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Letter "G" » greedy
«The shock of discovering that most of the power in the world is held by ignorant and greedy people can really bum you out at first; but after you've lived with it a few decades, it becomes, like cancer and other plagues, just another problem that we will solve eventually if we keep working at it.»
«The poor lack much, but the greedy more»
«When Rabbit said, `Honey or condensed milk with your bread?' he was so excited that he said, `Both,' and then, so as not to seem greedy, he added, `But don't bother about the bread, please.'»
«The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.»
Author: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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anxious, beach, greedy, impatient, impatient of, lying in wait, On the Beach, The Beaches, too-greedy
«The point is that you can't be too greedy.»
«The last thing I want to turn into is a fat Hollywood jerk. I was brought up without much money and I was happy. I don't think that I will strive for money or success and end up greedy or big-headed. That only leads to unhappiness. I can still be dow»
«We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.»
«The modern picture of the artist began to form: The poor, but free spirit, plebeian but aspiring only to be classless, to cut himself forever free from the bonds of the greedy bourgeoisie, to be whatever the fat burghers feared most, to cross the line wherever they drew it, to look at the world in a way they couldn't see, to be high, live low, stay young forever -- in short, to be the bohemian.»
Author: Thomas Wolfe
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aspiring, bohemian, bonds, bourgeoisie, classless, cut short, draw a line, draw the line, Drew, fat, feared, Forever Free, free spirit, greedy, in a way, in low spirits, in short, low spirits, plebeian, Short Cuts
«Those who are greedy and 'devoid of devotion' sit together and devour flesh, they definitely have an eye on other's wealth.»
«Those who are greedy and avaricious end up in misery. Because of their evil deeds they are short lived.»
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