethical standards to higher ones which often clash with worldly advantages. Ellen Key
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Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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The PBGC does not appear to have a corner yet in the real world. The positive results this year compared to last are a result of accounting decisions as to how much of the longer-term losses to reflect last year, this year and presumably next year. We still have an average loss of $7 billion to $8 billion a year for the last four years.
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The PBGC does not appear to have a corner yet in the real world, ... The positive results this year compared to last are a result of accounting decisions as to how much of the longer-term losses to reflect last year, this year and presumably next year. We still have an average loss of $7 billion to $8 billion a year for the last four years.
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The Patriot Act does not require that nuns' bank accounts be frozen. The Patriot Act has a lot of problems, but that's not one of them.
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I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can communicate certain emotions and the rhythms cuts across genders, cultures and nationalities. All you need to do is close your eyes and feel those emotions. Yanni
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In 2008, I was in a London park when I came across a fledgling crow that had fallen from the top of an oak tree. A woman happened to be passing, and she said that she rescued animals, so she invited me back to her house. It turned out she was the wife of Jeff Beck. Jeff was there, and we ended up jamming together. Imelda May
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I've always felt that some of my best lyrics are less than three minutes long, and it's great when you can do that - be succinct and get the message across in a simple, clear idea. Ian Anderson
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The biographical novel is a true and documented story of one human being's journey across the face of the years, transmuted from the raw material of life into the delight and purity of an authentic art form. Irving Stone
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The situation of Leh is a grand one, the great Kailas range, with its glaciers and snowfields, rising just behind it to the north, its passes alone reaching an altitude of nearly 18,000 feet; while to the south, across a gravelly descent and the Indus Valley, rise great red ranges dominated by snow-peaks exceeding 21,000 feet in altitude.
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I first came across the script for 'Macbeth' between the ages of 11 and 12; it was the first book that shook my life. Because I did not yet understand that I could simply purchase it in a bookstore, I copied much of it by hand and took it home. My childhood imagination pushed me to feel like a co-author of the play.
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If anyone can crack the publicity nut and figure out how to not come across hammy and contrived, I'd love to talk to them. Gale Harold
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When I was elected Governor, we had an audacious agenda that naysayers said couldn't be enacted with a Democrat majority in the state legislature. However, we worked across party lines and enacted historic reforms. Working together, we cut taxes by more than $600 million. George Allen
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I love to walk around New York. Honestly, that's like the best thing, to walk over to Park Slope and go visit my friend Betty and take her dog out in the park or go walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. I really dig being outside and getting to see everybody in the street. Zoe Kazan
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When the topic is growing income inequality, it's hard to prettify an imbalance between the rich and everybody else, so instead, conservatives try to argue that it doesn't exist. Timothy Noah
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You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime.
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The people are questioning if the DPJ is really serious about taking the helm of government. (I'll) first gather the party's opinions together and let important issues be argued out in the Diet. That's my fighting stance. Seiji Maehara
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The outlook statement talks of continued weakness in recruitment markets which management argue -- more persuasively than other peers -- is cyclical rather than structural given a softer public sector in late 2005.
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In the past, I used to argue with those who didn't share my views. I felt this incredible need to 'make my point.' Now I live my life and do my best to be an example of what seems right to me. Victoria Moran
argue hard
It's hard to argue with someone that won't argue with you. Victoria Osteen
argue mcmahon tells
First of all, Vince McMahon doesn't argue - he tells you! Ric Flair
argue famous few friend gone meet richard rival
Few would argue that Richard Dawkins is the world's most famous atheist, especially now that his friend and rival for the title, Christopher Hitchens, has now gone to meet his Maker. Ray Comfort
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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. Richard Whately
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I still get called 'a stick of dynamite' or 'pint-sized dynamo,' stuff like that. Actually, I was too busy to notice there was anything unusual about being a woman director until the early 1980s, when I looked around the professional theater and realized there weren't many of us. You have to make more of a case for yourself than any man. Garry Hynes
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He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is to supply wants. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it creates more wants than it supplies.
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We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right.
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By giving unusual people an easy way to find one another, the Internet has also enabled them to pool rare talents, resources, and voices, then push their case into public consciousness. The response, in many cases, is a kind of hysteria.
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The policy language is specific and clear, and the jury verdict says that. I feel sorry for these people, I really do. This is a case we should have settled a long time ago.
case official papers stands
The Pentagon Papers case stands today as a barrier to silence by official edict.
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The pending complaint on DeLay was on the Texas case (over political fund raising),
case clear path
The path is clear for us to get this case to a jury. John Danforth
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The patent office's decision has no preclusive effect on a court, and there are indeed cases where the patent office made a decision in a re-examination supporting a patent and a court later looked at the same exact issue, disagreed with the PTO, and found the patent invalid.
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For a writer, personal freedom is not so important. It is not individual freedom that guarantees the greatness of literature; otherwise, writers in democratic countries would be superior to all others. Some of the greatest writers wrote under dictatorship - Shakespeare, Cervantes.
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And the Marshall Plan, to us, meant a general who had turned into a secretary of state, and that the secretary of state saw the necessity of the reconstruction of these European countries that had suffered so heavily.
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Ukraine is a big country. It is 45-46 million people. It has got a lot of modern industry; it also has a lot of very key resources. There is no reason for it not to be one of the leading countries of Europe. Wesley Clark
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In the Netherlands - where I come from - you actually never see a pig, which is really strange, because, in a population of 16 million people, we have 12 million pigs. And well, of course, the Dutch can't eat all these pigs. They eat about one-third, and the rest is exported to all kinds of countries in Europe and the rest of the world.
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Are we prepared to tolerate a world in which countries which care about morality lay down their nuclear weapons, leaving others to threaten the rest of the world or hold it to ransom?
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We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen. Barack Obama
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Perhaps I'm just fickle by nature and get tired of countries the way other women do of husbands or lovers. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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I know now that what countries do at summits has the power to help girls in Pakistan, Nigeria or Afghanistan. Malala Yousafzai
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Well, one thing's very clear, that terrorism isn't just a threat which is external to Western countries. It's not simply a foreign menace that comes from overseas to strike our cities. It can and it does, as we now know, come from within our own countries and from inside our own populations.
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The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference. Ian Mckellen
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I hope that the residents of my current district - from Quincy to Provincetown and the Islands - know that their well-being is my primary concern and nothing changes that.
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The current of emotion, which was formerly directed to gaining eternal bliss, is turned in socialism - in the same degree as the latter is permeated by evolutionism - towards the perfecting of earthly life.
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The overwhelming empirical evidence of current residence of retirement villages is that they don't go in at early ages. The majority go in middle-to-late 70s.
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The Pentagon has instituted this policy to say to the current troops that if you go AWOL you will be hunted down to the grave.
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If there were an election today, Netanyahu would win. Yet, his standing in the polls is also a reflection of the weakness of Ehud Olmert, the current prime minister - who stands at 2 percent in a recent poll - and the enduring weaknesses of the Labor Party. Dennis Ross
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The $54 price objective represents 17 times 2002 estimated revenue. The stock currently trades at 28 times 2001 revenue, implying a multiple contraction. J. C. Watts
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We have a major problem with the current engine.
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We could get pulled over for speeding and pay more than that. The problem with the current laws is enforcement.
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The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes. Yotam Ottolenghi
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The American Dream is not being dependent on the federal government for your health care, for your automobile, for your college education, for your student loan on and on and on. Marsha Blackburn
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Utilities are always rather dependent on interest-rate developments as a proxy to bonds.
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While the economy is strengthening overall, problems persist in manufacturing, and many of these states are dependent on that sector.
dependent lives moment
we are dependent every moment of our lives upon the Lord. John Foley
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You also gain the independence to work out wherever and whenever you want. People who are dependent on a trainer tend not to exercise unless their trainer is standing right there.
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One of the great stories out of this is that the LPGA, by virtue of the number of stars we have, is not dependent on one person.
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Basically, (GM) is dependent on the new truck launch and whether it's accepted,
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If anything has changed, it's that Americans are now even more reliant on U.S. farmers and ranchers for their food security, and farmers and ranchers are even more dependent on hired labor.
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He seemed to be healthier today, his legs and everything. He said he needed work and threw 52 pitches. Felipe Alou
healthier longer
As we live longer and healthier for longer, we need to keep ourselves busy... the diary is pretty full. Evelyn Glennie
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We're just trying to provide a healthier alternative to going home and sitting on the couch.
healthier living people simply stop turn unfair
People are healthier and living longer, so it is unfair that they stop working simply because they turn 65,
healthier models
Swimmers provide much healthier role models for teenagers than the catwalk. Clare Balding
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A rally such as we've witnessed in the past week needs a correction. The market shall be healthier in the new year because of it.
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Visualizing yourself at a healthier weight can give you something tangible to reach for.
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I feel healthier for some reason. I feel like I'm moving better and I feel stronger. I might not look that way, but I notice it in myself.
healthier
It's healthier if you kind of just walk away from things and not really care about what happens. Charlie Tahan
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Think Indonesia and tourism, and the first thing that comes to mind is probably Bali. Think golf holiday, and most people would dream of Scotland or Ireland. But Indonesia harbors one of the best-kept secrets in the world of travel: it is a golfer's paradise.
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Polio is not only an issue in Indonesia ... but it's an international issue.
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Today all you're probably seeing is a weakness prior to the G8 meeting this weekend, and a lot of uncertainty in Indonesia and Asia,
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I repeat once again, Playboy Indonesia has not violated any Indonesian laws.
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Like many countries, Indonesia can transform its decision-making system to be more transparent and inclusive, particularly on resource allocation and use. Sri Mulyani Indrawati
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At this stage, Ahtisaari stands out as an obvious choice. The peace process (orchestrated by Ahtisaari) in Indonesia seems to be a real success.
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This is extraordinary, receiving two national hero's titles, namely from Indonesia two years ago, and now from South Africa, Jusuf Kalla
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I have received reports from most major posts in Indonesia and preparations are complete.
indonesia short
If I could take a seven-year view, I would long Indonesia and short Google.
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I'm never interested in writing a kind of neutral, universal novel that could be set anywhere. To me, the novel is a local thing. Zadie Smith
interested politics
I think sometimes if you are too interested in day-to-day politics, you lose sight of the long term.
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I think it's nice to let people know that there is an invisible part of the world. I think there are many people now who are interested in the invisible world. Yoko Ono
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Generally, I have a strong interest in trying to help people who are maybe not as lucky as I am. I've been well rewarded in this world. I'm more worried about the next one. William E. Conway, Jr.
interested people terms
As a novelist, I have always been interested in how people come to terms with difficult, life-altering events. Christina Baker Kline
interests role
There has to be something in every role that interests you. Clint Eastwood
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Remember, it is a deep principle of our nature not to regard the safety of those who do not regard their own. If you are indifferent to your own safety, you must not be surprised if those less interested should become more so. John C. Calhoun
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For film and television, it's interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifesting their affections are the correct ones. It's not just about being a fan, it's about how you perform your fandom. That's always been interesting to me. Carrie Brownstein
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UFOs: The reliable cases are uninteresting and in the interesting cases are unreliable. Carl Sagan
maintain parking point spaces
The point was to maintain no on-street parking spaces in the neighborhood,
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We have all our security people out there to maintain order. When you get thousands of people on the streets, things can get unpredictable.
maintain message suggest ways
We have a message to suggest there are ways to maintain these costs.
maintained structure unique
We have always been unique and we have always maintained the old-style structure and doctrine.
maintain people trying
We're working-class people trying to maintain what we have.
maintain monotony routine
You kind of go through the monotony of practice, and you have a routine that you go through, and you have to maintain the routine. And for me, personally, I didn't maintain that routine as well.
maintain rebuild repair themselves
Roads do not upgrade or maintain themselves. Bridges do not repair themselves or rebuild themselves. Martin O'Malley
maintain postal
I will try to maintain the postal network, which is people's important assets, and see to it that no inconvenience will ensue, Junichiro Koizumi
maintain star
I maintain you can make a film/TV star out of a can of sardines. Dirk Benedict
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When I was in the 12th grade, I got my girlfriend pregnant. I just got out of school, she was a 10th-grader. I'm a teen parent, and I'm at a point where I'm like, 'Man I've got to do something.' Ice T
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That was a turning point in the race. Sebastian Thrun
point took turning
That was a turning point in our season. I think it took a little starch out of us. Dwane Casey
point quit turning work
That was a turning point in his career. He had the ultimatum to quit or work harder. You can see which one he picked.
point turning
That was the turning point of the game. Bruce Bochy
point
We could never really get it to that point where we made it interesting.
points
We could have had 50 points in the first half. Joseph Garcia
points
We have a lot of Marriott points that we'll never be able to use.
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Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument. Pat Metheny
positive believe optimistic
Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Bernard Berenson
positive perseverance encouragement
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. Bill Bradley
positive giving-up light
I'm glad . . . that Edison didn't give up on the light bulb. That Luther refused to back down. That Michelangelo kept painting. That Lindbergh kept flying. Charles R. Swindoll
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We have worked with Bode for several years now and know the type of person he is. Yes, he has been provocative, but we also recognize that he's revolutionized his sport and has energized the Turin Games, which is a positive for all of us who are vested in their success.
positive
When you're not working is when you have to stay positive and remind yourself that you're talented. Rutina Wesley
positive
We're working on that. We should know this week. I'm a positive person so I always think positively. Lance Bass
positive
We're working on a positive leaflet to give to adults, but nothing grim. Richard Mitchell
positive grief winter
What's gone, and what's past help, Should be past grief. William Shakespeare
positive believe self-confidence
I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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We know that we can steer it sufficiently to sample another region of the crater. Daniel Andrews
regional
We have a lot of regional qualifiers. We've been there before but now we want to get them to state. B. F. Skinner
regional tournament type
We've transformed what was a very regional type of tournament into a world event.
region
We are really very concerned. The whole region is very unstable. Antonio Guterres
region truly
only then will the region be truly reborn.
region sake
for the sake of their own people, for the region and for world order. Saddam Hussein
regional treatment water
Keep our water treatment plant, ... Don't go with the regional system.
region strong
With this region being as strong as it is, it was important for us to get off on the right foot.
region
The region is already complicated, we don't want to make it more complicated. We are not so enthusiastic about more resolutions.
running
I have no intention of running for office again.
running war long
Total war is the most humane in the long run. C. S. Lewis
running horse want
We're free Narnians, Hwin and I, and I suppose, if you're running away to Narnia you want to be one too. In that case Hwin isn't your horse any longer. One might just as well say you're her human.
running fuel machines
Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other.
running reality machines
In reality, moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a friction, in the running of that machine. That is why these rules at first seem to be constantly interfering with our natural inclinations.
running loneliness long
Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.
running doubt narnia
Aslan: You doubt your value. Don't run from who you are.
running women writing
What a woman says to an eager lover, write it on running water, write it on air. Catullus
running writing air
What women say to lovers, you'll agree, One writes on running water or on air.