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«Something about her eyes or voice has always suggested the hint of a free spirit, trapped in a Peck & Peck cage, dreaming of making rude noises at public gatherings of Republicans.»
Author: Jeff Greenfield
| Keywords:
cage, free spirit, gatherings, hint, hints, in the public eye, peck, pecking, peck at, public eye, Republicans, rude, suggested, The Public Eye, trapped
«The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse by boorish expressions of doubt»
Author: John Ralston Saul
| About:
Citizenship
| Keywords:
boorish, expressions, intercourse, Pierce, rude
«No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.»
«My view is that to get anywhere in life you have to be anti-social, otherwise you'll end up being devoured. I've never been particularly social, anyway, but if I've ever been rude, fifty per cent of it has usually been provoked by other people's attitudes. Though I do admit, like most Celts, I'm moody. It's fine until people try to cheer you up with gems like, 'snap out of it' or 'Come on, now'.»
«Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal»
Author: Benjamin Spock
(Author, Pediatrician)
| Keywords:
belligerent, brutal, class feeling, middle class, routinely, rude, subjected, suspicious, whites
«The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.»
Author: Jim Rohn
(Author, Speaker)
| About:
Leadership
| Keywords:
arrogant, being bold, be bold, bold, bullied, Bullies, bully, bullying, challenge, folly, humble, lazy, proud, rude, rudest, The Challenge, thoughtful, timid, without humor
«So they lived, these men, in their own lusty, cheery fashion--rude and rough, but honest, kindly and true. Let us thank God if we have outgrown their vices. Let us pray to God that we may ever hold their virtues.»
«My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word? The Stars that stated come to Town Esteemed Me never rude Although to their Celestial Call I failed to make reply? My constant?reverential Face Sufficient Courtesy.»
Author: Emily Dickinson
(Poet)
| Keywords:
acquaintances, celestial, courtesy, esteemed, reply, reverential, rude, spoke, stated
«There is no rustic so rude but that, if he dreams or fancies anything, it must be the whisper of the Holy Ghost, and he himself a prophet»
Author: Martin Luther
(Priest, Scholar)
| Keywords:
fancies, ghost, Holy Ghost, prophet, rude, rustic, The Whisper, whisper
«Rude am I in my speech,And little blessed with the soft phrase of peace.»
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