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adjective form
In soccer, the form of the encoded adjective is well-developed. Julian Barnes
adjective adventure apply bunch criminals ended heroes liked
I wanted to write an adventure in the old-fashioned way, something to which I could apply the adjective 'rollicking' and not feel embarrassed. But I've never liked my heroes to be too heroic, so they ended up being a bunch of criminals instead. Chris Wooding
adjective flitting high kept kicked loved nouns orderly reliable safe tango
I've always loved the flirtatious tango of consonants and vowels, the sturdy dependability of nouns and capricious whimsy of verbs, the strutting pageantry of the adjective and the flitting evanescence of the adverb, all kept safe and orderly by those reliable little policemen, punctuation marks. Wow! Think I got my ass kicked in high school? Dennis Miller
adjective devoted knew peter repeated
One adjective - kind - is repeated by all who knew Peter. Peter was also a devoted husband, father, grandfather and son. Tom Allen
adjectives populism populist
Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective. Brian Eno
adjective amount commentary mild piece single sports
disproportionate amount for the use of one mild adjective in a single piece of commentary in the sports pages. Robert Thomson
adjectives cliche prose
Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose. Dick Schaap
adjective ahead good might pick plate seven six stayed
That was -- pick an adjective -- brilliant, outstanding. He was on the plate and he stayed ahead of the hitters. He's had seven outings for us, and six of them have been good ones, but this one might have been his best.
adjectives homosexual persons
The word heterosexual is an adjective, the word homosexual is an adjective. They describe an activity. Of course there's a homosexual activity; of course there's a heterosexual activity. But there's no homosexual person. There's no heterosexual person. Everybody is everything. Gore Vidal
compound satisfy
It won't, in the end, satisfy anyone. It will only compound the horror. Bill Clinton
compound covered distance early expansion gets increased light universe
All the distance covered by the light in the early universe gets increased by the expansion of the universe. Think of it like compound interest.
compound guidance oracle results running serve software sold sun weak
Apparently, more Sun servers are sold running Oracle software than anything else. Weak results and guidance from Sun only serve to compound our near-term worries.
compound emotional expectation false hopes low reason time
There's no reason at a time that you're at an emotional low to compound that with false hopes and expectation,
compound duty valor
Valor is a soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope.
nouns adjectives use
Human, Allen, is an adjective, and its use as a noun is in itself regrettable. William S. Burroughs
nouns adjectives weak
The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place, William Strunk, Jr.
phrases wander higher
I am tied down with single words. But you wander off; you slip away; you rise up higher, with words and words in phrases. Virginia Woolf
phrases speech patterns
If you listen to the urban speech patterns in India you'll find it's quite characteristic that a sentence will begin in one language, go through a second language and end in a third. It's the very playful, very natural result of juggling languages. You are always reaching for the most appropriate phrase. Salman Rushdie
phrases impulse walt
I don't know about that. I'm not a very analytical person. I have various impulses. I've often quoted Walt Whitman's phrase "I contain multitudes." I understand that. Patti Smith
phrases vowels knows
I'm going to say a phrase or terminology or vowel that I don't know how to attack . Lake Bell
phrases world lists
There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list. P. J. O'Rourke
phrases littles titles
I usually start with a title or maybe a little rhyme or phrase. Harlan Howard
phrases spirit invention
The phrase, 'Emancipation of Women' is only an invention of the Jewish intellect and its content is stamped with the same spirit. In the really good periods of German life the German woman never needed to emancipate herself. Adolf Hitler
phrases ends caress
Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you. Anatole France
phrases
For I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase... William Shakespeare
wizards intention harm
Wizard's Second Rule The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Terry Goodkind
wizards belief
To the wizard death is merely a belief. Deepak Chopra
wizards said
It was like the Wizard of Oz had spoken, and what he said was too ludicrous to take seriously. Anthony Kiedis
wizards muggles let-me
Let me guess: you're secretly a wizard who was raised by muggles. Michael Grant
wizards tomorrow programmers
The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future, Gabe Newell
wizards harry-dresden dresden
I love being a wizard. Every day is like Disneyland. Jim Butcher