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“Disorder in a drawing-room is vulgar; in an antiquary's study, not; the black battle-stain on a soldier's face is not vulgar, but the dirty face of a housemaid is.”

Faces Black Rooms Study Battle Soldier Drawing Dirty Disorder Vulgar Stains Housemaids

Book:Modern Painters: pt. 6. Of leaf beauty. pt. 7. Of cloud beauty. pt. 8-9. Of ideas of relation: Of invention formal. Of invention spiritual

Source: Modern Painters: pt. 6. Of leaf beauty. pt. 7. Of cloud beauty. pt. 8-9. Of ideas of relation: Of invention formal. Of invention spiritual

“The issue of comparative performances can be regarded as settled to-day, both scientifically and practically. Though differences in attitudes between men and women still form a favorite topic of drawing-room conversation ... women's abilities are no longer seriously in doubt. These discussions rather seem to be a kind of rearguard action carried on after the main battle has been decided.”

Source: Women's Two Roles: Home and Work

“For mankind, universe is a battle arena against universe; there is no room for crying!”

Universe Rooms Mankind Cry Battle Arena

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.”

Enough Energy Speak Felt Rooms Battle Wheels Rapper Inventing New Energy

Author:Nelly

“I'm sort of always trying to reinvent and recreate a better way of being, because, you know, democracy has been "the worst of all political systems except for all the rest." So I think we have a lot of room to grow and be a better society, and it's a constant battle. It's an exciting opportunity to be active.”

Thinking Knows Way Trying Has Beens Political Opportunity Grows Rooms Democracy Worst Battle Exciting Constant Active Always Trying Better Ways Political Systems Democracies Have

Author:Adrian Grenier

“The real battle is in choosing in the edit room. It's in how you contextualize information.”

Real Rooms Information Battle Edits

Author:Brian McGinn

“I felt as if we were fighting something worse than Anne, some demon that possessed her, that possessed all of us Boleyns: ambition - the devil that had brought us to this little room and brought my sister to this insane distress and us to this savage battle.”

Ifs Littles Fighting Felt Rooms Battle Ambition Devil Insane Demon My Sister Possessed Savages Distress

Book:The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In)

Source: The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In)

“Is Tyson okay?" I asked. The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. He's fine. Doing much better than I expected. Though "peanut butter" is a strange battle cry. "You let him fight?" Stop changing the subject! You realize what you are asking me to do? My palace will be destroyed. "And Olympus might be saved." Do you have any idea how long I've worked on remodeling this palace? The game room alone took six hundred years. "Dad—" Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works. "I am praying. I'm talking to you, right?" Oh . . . yes. Good point.”

“Fire supposed he needed to be there in order to give rousing speeches and lead the charge into the fray, or whatever is was commanders did in wartime. She resented his competence at something so tragic and senseless. She wished he, or somebody, would throw down his sword and say, 'Enough! This is a silly way to decide who's in charge!' And it seemed to her, as the beds in the healing room filled and emptied and filled, that these battles didn't leave much to be in charge of. The kingdom was already broken, and this war was tearing the broken pieces smaller.”

Way Giving War Enough Order Rooms Healing Fire Pieces Broken Needed Battle Bed Speech Filled Silly Kingdoms Tragic Competence Commanders Wartime Fray Broken Pieces

Book:Fire

Source: Fire