Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
certain implies
Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.
burned money
A little wanton money, which burned out the bottom of his purse.
concerning differ governs supreme though whom
And, indeed, though they differ concerning other things, yet all agree in this: that they think there is one Supreme Being that made and governs the world, whom they call, in the language of their country, Mithras.
common fastidious granted setting structure surely takes treating
But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no foundation in nature; this surely is too fastidious a way of treating the common sense of mankind.
english-dramatist
And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.
food people
In the South, the food is outstanding. Down south, we eat to get full, and the people up north, they don't do that.
affect batting cage derby guys half home practice pressure pull run season second taking
A Home Run Derby is fun. It's just like taking batting practice, and you just want to go deep. Guys do it every day. Yes, there's a little more pressure when they pull that cage back, but if you practice properly, it shouldn't affect the second half of your season at all.
hit home trying
At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs.
american-designer opportunity
We think there's a huge opportunity in smaller vehicles. Smaller vehicles done in an American way.
creative routine creative-thought
Routine kills creative thought.
poetic mathematical homeopathy
Homeopathy seemed . . . both mathematical and poetic.
motivation character judging
Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood their motivation we must identify with them rather than judge them.
making-love touching together
So if we're all quarks and electrons ..." he begins. What?" We could make love and it would be nothing more than quarks and electrons rubbing together." Better than that," I say. "Nothing really 'rubs together' in the microscopic world. Matter never really touches other matter, so we could make love without any of our atoms touching at all. Remember that electrons sit on the outside of atoms, repelling other electrons. So we could make love and actually repel each other at the same time.
encouragement love-is orchids
For other people, love is like some rare orchid that can only grow in one place under a certain set of conditions. For me it's like bindweed. It grows with no encouragement at all, under any conditions, and just strangles everything else.