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Letter "H" » half
«I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.»
Author: Janeane Garofalo
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Actress,
Comedian)
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About:
Funny
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Keywords:
chipped,
chipping,
chip in,
cracked,
cracking,
crack up,
cut,
cutting out,
cut into,
cut through,
cut up,
dark,
dark glasses,
Dark Side,
Dark Side of the,
emptier,
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empty,
emptying,
empty of,
glass,
guess,
guessed,
half,
lip,
on it,
prefer,
preferring,
side,
The Dark,
The Glass,
tooth
«If you want to save face, keep the lower half shut»
«Is the glass half full, or half empty?It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.»
«Life is half spent before one knows what life is.»
«May you get to heaven a half hour before the devil knows you're dead»
«If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(
Essayist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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Keywords:
bald,
citizen,
Citizens for,
danger,
days,
day off,
deemed,
deeming,
deems,
each day,
earth,
enterprising,
half,
half time,
halves,
her,
industrious,
Into the Woods,
in regard to,
Loafer,
loafers,
making,
off,
out of danger,
regarded,
regard as,
shear,
sheared,
shearing,
shears,
shorn,
speculator,
speculators,
spends,
take time off,
the Earth,
time off,
time of day,
walks,
walk off,
woods
«If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself, or even less, in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct; and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight.»
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
(
Architect,
Engineer,
Painter,
Sculptor)
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Keywords:
accompanied,
accompanying,
alone,
belong,
companion,
conduct,
conducts,
deeply,
entirely,
fall,
half,
in proportion to,
less,
plight,
plighted,
proportion,
proportioned,
thoughtlessness
«I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like to.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(
Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
come to,
half,
halves,
hear,
house,
housed,
housing,
indeed,
In Your House,
Our House,
sure,
The People
«Loving is half of believing.»
«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
(
Author,
Orator,
Prime Minister)
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Keywords:
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back,
back away,
danger,
double,
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doubling,
flinch,
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ought,
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run,
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take turns,
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try,
turn,
turned on,
turning away