Ebenezer Elliott Quotes
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He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.
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I won't go to England because they won't let my dog in.
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Without a dog, I would have tassels on my throw pillows instead of little stubs of yarn that look like small worms. The pillows seem to function just fine without the tassels, so perhaps it isn't a problem.
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You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.
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Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
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When I'm training a dog, I develop a relationship with that dog. He's my buddy, and I want to make training fun.
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I think work begets work.
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Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,And the little gray mouse, she called him Blink,And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.
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The tree looks like a dog, barking at heaven.
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A textual critic engaged upon his business is not at all like Newton investigating the motions of the planets: he is much more like a dog hunting for fleas. If a dog hunted for fleas on mathematical principles, basing his researches on statistics of area and population, he would never catch a flea except by accident.
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When a person hasn’t in him that which is higher and stronger than all external influences, it is enough for him to catch a good cold in order to lose his equilibrium and begin to see an owl in every bird, to hear a dog’s bark in every sound.
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My Chinese zodiac is a dog. But I'm an exception because of how much I love cats.
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From when I was born to when I was 21, I never left Toronto. That's why I'm such a city cat.
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Before I had my own restaurant, I was never top dog in the kitchen. I've always had a low opinion of myself as a cook.
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Our dog died from licking our wedding picture.
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You really do learn every day with every dog; they are all so unique and different. But if you're patient and you understand where they're coming from, and if you are consistent, they will be fine. They teach you to give your full attention.
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I'm a huge fan of 'The Lost Weekend.' I have this dog-eared copy of the 1963 Time Reading Program edition, which was a series of contemporary classics reprinted as a quality paperback.
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I have a dog. He needs to be walked, and I love running, so I pull out my running shoes.
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It took me ten years to write a proper story. I floundered about trying to shape something, counting on the 'feeling' I had as I wrote, only to discover upon rereading my work that the feeling had disappeared, and what remained was an empty shell.
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Reading is like breathing in, writing is like breathing out.
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If't were not for my cat and dog, I think I could not live.
