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Letter "D" » digging
«If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging»
«Follow the rule of holes; if you are in one, stop digging.»
«It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging»
«He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit.»
«How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here because of a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we know nothing!»
Author: Neville Chamberlain
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Keywords:
digging,
fantastic,
gas,
horrible,
incredible,
know nothing,
masks,
quarrel,
trenched,
trenches,
trying on
«Realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.»
«I would rather have as my patron a host of anonymous citizens digging into their own pockets for the price of a book or a magazine than a small body of enlightened and responsible men administering public funds. I would rather chance my personal vision of truth striking home here and there in the chaos of publication that exists than attempt to filter it through a few sets of official, honorably public-spirited scruples.»
Author: John Updike
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Keywords:
administering,
anonymous,
Body of,
digging,
enlightened,
filter,
filtered,
filtering,
filters,
funds,
here and there,
honorably,
host,
magazine,
official,
patron,
patrons,
pockets,
public-spirited,
publication,
publications,
public funds,
scruple,
scruples,
spirited,
strike home,
striking
«Getting money is like digging with a needle, spending it is like water soaking into sand.»
«No gold-digging for me... I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.»
Author: Mae West
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Actress)
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Keywords:
diamonds,
digging,
digging up,
digs,
dig in,
dig into,
dig out,
dig up,
dug,
gold,
gold standard,
someday,
standard,
Taking Off,
The Diamond,
The Diamonds
«Digging deep foundations, the walls are constructed, but in the end, the buildings return to heaps of dust.»