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supposing-that ordinary relation
Supposing that originally there was nothing but one creator, how could ordinary binary sexual relations come into being? Neal Stephenson
supposing-that littles sacred
I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher. Jonathan Swift
supposing-that guessing goes-on
Some things you can't find out; but you will never know you can't by guessing and supposing: no, you have to be patient and go on experimenting until you find out that you can't find out. Mark Twain
supposing-that experience findings
Supposing is good, but finding out is better.
supposing-that brain mind
It seems to me immensely unlikely that mind is a mere by-product of matter. For if my mental processes are determined wholly by the motions of atoms in my brain I have no reason to suppose that my beliefs are true. They may be sound chemically, but that does not make them sound logically. And hence I have no reason for supposing my brain to be composed of atoms. John B. S. Haldane
supposing-that people helping
People help each other through a crisis by each supposing that the other can handle it better than he himself can. Frank A. Clark
supposing-that errors consumption
There can be no greater error then in supposing that capital is increased by non-consumption. David Ricardo
supposing-that tree piglet
Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?' 'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh after careful thought. Piglet was comforted by this. A. A. Milne
supposing-that islands absurd
There is something absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. Thomas Paine
islands heaven world
Not in Utopia, -- subterranean fields, --Or some secreted island, Heaven knows whereBut in the very world, which is the worldOf all of us, -- the place where in the endWe find our happiness, or not at all William Wordsworth
islands solitude continents
The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude. Riccardo Muti
islands ashes hawaii
Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property. Richard Pryor
islands dry soil
The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil. William Dampier
islands target terrorist
The Staten Island Ferry remains a potential terrorist target. Vito Fossella
islands race blood
For four hundred years the blacks of Haiti had yearned for peace. for three hundred years the island was spoken of as a paradise of riches and pleasures, but that was in reference to the whites to whom the spirit of the land gave welcome. Haiti has meant split blood and tears for blacks. Zora Neale Hurston
islands bird library
In the bare room under the old library on the hill in the town at the tip of the small peninsula on the cold island so far from everything else, I lived among strangers and birds. Rebecca Solnit
islands people alcatraz
So, you wrecked Alcatraz Island, made Mount St. Helens explode, and displaced half a million people, but at least you're safe." "Yep, that pretty much covers it. Rick Riordan
islands water waiting
Yeah, my bad," Leo muttered. "I should've crashed on one of the other islands. Oh, wait-there aren't any!" She [Calypso] snarled and kept walking along the edge of the water.
absurd define hypocrisy political skeptical
I would think a sense of the absurd is more important for a political cartoonist, because that could define things like a sense of hypocrisy or a sense of the things one has to be skeptical about. Jonathan Shapiro
absurd america british gigantic pin reader religion sign
I would want the British reader to feel that religion in America isn't an absurd thing - a sign of a pin head athwart a gigantic body. Simon Schama
absurd authors
I think it's absurd that they think the authors should have to come to them to opt out of the database,
absurd avoid companies insurance paying
I think it's absurd that insurance companies would avoid paying these claims, Charlie Melancon
absurd breaks constantly executives looks shovel tax television
I think it just looks absurd for us constantly to shovel out tax breaks when executives go on television and say they aren't needed, ... They don't need tax incentives. Ron Wyden
absurd act almost daft referred sexual somewhat strikes together
It always strikes me as somewhat absurd that strikes are referred to as "industrial action", for they are nothing of the sort, almost as daft as the sexual act being described as "sleeping together
absurd act action almost daft referred sexual somewhat strikes together
It always strikes me as somewhat absurd that strikes are referred to as ""industrial action"", for they are nothing of the sort, almost as daft as the sexual act being described as ""sleeping together
absurd best farce granted logically move premise start
In the best farce today we start with some absurd premise as to character or situation, but if the premises be once granted we move logically enough to the ending.
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Considered purely as effects-driven filmed drama, 'The Day After Tomorrow' checks in somewhere in the middle of one of Hollywood's most absurd and least lamented dead genres, the disaster pic of the '70s. It's a little better than 'Earthquake' but not as good as 'The Towering Inferno,' because it doesn't star Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. Stephen Hunter