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You'll see certain Pythagorean whose belief in communism of property goes to such lengths that they pick up anything lying about unguarded, and make off… — Desiderius Erasmus
Rivers must have been the guides which conducted the footsteps of the first travelers. They are the constant lure, when they flow by our doors,… — Henry David Thoreau
Men are impatient, and for precipitating things; but the Author of Nature appears deliberate throughout His operations, accomplishing His natural ends by slow, successive steps.… — Joseph Butler
The measure of artistic merit is the length to which a writer is willing to go in following his own compulsions. — John Updike
I once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me. — Saint Augustine
The morning stars sang together. And a person of delicate ear and nice judgment discussed the singing at length, and showed how and wherein one… — Thomas William Hodgson Crosland
A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage, but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life. — Woody Allen
It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is likely it was… — Lady Gregory
If I asked you to stand in one spot for 35 hours or a certain length of time, you could do it. — David Blaine
I used to spend hours at night, downstairs, in front of the only full-length mirror in the house, standing on the table working out what… — Clemence Poesy
Much of contemporary science is really the length and shadow of the technology we apply. — Erez Lieberman Aiden
Tell me the size of a mammal and I can tell you, to about 85 per cent level, pretty much everything about its physiology and… — Geoffrey West
You need to understand the batsman, where he plays his shot usually, which is his release shot, and then change the angle, vary the pace,… — Harbhajan Singh
I studied Jeet Kune Do and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. On element of Jeet Kune Do is that I had several of years of practice with the… — Jose Pablo Cantillo
People apparently only read mystery stories of any length. With mysteries, the longer the better, and people will read any damn thing. But the indulgent,… — Cormac McCarthy
The main factors in terms of how tiring a season can be are governed by the number of races and the length of time between… — Allan McNish
When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. However beautiful it looked, it needed four… — Mark Haddon
In order to make the novel into a polyhistorical illumination of existence, you need to master the technique of ellipsis, the art of condensation. Otherwise,… — Milan Kundera
Plot exposition that can be gently wound out by the authorial voice and internal monologue of a character in the length of a page has… — Terry Pratchett
I went to my prom. I wore this olive green, floor-length backless dress. It was rad. — Lorde
A typical Seville shop reaches far along the street front, with many open doors, and a counter running the full length. Here ladies sit in… — Katharine Lee Bates
We are very lucky to work in fashion and not work in a hospital or something where the biggest deal we come across is perhaps… — Carine Roitfeld
In the early Seventies, I had shoulder-length hair, bell-bottom pants, love beads and shirts that laced up at the front. But then I smartened up. — Tom Ford
Fartlek, or speed play, is variable-pace running that emphasizes creativity. During a 30-minute run, choose objects to run to - telephone poles, trees, buildings, other… — Don Kardong
The cottages erected by farmers or by landlords are now, one and all, fit and proper habitations for human beings; and I verifly believe it… — Richard Jefferies

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