Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand-the one doing the important job-unnoticed.
David K Shipler
Related Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand perform... DAVID K. SHIPLER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do SOTONYE ANGA To search the sands of a lost desert for truth and justice in this world today you might as well be ... GARY F EVANS... Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun LAUREN MYRACLE Your mind is a Microcosm of strength and power. There’s all the magic you need in it. When all els... CHINONYE J. CHIDOLUE What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO There are three basic problems: how a mind can know the world of nature, how it is possible for one ... DONALD DAVIDSON And then, in a skittering, chittering rush, it came. The hand, running high on its fingertips, scrab... NEIL GAIMAN Dedication is the preparation to success! WERNER BOTHA Later that day when I passed the Admin lieutenant and the Sargeant standing by the Desk, I said casu... EDWARD CONLON The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK If you do not even know one as yourself, then you do not even know them as other. AARON SANTOS A simple and heart-warming fable, one might think - in which case, one would reveal oneself to be an... J.K. ROWLING My refusal to remove the book from the library was backed by a majority of the Board of Governors. I... J.K. ROWLING There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It'... KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON You can exercise anytime, anywhere. It doesn't have to be the gym. KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opport... KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven... KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON I'm a golfer - not an athlete. LEE WESTWOOD Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... I smiled to myself, thinking of America, measuring her against the other girls. She was pretty, if a... KIERA CASS Don't tug your ear with anyone else. That's mine. KIERA CASS If the best is possible, than good is never enough and only do the best. ROBERT SIAHAAN Typing is the future of talking and to don't forgot and brother of feature. DEYTH BANGER The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. DR. SEUSS And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually. JIMI HENDRIX My main goal was to win all the belts, and I have done that. LENNOX LEWIS The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow every... DAVID EDDINGS It's like one hand doesn't know what the other hand is doing. MARK SCHLOSBERG I wanted everything from and everything for him, because I wanted every piece of him. KIERA CASS Everyone is the Umbrella Man and he is everyone. Every cough, sneeze, smile and wave means both ever... CRAIG CLEVENGER For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It's a piece tha... THE WEEKND I'm the most boring person to talk to. THE WEEKND Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order. THE TALMUD He who promises runs in debt. THE TALMUD For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude. THE WEEKND Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not ... THE BIBLE Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men. THE TALMUD Who is wise? One who learns from all. THE TALMUD The end result of wisdom is... good deeds. THE TALMUD Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and tha... THE EDGE Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes. THE TALMUD No labor, however humble, is dishonoring. THE TALMUD If one man says to thee, Thou art a donkey, pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle. THE TALMUD Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow. THE TALMUD This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth. THE TALMUD Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving proc... THE KORAN When you teach your son, you teach your son's son. THE TALMUD This is the sum of all -- righteousness. In causing pleasure or in giving pain, in doing good or inj... THE MAHABHARTA The sun will set without thy assistance. THE TALMUD A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed... THE TALMUD Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet. THE TALMUD Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more... THE TALMUD Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies. THE TALMUD The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it. THE TALMUD A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished. THE TALMUD To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong THE TALMUD Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while goo... THE TALMUD Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among
foxes. THE TALMUD The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness;
carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousnes... THE TALMUD Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for scriptur... THE TALMUD Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end. THE TALMUD A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. THE BIBLE Know Ye not ... that the spirit of God dwelleth within you? THE BIBLE If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you. THE BIBLE Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ru... THE BIBLE Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. The words of a wise ma... THE BIBLE A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. THE BIBLE Strength and honor are her clothing: and she shall rejoice in time to come. THE BIBLE And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom... THE BIBLE And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way, a... THE BIBLE But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are ... THE BIBLE Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. THE BIBLE A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. THE BIBLE Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! THE BIBLE Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of... THE BIBLE When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall pre... THE BIBLE For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their... THE BIBLE The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is... THE BIBLE So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou cri... THE BIBLE Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. THE BIBLE Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. THE BIBLE A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. THE BIBLE There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged... THE BIBLE And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great te... THE BIBLE Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see t... THE BIBLE He who works his land will have abundant food. THE BIBLE God helps those who persevere. THE KORAN Live well. It is the greatest revenge. THE TALMUD And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords... THE BIBLE The highest form of wisdom is kindness THE TALMUD The burden is equal to the horse's strength. THE TALMUD Be eager to fulfill the smallest duty and flee from transgression for one duty includes another and ... THE TALMUD Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion. THE TALMUD Sheep follow sheep. THE TALMUD
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