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And I might add the confidence with which distracted persons do oftentimes, when they are awake, think, they see black fiends in places, where there… — Robert Boyle
Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings:… — Howard Staunton
Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason the vulgar sort… — Margaret Cavendish
We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of… — Bruce Vento
Firstly, we have personnel records of persons we hired, persons we fired, reasons we fired them and so forth. These records have nothing to do… — Louis Stokes
There are, in the King case in particular, e names of confidential informants, persons to whom we promised confidentiality in return for their testimony. We… — Louis Stokes
It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first… — James Payn
You see it in the many bouncing clothes that are not just pleats. To make them, two or three people twist them - twist, twist,… — Issey Miyake
Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose… — Marguerite Gardiner
Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity. — Don Marquis
All work done mindfully rounds us out, helps complete us as persons. — Marsha Sinetar
Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who… — George Savile
Every time I bestow a vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate. — Louis XIV
The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion… — George Bancroft
Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons. — Helen Prejean
My family gave me values that have sustained me through situations that would challenge any person. My personal relationship with the Lord inspires me in… — Kathy Ireland
Happiness is no respecter of persons. — Stephen Fry
We are all responsible to Jesus first, and then, under him, to various other persons and offices. Discerning the path of love and obedience when… — John Piper
I do not find the concept of consorting with unknown persons appealing. — Patricia Marx
Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed. I am glad… — P T Barnum

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