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Letter "D" » doubles
«The information in the world doubles everyday. What they don't tell us,is that our wisdom is cut in half at the same time.»
«Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.»
«I'm drinking doubles now that you're running around single again.»
«There is no phrase without a double meaning»
«Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months.»
«FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.The savage dies --they sacrifice a horse To bear to happy hunting-grounds the corse. Our friends expire --we make the money fly In hope their souls will chase it to the sky. --Jex Wopley»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
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Editor,
Journalist,
Writer)
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Keywords:
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Corse,
Dead Horse,
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The Undertaker
«If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.»
Author: Mae West
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Actress)
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Keywords:
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coffee,
coffee cup,
cup,
double,
doubles,
double over,
doubling,
meaning,
search,
The Double
«It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.»
Author: Sun Tzu
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Author,
General)
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Keywords:
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The Agent,
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used
«Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.»
«One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!»
Author: Winston Churchill
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Author,
Orator,
Prime Minister)
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