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The host took care to produce one or another of these whenever the current subjects seemed about used up, so that the conversation gathered new life and at the same time steered clear of political arguments, which are hindersome to both ingestion and digestion.
~ Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Je suis Marxiste, tendance Groucho.
~ Jean Luc Godard
So we must start from this dual nature of intelligence as something both biological and logical.
~ Jean Piaget
She discussed this with Hound when they were alone, and it bothered him, too.
~ Jeanne Birdsall
Their son went to the idol-worshiping, uniform-wearing Catholic school
~ Jeanne Ray
Briançon, and Grenoble. His task
~ Jean-Patrick Manchette
attempt to explain the whereabouts of Tiger's wallet
~ Jeff Benedict
The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'
~ Jeff Bezos
short list is a summary of what's right. The long list
~ Jeff Olson
Use slices to identify all the tasks and details relevant to a specific outcome.
~ Jeff Patton
seizing and incorporating...There is nothing about us which is more strongly primitive. [p. 203]
~ Elias Canetti
Right. What are they going to do, sue you for misrepresentation?
~ Elizabeth Berg
Keep hib oud of here. Keep hib oud!
~ Elizabeth Enright
The man is a perfect dragon for protocol.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Katie Arnold-Ratliff. Katie writes like a dream. But she told me that she'd
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
That is the beauty of the solid Marxist education you did not have the privilege of receiving. Believe me, you can find labor issues in any topic if you look hard enough.
~ Elizabeth Kostova
accepted the cup the servant handed him
~ Elizabeth Peters
and because of the shortage of blubber for fuel to melt ice into water
~ Alfred Lansing
and braying multitudes of wild asses. The
~ Alfred W. Crosby
He gave it the benefit of the doubt; he was Scotch. ("The Wendigo")
~ Algernon Blackwood
examining the whole horizonless question of desire
~ Alice Oswald
You're girls!' he shouted as if the fact had totally eluded him until then.
~ Ally Carter
Archaeology profs aren't supernatural minions of a vengeful goddess," Patricia pointed out. "Want to bet?
~ Allyson James
Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank.
~ Alphonse Allais