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Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth. ↗

— William R. Alger

#dark #even #his #pearls #teeth

When I was discharged, I attended the University of Paris and met a beautiful Parisian girl, Janine. We soon married and eventually returned to the States. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

#beautiful #discharged #eventually #girl #i

It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#added #contemplated #contemplation #course #enjoyment

Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn't fun? ↗

— Ira Glass

#fun #get #hotel #i #just

I have to be a lot more calculating because I'm a very private person. I actually really struggle with the attention; I'm generally a pretty shy kind of a person. So it's tough figuring out how to manage it. But there are ways of managing it, and you just have to be smart. ↗

— Emily Watson

#attention #because #calculating #figuring #generally

An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#expectation #future #me #object #recognised

The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#cold #coldness #degrees #desire #desires

Medicine's good for some people. Not for me. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#me #medicine #people #some #some people

But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#beside #class #contemplation #ideas #locke

I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today. ↗

— Penelope Keith

#am #believer #culture #future #future generations