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“A Tory..., since the revolution, may be defined in a few words, to be a lover of monarchy, though without abandoning liberty; anda partizan of the family of Stuart. As a Whig may be defined to be a lover of liberty though without renouncing monarchy; and a friend to the settlement in the protestant line.”

May Lines Liberty Revolution Lovers Defined Monarchy Protestants Settlement Few Words

Author:David Hume

“The requirements of the theatre are very great--a strong constitution, energy and unflagging purpose, charm of feature, these alone do not necessarily mean anything, and they must not be relied upon as assurances of an easy conquest of the public heart. It is not only a question of fitness for the work, but of long years of most diligent effort to master the technique of the theatre, and to develop whatever of the art instinct we may possess upon the simplest, broadest, and most human lines.”

“The nest may be constructed, so far as the sticks go, by the male bird; but only the hen can line it with moss and down!”

May Lines Bird Sticks Males Nests Moss Hens Domesticity

Author:Frances Power Cobbe

“I have endeavoured to show that no absolute structural line of demarcation, wider than that between the animals which immediately succeed us in the scale, can be drawn between the animal world and ourselves; and I may add the expression of my belief that the attempt to draw a physical distinction is equally futile, and that even the highest faculties of feeling and of intellect begin to germinate in lower forms of life.”

World May Shows Feelings Form Belief Lines Animal Expression Succeed Highest Draws Absolutes Add Intellect Scales Distinction Faculty Animal World

Author:Thomas Huxley

“The man who could withstand, with his fellow-men in single line, a charge of cavalry may lose all command of himself on the occurrence of a fire in his own house, because of some homely reminiscence unknown to the observing bystander.”

Men May House Loses Lines Fire He Man Fellows Command Observing Fellow Man Bystanders Homely Cavalry Single Line

Book:Brevia: Short Essays and Aphorisms

Source: Brevia: Short Essays and Aphorisms

“Habits, though in their commencement like the filmy line of the spider, trembling at every breeze, may in the end prove as links of tempered steel, binding a deathless being to eternal felicity or woe.”

May Ends Lines Habit Prove Eternal Links Steel Woe Breeze Spiders Trembling Binding Felicity Commencement Deathless

Author:Lydia Sigourney

“...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line.”

Source: Skinny Legs and All

“The Danes don't take themselves seriously at all and look for the joke in everything. Us Scots are on the same line of latitude and have the same amount of light, which may be why we have a similar sense of humour.”

Looks May Light Lines Humour Amount Jokes Scots Latitude

Author:Jamie Sives

“Most actors are very deeply passionate about their line of work. I suppose there are probably people who sell insurance policies that are passionate about it, but I'm thinking the ratio is a little higher for actors. But, I may be wrong.”

People Thinking May Littles Actors Lines Policy Higher Sells Passionate Very Deep Ratios Insurance Policy

Author:Greg Kinnear

“The trend lines in research and innovation look good for places such as India and China and less good for America as we go forward. So even if you're not enchanted by the prospect of cosmic discovery, the prospect of dying poor may be what it takes to understand the role of this adventure in the future of the natural world in which we live.”

Ifs World Looks May America Natural Lines Poor Roles Dying Adventure Research Discovery India Innovation China Trends Cosmic Natural World Enchanted Research And Innovation

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“There can be a blurry line between laughing at the expense of a character and laughing at the recognition of something painful and true. But blurry as it may be, it is nevertheless unmistakable, and sometimes the laughter I hear makes me wince.”

May Sometimes Character Lines Laughing Laughter Painful Recognition Expenses Nevertheless Blurry Wince

Author:Todd Solondz

“I often pose questions to myself and want the answers. The questions may be psychological or emotional. Or they may involve botany or [...] physiology. [...] I am very curious about strangers I observe - as in a bus line. I am very attached to finding out answers.”

Want May Lines Answers Emotional Findings Stranger Psychological Curious Bus Physiology Botany

Author:Lydia Davis

“I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past. I think we have to seek to create coalitional strategies that go beyond racial lines. We need to bring black communities, Chicano communities, Puerto Rican communities, Asian American communities together.”

Thinking Needs May Together Past Black Community Lines Issues Focus Strategy Asian Asian American Black Community

Author:Angela Davis

“It is vital that the United States maintains open lines of communication with our allies. We must assure them of our commitment to eradicating global terrorism wherever it may reside or wherever it's given haven”

May States Given Lines United United States Havens Communication Commitment Terrorism Allies Lines Of Communication

Author:George Allen

“While no one railroad can completely duplicate another line, two or more may compete at particular points”

May Two Lines Economy Particular Competition Railroads Duplicate

Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

“I think what I love most [about writing] is that feeling that you really nailed something. Sometimes with a line you feel that it really captured what it is that you had inside you and you got it out for a stranger to read, someone who may never love you or meet you, but he or she is going to get that experience from that line.”

Thinking Feels Writing May Sometimes Feelings Lines Love You Stranger Captured

Author:Andre Dubus