Tobias Smollett (Tobias George Smollett) Quotes
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Oh providence! Oh nature! Treasure of the poor, resource of the unfortunate. The person who feels, knows your holy laws and trusts them, the person whose heart is at peace and whose body does not suffer, thanks to you is not entirely prey to adversity.
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Logician: A cat has four paws. Old Gentleman: My dog had four paws. Logician: Then it's a cat. Old Gentleman: So my dog is a cat? Logician: And the contrary is also true.
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In swimming at my level it's about control of the small movements. A good ballet dancer floats across the stage, the best sprinters virtually abolish gravity. All motion occurs in the right direction.
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I'm from San Jose, CA, which is very diverse, and I grew up around a lot of different types of people.
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I am a Democrat. I have been one all of my life.
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Without any formal personal finance instruction in our high school or college curricula, many college seniors who graduate in the red will continue to make common financial mistakes that only exacerbate their debt burdens.
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I have a, you know, a John Ritter-shaped hole in my heart. Nobody can replace that.
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I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
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You cannot do everything at once, so find people you trust to help you. And don't be afraid to say no.
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There have been many times when we have not run stories because we cannot get it verified.
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New Horizons is a very high-tech, small, roughly 1,000-pound spacecraft with the most powerful battery of scientific instrumentation ever brought to bear on a first reconnaissance mission.
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I was able to apply ukulele to whatever I'm trying to write. It's become part of songwriting for me, the knowledge I gained from hearing the melodies come out, and then applying that to guitar or vocals.
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He who would confine his thought to present time will not understand present reality.
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My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.
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Hail, blest Confusion! here are met All tongues, and times, and faces; The Lancers flirt with Juliet, The Brahmin talks of races.
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One of my biggest flaws is I don't take advice.
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Next time I go perch fishing I'll bring a net.
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If it's planned, it's boring.
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Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future.
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Where judgment has wit to express it, there's the best orator.
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False as the fowler's artful snare.
