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«Stock prices have been quoted in fractions for two centuries, based on a system descended from Spanish pieces of eight. Each dollar was cut into eight bits worth 12.5 cents each. (Quarter=two bits)»
Author: Charles A. Jaffe
| Keywords:
bits, bits and pieces, cut into, descended, fractions, prices, quoted, Spanish
«Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces»
Author: Jack Benny
(Entertainer)
| Keywords:
cut into, ham, ham sandwich, Hors, oeuvre, sandwich, sandwiches
«I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.»
Author: Janeane Garofalo
(Actress, Comedian)
| About:
Funny
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«It was no more than a black slash in the ground, a poignant contrast to the lofty white marble and limestone of this monumental city. It was cut into a gently rising slope of grass An al fresco mortuary.»
Author: Nelson DeMille
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«Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your trademark, if you are cutting corners and shirking responsibilities. You are special. Act it. Never neglect the little things.»
Author: Og Mandino
(Essayist, Psychologist)
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«In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.»
Author: Henry Miller
(Author, Writer)
| About:
Age,
Learning
| Keywords:
age, believes, cut, cutting out, cut into, cut short, cut through, cut to, cut up, difficult, easiest, in the long run, in this, learned, lesson, long run, run, short, Short Cuts, short run, The Greatest, The Long, The Long Run
«Clay is molded to form a cup, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the cup depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a room, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the room depends. Therefore turn being into advantage, and turn non-being into utility.»
«Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.»
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Baptist Minister, Civil-Rights Leader)
| About:
Nonviolence
| Keywords:
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«If I was slashed and cut into pieces, over and over again, and put into the mill and ground into flour, burnt by fire and mixed with ashes - even then, I could not estimate Your Value. How can I describe the Greatness of Your Name?»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
| Keywords:
cut into, estimate, flour, mill, over and over again, piece of ground, slash, slashed, slashes
«Measure a thousand times and cut once»
Author: Turkish Proverb
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a thousand, cut, cutting out, cut into, cut through, cut up, measure, thousand, thousand times
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