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«I am the batsman and the bat, / I am the bowler and the ball, / The umpire, the pavilion cat, / The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.»
«Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes»
Author: George Norman Douglas
(Composer)
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bouillabaisse, cared, cigar, cooked, nutritious, stumps, the French
«If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you haven't a chance.»
«He is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| Keywords:
conservation, cut, cut down, mount, mounting, mounts, mount up, politician, redwood, redwoods, stump, stumps
«A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
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Politicians
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conservation, cut down, hypocrite, mount, redwood, redwoods, stump, stumps
«I forged myself out of a vacuum. I crawl along the highway on hacked off stumps year after year. Some wonder how and why. I never do.»
«And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.»
«And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.»
«And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him; / This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king: / That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
brass band, brass bands, decree, grass roots, stump, stumps, watcher, watchers
«A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.»
Author: Bertolt Brecht
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cold-bloodedly, penny, second time, sixpence, street corner, stump, stumps, The Police
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