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absurdity
He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity. Baruch Spinoza
absurdity champion defend error talkative
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative Oliver Goldsmith
absurdity came joke life lives order smell
I was writing this really long joke about the smell of poop, and I was like, 'What am I doing with my life?' I started to think about why I was a comedian, and then I came up with a reason for existence, which is: inserting absurdity or stupidity into strangers' lives in order to make the world a better place. Kurt Braunohler
absurdity bearded food funny laugh mall mask men puts roller slowly
Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates. T. J. Miller
absurd behaving law nature prevent star
I think there should be a law of Nature to prevent a star from behaving in this absurd way! Sir Eddington
absurd attention campaign desperate divert issues leadership matter merely photo smear
The allegations are completely untrue, and dredging up a photo from when I was 22 years old is pretty desperate stuff. This is merely part of an absurd smear campaign to divert attention from the issues that matter in this leadership contest. George Osborne
absurdity baseball dressed golf managers ready second spectators tradition uniforms wearing wonderful
In a tradition second in wonderful absurdity only to 60-year-old baseball managers wearing uniforms and spikes in the dugout, golf spectators come dressed ready to play 18. Willie Geist
absurdity cliches flow linguistic musical novels plays reveal voices zeal
was made into an award-winning film, ''for her musical flow of voices and countervoices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's cliches and their subjugating power. Elfriede Jelinek
absurd band carrying face hate heroic job office support
It's absurd to think a band is something heroic. There is nothing heroic about being a band or making music. Heroic is doing a job that you hate every day in an office to support your family. It's carrying on in the face of that. Kele Okereke
dreams easier finish nice
It was a little easier in the dreams, ... It's nice to finish it off the way I did. Carl Pettersson
dreams role songs
I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams. I'm O.K. with that so long as my songs are my own. No one can take my songs away from me. Ayumi Hamasaki
dreams enable fulfill gift high levels point standards turning
This is a turning point for High Point University, ... Mr. Wilson's gift will enable us to fulfill many dreams and heighten our standards to new levels of excellence. Nido Qubein
dreams runs score wildest
Never did I think we'd score 15 runs on this bunch. Never in my wildest dreams. Bobby Byerly
dreams
Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates. Marguerite Gardiner
dreams good helping region rivals state
The region (5) we are in now is not as intense. It was good to play some of our old rivals again. Going to state is helping to make all of our team's dreams come true. Gaby Bussell
eyes good true
The way the lyric, ?you're just too good to be true I can't take my eyes off you.? It's just magical. Frankie Valli
eyes failure good hold less needed nobody opinion team trophy
We had a good season, but it's still a failure to me. That's in my eyes, that's nobody else's opinion, that's my opinion because I know what it's like to hold the trophy at the end. But anything less than that is a failure to me. . . . When we needed it the most, we didn't get it. Their team was better. Rod Smith
eyes leaving single
It's another set of eyes, because we are all working together. We're not leaving it up to any single individual. Candace Millington
eyes foot head
Always keep one foot in the past, your head in the present, and your eyes to the future. John M. Smith
eyes game opened people played respect
A lot of people have opened their eyes now. The game is getting played more and more all around the world. We get more respect now than we used to. Carlos Arroyo
eyes feet survey
A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world. George Santayana
eyes feels last lights second team teams total watching
It's not just one or two of us in the organization that feels this way about him. A lot of eyes were watching that Double-A Jacksonville team last year. Other teams feel the same way about him. Over the second half, he was just lights out. He's the total package. Rick Honeycutt
eyes intimate love music
It's an intimate look at John's love for life. It's music for the eyes. Larry Schwartz
eyes great level opens strive
It opens your eyes to what level to strive for, to see all these other great athletes. Lindsey Scherf
finally happy playing tournament win won
I am really happy because I finally won a tournament after two years, ... I had been playing well but, for some reason, I couldn't win a tournament. Mikhail Youzhny
finally finished glad good second stakes
She finished second so many times, and I'm glad she finally got a graded stakes win. She's a very good filly. Kiaran McLaughlin
finally love met teach
I finally met someone who could teach me about love. Jeff Probst
finally respect wanting
I think so. We're finally getting that respect we've been wanting all year. Jerramy Stevens
finally five living reputation
I said, 'Well, I'll give myself five years to see if I can make a living at it.' And after five years I was 30 and I said, 'Yeah, I can go another five years on just the reputation I have now' and then I went another five, and another five, and another five, and finally -- at 50 years old -- I said 'You know, I think I have a career,' James Garner
finally front pop songs sounds
In my head, I actually think my songs are pop songs. I think, 'Damn, that's a pop song!' I can practice in front of the mirror with my hairbrush for as long as I want to. But when it finally comes out, it sounds avant-garde to people. M.I.A.
finally nice
It's nice for him to finally get rewarded. Chad Arko
finally gets great noticed restaurant single
It's great that finally a single restaurant gets noticed in the D/FW area. Troy Smith
finally game playing weight
Not having scored was in the back of my head, but I just had to keep playing my game to finally get that weight off my shoulders. Peter Mueller
found handful people york
And then I went back to New York and found other people doing it. A handful of people. Philip Glass
foundation guys
This is the foundation of the whole season. These are the guys that we really want to look at who we feel will be an important part of our season. Randy Ridley
found-someone long forever
I knew immediately that she was going to be in my life forever. I didn't know in what capacity, but I knew that I had found someone who was going to be close to me for a long time. We became great friends fast. Boris Kodjoe
foundation heritage interested
Even the Heritage Foundation is interested in that kind of approach, Russell Feingold
found goal knowing learn miss painful saying shut true
So, I learn from my mistakes. It's a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there's no gain. I found that to be true in my life. You miss a lot of opportunities by making mistakes, but that's part of it: knowing that you're not shut out forever, and that there's a goal you still can reach. Johnny Cash
found married sucker
She told me she only had been married once, but I found out I was only one sucker in a bunch. Douglas Rice
found
She was not there or they would have found her. James Goodwin
found glad news
We're glad we can get the news out that this is an option. We were just glad we found out about it. Jared Kennedy
found life melodrama milwaukee sheer teenager
When I was a teenager in Milwaukee in the 1980s, life was pretty boring, and I found myself riveted by the sheer melodrama of everyday life of the 1960s. Rick Perlstein
hail led lord praise treasure true
Let everyone hail and praise the True Guru, who has led us to find the treasure of the Lord s devotional worship. O. Singh
illusion caught caught-up
I was sort of caught up in my own web of illusion. Richard Beymer
knowing skill toughest
Probably the toughest part is knowing that I have to play well. That's the one skill that I am still working on. Stacy Kim
knowing special rooms
Walk into a room, knowing you are somebody, somebody special. Don't ever let them smash that or pull you down. Arthur Mitchell
knowing risk paint
My willingness to explore and work freely is not without risk, and at times, I find myself caught in a bind... Knowing I can fix whatever goes wrong allows me to paint, not without thought, but without hesitation. Brian Johnson
knowing sin wells
We can only know God well when we know our own sin. And those who have known God without knowing their wretchedness have not glorified Him but have glorified themselves. Blaise Pascal
knowing missing truth-is
Truth is a remarkable thing. We cannot miss knowing some of it. But we cannot know it entirely. Aristotle
knowing plot destination
Plot is the knowing of destination. Elizabeth Bowen
knowing profound empowerment
Knowing a deep thing well, which is what science asks of its practitioners, is an empowerment that is very profound. It's a liberation. Ann Druyan
knowing blurry transition
I love that blurry place where life’s transitions are made without you even knowing it. Ann Brashares
knowing half world
Knowing where she was in the world, even if he never touched her, gave him a deep satisfaction, and he half despised himself for being satisfied with so little. Ann Brashares
lacks
There's nothing worse than a leader who lacks ambition. Ruth J. Simmons
lack people risk thin
It's a very thin market. People don't want to take any risk because of the lack of liquidity. Kevin Logan
man might overnight settle success takes wise
A wise man once told Me that an overnight success takes 10 years. But I may not have 10 Years. I might have to settle for a naptime success. Scottie Somers
manuscript spring vanish
Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! / That Youth's sweet-scented Manuscript should close! Edward Fitzgerald
man spanish-philosopher
At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing. Baltasar Gracian
man remember
I am still the man of the series, and you still remember it. O. Singh
man surface time true
But when the time comes that a man has had his dinner, then the true man comes to the surface Mark Twain
man standing
I faked my man and got around him. There was another man standing there but I just kind of went over him. Stanley Asumnu
man shall
If a man will not work, he shall not eat. Bible Bible
mankind rather species spectator
I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species Joseph Addison
man office ran
than any other man who ever ran for office in Denver. Ben Lindsey
power vision should
If we are true, if we can love, if we have vision, if we can have courage, we can, we should, we ought to, we will... Ben Okri
powerful years cds
I wish I could have 25,000 years of my personal family history documented in a very powerful computer or a CD-ROM that I could just pop in and my computer would never crash Brendan Fraser
power
Rights are in the power of the people. Ken Starr
power retreat looks
Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast. Charles R. Swindoll
powerful men animal
Mr. J.S. Mill speaks, in his celebrated work, "Utilitarianism," of the social feelings as a "powerful natural sentiment," and as "the natural basis of sentiment for utilitarian morality," but on the previous page he says, "if, as is my own belief, the moral feelings are not innate, but acquired, they are not for that reason less natural." It is with hesitation that I venture to differ from so profound a thinker, but it can hardly be disputed that the social feelings are instinctive or innate in the lower animals; and why should they not be so in man? Charles Darwin
powerful epic issues
Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States. Demian Bichir
powerful thinking political
You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord. Barbara Bush
power
Every power play they got, they really bared down. They really got us. Manny Fernandez
power power-corrupts
Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely. Adlai Stevenson
raised
I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. Sally Field
raise
He started to raise it and we all ran. We scattered. It was panic. Shawn Miller
raise time
I didn't inquire about any costs. If I did that, I wouldn't have had time to raise money. David Rosen
raise reagan
Mr. Reagan will raise taxes; and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did. Walter Mondale
raise repeat stand
Stand up. Raise your arms. Repeat after me: I feel healthy! I feel happy! I feel terrific! W. Clement Stone
raise shots
I will yell. If you want to use that podium to try to take shots at me personally, which I don't appreciate, then I will raise my voice, because that's wrong. David Gregory
raises-questions interesting different
I'm ready for conventions. You know what's interesting, the sort of questions that Lost raises are of a different sort from this movie. In other words, Lost is about figuring out the world of the show, whereas this one seems to raise questions about the world that we know. But I'm happy to entertain both. William Mapother
raised
I was raised around music. Scott Porter
raised ready spirits
It raised our spirits up and made us feel good. It makes us ready to play. Robert Thomas
rays offensive lineman
If I could start with anybody, I would initially draft Tom Brady. Then I would go get Ray Lewis, and then maybe an offensive lineman, or somebody like Adrian Peterson. Barry Sanders
stars science night
We lay there and looked up at the night sky and she told me about stars called blue squares and red swirls and I told her I'd never heard of them. Of course not, she said, the really important stuff they never tell you. You have to imagine it on your own. Brian Andreas
stars war wish
I grew up watching 'Braveheart' and 'Gladiator.' Those are my 'Star Wars.' They have values and traits about them that I wish I had. Channing Tatum
stars cutting paper
I could cut a star out of paper and drop it. Diana Wynne Jones
stars war long
Star Wars' is a galaxy a long time ago, far, far away. 'Star Wars' is not about our future. Damon Lindelof
stars rocks rock-star
I wanted to be a rock star. Craig Ferguson
stars thinking interesting
I think the next big thing in music, and it's kind of because I come from the tech industry, is actually, I think it's the platform... Spotify is incredibly interesting. I think the platform is becoming the star. Brian Chesky
stars heart order
Love binds people too, in matrimony's sacred bonds where chaste lovers are met, and friends cement their trust and friendship. How happy is mankind, if the love that orders the stars above rules, too, in your hearts. Boethius
stars children father
My children hate me being such a big star. It's very hard for them to have a father who is always in the public eye. Brian May
stars reflection principles
String theory has the potential to show that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe - from the frantic dance of subatomic quarks to the stately waltz of orbiting binary stars; from the primordial fireball of the big bang to the majestic swirl of heavenly galaxies - are reflections of one, grand physical principle, one master equation. Brian Greene
sunset islands gone
This is a new point in my life, and things are totally changing. But like the sunsets I saw on Tybee Island, the miles I’ve already gone are going to stay with me. Miley Cyrus
sunday night yorkshire
You don't want roast beef and Yorkshire every night and twice on Sunday. Brian Clough
sun littles poverty
Between the sun and poverty there was us for a little while. Ana Castillo
sunshine joy heartfelt
The soul's calm sunshine and heartfelt joy. Alexander Pope
sun imitation oneself
One must not imitate the sun, one must make oneself into a sun. Raoul Dufy
sun physicians almighty
The sun - my almighty physician. Thomas Jefferson
sun virtue
Only the wasteful virtues earn the sun.... William Butler Yeats
sun bullfighting sun-also-rises
["The Sun Also Rises" is about] bullfighting, bullslinging and bullsh[*]t. Zelda Fitzgerald
sun solar-system whole
Khadi will be the sun of the whole industrial solar system. Mahatma Gandhi
truly work
Some days, work is truly a four-letter word. Jaime Contreras
truly view
This truly encapsulates China's world view in this century, Shaukat Aziz
vanity literature
There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity. Nigella Lawson
vanity larger-than-life problem
I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem. Bette Davis
vanity ifs who-you-are
If you have to tell them who you are, you aren't anybody. Gregory Peck
vanity rome despair
Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair. Louisa May Alcott
vanity curiosity unhappy
Not curiosity, not vanity, not the consideration of expediency, not duty and conscientiousness, but an unquenchable, unhappy thirst that brooks no compromise leads us to truth. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
vanity envy feelings
Ill-humor is nothing more than an inward feeling of our own want of merit, a dissatisfaction with ourselves which is always united with an envy that foolish vanity excites. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
vanity curiosity motive
I am a journalist and have no earthly motives except curiosity and personal vanity. Gilbert K. Chesterton
vanity despair doctrine
The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope. John Lancaster Spalding
vanity wish desire
There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is ridiculous vanity ... Others desire to learn that they may morally instruct others, that is love. And, lastly, there are some who wish to learn that they may be themselves edified; and that is prudence. Bernard of Clairvaux