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«No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off.»
Author: Alan Bennett (Actor, Writer) | Keywords: mention, sleeves, vicar, vicars
«One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.»
«There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors....But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.»
«Thinking more than others about our own thoughts is not self-centeredness. It means that if asked what?s on our mind, we are less likely to mention being aware of the world around us, and more likely to mention our inner reflections.»
«Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.»
Author: Larry L. King | Keywords: mention
«One kind of man I impatiently scorn is the kind that looks bored if I mention Ibsen or ceramics or Aztec civilization but is interested instantly, alertly, if I mention my garters»
«Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass.»
«Now they talk on the radio about the record set by Ruth, and DiMaggio and Henry Aaron. But they rarely mention mine. Do you know what I have to show for the sixty-one home runs? Nothing, exactly nothing.»
«Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'»
«Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: bones, forbearing, mention, shut up, weary

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