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People who work crossword puzzles know that if they stop making progress, they should put the puzzle down for a while.
If one official signals Falcons ball and Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson signals Seahawks ball, is it a jump ball?
Cheating is baseball's oldest profession. No other game is so rich in skullduggery, so suited to it or so proud of it.
Allah does not withhold to withhold. Remaking the heart was the objective. To remake it, He sometimes breaks it first.
The literary artist lends verbal depth to the visual. The visual artist provides visible articulation for the literary.
If [Bush's] successors don't screw it up, within 10 years NASA will have us back to where we belong -- on other worlds.
I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking.
Millionaires are marrying their secretaries because they are so busy making money they haven't time to see other girls.
You're going to have Yahoo! and places that don't have rights being much more aggressive in how sports news is covered.
According to the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center, global sea ice levels now equal those of 1979.
A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.
Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.
Manchester United have, since 1991, conquered Europe about as successfully as Head and Shoulders has conquered dandruff
Every day of my life, I come against a conservative who wants me to shut up. I do believe I'm right and they are wrong.
People in Midland are real nice folks: I can't prove that with statistics, but I know West Texas, and it's just a fact.
Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.
More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood.
To some,Islam is nothing but a code of rules and regulations.But,to those who understand,it is a perfect vision of life
Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.
Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an alley.
Nowhere have the forces of intolerance been displayed less tolerantly than in the area of religious speech and practice.
Homo-sexuals should not be censored, but neither should those who oppose their point of view. That's called free speech.
The world is a Hobbesian state of nature in which the struggle for domination is the very essence of international life.
In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.
Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy and successful day.
Remember Henry Adam's jest that the succession of presidents from Washington to Grant disproved the theory of evolution?
All children find chaos congenial. Any unruliness, even by nature, advances the child's program of subverting authority.
I feel a bit of an imposter talking about the science. I'm not a scientist, you may be aware. I read English Literature.
Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity.
There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.
The studies that show the reason Washington real estate is booming and there are so many lobbyists in town, it does pay.
[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history.
What do I predict with the HBO 'Game Change' movie? I expect my family and Sarah Palin to be nothing short of crucified.
Whenever you hear a politician carry on about what a mess the schools are, be aware that you are looking at the culprit.
In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.
In all my fantasies, I always assumed I would get married and have six children along the way with the greatest of ease.
Those who think of freedom in this country as one long, broad path leading ever onward and upward are dead damned wrong.
I just think that we show an awful lot of deference to chefs in our culture and maybe not enough deference to customers.
This rose of pearl-coated infinity transforms the diseased slums of a broken heart into a palace made of psalms and gold.
When you're a single parent, you're often lonely, yet seldom alone. There is no backup ... It is mothering without a net.
We need not fear life, because God is the Ruler of all and we need not fear death, because He shares immortality with us.
Republicans, Democrats, libertarians, and independents all agree on only one thing - our national politicians are bought.
If you control one house of Congress, you cannot abolish something like Obamacare, no matter how much pressure you apply.
As most who have engaged in competitive sports know, there's nothing to match the amplitude of emotion brought by losing.
I wanted to write a book that maybe had the potential to go beyond the Deadspin and KSK [Kissing Suzy Kolber] readership.
Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.
The best use of history is as an inoculation against radical expectations, and hence against embittering disappointments.
America's drug war is so stupid that if you pay close attention to just how stupid it is -- it'll drive you to use drugs.
No amount of tools can help a bad product. You have to remain genuine in your product development innovation and quality.
The Democrats are standing on one side, and the Republicans are playing games on the other. Both sides are playing games.