Edgar Wallace Quotes
In the deepest pits of 'Ell, Where the worst defaulters dwell (Charcoal devils used as fuel as you require 'em), There's some lovely coloured rays, Pyrotechnical displays, But you can't expect the burning to admire 'em!
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Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
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I have a burning desire to see what things look like photographed by me.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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In a democracy only will the freeman of nature design to dwell.
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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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What necessity is there to dwell on the Past, when the Present is so much surer-the Future so much brighter?
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...following Mrs. Roosevelt in search of irrationality was like following a burning fuse in search of an explosive.
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What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who dwells in a desert and is an unfeeling brute.
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Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.
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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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When we were in Townsville we had a day off so we decided to go to Magnetic Island for the day. We hired some mopeds and went burning around the island. While burning up one hill that had some gravel, I lost control of my front wheel and then it was all over, I went arse over tit. The bike was wrecked.
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Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible but everything is given.
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Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labors are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted. It is like unto burning an incense stick. However much its pleasing odor be admired, the fire that consumes is steadily burning up the stick.
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Many billions of years will elapse before the smallest, youngest stars complete their nuclear burning and shrink into white dwarfs. But with slow, agonizing finality perpetual night will surely fall.
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You are burning, burning this heart of mine. You’re burning right through my veins tonight. You’re in my blood.
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I have fantasies of burning down an insurance company just so THEY have to make a claim.
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The less said about my extended family back in ranch country the better, as I don't want the ATF burning them alive.
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...the fire doesn't know for who is burning.
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I probably prefer Spanish football to the others. It's very technical, the way they play; they keep the ball well, and whenever Spurs have played against Spanish teams in the past, they've always made it difficult for us.
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The Vision of Christ that thou dost see, Is my vision's greatest enemy. Thine is the Friend of all Mankind, Mine speaks in Parables to the blind. Thine loves the same world that mine hates, Thy heaven-doors are my hell gates.
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Whatever else the religious Right may be, it is a bonanza for its opponents... Reports of the great terror that is upon us are raising millions of dollars in fund appeals by Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Organization for Women, Norman Lear's People for the American Way, and others who claim to believe that the religious Right is the greatest peril to American democracy since Joe McCarthy.
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Reth looked exasperated. “When is something ever not wrong in your life?” I frowned. “That’s my line.
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I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if it's just a matter of conning the public. Actually, it's a matter of persuading the public, and in my experience, usually, the public gets it right.
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In the deepest pits of 'Ell, Where the worst defaulters dwell (Charcoal devils used as fuel as you require 'em), There's some lovely coloured rays, Pyrotechnical displays, But you can't expect the burning to admire 'em!
