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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
selfish writing selfishness
It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself. Tanith Lee
selfish insecure way
Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure. Sidney Poitier
selfish animal men
Man is the most dangerous, destructive, selfish, and unethical animal on earth. Michael Fox
selfishness size stinginess
stinginess seemed instinctive to him. Darwinian even. He hadn't gotten to his current size by sharing. Laura Lippman
selfish light opposites
The yearning for an afterlife is the opposite of selfish: it is love and praise for the world that we are privileged, in this complex interval of light, to witness and experience. John Updike
selfishness charity doe
Charity does not like arithmetic; selfishness worships it. Mason Cooley
selfish vanity goal
Human vanity cherishes the absurd notion that our species is the final goal of evolution. Richard Dawkins
selfish ambition men
Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man can be. William Clark
selfish believe order
We must honor our worthiness in order to receive what we want. In our society we are conditioned to believe that we are not worthy, and that it is even selfish to want to be able to attract things into our lives. Wayne Dyer
humble innovation vision
You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the Internet industry, it's not about grand innovation, it's about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better. Jason Calacanis
humble godly cowboy
No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather kept them humble. Annie Proulx
humble heart humble-heart
My favoured temple is an humble heart. Philip James Bailey
humble men he-man
The Man That Knowz Something Knowz That He Knowz Nothing At All. Erykah Badu
humble thinking enemy
Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs. Euripides
humble dark spotlight
Stay true in the dark, and humble in the spotlight. Harold B. Lee
humble pages audacious
My love was both humble and audacious, like that of a page for his lady... Isak Dinesen
humble understanding suffering
If we base our belief systems on the humble assumption that the complexities of the world are ontologically beyond our understanding, then maybe our belief systems will make more sense and end up causing less suffering. Moby
humble men vain
A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous. Mary Wollstonecraft