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Letter "S" » shoot
«When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence»
Author: Brendan Behan
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About:
Absence
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Keywords:
court,
courted,
courting,
Death sentence,
Dublin,
marshal,
marshaled,
marshaling,
sentenced,
sentenced to death,
shoot
«When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk»
«To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy of ideas in human affairs -- but a tribute nevertheless.»
Author: George Steiner
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Critic,
Educator,
Scholar)
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Keywords:
Darwin,
disagrees,
Hegel,
interpretation,
nevertheless,
one shot,
shoot,
sinister,
supremacy,
tribute,
tributes
«The difference between e-mail and regular mail is that computers handle e-mail, and computers never decide to come to work one day and shoot all the other computers.»
Author: Jamais Cascio
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Keywords:
Computers,
e'en,
e mail,
handle,
mail,
mailed,
mailing,
mails,
one shot,
regular,
shoot
«Taking my gun away because I might shoot someone is like cutting my tongue out because I might yell 'Fire!' in a crowded theater»
«To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target»
«Things aren't right. If a burglar breaks into your home and you shoot him, he can sue you. For what, restraint of trade?»
Author: Bill Maher
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Actor,
Comedian,
Producer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
breaks,
burglar,
restraint,
restraint of trade,
shoot,
Sue,
sued,
suing,
trade
«There is a new billboard outside Time Square. It keeps an up-to minute count of gun-related crimes in New York. Some goofball is going to shoot someone just to see the numbers move.»
Author: David Letterman
(
Comedian,
Host)
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About:
New York
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Keywords:
billboard,
billboards,
crimes,
goofball,
gun,
New York,
numbers,
related,
shoot,
square,
the Billboard,
The New York Times,
York
«To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming.»
«They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method of art criticism I have ever come across. Over the piano was printed a notice- 'Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.'»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(
Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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About:
Doing Your Best
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Keywords:
across,
afterwards,
come across,
criticism,
dancing,
method,
notice,
pianist,
pianists,
piano,
pianos,
printed,
rational,
saloon,
saloons,
saw,
shoot,
The Pianist,
The Piano,
took