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...what I had can be described as a scare.
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A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.
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It amuses me when I'm described as 'chic.'
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There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell, and with these in mind I say, climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are naught without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end.
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All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.
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I know of no religion or sect that has done or is doing without a house of God, variously described as a temple, a mosque, a church, a synagogue or agiary.
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I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor....'
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Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.
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I've often been described more than once in my life as very much like a golden retriever. Just sort of happy and excited to do whatever it is even if it's as simple as retrieving a ball and bringing it back ad nauseum.
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The treasure I have found cannot be described in words, the mind cannot conceive of it..
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Wanderers, Dublin's oldest rugby club, has been described more than once as the club of the Church and the Army: the wags added "...unfortunately the wrong Church and the wrong Army."
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I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.
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Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children, I tend to think it’s a good idea.
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Personally, I would like to see the feminist movement described as a hate movement, so that we can then ban them from the government.
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I've made my own music, and the way I've always described it is Peggy Lee with an electric guitar, or Billie Holiday with some PJ Harvey in there.
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Mrs Downs, a large sad lady who described herself, to Rupert’s delight, as bulky but fragile, now came four mornings a week to clean the house. She was one of those people who habitually looked on the black side of everything with a cheerfulness that bordered upon the macabre.
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The love of God has been described as the highest, noblest, strongest kind of love and the most joyous to the soul.
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The horse is by no means a ‘wild beast’ or a stupid animal as sometimes described by thoughtless persons.
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True wit is everlasting, like the sun; describing all men, but described by none.
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It’s often described as a cool war that we are entering – I would say it is feeling exceptionally chilly at the moment.
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I really knew how to speak - from my female voice, that "different voice" that Carol Gilligan so presciently described many years ago in her groundbreaking book. Because if we try to speak in a voice that isn't ours, we lose our power.
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The lie described my life better than the truth. Until it became a kind of truth.
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Camus himself described this work as 'an attempt to understand the time I live in'.
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As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up.
