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The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway. Jack Vance
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Typically in horror films the character just services the plot, and you really are just going from 'point a' to 'point b,' just so that you can end up at 'point c.' They are just sort of stick characters. That's just not interesting to me. Kevin Williamson
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The exterior circumstances have certainly changed for many children. The world is not the safe place it was when I was growing up. Beverly Cleary
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Men are motivated and empowered when they feel needed. Women are motivated and empowered when they feel cherished. John Gray
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Within four or five years the US might be getting 10 percent of its gasoline from ethanol - that would be like creating a new Indonesia. Daniel Yergin
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What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? Henry David Thoreau
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Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself. Zane Grey
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So I try to stick with the structure, make the sentences work, and not to follow one sentence of 114 words with another of the same length. Robert Sheckley
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So I didn't think it was odd for women to have technological knowledge and yet be mothers, and very devoted family members and have friends. Elizabeth Moon
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As far as track meets, it's by far the best meet in the state. Kris Alexander
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As engineers, we have a different perspective. If a company really wants to get its product to be the best in all areas, then it must listen to all sides. A union is the best vehicle to carry the engineers' perspective.
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As best as I can determine, the process is going to be fair, ... explained in some detail the various steps that they were taking to ensure that the bids were appropriately considered and the factors that needed to be given the greatest importance were in fact going to be given the greatest importance. Jeff Bingaman
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As Delta continues its transformation to become a more customer-focused airline, we are incorporating the best of Song into the best of Delta, ... Our new Song service will set the standard in transcontinental travel, making Delta the first choice for customers on these routes.
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As a father, I did a poor job at dealing with my son. The Special Olympics taught me how to deal with my son, and now he is my best friend. We do everything together.
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A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness.
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A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems than you have to. Russell Baker
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That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did. I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.
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That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did, ... I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.
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Strange! that a Man who has wit enough to write a Satyr; should have folly enough to publish it. Benjamin Franklin
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You had the gold, gold, gold all but in your hand. By your folly you have disappointed everyone at home and, worse yet, NBC and its advertisers. You were showboating, weren¹t you? Bob Costas
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Those who realize their folly are not true fools
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.] George Herbert
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It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door. Publilius Syrus
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Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next. Charles Simmons
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The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition. Baruch Spinoza
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Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred. Arthur Koestler
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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Ayn Rand
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Tell no man anything, for no man listens Yet hold thy lips ready to speak. Carl Sandburg
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Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it. C. S. Lewis
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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing.
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Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need. Charles Kettering
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Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot. Baltasar Gracian
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There's nothing like going on with a thing. Anthony Trollope
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The worst is yet to come, ... You're going to see more shutdowns.
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I'm always prepared for the worst. Augusten Burroughs
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Your mind . . . can be your best friend or your worst enemy, but it's your choice to make. Demi Lovato
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We owe Christ to the world--to the least person and to the greatest person, to the richest person and to the poorest person, to the best person and to the worst person. We are in debt to the nations. David Platt
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Since they came in with the selfie, it's the worst thing. You hardly ever get asked for autographs any more. It's always selfies. Usain Bolt
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True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills Sophocles
worst misfortunes
What a misfortune to be a woman! And yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is. Soren Kierkegaard
worst ifs
Plentitude, when too plentitudinous, was worst than destitution, for obviously what could one do, if there was nothing one could not? Stanislaw Lem
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If you can tell anyone about it, it's not the worst thing you ever did. Mignon McLaughlin