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A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. Anne Bronte
Nature Sunshine Light Wind Corn Laughed Over Swept
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour. Benjamin Disraeli
Politics Political Party Honour Political Party Which Capable Meanness Act Treachery
The best thing about being a DJ is making people happy. There is nothing like seeing people get up from a table to dance or the expression on their face when they hear a song they love. I also love to educate people on music they have never heard. Chelsea Leyland
Love Music Best Happy People Song Dance Face Nothing Table Seeing About Never Like Also Making Educate Hear Heard Up Get Being Expression Thing
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. George Eliot
Funny Thought Sun Risen Crow Had He Like Him Hear Who
But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something, having once existed, its effect is not to be done away with. George Eliot
Feeling Other Intimacy Once Embarrassment Mutual Something Having Feels Existed Effect Done Which Each Away
But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. George Orwell
Language Thought Corrupts Corrupt Also
I have never in my life found myself in a situation where I've stopped work and said, 'Thank God it's Friday.' But weekends are special even if your schedule is all over the place. Something tells you the weekend has arrived and you can indulge yourself a bit. Helen Mirren
Life Work God Myself You Yourself Thank God My Life Situation Bit Tells Something Schedule Weekend Weekends Never Over Indulge Said Arrived Friday Thank Stopped Where Place Your Special Even Found
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. Samuel Butler
Best Liar Lying Way He Smallest Longest Makes Go Who Amount
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. Bertrand Russell
Work Approaching Nervous Important Symptoms Nervous Breakdown Terribly Breakdown Belief
Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow. James M. Barrie
Love Unhappy No-One Loves Who Even Rainbow
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company. Jane Austen
Good Great Conversation People Great Deal Clever Idea Call Well-Informed Deal Who Good Company Company
From my very first day as an entrepreneur, I've felt the only mission worth pursuing in business is to make people's lives better. Richard Branson
Day Business People Worth Better Entrepreneur First Only Pursuing Mission Make Felt Very Lives
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. Winston Churchill
Prosperity Way Indefinite Prolonged Only Toward Wishes Period Another Got Material Behave Human Race Helpful Human Race Peaceful
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. Winston Churchill
Devil Hell Would Favourable Invaded House House Of Commons Make Least Reference Commons
Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment. Arthur Helps
Inspirational Spiritual Surrender Heart Chill Will High Environment Feet Refuse Soar Average Your Ground Keep
I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. Dido Armstrong
Woman Independent Woman Strong Own To Be Honest Independent My Own Never Like Afraid Being Honest
Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper. George Orwell
Life Correctly Had Reported Newspaper Noticed Event Ever Early
Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly. James Dyson
Together Engineering Final More Perfecting Putting Ideas Well Principles Parts Coming Testing Up Than Just Manufacturing Assembly
I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. Charlotte Bronte
Try Looking Backward Looking Forward Upward Avoid Forward Keep
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. George Eliot
Smile Wrinkles Wear Friends
One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship. George Orwell
Dictatorship Revolution Safeguard Makes Does Establish Order
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. George Orwell
Seek Perfection Does Essence Human Being Being Human
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself. James Allen
Inspirational Truth Man Guidance People Will Master Own Others Wills Seek He Him Himself Learn Command His Cannot Mold Who Coerce Serve Things
We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. William E. Gladstone
Love Time Peace World Will Power Our Our World Know Look Blessings Replace Then Forward
Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. William E. Gladstone
Happiness You Be Happy Happy Hunt Both Generous
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. Benjamin Disraeli
Inspirational Great Thoughts Heroes Nurture Believe Heroic Minds Makes Your
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