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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 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 killing conscious
It was weird to be in a movie that's very clearly a period piece [like Killing Reagan], but that's about a time that's within my own memory. That's really weird. And conscious memory, not just vague. Cynthia Nixon
memories thinking denver
I'm not bitter at all. I think my memories in Denver are great. Clinton Portis
memories civilization age
If the humanism that makes civilization civilized is to be preserved into the new century, it will need advocates. These advocates will need a memory, and part of that memory will need to be of an age in which they were not yet alive. Clive James
memories air leaving
The young writer should learn to spot them: words that at first glance seem freighted with delicious meaning, but that soon burst in the air, leaving nothing but a memory of bright sound. E. B. White
smell bread taste
Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt. George Herbert
smell feet air
At 10,000 feet, the 3 parachutes would come out, a little lower the pressure of the atmosphere outside was greater than inside, and we could smell the salt air and it was very encouraging to return to earth. Buzz Aldrin
smell hair waiting
I'll usually wash my hair and let it air-dry wavy, but if I'm just in a hang-out mood, I won't even wash it. I'll wait until it smells. Jessica Simpson
smell differences matter
All disgrace smells alike. Differences in ruin are only matters of degree. Rebecca West
smell water delight
The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight M. F. K. Fisher
smell oatmeal house
When I got inside, I just sort of stood there. There's nothing stranger than the smell of someone else's house. The scent goes right to your stomach. Mary's house smelled like lemon furniture polish and oatmeal cookies and logs in a fireplace. For some reason it made me want to curl up in the fetal position. I could have slept right there on their kitchen table. Adam Rapp
smell understand
We understand that the smell is one thing this neighborhood is going to have to endure, John Lyons
smell dover way
Let him smell his way to Dover! William Shakespeare
important bombs bikinis
The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb. Diana Vreeland
important firsts steps
The most important step of all is the first step. Start something. Blake Mycoskie
important done found
Poetry is what I've done my whole life. And every important thing in my life had found itself into poems. Donald Hall
important way
Getting out of the way is really important. Craig Newmark
important pockets enough
When you buy a jacket, it’s important the pockets are big enough for a paperback! Daniel Pennac
important strange superficial
I love playing in America. I feel having been there a few times that I "get" America a lot more than I used to. It used to be so strange to me. It takes years to learn how to separate the actual, major, important differences from the superficial differences that aren't essential or crucial. Dylan Moran
important want aggression
Coach wants me to shoot, and he tells me never to lose my aggressiveness. That's most important. Allan Ray
important age reason
The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself. Allan Bloom
important cruise head-start
A cruise missile is more important than Head Start. Ann Coulter