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You always find things you didn't know you were going to say, and that is the adventure...
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Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic un-interestingness as an intellectual position. Where was the ingenuity, the ambiguity,…
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The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.
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I imagine most of that stuff on the information highway is roadkill anyway.
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I assume my stance, and take back the club, low, slowly; at the top, my eyes fog over, and my joints dip…
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In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.
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Without rain, there would be no life.
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Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad, hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us.
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Many men are more faithful to their golf partners than to their wives and have stuck with them longer.
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What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin to falter…
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"Hit it with the back of your left hand" was the first swing thought I ever heard, brusquely bu not unlovingly put…
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...as all souls are equal before their Maker, a two inch putt counts the same as a 250 yard drive. There is…
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Kisses honeyed by oblivion.
— George Eliot
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A princess always takes care that her words are honeyed, for she may have to eat them
— Christina Dodd
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Behind the honeyed but patently absurd pleas for equality is a ruthless drive for placing themselves (the elites) at the top of…
— Murray Rothbard
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The breezes taste Of apple peel. The air is full Of smells to feel- Ripe fruit, old footballs, Burning brush, New books,…
— John Updike
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Do you love this world? Do you cherish your humble and silky life? Do you adore the green grass, with its terror…
— Mary Oliver
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The public official must pick his way nicely, must learn to placate though not to yield too much, to have the art…
— Learned Hand
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An exquisite invention this, Worthy of Love's most honeyed kiss,-- This art of writing billet-doux-- In buds, and odors, and bright hues!…
— Leigh Hunt
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Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap Drawn from Earth's prolific lap.
— Bayard Taylor
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Bitter your acts, bitter am I, Kindness your deeds, kindness am I, Pleasant and gentle, so you are, Fine honeyed lips and…
— Rumi
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There is lust and then there is love. They are related, but still very different things. To indulge in one requires little…
— Anne Fortier
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When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.
— Euripides
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