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In every age in which books have been produced, the governing class, the respectable, have been opposed to the works of real genius.
Robert Green Ingersoll
Class
Age
Genius
Every
Books
Respectable
Real
Opposed
Governing
Been
Which
Produced
Works
My mother wanted me to join the Indian army, as the army was seen as a decent and respectable career to have. I shocked my mother by telling her that I wanted to be a writer.
Ruskin Bond
Me
Army
Mother
Seen
Respectable
Telling
Indian
Join
Writer
Shocked
Decent
Wanted
Her
Career
It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.
Samuel Butler
Music
Wise
Father
Parents
Own
Respectable
Like
Knows
Offspring
Legitimate
Tune
I was driving across Georgia with a warlord and his bodyguards riding shotgun with their Kalashnikovs in a convoy of Mercedes and Land Rovers. The guy put on Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' on a cassette, which they played on loudspeakers as we raced across the mountains, and I remember thinking, 'This sure beats respectable life in England.'
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Life
Dark
Remember
Moon
Dark Side
Mountains
Thinking
Side
Respectable
Guy
Cassette
Mercedes
Beats
Driving
Put
Sure
His
Pink
Georgia
Which
Land
Shotgun
Across
Bodyguards
England
Riding
Played
Floyd
Confidence comes from within and as long as you are putting forth a respectable effort to take good care of yourself, you should feel confident about that path.
Stacy Keibler
Good
You
Confidence
Yourself
Path
Care
Long
Respectable
About
Take
Putting
Feel
Within
Effort
Confident
Forth
Should
Can policy be both wise and aggressively partisan? Ask any Republican worth his salt and the answer will be an unequivocal yes. Ask a Democrat of the respectable Beltway variety and he will twist himself into a pretzel denying it.
Thomas Frank
Wise
Worth
Will
Salt
Respectable
Variety
Both
He
Democrat
Partisan
Himself
Policy
Answer
His
Yes
Denying
Unequivocal
Any
Republican
Ask
Twist
Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent.
Thomas Mann
Family
Rich
Respectable
Heard
Die
Decent
Poor
Should
Means
I just didn't want to leave the Cowboys when they were down. I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
Tom Landry
Before
Down
Else
Took
Respectable
Over
Least
Leave
Were
Cowboys
Get
Just
Want
Wanted
Anyone
Anyone Else
Them
Position
A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was.
Zebulon Pike
Pride
Honor
Young
Considered
Respectable
Embassy
Self
He
Fellow
Discontented
Sent
Should
Certainly
Filled
Yes, I mean, I can't match up to my mother's acting skills, actually both my parents. I just cannot match up to them. My mother was such a powerful and a respectable performer. They are actually overshadowing me and yes, I cannot be as good as them.
Prateik Babbar
Good
Me
Mother
Parents
Respectable
Both
Both My Parents
Powerful
Performer
Match
Up
Yes
Just
Cannot
Mean
Them
Skills
Acting
Actually
By God's grace and strength of my work, I've managed to build a respectable image that I use to serve both my continent and my country.
Samuel Eto'o
Work
God
Strength
Grace
Country
Build
Respectable
Both
Continent
Use
Serve
Image
I've always had an image of Mother's Pride flour, very respectable and middle-class.
Prue Leith
Pride
Mother
Respectable
Had
Always
Very
Flour
Image
For me, I just like to play respectable football.
Le'Veon Bell
Me
Respectable
Football
Like
Just
Play
Raoul' sold a respectable 700,000 copies without a hit single. It didn't take off. If you don't sell 8 million albums or 4 million albums again, everybody deems it a big failure.
Roland Orzabal
Failure
You
Single
Big
Everybody
Sold
Respectable
Take
Without
Off
Sell
Hit
Again
Million
Copies
Albums
The things that are considered to be respectable have their roots in unrespectable things.
Steven Knight
Considered
Respectable
Roots
Things
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