Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.


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ALEX HUME
I had my match then let it go. You get out there and start thinking you are better than what you are...
ALEX HUME
This was a good chance to get an early win that'll help us later in the year. It's definitely what w...
ALEX HUME
I came out a little nervous, a little tight. Once I got up a few breaks, I just found my rhythm and ...
ALEX HUME
He is a real solid player; he has a real solid game. He's the strongest guy on the team and he has a...
ALEX HUME
My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a j...
GARY HUME
I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.
JOHN HUME
You have to have pace, you have to have high production values, you have to have interesting graphic...
BRIT HUME
Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class ...
JOHN HUME
In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently,...
JOSEPH HUME
I don't mind playing absolute bastards... I just don't want to play the grouch.
HUME CRONYN
I've had a bad time, which we won't dwell on. We were married and we worked together for 52 ...
HUME CRONYN
If my e-mail is any guide, and the things I'm hearing from just people in the street that you talk t...
BRIT HUME
He was unapologetic of the handling of the information and insisted it was appropriate.
BRIT HUME
And when they are distracted and there are worries about them, that spreads. So there is a sense of ...
BRIT HUME
These are not small figures in this administration.
BRIT HUME
was considerably tongue-in-cheek, and some of the responses have been notably humorless. Lighten up ...
BRIT HUME
Well, we got wiped out in Camille, but we rebuild. We love it here. And we'll rebuild again.
BRIT HUME
oblivious, in denial, and dangerous
BRIT HUME
any time there's a contentious exchange in the White House press room, it makes the press look bad.
BRIT HUME
What about this question of advanced knowledge of what was going to happen on September 11? How clea...
BRIT HUME
Fairness is not an attitude. It's a professional skill that must be developed and exercised.
BRIT HUME
The Clinton administration hated us, and it was a terrible struggle with them. I think that they fel...
BRIT HUME
The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.
HUME CRONYN
In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was ve...
JOHN HUME
There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikane...
JOHN HUME
Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, ...
BASIL HUME
All labours draw hame at even, And can to others say, "Thanks to the gracious God of heaven, ...
ALEXANDER HUME
The gloaming comes, the day is spent, The sun goes out of sight, And painted is the occident ...
ALEXANDER HUME