#used

I requested the gentlemen to put on their hats, and the ladies their shawls, to avoid catching cold, and then had the windows widely opened. This proceeding caused some astonishment and alarm at first; for the Americans generally have a dread of cold air. ↗

— George Combe

#alarm #astonishment #avoid #catching #caused

Reconciliation cannot be used to pass comprehensive health care reform. It won't work because it was never designed for that kind of significant legislation; it was designed for deficit reduction. ↗

— Kent Conrad

#cannot #care #comprehensive #deficit #deficit reduction

People aren't used to thinking of cultural forms spreading out across the full range of formal interactions - or what is called the "text" in literary terms. ↗

— Tony Conrad

#called #cultural #formal #forms #full

You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#boxing #career #distracted #focused #get

I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt. ↗

— Chili Davis

#always #been #bunt #i #lead

They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#never #should #something #think #whether

I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#being #did #good #i #insulted

My father used to say, 'Well, Ann, maybe the best thing you'll ever do, you haven't even thought of yet.' ↗

— Ann Curry

#best #even #ever #father #haven

What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable. ↗

— Sam Francis

#fills #life #make #only #sight

Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights. ↗

— Hal David

#everyone #gone #graceful #haven #how