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memories writing past
As I search the archives of my memory I seem to discern six types or methods [of judicial writing] which divide themselves from one another with measurable distinctness. There is the type magisterial or imperative; the type laconic or sententious; the type conversational or homely; the type refined or artificial, smelling of the lamp, verging at times upon preciosity or euphuism; the demonstrative or persuasive; and finally the type tonsorial or agglutinative, so called from the shears and the pastepot which are its implements and emblem. Benjamin Cardozo
memories rap loss
... her taste in music haunted my memory and I had to stop at Tower Records on the Upper West Side to buy ninety dollars' worth of rap CDs but, as expected, I'm at a loss: [...] voices uttering ugly words like digit, pudding, chunk. Bret Easton Ellis
memories weight body
I know what it is to put on weight. But when I got back to my routine, my body knew how to react. That's muscle memory, and you'll be amazed at what it can do. Arjun Rampal
memories lying past
I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude. Bruce Lee
memories past people
People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind. Eckhart Tolle
memories nice names
I have this horrific thing where I'm really bad with names and faces. I have an appalling memory. Someone will come up to me in the street and go, 'Eddie!', and I'll try and give myself time by going into overdrive, 'Hey, hi! Nice to see you!' and start a whole conversation because I can't distinguish between who I know and who I don't. Eddie Redmayne
memories
What are some of your most fondest memories of the Yamboree festival?, Christine Nelson
memories terrible
I have a terrible memory. Dorothy Allison
memories sleep dark
Sleep is harder to reach and thinner, and sleeping is no longer the Drop into the black pit all oblivion until the alarm clock, no, sleep is thin and fitful and full of memories and reminders and the dark is never dark enough. Doris Lessing
war
There is no good war. Bashar al-Assad
war world saving
Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
war military good-luck
In short, absolute, so-called mathematical, factors never find a firm basis in military calculations. From the very start, there is an interplay of possibilities, probabilities, good luck and bad, that weaves its way throughout the length and breadth of the tapestry. In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards. Carl von Clausewitz
war military son
The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war. Carl von Clausewitz
war turns
In war more than anywhere else, things do not turn out as we expect. Carl von Clausewitz
war play luck
No other human activity is so continuously or universally bound up with chance. And through the element of chance, guesswork and luck come to play a great part in war. Carl von Clausewitz
war elements definitions
We shall not enter into any of the abstruse definitions of war used by publicists. We shall keep to the element of the thing itself, to a duel. War is nothing but a duel on an extensive scale. Carl von Clausewitz
war hatred modern
Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals. Carl von Clausewitz
war ideas campaigns
If we do not learn to regard a war, and the separate campaigns of which it is composed, as a chain of linked engagements each leading to the next, but instead succumb to the idea that the capture of certain geographical points or the seizure of undefended provinces are of value in themselves, we are liable to regard them as windfall profits. Carl von Clausewitz
hero people lust
No one is immune to temptation. Not even a hero. Not even a nobody. Not even people like you and me. Lust is never very far away. And just when you least expect it, there it is again. Charles R. Swindoll
hero mean self
Hollywood wants its heroes to be virtuous, but it defines virtue in a way that excludes any action that is self-interested. If virtue means putting others ahead of self, then it's clear that most people, let alone most capitalists, aren't very virtuous. Alex Tabarrok
hero people giving
A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares. Debi Mazar
hero vocabulary greek
In Greek mythology, the hero wants to be great, but the very concept does not exist in the Indian vocabulary. Yet it has become the global template. And it's a template that won't fit in India. Devdutt Pattanaik
hero looks anti-hero
Look, we're in the time of the anti-hero. Dean Norris
hero kids men
And it's funny how when somebody saves you, the first thing you want to do is save other people. All other people. Everybody. The kid never knew the man's name. But he never forgot that smile. "Hero" isn't the first word, but it's the first word that comes to mind. Chuck Palahniuk
hero epic climbing
For official record, announce instructor, the state requires no epic hero. No strive achieve personal celebrity of spotlight and applause. Lectures instructor, the state desires best ideal perform as mediocre. No gain attention showboat. No buffoon. Best effort so occur average. Suppress climbing ego. Become ordinary. Invisible. Chuck Palahniuk
hero kids government
The government says Rant's alive because they need a villain. The kids say he's alive because they need a hero. Chuck Palahniuk
hero want needs
I just want one person I can rescue and I want one person who needs me. Who can't live without me. I want to be a hero, but not just one time. Chuck Palahniuk