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Letter "A" » asleep
«I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.»
«If forced to travel on an airplane, try and get in the cabin with the Captain, so you can keep an eye on him and nudge him if he falls asleep or point out any mountains looming up ahead»
Author: Mike Harding
| About:
Travel
| Keywords:
airplane, asleep, cabin, cabins, captain, fall asleep, keep an eye on, loom, looming, looms, nudge, point out, The Cabin
«He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool - shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple - teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep - wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise - follow him.»
«Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.»
«But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.»
«And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? / Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.»
«It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake»
«It is by no means certain that our individual personality is the single inhabitant of these our corporeal frames... We all do things both awake and asleep which surprise us. Perhaps we have cotenants in this house we live in.»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Humorist, Physician, Poet, Professor, Writer)
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asleep, by no means, corporeal, frames, inhabitant, The single
«All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.»
«Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.»
Author: William Butler Yeats
(Dramatist, Poet, Writer)
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Books
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Action The, asleep, peevishness, repair, repair to, waste paper
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