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Letter "P" » plumb
«There were no floors, no walls, no ceilings, no windows and the plumbing was nonexistent. Of course, I fell in love.»
«'Tis better to plumb the depths of unity than forever scratch the surface of variety»
Author: Emile Zola
(Activist, Critic, Novelist)
| Keywords:
depths, plumb, plumbed, plumbing, scratch, Scratch the Surface, surface of
«I have plumbed the depth of human cowardice and I realized that there is only one way to be right, and that is to be in power.»
«[Television executives] are afraid to advertise condoms that could save lives, but do not blush about telecasting a National Geographic special on President Reagan's pelvic plumbing.»
Author: Martin F. Nolan
| Keywords:
condom, condoms, geographic, plumb, plumbing, President Reagan, telecasting
«Authors (and perhaps columnists) eventually rise to the top of whateverdepths they were once able to plumb.»
«Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.»
Author: Alfred Hitchcock
(Film Director)
| About:
Television
| Keywords:
indoor, Inside the, invention, plumb, plumbed, plumbing
«Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing»
«And what is the state but a servant and a convenience for a large number of people, just like the electric light and the plumbing system? And wouldn't it be preposterous to claim that men must exist for their plumbing, not the plumbing for the men.»
Author: Ayn Rand
(Novelist, Writer)
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An electric, claim, convenience, conveniences, electric, electric light, large number, large numbers, number, plumb, plumbed, plumbing, plumbing system, preposterous, servant, system, The Men, The State
«Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
| About:
Cynicism,
Skepticism
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Cynics, entrust, plumb, plumbed, plumbing, skeptics, smaller, The Skeptic, wage
«But all, the world's coarse thumb / And finger failed to plumb, / So passed in making up the main account.»
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