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Why do 'slow down' and 'slow up' mean the same thing? Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand? — George Carlin
The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire. I cried, Behold! the barren beach of hell At ebb of tide. — Alexander Smith
This is about Americans getting off the sidelines and getting onto the playing field, .. This is about each and every one of us who… — Colin Powell
One by one the objects are defined? It quickens: clarity, outline of leaf But now the stark dignity of entrance?Still, the profound change has come… — William Carlos Williams
When I look at nature I feel as if I'll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as… — Claude Monet
Paradoxically, I have found peace because I have always been dissatisfied. My moments of depression and despair turn out to be renewals, new beginnings. If… — Thomas Merton
Goals that are not written down and developed into plans are like bullets without powder in the cartridge. People with unwritten goals go through life… — Brian Tracy
I let the American people down, and I have to carry that burden for the rest of my life. My political life is over. I… — Richard M. Nixon
There is "a mental fatigue which is a spurious kind of remorse, and has all the anguish of the nobler feeling. It is an utter… — Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Above all, good leaders are open. They go up, down, and around their organization to reach people. They don't stick to the established channels. They're… — Jack Welch
After a break-up people always claim that things will get better, and in fact they do. ( but not because we in fact ARE better… — Gabriel Macht
Emotions are like passing storms, and you have to remind yourself that it won't rain forever. You just have to sit down and watch it… — Amy Poehler
I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions. And the fact that a lot of people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures… — Mark Rothko
These guys who keep on playing but aren't winning, you've got to sit them down and let them figure it out and perform a little… — Payne Stewart
When you realize that your history books and your science books and your literature books are not the result of experts sitting down and making… — Diane Ravitch
Ever since I came to Congress in 1992, there are those who have been trying to silence my voice. I've been told to "sit down… — Cynthia McKinney
You have to get something down, and then find ways of working in complexity and different layers of meaning... My first drafts are usually the… — Peter Wolf
Talk is free. You never know what's going to happen after you talk. There's always a perception about a guy until you actually sit down… — Herman Edwards
Never give up: There are certain times that you think, 'OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I… — Randy Pausch
Art is challenging and frustrating but I don't linger in it. I work on five paintings at a time so if I'm frustrated I put… — Robert Bateman
I walked slowly out on the beach. A few yards below high-water mark I stopped and read the words again: WRITE YOUR WORRIES ON THE… — Arthur Gordon Webster
Hey, guess who's gay? The Green Lantern from the comic books. Today Mitt Romney knocked him down and shaved his head. — David Letterman
Hollywood is Hollywood. There’s nothing you can say about it that isn’t true, good or bad. And if you get into it, you have no… — Orson Welles
Look up and down and round about you.! — John Muir
We cannot afford merely to sit down and deplore the evils of city life as inevitable, when cities are constantly growing, both absolutely and relatively.… — Theodore Roosevelt

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