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mean men light
Charles Caleb Colton Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling creature; standing on time, that bleak and narrow isthmus between two eternities, he sees nothing but impenetrable darkness on the one hand, and doubt, distrust, and conjecture, still more perplexing, on the other. Most gladly would he take an observation, as to whence he has come, or whither he is going; alas, he has not the means: his telescope is too dim, his compass too wavering, his plummet too short.
mean gossip secret
Charles Caleb Colton None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
mean advice asks
Charles Caleb Colton We ask advice but we mean approbation.
mean propriety disciple
Charles Caleb Colton Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.
mean love-is effort
Charles Dickens Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort.
mean land consideration
Charles Sturt The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence.
mean plot use
Charles Stross Personally, I avoid deus ex machina like the plague - if you have to use one, it means you failed to set up the universe and the plot properly. It's like a whodunnit where there's no actual way for the reader to identify the perpetrator before the climactic reveal: there's no sense of closure for the reader.
mean trust-in-god
Charles Stanley Trusting God means looking beyond what we can see to what God sees.
comedian stand-up-comedian comfortable
Eddie Murphy I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.
comedian labels well-known
Eddie Izzard If you get too well-known, you can never be a comedian's comedian, it just won't sit well. But I'm fine with that. I'm fine with that label.
comedian ends gifted
Denis Leary George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live.
comedians discover generation heather helping setting spotlight stepping talent
Nica Burns The Perrier is about helping to discover new talent. In years to come, this generation of young comedians who are stepping into the spotlight will be setting the heather alight.
comedians discover generation heather helping setting spotlight stepping talent
Nica Burns The Perrier is about helping to discover new talent, ... In years to come, this generation of young comedians who are stepping into the spotlight will be setting the heather alight.
comedians far time
Maria Bamford As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.
comedian get-better hey
Louis C. K. Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you have to make them feel like everything's going really well to get a good performance out of them. But, if you have a comedian on the set, you can tell them, 'Hey, you really are screwing this up,' and then they just get better.
comedian stuff hollywood
Cedric the Entertainer When you do stuff as a comedian, Hollywood sees you as a comedian and so most of the calls I get are for a funny movie or something like that.
comedian three jokes
Bob Saget A lot of the comedians don't even tell the joke. Like only three tell the joke, the rest of them dissect it.
acting theatre nerves
Alan Rickman Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.
acting actors doe
Al Pacino Whether he's doing great acting or not, you're seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor. What he does with it, that's something else, but he's got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that's why he has endured.
acting dies
Al Pacino Either I act or I die.
acting actors crafts
Al Pacino I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
acting i-realized
Al Pacino It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
acting vulnerable uncomfortable
Beau Garrett Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.
acting actresses fascinating
Beatrice Wood You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
acting firsts disguise
Antony Sher What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.
acting retiring great-things
Denzel Washington We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.