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would-be faults seagull
If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
would-be want homework
Before I forget, here's your homework. Where do you want me to put it?" She pointed at the trash can. "Right there would be fine. Becca Fitzpatrick
would-be colony
What was life like in the colonies? Probably the best word to describe it would be "colonial". Dave Barry
would-be jason patient
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would-be flattery vain
flattery would be worse than vain; there is no consolation in flattery. Charlotte Bronte
would-be overwhelmed numb
That I would be loved even when I numb myself. That I would be good even when I am overwhelmed. That I would be loved even when I was fuming. That I would be good even if I was clingy. Alanis Morissette
would-be film bigs
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eruption monstrous mount pattern
The pattern is that every 2,000 to 3,000 years, there is a monstrous eruption (of Mount Vesuvius). And it has now been about 2,000 years. Michael Sheridan
eruption moderate
We have had an eruption of moderate magnitude, ... there was no lava.
eruption future rely results slowing suggesting warming
These results are suggesting that an eruption such as Pinatubo temporarily slows down the warming but it is only temporary, and in the future we can't rely on eruptions as a way of slowing the warming because we have no idea when or where they're going to occur.
eruption high imagination intelligence means poetry prevents rank scale whose
I by no means rank poetry high in the scale of intelligence -this may look like affectation but it is my real opinion. It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake. Lord Byron
eruption high imagination intelligence means poet poetry prevents rank scale whose
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eruption
Even before the eruption it was about 45 feet. Doug Larson
eruption seen since time
At no time since the pre-1980 buildup to the eruption on May 18 have we seen earthquakes like this,
eruption last number since
If you look at the statistics, just the number of eruptions, there's an eruption every 3,000 to 5,000 years. Since the last one was 3,000 years ago, well ...
eruption grapes
I never ate of the grapes nor feared of the eruptions. David O. Selznick
footnotes
I do not see myself as a footnote to someone else's life. Martha Gellhorn