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Dante and I were the last two boys in America who grew up without television. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial plans to determine the ribosome structure. — Ada Yonath

When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were - large, brilliant, and black. — Charlotte Bronte

The things that I've been longing for were nothing but dreams. — Mika Yamamori

The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes. — Walid Jumblatt

Then all my servile works were done A righteousness to raise; Now, freely chosen in the Son, I freely choose his ways. — Sinclair B. Ferguson

The nearest way to glory a shortcut, as it were is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be. — Socrates

Looking at the individuals who suffered the most during the hurricane, you could see that those with underlying medical problems were at greater risk. — Richard E. Besser

Listening to music, I realised, was simply the pleasure of counting without realising you were counting. — Matt Haig

Paris was no more Babylon than it was New Jerusalem. All cities worthy of that name were both: they were one because they were the other ... — Jean-Christophe Valtat

One of the notebooks was for musings and pep talks. ... The other notebooks were for writing out the novel the way authors had done for centuries. — Gail Godwin

All my high school papers were written in the rare book room. — James Sanborn

We met the children where they were in order to get them where they needed to be. — Kristine Barnett

Yet the truth of the matter was, sometimes the ones we loved most were the monsters that tucked us in at night. — Brittainy C. Cherry

But that was always the case. People hardly ever saw their children as they really were. — Rohinton Mistry

The first years of my life in the U.S. were very difficult. — Shirin Neshat

In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion. — Robert Runcie

I'm convinced that none of the important achievements in human history were accomplished before ten-thirty or eleven in the morning!"17 — Bob Ward

If there were no risk of a punishment, a getaway would lose the pleasure. — Kobo Abe

Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude. — Bill Mauldin

There was another war-related casualty today. The French were injured when they tried to jump on our bandwagon. — Jay Leno

The time of life is short;
To spend that shortness basely were too long. — William Shakespeare

Nervous hands as if the fingers were dripping from them like icicles. — Fannie Hurst

I think 20th century media were about tricking people - and the beauty of the Internet is you can't lie anymore. — Tucker Max

No one realized that the pumps that delivered fuel to the emergency generators were electric. — Angel Feliciano

We were not desperate for love, we were desperate for each other's love."

The first implies weakness-
the second only heaven — Michael Xavier

I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him. — Warren Zevon

Free white workers were better off than slaves or servants, but they still resented unfair treatment by the wealthier classes. — Howard Zinn

I knew her a long time. The truth was we both had certain expectations of each other. In the end, I suppose they were too high. — Kathleen Tessaro

I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is. — Donald J. Trump

Keep moving. Have a goal, One day you will arrive at a place that is better than the place where you were, even if it is only in your head. — Linda Bloodworth Thomason

The older you get, the better you realize you were. — George Carlin

I wish to God that Apple and Google were partners in the future. — Steve Wozniak

The fish fanciers, sitting by their ponds and gazing into their depths, were tracing shadows darker than they understood. — Tom Holland

I played in the playoffs with teams that were known for flopping and you do not get respect. — Chris Webber

Whatever you do, don't make it worse by trying to come up with some flimsy excuse for why you were in the ventilation shaft, Lina told herself. — Jaleigh Johnson

His days were full and they were filled decently, he supposed it was all a man ought to ask. Something he knew he had missed: the flower of life. — Edith Wharton

A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or on my right, or my left? — Napoleon Bonaparte

all knew that other people were at work elsewhere, spreading the message far more effectively, — Gilly Macmillan

Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress. — Stephen Ambrose

Those who don't heed the warnings don't live to admit they were stupid not to do so. — Amy Tan

That's not the one you were thinking of?"
"No." There was accusation in her voice. "Mine was different, — Lorrie Moore

I should have been glad to acquire some sort of idea of Hindu theology, ... but the difficulties were too great. — Mark Twain

News people were holding me up as a symbol of defiance to the boycott and I couldn't even run. — Gerry Lindgren

My biggest lesson ... was to try and create narrators that were believable ... so the listener becomes really invested in the story or the song. — Kristian Bush

Certainly, we were in one of the strangest, weirdest, and most terrible of all the corners of earth's globe. — H.P. Lovecraft

If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I'd draw the curtains. — Bill Shankly

The president of the United States and his secretary of state were made honorary Hebrews. — Julius Streicher

The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing. — Henry James Sumner Maine

N the face of a true friend a man sees as it were a second self ... — Marcus Tullius Cicero

By 1900, electric delivery wagons, trucks, buses, ambulances, and taxis were roaming city streets across the country. — Seth Fletcher

She was no intellectual, but men were scrupulous about avoiding intellectual women unless they had the sense to keep it well hidden. — Margaret Way

If you were mean to your parents, they'd give you a good belt in the gob and send you flying across the room. — Frank McCourt

Even if the mind were not, its laws would be! — Albert Camus

Just out of high school, you didn't realize you were creating drama for the sake of drama. — Donald Miller

The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They came up with comprehensive plans and visions. — Ron Chernow

He thought that they were walking there like Mickey and Minnie Mouse and that they probably appeared ridiculous to the passers-by. — Ayn Rand

I began peering into the corners of the room, making sure all the shadows were cast by objects and obeying known laws of physics. — Karen Marie Moning

I did 'Spanglish' and went back home, and the next thing I did was my high school play. My agents at the time were like, 'Uh. What?' — Sarah Steele

In a Balenciaga you were the only woman in the room - no other woman existed. — Diana Vreeland

paranoid, you said so in your notes. He knew the KGB and MVD were watching him in Minsk, and he's going to be afraid that the FBI and the — Stephen King

The trouble was that he was talking in philosophy but they were listening in gibberish. — Terry Pratchett

The feet of labourers, pilgrims and explorers smoothed these stones. The stones were changed and the travellers were too. — Paulo Coelho

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

It does not seem to me as if I were living in the country in which I was born. — George Ticknor

He passed a stall in which five huge men were dancing to the music of a lugubrious hurdy-gurdy being played by a mournful-looking black bear; — Neil Gaiman

Between 1980 and 1990, the number of countries that were classified as 'free' or 'mostly free' increased by about 50%. — George P. Shultz

If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing it. — Horace Mann

There is how we
were before, and how we are now, and the time between is spent choosing
which doors to open, and which to close. — Karen White

We were never properly introduced," I said in a vicious purr. "I'm the Red Reaper, and you're dead. — Jeaniene Frost

Ever blow bubbles when you were a kid? Well, he's back in town and looking for you! — The Amazing Johnathan

Bit by bit [the Second World War] really changed my view of what people were capable of, and therefore what human nature was. — William Golding

I think you end up doing the stuff you were supposed to do at the time you were supposed to do it. — Robert Downey Jr.

There were two sides to everything and everyone, and somewhere in the middle was the truth. — Rebecca Phillips

He had learned long ago that, in general, the easier it was for anxious patients to reach him, the less likely they were to call. (107) — Irvin D. Yalom

Chasing your dreams is like running a race in the dark, you may quit disheartened, not knowing you were one step away from the finish line. — Prerna Kumar

You are so near to my thoughts and my heart yet so far from my body and my arms ... I once loved the whole world because you were in it. — Brunhilda Of Austrasia

Things between us were dissolving like an ice cub in a glass: the smaller it got, the faster it disappeared. — Lorrie Moore

Why can't we build orphanages next to homes for the elderly? If someone were sitting in a rocker, it wouldn't be long before a kid will be in his lap. — Cloris Leachman

Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts. — Horace

In the beginning there were the swamp, the hoe - and Jussi. — Vaino Linna

Before you were conceived, I wanted you. Before you were born, I loved you. Before you were an hour, I would die for you. This is the miracle of love. — Maureen Hawkins

My high school years were fun and frustrating, typical of the teen years. The most important accomplishment was meeting my wife, Ruth. — Alan J. Heeger

I always thought my records were number one; it's just the charts didn't think so. — Nick Cave

Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle. — Cormac McCarthy

Was that suit made to order? Where were you at the time? — Henny Youngman

Most of the films that I've ever really responded to are ones that I feel were really involved in their times. — Edward Norton

If she were in a race for her life, that roar was the starter pistol. If God were the referee, He had just shouted Go. — Jim Butcher

There were many peddlers like her among the prisoners: women who were only trying to make a living by selling vegetables, which was against the law. — Anonymous

Arguing with the girlfriend. Mid argument she says "Were you on Monday night Raw last night?" I had no comeback. — Zack Ryder

Foget Murphy's Law. Nixe's Law: if you were waiting to make a left turn, there was always one oncoming fucktard who sailed through on the red. — Mary Hughes

Speak only to those who listen. Anything else is a waste of breath. The answers to your questions were there, if you listened for them. — Jim Butcher

Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption. — Anna Seward

If the world were perfect, then I would not exist. — Gavriil Stiharul

I'm not ashamed of who you are. And the only time I would look down on you is if I were helping you back up. — Belle Aurora

all men were like this, their thoughts rose no higher, and they lived only to gratify on the bodies of women their brutal and humiliating needs. One — James Baldwin

The church didn't know what to do with Ray Charles or Al Green. And so they were kind of ostracized. — LeCrae

Vicars, MPS and lawyers were amont those who considered me to be the best hostess in London. — Cynthia Payne

The lower caste people were killed as part of a conspiracy to dismiss my party's government. — Lalu Prasad Yadav

The weapons were pens, books, chalks and blackboards, the heroes simple teachers — Nadifa Mohamed