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“In the 1970s and 1980s there was so little decent fiction for young people, but we're now in a golden age that shows no sign of fading. Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Lemony Snicket are only three of the best known among a good number of equals.”

People Littles Shows Age Young Three Numbers Fiction Known Golden Decent Fading Golden Age Philip Snicket

Author:David Mitchell

“Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions.”

Ifs War Three Numbers Ships Division Divided

Book:An Universal Dictionary of the Marine: Or, A Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship

Source: An Universal Dictionary of the Marine: Or, A Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship

“It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not.”

Ends Night Three Voice Numbers Asking Telephones Three Times Wrong Number

Book:The New York Trilogy

Source: The New York Trilogy

“Mass inflation, welfare line, gross economy, trade it all for what's behind curtain number three.”

Three Politics Lines Numbers Behinds Economy Mass Trade Welfare Curtains Gross Inflation Number Three

Author:Joe Walsh

“This great increase of the quantity of work which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people are capable of performing, is owing to three different circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; and lastly, to the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.”

Source: The Wealth of Nations: the Great Master

“I think some people see those three numbers 9/ 11 and they walk away. That might be changing now. People are more willing to step into an artistic exploration of that subject. All you can do is let it go”

People Thinking Might Three Can Do Walks Numbers Steps Subjects Willing Artistic Exploration Let It Go

Author:Andre Dubus

“Human beings, because we're so clever, have removed every single one of those population limiting factors... So nothing controls our increase in numbers except our own wish. Since I first started making television programs, the population of the world has increased three times. That's an extraordinary notion. Can it increase four times? Can it increase five times? The Earth is a finite size. So a point will eventually come when we run out of food, when we run out of space and when we will have destroyed most of the natural world. So ought we to do something about it before that happens?”

“Let me tell you girls the three most important things I learned about life: Number one: Hold fast to your friends; number two: There's no such thing as security; and number three: Don't go see 'Ishtar.'”

Two Important Girl Three Numbers Security Let Me Important Things Hold Fast Number Three Golden Girls

Author:Estelle Getty

“You have noticed that the human being is a curiosity. In times past he has had (and worn out and flung away) hundreds and hundreds of religions; today he has hundreds and hundreds of religions, and launches not fewer than three new ones every year. I could enlarge on that number and still be within the facts.”

Years Humans Stills Facts Today Past Three Human Beings Numbers Curiosity Fewer Worn Worn Out Times Past Religion Today

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)

“Michael [Schumacher] was a phenomenal driver but for me, Ayrton Senna was the greatest ever. If I could get one world championship that would be great; if I could win three, the same number as Ayrton did, that would be a dream. But I want to be the best driver there has ever been.”

Ifs World Want Dream Would Be Three Winning Numbers If I Could Being The Best Drivers Championship Phenomenal Schumacher

Author:Lewis Hamilton

“There were a number of particularly delightful incidents. There is, for example, the physicist who introduced me to one of my favorite laws, which he described as Murphys law or the fourth law of thermodynamics (actually there were only three last I heard) which states: If anything can go wrong it will.”

Ifs States Lasts Law Three Numbers Heard Example My Favorite Fourth Delightful Physicist Incidents Thermodynamics Murphys Law

Author:Anne Roe

“After three League games, we have the same number of points as last year even if we have played two away games this time round, ... As we got back on the right track last season, including making up an eight-point gap in a few games, we just need to stay calm.”

Ifs Needs Years Two Lasts Three Games Numbers Seasons Rounds Including Calm Track Eight League Gaps Last Year Making Up Right Track Stay Calm

Author:Adriano Galliani

“Florida's number three industry, behind tourism and skin cancer, is voter fraud.”

Three Numbers Behinds Industry Skins Cancer Voters Fraud Florida Tourism Number Three Voter Fraud Skin Cancer

Author:Dave Barry

“Of course, if you think of a European or American household in the '50s, so what were the things that when people started climbing up the ladder, what did they buy? A fridge, a TV, I think piano was the number three item in say '53 or '54.”

People Ifs Thinking Three Courses Numbers Tvs Piano Climbing Household Items Ladders Fridges Climbing Up Number Three Climbing Up The Ladder

Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen

“I'm really tired of Americans being the only ones asked to do all the heavy lifting when it comes to charity, and, quite frankly, my number one concern right now is taking care of the fact that Americans are taking it in the gut without jobs. Many of them working two and three part time jobs. And, if America wants to do something great, let's get our economy growing again, stabilize the dollar, and we'll be in a much better position to help people around the world.”

“I look for three things. Number One is does the film promote the beauty and dignity of the human person? Number Two is does this film promote the transcendent moral order? And three, does it promote natural affection?”

Humans Looks Persons Doe Two Film Order Three Natural Numbers Moral Dignity Affection Three Things Transcendent

Author:Jason Jones

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