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“Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.”

Author:Chris O'Dowd

“Television has never known what to do with grief, which resists narrative: the dramas of grief are largely internal - for the bereaved, it is a chaotic, intense, episodic period, but the chaos is by and large subterranean, and easily appears static to the friendly onlooker who has absorbed the fact of loss and moved on.”

Facts Loss Grief Known Television Periods Drama Moved Chaos Intense Narrative Internals Friendly Chaotic Static Moved On

Author:Meghan O'Rourke

“The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of liberty and happiness...beyond the Atlantic. In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy to do so. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries.”

Doe War Matter States United Liberty United States Taken Rights Policy Citizens Jew Favors Injury Friendly Cherish Sentiments Resent

Author:James Monroe

“I love John Stamos. John's a really friendly, cool dude.”

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Author:Chord Overstreet

“Reapportionment is not friendly to a lot of communities and it hasn't been too friendly to mine.”

Community Mines Friendly Not Friends

Author:Charles Rangel

“Because of the way tech is changing, and becoming cheaper and user-friendly, it's becoming easier to make films cheaply, maintaining quality.”

Way Film Quality Becoming Easier Friendly Users Maintaining Cheaper User Friendly

Author:Lance Reddick

“TV is a much more female-friendly environment.”

Environment Tvs Female Friendly

Author:Julianna Margulies

“Iran is also engaged in the fight against ISIL for reasons of its own that include a desire not to see a reasonably friendly government in Baghdad falling. But it also includes its desire not to have ISIL's ideology spread in the region where it lives”

Reason Government Desire Fall Fighting Spread Ideology Engaged Regions Friendly Iran Baghdad Isil

Author:David Ignatius

“My favorite place in the whole world is Nashville. Because it's my home, it's Music City. It's like, everybody there is so artistic and so creative, and nice! Everybody's really friendly.”

World Whole Home Cities Creative Nice My Favorite Whole World Artistic Friendly Nashville Favorite Places Music City

Author:Taylor Swift

“The relationship between WordPress and Tumblr has always been pretty friendly: Tumblr's own blog used to be on WP, WordPress.com supports Tumblr as a Publicize option alongside Twitter and Facebook, our Akismet team sends them daily emails of splogs on the service, and there's healthy import and export traffic both ways.”

Way Used Support Team Healthy Used To Be Friendly Traffic Email Blogs Imports Twitter And Facebook Wordpress

Author:Matt Mullenweg

“I'm a very friendly socialist.”

Friendly Socialist

Author:China Mieville

“It's pretty well known that the CIA has been installing friendly dictators around the world for years.”

World Years Wells Has Beens Known Around The World Friendly Dictator Well Known Cia

Author:S. Robson Walton

“People are an asset, not a liability. The United States is the most immigrant-friendly nation in the world and the richest country in the world. This is not a coincidence. Those voices that would make us less immigrant-friendly would make us less successful, less prosperous and certainly less American.”

People World Country States Nations Voice United United States Successful Immigrants Friendly Assets Coincidence Prosperous Liability

Author:Grover Norquist

“On the surface it seems that the present moment is only one of many, many moments. Each day of your life appears to consist of thousands of moments where different things happen. Yet if you look more deeply, is there not only one moment, ever? Is life ever not this moment? This one moment, now, is the only thing you can never escape from. The one constant factor in your life. No matter what happens. No matter how much your life changes. One thing is certain. Its always now. Since there is no escape from the now, why not welcome it, become friendly with it.”

Source: Stillness Speaks

“Kindness isn't sacrifice so much as it is being considerate for the feelings of others, sharing happiness, the unselfish thought, the spontaneous and friendly act, forgetfulness of our own present interests.”

Feelings Interest Kindness Sacrifice Friendly Spontaneous Forgetfulness Unselfish Considerate Be Considerate Sharing Happiness

Author:Carl Holmes

“I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.”

Young Friendly Johnson Congressman Lyndon B Johnson

Author:Erich Leinsdorf

“In this world of uncertainty and woe, one thing remains unchanged: Fresh, canned, pureed, dried, salted, sliced, and served with sugar and cream, or pressed into juice, the tomato is reliable, friendly, and delicious. We would be nothing without it.”

World Would Be One Thing This World Remains Uncertainty Friendly Sugar Cream Woe Delicious Juice Tomatoes

Author:Laurie Colwin

“The thing about a friendly smile is not just that it makes people like you but that it makes them like themselves.”

People Friendship Like You Friendly

Author:Robert Breault

“He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is never so friendly in all other cases, I look upon him as being no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep only to peck out its eyes.”

Looks Eye Watches Cases Weak Sick Legacy Look Up Friendly Sheep Ravens

Author:Seneca the Younger

“The living always think that monsters roar and gnash their teeth. But I've seen that real monsters can be friendly; they can smile, and they can say please and thank you like everyone else. Real monsters can appear to be kind. Sometimes they can be inside us.”

Thinking Life Kind Real Sometimes Please Monsters Teeth Friendly Be Kind Please And Thank You

Book:The Moment Collector

Source: The Moment Collector

“I look upon a good physician, not so properly as a servant to nature, as one, that is a counsellor and friendly assistant, who, in his patient's body, furthers those motions and other things, that he judges conducive to the welfare and recovery of it; but as to those, that he perceives likely to be hurtful, either by increasing the disease, or otherwise endangering the patient, he thinks it is his part to oppose or hinder, though nature do manifestly enough seem to endeavour the exercising or carrying on those hurtful motions.”

Source: Robert Boyle: A Free Enquiry Into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature

“Winter, a bad guest, sitteth with me at home; blue are my hands with his friendly handshaking”

Home Hands Blue Winter Friendly Guests

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche

“Hard though it may be to accept, remember that guilt is sometimes a friendly internal voice reminding you that you're messing up.”

May Sometimes Hard Remember Voice Accepting Guilt Internals Friendly Reminding Messing Up

Book:The Single-parent Family: Living Happily in a Changing World

Source: The Single-parent Family: Living Happily in a Changing World

“I've lately had two spiders Crawling upon my startled hopes-- Now though thy friendly hand has brushed 'em from me, Yet still they crawl offensive to mine eyes: I would have some kind friend to tread upon 'em.”

Kind Stills Two Hands Eye Mines Ems Friendly Offensive Spiders Crawling

Author:Colley Cibber

“Oh, Conscience! Conscience! man's most faithful friend, Him canst thou comfort, ease, relieve, defend; But if he will thy friendly checks forego, Thou art, oh! woe for me, his deadliest foe!”

Ifs Men Art Comfort Conscience Checks Ease Faithful Friendly Woe Foe Faithful Friends

Book:George Crabbe's Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales

Source: George Crabbe's Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales

“Friendly satire may be compared to a fine lancet, which gently breathes a vein for health's sake.”

May Fine Sake Breathe Friendly Satire Veins

Author:Samuel Richardson

“In your cocoon, occasionally you shout complaints, such as, "Leave me alone!" "Bug off!" "I want to be who I am!"... which comes from fighting against your environment... You can raise your head and just take a little peek out of the cocoon... The environment is friendly. It is called "Planet Earth.”

Want Littles Earth Fighting Environment Planets Raises Complaining Who I Am Friendly Complaints Bugs Leaving Me Our Environment Me Alone Planet Earth Leave Me Alone Cocoons

Author:Chogyam Trungpa

“Meditation practice is a way of making friends with ourselves. Whether we are worthy or unworthy, that's not the point. It's developing a friendly attitude to ourselves, accepting the hidden neurosis coming through.”

Way Attitude Accepting Practice Meditation Worthy Developing Friendly Unworthy Neurosis Meditation Practice Making Friends

Author:Chogyam Trungpa

“Writers are painful friends, and they are seldom friendly with others. They are insecure in the presence of other writers. Composers of certain kinds of music are the same--tormented and intolerant. Yet some arts not only make the artist social but make him depend upon sociability in order to succeed. Painting is one.”

Kind Art Artist Certain Order Social Painting Depends Succeed Painful Friendly Composer Insecure Sociability Order To Succeed

Book:The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain

Source: The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain

“The kernel is the belief that God is love and, in Catholicism, God's love is present in the world. It is in the sacraments, in the Eucharist, in our families, in our friends, in our neighborhood, and forgiveness in the touch of a friendly hand, in a rediscovered love God is there.”

World Hands Belief Love Is God Love Our Family Neighborhood Friendly Catholicism Sacraments God's Love Eucharist God Is Love Kernel God Is There

Author:Andrew Greeley

“I grew up in Ireland, and the ocean was never more than an arm's length away. As lovely as the mountains are and as friendly as the people of Utah are, I feel a bit landlocked here.”

People Feels Bits Arms Grew Mountain Ocean Grew Up Lovely Friendly Length Ireland Utah

Author:Roma Downey

“Six Flags has to be a destination, but it's got to be a place that you want to go to every single summer and you don't want to go just for a roller coaster or a new ride. We have to sell the experience and sell the image: clean, safe, friendly and fun. The parks are not necessarily all of those attributes, but they will be.”

Want Fun Safe Six Summer Sells Clean Parks Friendly Destination Attributes Flags Roller Coaster Coasters

Author:Mark Shapiro

“The Unites States is the largest developed country. Canada enjoys a flourishing economy and advanced technology. Mexico is an important developing country. China attaches great importance to the friendly cooperation with the three countries,.”

Important Country States Three Enjoy Technology Economy Importance China Developing Canada Friendly Cooperation Mexico Flourishing Developing Countries Developed Country Advanced Technology

Author:Li Zhaoxing

“Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly.”

Giving Success Business Clean Educational Customers Friendly

Author:Walt Disney

“Death came with friendly care; The opening bud to heaven conveyed, And bade it blossom there.”

Care Death Heaven Dying Opening Friendly Funeral Bud

Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.”

Source: Gandhi on Non-violence

“You wouldn't think such a place as San Francisco could exist. The wonderful sunlight there, the hills, the great bridges, the Pacific at your shoes. Beautiful Chinatown. Every race in the world. The sardine fleets sailing out. The little cable-cars whizzing down The City hills. And all the people are open and friendly.”

People Thinking World Littles Beautiful Race Cities Wonderful Car Shoes Hills Bridges Friendly Sunlight Sailing San Francisco Cables Pacific Beautiful City Sardines Chinatown

Author:Dylan Thomas

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. One fancies a heart like our own must be beating in every crystal and cell, and we feel like stopping to speak to the plants and animals as friendly fellow-mountaineers. Nature as a poet, an enthusiastic workingman, becomes more and more visible the farther and higher we go.”

Source: My First Summer in the Sierra: Illustrated Edition

“I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.”

Believe Said Government Together I Believe Truth Is I Believe In Hearing Oil Compromise Friendly Senate Glue

Author:Gerald R. Ford

“New York is very user-friendly if you don't want to be in a car all the time. It can also provide you with surprises because it's so compressed - if you walk around, you just find things.”

Ifs Want Walks Car New York Surprise Friendly Users User Friendly

Author:Susan Sarandon

“I was thrilled to work opposite Carl Reiner and Robert De Niro. Mr. Reiner was very chatty and delightful, but I learned that if you want Robert De Niro to like you, don't speak at all, and he'll be friendly to you.”

Ifs Want Speak Like You Opposites Friendly Delightful De Niro

Author:Janeane Garofalo

“The best way to be future-friendly is to be backwards compatible.”

Way Best Way Friendly Backwards Compatible

Author:Jeremy Keith

“Dennis McCurdy's Find A Way is a straightforward compilation of suggestions that will simplify your life and set you on the path toward success. The book has the feel of a friendly neighbor sharing the secrets that enabled him to win in life. This is an easy read that pays big dividends. I enjoyed it and highly recommend Find A Way to anyone seeking motivation.”

Way Feels Book Bigs Motivation Winning Easy Pay Secret Path Seeking Neighbor Enjoyed Friendly Suggestions Straightforward Simplify Dividends Compilation

Author:Tolly Burkan

“Growing the mycelium of the Chaga mushroom under laboratory conditions provides an ecologically friendly alternative supply of this unique medicinal mushroom.”

Growing Conditions Unique Alternatives Friendly Laboratory Mushrooms

Author:Paul Stamets

“It's a blessing to be paid to be in paradise. The Hawaiian people are so friendly.”

People Blessing Paid Paradise Friendly Hawaiians

Author:Rebecca Mader

“Las Vegas makes Reno seem like your friendly neighborhood grocery store.”

Seems Like You Stores Neighborhood Friendly Vegas Las Vegas Groceries Grocery Stores

Book:Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

Source: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

“The origin of the political relations between the United States and France is coeval with the first years of our independence. The memory of it is interwoven with that of our arduous struggle for national existence. Weakened as it has occasionally been since that time, it can by us never be forgotten, and we should hail with exultation the moment which should indicate a recollection equally friendly in spirit on the part of France.”

Source: John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids

“The essence of the conflict today, really, is cars versus people…We can have a city that is very friendly to cars, or a city that is very friendly to people. We cannot have both.”

People Today Cities Car Conflict Essence Friendly Versus

Author:Enrique Penalosa

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