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This review is from: On the Shortness of Life (Penguin Great Ideas) (Paperback)
"I know t...
AMAZON REVIEWER The high standard of a person's living is measured by the increase in his/her suffering not enjoymen...
ANUJ SOMANY In light of the bank's public policy role and the track record of strong support from the Indian gov...
AGOST BENARD![]()
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretche...
EMMA LAZARUS 1+1 may not be 2, depending on your mindset. As 2+3*4 may be 14 or 20 depending on your calculator.
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL ...knew the futility of agonizing over why things had transpired as they had. What could have happen...
RAYMOND E. FEIST![]()
...and I realized no matter what you do it’s bound to be a waste of time in the end so you might a...
JACK KEROUAC We expect it will earn higher side-impact test ratings with that standard equipment.
DAN JARVIS It can load any standard truck on the roads today with any standard ramp.
BRIAN STEWART![]()
You may be the only standard work somebody ever reads.
SOURCE UNKNOWN I'm in the middle of the road, it seems vague of unclear way, of where I'm going but no matter what ...
HLONIM![]()
They stand uncertainly underneath immense skies, and everything about them is drowned.
JACK KEROUAC![]()
I heard the Denver and Rio Grande locomotives howling off in to the mountains. I wanted to pursue my...
JACK KEROUAC![]()
I read my copy of On the Road and dug the scenery whizzing past. On the Road is a semi-autobiographi...
CORY DOCTOROW Cosmoe works on any of the standard filesystems available for Linux.
BILL HAYDEN I have to give him (Curt Pierce) all the credit in the world for running a great campaign. He has a ...
JEFF STANDARD The support has been fantastic since I first announced my candidacy. They have been beside me the en...
JEFF STANDARD I want to thank everybody who supported me, and everybody I work with. I look forward to the adminis...
JEFF STANDARD![]()
Some people think memoirs should be held to a perfect journalistic standard. Some people don't. ...
JAMES FREY The health aspect of this animal is what should be the standard for the U. S. cattle herd. If I can ...
GARY YAMAMOTO![]()
It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or m...
NAOMI WOLF Our representation of the standard criminal might be based on the properties of those less intellige...
NICHOLAS NASSIM TALEB Doug Hamilton established a standard of excellence for this club, on and off the field, and it is ou...
ALEXI LALAS![]()
I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON![]()
It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON There can be moments in your life where you may feel attracted to someone depending on circumstance,...
CHARLES M. BLOW During the dance of Giants, common man gets stomped on.
BEN OAK Media censorship is a prohibition of words and pictures. The war on drugs is a complete failure, and...
OLIVER MARKUS It's a new 'Jungle,' measured not against the standard of yesterday, but the standard of today.
LOURDES GOUVEIA![]()
But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
ELIZABETH PETERS But when have I ever needed saving?
"Are you a Wendy?" I whisper to myself, scanning the low ro...
TRACY WARD The fractional Baud Rate Generator allows the user to use any available clock source on their board ...
ERIC NGUYEN Talks on remaining items on the agenda were expected to be concluded by June or July this year, afte...
TASNEEM AHMED![]()
We have got to plant our standard firmly on the centre-left of Canadian politics.
MICHAEL IGNATIEFF A libertarian is just an anarchist on the gold standard
ALEXIS GILLILAND![]()
There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and whe...
CHARLES E. WILSON![]()
Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward.
ZENA WYNN We offer radio jamming and scrambling, without changing anything on the client. It's layered on top ...
JOEL VINCENT I hold myself to a high standard on and off the field.
JARED GOFF Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward...
RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN![]()
Politicians should not get involved in the detail of clinical criteria and shouldn't be arguing ...
LEO VARADKAR![]()
Our work on light bulbs wasn't an arbitrary mandate. We didn't just pick a standard out of t...
FRED UPTON![]()
No gold-digging for me... I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.
MAE WEST Your term of office as a commissioner is also subject to review after six months depending on the ma...
CDE CHOMBO Part of Planet Digital's mission is to provide people with the highest standard of hands-on training...
JANICE MILLER![]()
When you focus on being the best person you can be, you draw the best possible life, love, and oppor...
GERMANY KENT You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don&#...
TIKI BARBER If you use the standard of 'American Idol' as the standard for a singer I think you might be going d...
JOSEPH POLISI Working as a cartel, these institutions could influence economies for good or for naught, potentiall...
JAMES LEACH That meeting will be the kickoff of the next iteration of the standard.
FERN ABRAMS![]()
Strive hard to be among the top performers. To do this, create a standard. Go higher than this stand...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR![]()
Don't sacrifice the present and attempt to achieve the impossible- to completely correct the past......
ASSEGID HABTEWOLD You may debate whether the Disney heroines fit the feminist standard, but they don't live in a d...
RICHARD CORLISS![]()
Engrossing, vividly written in the style of the best thrillers...It should become the standard work ...
ANTHONY SAMPSON In some cases, some way, and sometimes you can tolerate or even if needed be considerate, but do not...
GLAD MUNAISECHE They should be measured on it and if they don't meet the standard, they get docked for it.
GEORGE VOINOVICH On the face of it, we are both capable of playing open, entertaining rugby to a high standard, but i...
ROB ANDREW There's a difference between the criminal standard and the management standard.
CARLA BLANTON Look hard to extensions and customizations. Those features may be in the standard functionality buil...
JOHN WOOKEY When God blesses you financially, don't raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving...
MARK BATTERSON![]()
In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The site is currently classified as an industrial site, so if you clean it up it has to be to that s...
CHUCK HADDEN We will be updating growers on the number of chill hours (currently 880), as well as labor regulatio...
GARY GRAY![]()
There is, I am sensible, an age at which every individual of you would choose to stop; and you will ...
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU![]()
But thing in the past are like plate that’s shattered to pieces. You can never put it back togethe...
HARUKI MURAKAMI![]()
The whole town had instantly gone to bed; the only noise now was barking dogs. How could I ever slee...
JACK KEROUAC![]()
I ate apple pie and ice cream—it was getting better as I got deeper into Iowa, the pie bigger, the...
JACK KEROUAC![]()
Somewhere along the line, the pearl would be handed to me.
JACK KEROUAC![]()
On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander...
SALLY RIDE It's a standard 365-day a year thing. You have to be vigilant on animal cruelty.
SYDNEY WHITE They may migrate in a direction, either up or down, depending on which bank becomes the lead on the ...
GEORGE ALBRIGHT The prior reviews had a certain sense of cover-ups than an honest full-fledged review. It's essentia...
DAN GOURE Depending on the seasonality of various vertical markets, there may be opportunities to leverage the...
STUART LARKINS The standard for rejecting money is that the donor has risen to enough prominence that holding on to...
NICK NYHART If the standard mileage rate was first used when the vehicle was placed into service --used for busi...
ERIC HAYES We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate Judge Roberts' fitness for the...
ORRIN HATCH The multiplex insisted on the price because the owners wanted to maintain a price standard.
KITTISAK SUWANAPHOKHIN However, the ratings on NTPC are constrained by the weak credit quality of its customers. A substant...
ANSHUKANT TANEJA Fuck Kerouac; he would write his own story.
LINDA COLLISON Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents.
CHARLES GOODYEAR Hospitals will work to be sure that they're within the standard of care.
LEE MILLMAN Our standard says that's the minimum of how often children should be seen.
LINDA SPEARS As accelerators reach higher and higher energies, we may need a new Standard Model, or, at least, to...
BURTON RICHTER Including the planned preferred share issue, Industrial Alliance's financial leverage and fixed char...
DONALD CHU In general, preparing a return as a married couple filing jointly may give you the lowest tax liabil...
MARK STEBER They are recommending a standard. It takes legislators to make the standard stick.
ED PEMBLE It's getting competitive with some of the quality you get on cell phones. It isn't likely to rival w...
DYLAN BROOKS![]()
Whether a tops-down or bottoms-up investor in bonds, stocks, or private equity, the standard analysi...
BILL GROSS![]()
[FEMA told her staff that this was] standard operation procedure, ... standard operating procedure i...
BARBARA BOXER It's become the new standard. If you want to get on that podium, it's mandatory.
MASON AGUIRRE She's endangering the safety of the child. The standard would be that she engages in reckless conduc...
BRIAN OXMAN While major talent changes on daily network shows often lead to ratings erosion, that may not be the...
ERIK SORENSON![]()
As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
THEODORE PARKER I'm baffled by the international standard of cricket
MICHAEL VAUGHAN The standard is one of opportunity, not achievement.
BOBBY STEPP![]()
proof that the genocide standard cannot be met.
DAN BURTON [On sensitive stories, Whitaker said, journalists often have to rely on whether officials] deny them...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN If the violence in the Niger Delta subsides, the outcome of the presidential election in 2007 proves...
FAROUK SOUSSA![]()
There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on thi...
MATT HAIG![]()
This is the difference between my morality and hedonism. The standard is not: that is good which giv...
AYN RAND
"I know t...
AMAZON REVIEWER The high standard of a person's living is measured by the increase in his/her suffering not enjoymen...
ANUJ SOMANY In light of the bank's public policy role and the track record of strong support from the Indian gov...
AGOST BENARD
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretche...
EMMA LAZARUS 1+1 may not be 2, depending on your mindset. As 2+3*4 may be 14 or 20 depending on your calculator.
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL ...knew the futility of agonizing over why things had transpired as they had. What could have happen...
RAYMOND E. FEIST
...and I realized no matter what you do it’s bound to be a waste of time in the end so you might a... JACK KEROUAC We expect it will earn higher side-impact test ratings with that standard equipment.
DAN JARVIS It can load any standard truck on the roads today with any standard ramp.
BRIAN STEWART
You may be the only standard work somebody ever reads. SOURCE UNKNOWN I'm in the middle of the road, it seems vague of unclear way, of where I'm going but no matter what ...
HLONIM
They stand uncertainly underneath immense skies, and everything about them is drowned. JACK KEROUAC
I heard the Denver and Rio Grande locomotives howling off in to the mountains. I wanted to pursue my... JACK KEROUAC
I read my copy of On the Road and dug the scenery whizzing past. On the Road is a semi-autobiographi... CORY DOCTOROW Cosmoe works on any of the standard filesystems available for Linux.
BILL HAYDEN I have to give him (Curt Pierce) all the credit in the world for running a great campaign. He has a ...
JEFF STANDARD The support has been fantastic since I first announced my candidacy. They have been beside me the en...
JEFF STANDARD I want to thank everybody who supported me, and everybody I work with. I look forward to the adminis...
JEFF STANDARD
Some people think memoirs should be held to a perfect journalistic standard. Some people don't. ... JAMES FREY The health aspect of this animal is what should be the standard for the U. S. cattle herd. If I can ...
GARY YAMAMOTO
It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or m... NAOMI WOLF Our representation of the standard criminal might be based on the properties of those less intellige...
NICHOLAS NASSIM TALEB Doug Hamilton established a standard of excellence for this club, on and off the field, and it is ou...
ALEXI LALAS
I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON
It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON There can be moments in your life where you may feel attracted to someone depending on circumstance,...
CHARLES M. BLOW During the dance of Giants, common man gets stomped on.
BEN OAK Media censorship is a prohibition of words and pictures. The war on drugs is a complete failure, and...
OLIVER MARKUS It's a new 'Jungle,' measured not against the standard of yesterday, but the standard of today.
LOURDES GOUVEIA
But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended. ELIZABETH PETERS But when have I ever needed saving?
"Are you a Wendy?" I whisper to myself, scanning the low ro...
TRACY WARD The fractional Baud Rate Generator allows the user to use any available clock source on their board ...
ERIC NGUYEN Talks on remaining items on the agenda were expected to be concluded by June or July this year, afte...
TASNEEM AHMED
We have got to plant our standard firmly on the centre-left of Canadian politics. MICHAEL IGNATIEFF A libertarian is just an anarchist on the gold standard
ALEXIS GILLILAND
There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and whe... CHARLES E. WILSON
Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward. ZENA WYNN We offer radio jamming and scrambling, without changing anything on the client. It's layered on top ...
JOEL VINCENT I hold myself to a high standard on and off the field.
JARED GOFF Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward...
RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN
Politicians should not get involved in the detail of clinical criteria and shouldn't be arguing ... LEO VARADKAR
Our work on light bulbs wasn't an arbitrary mandate. We didn't just pick a standard out of t... FRED UPTON
No gold-digging for me... I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday. MAE WEST Your term of office as a commissioner is also subject to review after six months depending on the ma...
CDE CHOMBO Part of Planet Digital's mission is to provide people with the highest standard of hands-on training...
JANICE MILLER
When you focus on being the best person you can be, you draw the best possible life, love, and oppor... GERMANY KENT You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don&#...
TIKI BARBER If you use the standard of 'American Idol' as the standard for a singer I think you might be going d...
JOSEPH POLISI Working as a cartel, these institutions could influence economies for good or for naught, potentiall...
JAMES LEACH That meeting will be the kickoff of the next iteration of the standard.
FERN ABRAMS
Strive hard to be among the top performers. To do this, create a standard. Go higher than this stand... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
Don't sacrifice the present and attempt to achieve the impossible- to completely correct the past...... ASSEGID HABTEWOLD You may debate whether the Disney heroines fit the feminist standard, but they don't live in a d...
RICHARD CORLISS
Engrossing, vividly written in the style of the best thrillers...It should become the standard work ... ANTHONY SAMPSON In some cases, some way, and sometimes you can tolerate or even if needed be considerate, but do not...
GLAD MUNAISECHE They should be measured on it and if they don't meet the standard, they get docked for it.
GEORGE VOINOVICH On the face of it, we are both capable of playing open, entertaining rugby to a high standard, but i...
ROB ANDREW There's a difference between the criminal standard and the management standard.
CARLA BLANTON Look hard to extensions and customizations. Those features may be in the standard functionality buil...
JOHN WOOKEY When God blesses you financially, don't raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving...
MARK BATTERSON
In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The site is currently classified as an industrial site, so if you clean it up it has to be to that s...
CHUCK HADDEN We will be updating growers on the number of chill hours (currently 880), as well as labor regulatio...
GARY GRAY
There is, I am sensible, an age at which every individual of you would choose to stop; and you will ... JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
But thing in the past are like plate that’s shattered to pieces. You can never put it back togethe... HARUKI MURAKAMI
The whole town had instantly gone to bed; the only noise now was barking dogs. How could I ever slee... JACK KEROUAC
I ate apple pie and ice cream—it was getting better as I got deeper into Iowa, the pie bigger, the... JACK KEROUAC
Somewhere along the line, the pearl would be handed to me. JACK KEROUAC
On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander... SALLY RIDE It's a standard 365-day a year thing. You have to be vigilant on animal cruelty.
SYDNEY WHITE They may migrate in a direction, either up or down, depending on which bank becomes the lead on the ...
GEORGE ALBRIGHT The prior reviews had a certain sense of cover-ups than an honest full-fledged review. It's essentia...
DAN GOURE Depending on the seasonality of various vertical markets, there may be opportunities to leverage the...
STUART LARKINS The standard for rejecting money is that the donor has risen to enough prominence that holding on to...
NICK NYHART If the standard mileage rate was first used when the vehicle was placed into service --used for busi...
ERIC HAYES We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate Judge Roberts' fitness for the...
ORRIN HATCH The multiplex insisted on the price because the owners wanted to maintain a price standard.
KITTISAK SUWANAPHOKHIN However, the ratings on NTPC are constrained by the weak credit quality of its customers. A substant...
ANSHUKANT TANEJA Fuck Kerouac; he would write his own story.
LINDA COLLISON Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents.
CHARLES GOODYEAR Hospitals will work to be sure that they're within the standard of care.
LEE MILLMAN Our standard says that's the minimum of how often children should be seen.
LINDA SPEARS As accelerators reach higher and higher energies, we may need a new Standard Model, or, at least, to...
BURTON RICHTER Including the planned preferred share issue, Industrial Alliance's financial leverage and fixed char...
DONALD CHU In general, preparing a return as a married couple filing jointly may give you the lowest tax liabil...
MARK STEBER They are recommending a standard. It takes legislators to make the standard stick.
ED PEMBLE It's getting competitive with some of the quality you get on cell phones. It isn't likely to rival w...
DYLAN BROOKS
Whether a tops-down or bottoms-up investor in bonds, stocks, or private equity, the standard analysi... BILL GROSS
[FEMA told her staff that this was] standard operation procedure, ... standard operating procedure i... BARBARA BOXER It's become the new standard. If you want to get on that podium, it's mandatory.
MASON AGUIRRE She's endangering the safety of the child. The standard would be that she engages in reckless conduc...
BRIAN OXMAN While major talent changes on daily network shows often lead to ratings erosion, that may not be the...
ERIK SORENSON
As society advances the standard of poverty rises. THEODORE PARKER I'm baffled by the international standard of cricket
MICHAEL VAUGHAN The standard is one of opportunity, not achievement.
BOBBY STEPP
proof that the genocide standard cannot be met. DAN BURTON [On sensitive stories, Whitaker said, journalists often have to rely on whether officials] deny them...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN If the violence in the Niger Delta subsides, the outcome of the presidential election in 2007 proves...
FAROUK SOUSSA
There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on thi... MATT HAIG
This is the difference between my morality and hedonism. The standard is not: that is good which giv... AYN RAND
A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself. 
One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midst... 
A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't? 
I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation. 
I think a playwright realizes after he finishes working on the script that this is only the beginnin... 
I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what ... 
Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge. 
Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder? 
When writing, I split my time between my chambers and my satellite office: my neighborhood Chick-fil... 
When I take a black-and-white portrait, it's not particularly meant to please you. It's mean... 
Our Constitution exists to secure individual freedom, the essential condition of human flourishing. ... 
The body responds to a calorie deficit by slowing down the metabolism and burning muscle tissue. Tha... 
I could have played more complex stuff. I could have been a busier player. But that's not what I... 
One thing I never want to be accused of is not working. 
The person who has no enemies has no followers. 
Las Vegas is the boiling pot of entertainment. 
Bob Hope was totally regimented. I go in and say a line like, 'Hi Bob' and I'd have to d... 
The 2 Major US Political parties have divided and conquered the US Voters by making elections about ... 
OZOCRACY - Watch the spectacle (or divisive, polarizing issue) we, the politicians, have created or ... 
It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter. 
I am just another insect on the windshield of life. 
Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal. 
The more connections that can be made in the brain, the more integrated the experience is within mem... 
Where one door closes, another opens. 
Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color. 
It's easy to point when you can't heal it. 
Christian means coming from Christ. Just as a Californian comes from California and a Bostonian is s... 
Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. 
For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice. 
The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a... 
Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do. 
If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy. 
Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth ... 
Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity 
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you 
If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy. 
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure. 
If Albert Einstein was right, Cal Ripken should have been a CEO or politician rather than a shortsto... 
Re-election comes every six years, which explains why I spend so much time on Twitter. If you're... 
I started out on photography accidentally. A policeman came to a stop at the end of my street, and a... 
You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices. 
I was always just into my music and maybe into trying to save the world a little bit. I never really... 
My wife knows that I thrive on independence, and whatever girls live with me must know that, too. Th... 
The 150th anniversary of Penn State will highlight what is important and good about this distinguish... 