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american-author fine house planet tolerable
What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? Henry David Thoreau
american-author best life love man woman
Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself. Zane Grey
american-author time
I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read. John Sladek
american-author people
We are a nation of people who are afraid we are not enough. Keith Miller
american-author contend office time work
Ideally, I'd like to work part time at the bookstore. That would give me more time to contend with all the office work of writing. Kate DiCamillo
american-author appears common divine enjoys fine statement takes turns twice
He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote... takes on the character of divine revelation. Margaret Halsey
american-author itself maladies phrase stories title wrote
Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story. Jhumpa Lahiri
american-author audience entirely fiction harvard science women
In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic. Jonathan Carroll
american-author children grownups learn reading teachers
Children want to do what the grownups do. Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school. Beverly Cleary
breaking fact goes habit means player plays problem required start system time understand undoing
Any time a player goes from one system to another, one thing that could be a problem is breaking old habits. It's not that you don't understand what the new responsibilities or plays are, but just the fact that you've been doing something a long time - it's a habit - and that's not what's required in the other system. And that means kind of undoing something before you can even start to do something new. Bill Belichick
breaking chain invisible man perhaps
A Soviet man is a product of invisible changes, degradation and progressive deformation. Breaking the chain of those changes is hard. Perhaps they are irreversible. Merab Mamardashvili
break hole size
The size of this year's ozone hole is approaching an all-time high, but it will probably not break any records. Geir Braathen
break close decide good hard points
Ivo, it's so hard to break him. One or two points can decide the match. It was good to close that one out, this was getting tougher. Andre Agassi
break guy happen
Something has to happen to break one guy loose, Alan Schroeder
break massive rover stroke
Something could just break and that will be it for the rover. There could be one day when the rover has a massive stroke and it will be over. John Callas
break expect loss might momentum people point score upset whether
Some people don't even expect us to score on these teams, ... We score twice, that might break their momentum and make them ask, 'How are they doing this to us?' Whether it's one point or it's 30 points, I'm going to be upset because a loss is a loss. David Armour
break chest everybody except hands knew official pushed somebody trying
Somebody said that he was trying to break up a fight. There was no fight. He just pushed him. He put his hands to his chest and pushed him. By the way everybody reacted, everybody knew there was a problem, except for the official that got pushed. Mark Cuban
break manage others people plan scenes start takes written
Some people manage their writing by saying, 'I need to get 2,000 words written today,' others by saying, 'I will write for X hours.' Not me. I start with a plan for the book, break it down into scenes, and I know what scenes need to get written each day. If the scene takes more words than I thought, so be it. Ramez Naam
email brutal crap
You can't fill your emails with crap, at least not with my friends, because they're brutal. If something sucks, they'll tell you. Tucker Max
email dry
Hillary has now erased all of her emails, and she also had all of her pantsuits dry cleaned. David Letterman
five
Actually it was more like five times. I over exaggerated. Linette Johnson
five great plays seen talent team
I've seen a lot of great plays in my five years in the majors. And I know we have enough talent on our team to be able to contend. Ichiro Suzuki
five good lifting preach sort
I should really be lifting only five days. I'm sort of obsessed, and I end up going in six, sometimes seven, and that's not good. Something that I preach but don't practice - moderation. Caroline Paul
five giving owed
I've been giving him assists for five years; he owed me one. Matt Sylvester
five night
I've never had a 10, but one night I had five twos George Carlin
five four games people puts runs separate teams win
You see teams go on runs and win 20 games one or two years in a row. You really separate yourself if you do it three, four and now five years. It puts you on a whole other level. It's something a lot of people didn't think could be done here. Jamie Dixon
five good late pitches quality tough
You never know when enough is enough. The five we got was enough. Every at-bat that inning was a quality at-bat, we had quality at-bats late in the game, but they made some good pitches and got out of some tough spots. Razor Shines
five games guys realized special
You never get over that kind of loss, but we had to. The guys just never wavered. I realized after the first five games this was a special team. Oliver Purnell
five good guy player wait whether
You need to wait five years and then we will know whether this guy is a good player or not, Nick Saban
four happened leader needs team today
I've been here four years now, ... and I know this offense. I know what needs to be done. We'll still be a contender. I don't feel any different today than I did yesterday. I was a leader on this team before this happened and I'm going to be a leader now. Doug Johnson
fourth last quarter
This is not at all like fourth quarter of last year. Mike Falbo
four fraction internet months represents three tiny works
This is something that's been in the works for three or four months and frankly, it only represents a tiny fraction of Internet users. Mark Murray
four half players points
All-American players go from four points in the first half to 20. Terri Mitchell
four hours theater
You can't show a four-hour movie in a theater, really. Brett Ratner
four lines progress song wrote
The first song I ever wrote was when I was 12, and it had, like, four lines in it. You progress and get better. Tom Odell
fourth growth people picking quarter recovery signs since strongly suggest
And the signs since the fourth quarter suggest growth picking up in the first quarter more strongly than most people had anticipated. So I would say the recovery is here. Bruce Steinberg
four functional heal help months percent three
Each day is better, ... I'm not 100 percent. I'm not going to be 100 percent because it's going to take another three to four months for it to heal completely. For me, it's being 100 percent functional and doing what I need to do to help the ballclub win. Reggie Sanders
four
Boyer has been up four times now, and he's fine. Bobby Cox
middle outside ran
We ran our middle a little more, we ran our outside a little more and we need to do that. We need to show a little diversity. Saundra Hess
midst proved telling time trying words
I was telling the truth, I said I was very, very worried. At that time I was in the midst of trying to get a way whereby this would not happen. And it has happened. My words have been proved to be right. Ian Paisley
middle month talks
It is better to have talks about talks than have nothing at all. I think by the middle of this month we should see some movement. Harry Gunatillake
middle pitch work
Going out there I think he was at 76 pitches. I told him he was one over 75, we'll take him up to 80. I told him to work the middle and pitch to contact. Aaron Nieckula
middle vague undefined
I was just stock in the middle, vague and undefined. Sarah Dessen
mid
Today's marijuana is also twice as strong as it was in the mid 80's. John Walters
midwesterners core
At my core, I'm a Midwesterner. Paul Rudd
middle miles narrative pages structure
a narrative story -- one with a beginning, a middle and an end. I used to take miles and miles and hundreds and hundreds of pages of notes, and I still do. But now, about three-quarters of the way through the thing, I can see the structure of the story in my mind. Tim Cahill
middle setup stuck
There's a setup here and I'm stuck in the middle of it, Lance Armstrong
post versatile
She is a versatile player, and she can do a lot of different things. She can post up as a guard, and she can shoot, too. Michael Perkins
run school studies
I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch. Randeep Hooda
running cutting ideas
The idea that you can't lose contact with the leaders has cut more throats than it has saved. Arthur Lydiard
running today example
American business would be run better today if there was more alignment between CEOs' interest and the company. For example, would the financial crisis of 2008 have occurred if the CEO of Lehman and Morgan Stanley and Goldman and Citibank had to take a very small percentage of every mortgage-backed security... or every loan they made? Aubrey McClendon
running fitness nuts
running is the right thing to do! I am free, healthy with a good complexion. It is that automobile addict who should be ashamed: driving in a sealed car in warmed-over carbon monoxide and smoking a seegar. I am the Goddess! He is a bug in a monkey nut! Brenda Ueland
running way phantoms
This was life, I supposed, running and running and running, and realizing along the way that the phantom was getting closer. Jane Hamilton
running breakup achievement
As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in the short run. Barry Eichengreen
running drama long
A lot of times, drama around it is not for the worse but for the best in the long run. If we look at it that way, I have learned to find the best of it in most situations. Camila Alves
running grandmother eight
My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run. Carol Burnett
running envy competition
In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You can't put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well. Alain de Botton
short-love priorities film
There are only 24 hours in a day, and my top priority is working on my films, but I love short film experiments. David Lynch
short-life joy important
I like to remind my friends frequently how short life is. This is the important message of death: not a day to waste, not a day to quarrel, not a day to brood upon yourself. This is not losing the joy of life; this is gaining the joy of life. Eknath Easwaran
short-life moving-forward reflection
Life can only be understood backwards. Mackenzie Astin
short
We are short on the street, but they're in the pipeline. Tim Bedwell
until
You have to give them you until you is what they want. F. Stone
until
Right now it is only a scare. We won't know until after the fact. Brian Leonard
until
I'm not going to do anything until it's at least two-thirds full. J. Horton
until
It started twelve and went on until twelve. I never had to buy a drink all day! Michael Owen Bruce
work
I've matured. I think I work better with the team. Kristin Baker
worked
I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features. James Marsh
work-out should harder
The harder you work out, the more you should stretch. Jane Fonda
work writers
Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work. Kent McCord
work avoidance
I often work by avoidance. Brian Eno
work-out
Don't work out, work in. Billy Connolly
work
We were disappointed we weren't able to work it out with him. Greg Aiello
work achievement pleasure
I never thought of achievement. I just did what came along for me to do - the thing that gave me the most pleasure. Eleanor Roosevelt
work-out energy motivated
The more you work out, the more you get the energy to do it. And the more you get motivated to do it, especially when you start seeing results. Elisabeth Harnois