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Oh, you are mad!" she exclaimed, quite out of patience. "Possibly. But I like my madness.
~ Rafael Sabatini
He was recovering his normal self amazingly under the inspiring stimulus of conflict.
~ Rafael Sabatini
I regret,' said he, 'that I have no cup; but, as you see, I can practise phlebotomy with a bottle.
~ Rafael Sabatini
He had wrought them up to a pitch of dangerous passion, and they were ripe for any violence to which he urged them. If he had failed with the windmill, at least he was now master of the wind.
~ Rafael Sabatini
I can't promise my child a life without bias — we're all biased — but I promise to bias my child with multiple perspectives.
~ Raghava KK
Autobiographies are always written as if the author had it all mapped out with perfect foresight, ignoring the risks and uncertainties at that time. This misleads, as much as those beautiful photographs of a past holiday abstract from the heat, the mosquitoes, and the lack of connectivity.
~ Raghuram G. Rajan
A book is almost always a collective effort, even if it has only a single author.
~ Raghuram G. Rajan
Excessive rural credit was one of the important causes of bank failure during the Great Depression.
~ Raghuram G. Rajan
His cap may be emblazoned with equality, but Anderson's pen smacks of racism, which was true also of the undoubtedly great Karl Marx.
~ Rajmohan Gandhi
Lawrence's 'spirit', his biographer argues, 'was imperial, not provincial'.
~ Rajmohan Gandhi
massive incorporation of religion into the subcontinent's political life that occurred via imperial hands: the separate Muslim electorate.
~ Rajmohan Gandhi
We should plead not guilty by reason of inanity…
~ Ralph Caplan
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery by
~ Ralph Kimball
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
~ Ralph Kimball
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser (Collins, 2006)
~ Ralph Kimball
Basic Dimension Table Techniques The techniques in this section apply to all dimension tables. Dimension tables are discussed and illustrated in every chapter.
~ Ralph Kimball
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water. The other third is covered by Garry Maddox.
~ Ralph Kiner
the goal is not the experience, but the union, manifested in a greater conformity of our will to God's will, in love of God and neighbor.
~ Ralph Martin
He mentions two events in particular: the great rebellion or apostasy and the removal of the restraint on evil and lawlessness.
~ Ralph Martin
there is a misconception that Vatican II endorsed a less than faith-filled approach to Scripture. This is certainly not the case.
~ Ralph Martin
ignoring the whole content and context of St. Faustina's message of Divine Mercy has contributed to the very same deceit.
~ Ralph Martin
The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
~ Ralph Nader
the Confederacy had been poisoned by more jealousies than a hundred high-bred gals could muster in competition for a single male.
~ Ralph Peters
Sin is the quintessence of evil; it has made all the evils that there are & is itself worse than all evils it has made. It is so evil that it is impossible to make it good or lovely by all the arts that can be used.
~ Ralph Venning