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“You perceive, do you not, that our national fairy tales reflect the inmost desires of the Briton and the Gaul?”
Source: A book of words. Souvenirs of France. Something of myself
“You perceive, now, that these things are all impossible except in a dream. You perceive that they are pure and puerile insanities, the silly creations of an imagination that is not conscious of its freaks - in a word, that they are a dream, and you the maker of it. The dream-marks are all present; you should have recognized them earlier.”
Source: The Mysterious Stranger: and Other Stories
“You perception of a person, place, or thing may not be accurate. Just because it looks good does not mean it is good and vice versa. Always be aware of your surroundings. Pay attention to the people, places, and things around you. Don't allow your misperception to put you in an uncomfortable situation.”
“You perform at your best when you are working continually on high-priority goals and objectives.”
“You perform the thing that you made, that's inside of you, and to subject that to any kind of scrutiny is terrifying. It's still terrifying to me.”
“You perhaps now know that desire reduces us to pulp.”
Source: My mother
“You, perhaps, will be a king. You can do nothing about it. You, on the other hand, will be unlucky, but you can do nothing about that either. Each man finds his way already marked out for him and he can change nothing of it.”
“You persist in this romantic vision of what it is to be a vampire, but despite my best efforts to curb it I have a taste for blood.”
Source: A Discovery of Witches: A Novel
“You persuade a man only insofar as you can talk his language by speech, gesture, tonality, order, image, attitude, idea, identifying your ways with his”
Source: A Rhetoric of Motives
“You persuade people with passion, so you've got to have a product or service you feel emotionally charged about. Then you can tell stories about it that will inspire others.”
“You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.”
“You photograph with all your ideology.”
“You pick me up and brush me off and tell me I'm okay, sometimes that's just what we need to get us through the day.”
“You pick out the big men! I'll make them brave!”
“You pick people, and they pick you sometimes. It's especially great to connect with people you think you have nothing in common with.”
“You pick pieces of things you've experienced in life to make it real to yourself.”
“You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.”
“You pick up a camera because something has been revealed to you in the landscape or in the human-scape. And you have no choice because it's a gift. And it's like, oh right, I better start doing this!”
“You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself for a couple of weeks with my guitar. I read lots of poetry, I read Patti Smith's autobiography and started words and phrases and then songs started to take shape.”
“You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way.”
“You pick up the phone and you talk to somebody. There's a voice on the other end and you say what you have to say. This is how I perceive my life. I don't see myself as "Oh, I'm doing this great thing because I'm going to give this talk, now everybody's going to be transformed."”
“You pick up very well-known books on Lincoln [and] you will find almost no reference to his long-term belief in colonization. Why? Because it doesn't fit the image of the Great Emancipator. It doesn't fit the retrospective view we want to have of Lincoln as the man who was the moralist in politics, who came into office committed to ending slavery and waited to sign this document.”
“You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, with four hungry children and a crop in the field.”
“You picked a lemon, throw it away lemonade is overrated. Freaks should remain at the circus, not in your apartment. You already have one asshole. You don’t need another. Make a space in your life for the glorious things you deserve. Have faith.”
“You picked a man who can read tax code and date a celibate for two years. That's some serious patience. I have zero doubt in my ability to wait you out. I have zero doubt that you're meant to be my girl.”
Source: Gods In Alabama
“You picked that out?” Caine asked. “That pink, plastic toy?” I turned to look at him. “I happen to have been a little girl, once upon a time, detective. I know what they like. Every little girl wants to be a princess.” A thoughtful frown overcame the angry tension on Caine’s rugged face. “And what happens when they grow up?” I thought of my mother and sisters and all the horrors that had happened the day they’d died. A bitter laugh escaped from my tight lips. “Then they just want to be little girls again.”
“You picked the color?” She asked.
“I did, yeah.”
“I love it. I wouldn’t have thought a color so dark would look good in here but it does.”
“Dark, warm colors work best in low-light rooms.”
“Did you learn that in trade school?”
“Pinterest.”
Source: Her Halloween Treat
“You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326)”
“You picked the seats you did for a reason, right? Familiarity. Too bad the best sleuths avoid familiarity. It dulls the investigative instinct.”
Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale
“You picked the wrong girl to dominate, Dracula.”
Source: Fated
“You piece of shit... don't argue with me... with main argument of the whole thing "faith".”
“You pierce me with a look, a word, a gesture. And yet those same weapons could shield me from hurt if you so choose.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago”
Source: Persuasion
“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever.”
Source: The Complete Novels of Jane Austen
“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight and a half years ago. Dare not say that a man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant.”
Source: Persuasion: World Classics
“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.”
Source: Jane Austen on Love and Romance
“You pigeon hole yourself by the title you give yourself.”
“You pigs, you. You rut like pigs, is all. You got the most in you, and you use the least. You hear me, you? Got a million in you and spend pennies. Got a genius in you and think crazies. Got a heart in you and feel empties. All a you. Every you.”
“You pile of stones, you waste, you desolation, I'll stuff you with misery till it comes out of your eyes. I'll change your heart into green grass, and all you love into a sheep. I'll turn you into a bad poet with dreams.”
Source: The Last Unicorn
“You pile up enough tomorrows and you'll be left with nothing but a bunch of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering.”
“You pinned all your hopes on the sky, when everything you truly needed was within your grasp. You have no wings, Gioele. You were never meant to reach your Heaven.”
Source: Gioele
“You piss me off you Salmon... You're too expensive in restaurants.”
“You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!”
“You plan and plan and plan then Africa happens”
Source: Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey From NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer
“You plan every step of your life, but sometimes you have to let life happen. Change is always unsettling, sometimes scary, but you have to let go. Take a risk. Risk can be fun.”
Source: Sleepless in Manhattan
“You plan to be a challenge, do you?" Juliana smiled angelically. "I agreed to remain, my lord. Not to remain silent.”
Source: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
“you plan to fail if you fail to plan”
“You plan to rob the world of its treasures if you decide to die with your potentials unleashed! The world needs your leadership influence; don’t take it raw to the cemetery!”
Source: Leaders' Watchwords
“You planning on doing anything useful today?'
He turns his head, managing to make even that look lazy. 'I got you a coffee, didn't I?'
'Well, shit, Gaz, you'd better knock off early then. Don't want you to strain yourself.”
Source: Shadows
“You planning top kill me with a Wiffle bat?" [Carson asked] "Yeah." "Why?" he asked. The bat was shaking in my tight grip. "Because I don't have my Minnie Mouse pillow.”