[...] to me a new book was not one of a number of similar objects, but was like an individual man, unmatched, and with no cause of existence beyond himself [...]
A book is no mere book anymore than man can be mere man. A book was like an individual man, unmatched and with no cause of existence beyond himself.
I think that the things that are interesting sometimes, when you're striving for a sound, you just get it wrong 'cause of your own limitations. That's when you get something kind of original.
If I am elected President, the Castro regime will have no reason to doubt our unwavering commitment to your cause. The regime will feel the full weight of American resolve.
One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking.
When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention.
Cause I'll know my weakness, know my voice. And I'll believe in grace and choice. And I know perhaps my heart is farce, But I'll be born without a mask.
Follow through. Make your dreams come true. Don't give up the fight. You will be alright. Cause there's no one like you in the universe
The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph.
You know one of the causes of modern despair is the fact that we have had proposed to us, from various quarters, an impossible perfection.
But let me now stop; I may be a little partial, and view every thing with the jaundiced eye of melancholy - for I am sad - and have cause.
I would say my theme has always been paradise lost, always the lost cause, the lost leader, the lost utopia.
I wanted to write rather than do anything else. But 'cause I left school at 15, I didn't know what a noun was, still don't.
The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
and sometimes I sit down at my typewriter and I think not of someone cause there isn't anyone to think about and i wonder is it worth it
You can have all the right reasons in the world. They don’t mean shit, my friend, if what you do causes harm.
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest 'cause You know just how far the east is from the west From one scarred hand to the other
That was all I wanted!" whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not entirely extinct.
Deliberately modifying the earth's atmosphere would be a desperate gamble with significant risks. Yet the more likely climate change is to cause devastation, the more attractive even the most perilous attempts to mitigate those changes will become.
I believe in one God, the first and great cause of goodness. I also believe in Jesus Christ, the rebirth of the world. I also believe in the Holy Ghost, the comforter.
No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.
