Lengthy Quotes

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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. — Andre Maurois
The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems in… — Edvard Munch
But when you're deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all… — Wole Soyinka
A spiritual 'spurter' is one who is given to short bursts of spectacular effort followed by frequent and lengthy periods of rest. — David A. Bednar
I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an… — John Kennedy Toole
You got a job?" "Ignatius hasta help me at home," Mrs. Reilly said. Her initial courage was failing a little, and she began to twist… — John Kennedy Toole
Every fairy tale, it seems, concludes with the bland phrase "happily ever after." Yet every couple I have ever known would agree that nothing about… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock
[Six principles that make for a good story:] 1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of a political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons… — Anton Chekhov
Thank you. It used to be knee length, but then I discovered that when I get angry I like to cut things. I'm not allowed… — Emilie Autumn
Yeah, well, to hear you talk, most men should come with warning labels. (She lifted her hands up to frame her next statement.) Attention, please,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
We live in a universe devoted to the creation, and eradication, of awareness. Augustus Waters did not die after a lengthy battle with cancer. He… — John Green
How did that go?â€™ he asked. â€˜Your first lengthy conversation with a girl your own age?â€™ â€˜Fabulous,â€™ said Artemis, voice dripping with sarcasm. â€˜Weâ€™re planning… — Eoin Colfer
Do not try to entrap others with your haughty knowledge. To your wide surprise, they will entrap you with their lengthy ignorance. — Sri Chinmoy
We are unlikely to cease making gods or inventing ceremonies to please them for as long as we are afraid of death, or of the… — Christopher Hitchens
We can begin to become more diligent and concerned at home by telling the people we love that we love them. Such expressions do not… — David A. Bednar
There are many tough sides to being a jockey. Injury is something we all dread, but spending lengthy periods in the bath or the sauna… — Tony McCoy
What makes a publishing house great? The easy answer is the consistency with which it produces books of value over a lengthy period of time. — Robert Gottlieb
Most of us can now record a whole series with the click of a button. We all have DVD players, and the rise of the… — Ted Danson
In late 2009, I returned to Baghdad after a lengthy absence. I was living alone, in the Hamra Hotel, the twice bombed-out de facto international… — Michael Hastings
The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy… — Sun Tzu

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