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book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. Charles Dickens
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
book easy easy-to-get
It is always easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered coxcomb.
book names want
If a book really wants the patronage of a great name, it is a bad book; and if it be a good book, it wants it not.
book writing mirrors
That an author's work is the mirror of his mind is a position that has led to very false conclusions. If Satan himself were to write a book it would be in praise of virtue, because the good would purchase it for use, and the bad for ostentation.
book healthy may
Novels may teach us as wholesome a moral as the pulpit. There are "sermons in stones," in healthy books, and "good in everything.
facts wells knows
Only the fact that we are unaware how well our nearest know us enables us to live with them. Edith Wharton
facts opinion sells
You can make up your own opinion, but you can't make up your own facts, go sell. Daymond John
facts missionary christianity
God cannot lead you on the basis of facts that you do not know. David Bryant
facts exile civil-service
The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence. Antony Jay
facts conscious unemployed
I'm always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is 80% permanently unemployed. So, to be working in any sense is to be privileged. Derek Jacobi
facts should coaches
Have nothing to do with coaches. In fact, if you should see one coming, go and hide behind the pavilion until he goes away. Bill O'Reilly
facts opinion catchy
Everyone is entitled to be wrong about their opinions, but no one has the right to be wrong about their facts. Bernard Baruch
facts doe surrender
The proper good of a creature is to surrender itself to its Creator—to enact intellectually, volitionally, and emotionally, that relationship which is given in the mere fact of its being a creature. When it does so, it is good and happy. C. S. Lewis
facts helping hiring interest lack minorities past state understanding women work
We have no interest in helping him (Coleman) be a martyr. He has demonstrated a lack of understanding of the facts in the past and probably misunderstands what this administration has accomplished in hiring minorities and women in the state work force.
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I've done episodic television and some other things that have been written by other people. Lisa Cholodenko
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It's very ambiguous. It was specifically written to be ambiguous.
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This play was written for these 11 actors just as 'Master Class' was written for Zoe Caldwell, or 'Frankie and Johnny' was written for Kathy Bates, Terrence McNally
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You should find the dopest producer in your area, and that producer is always going to want songs written to his beat. Sevyn Streeter
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The average American doesn't realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists. Eric Schmidt
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Up to now, we'd get a written notification ... Now it will be expedited. Bram Cohen
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I have written stories, essays, even whole books on trains, scribble-scribble. Paul Theroux
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What a script. Wow. It was like it was written to be that way. Felipe Alou
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What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why. Allen Tate