He could distinguish, and divide / A hair 'twixt south and south-west side. / On either which he would dispute, / Confute, change hands, and still confute.
Samuel Butler
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Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;
He could distinguish, and div... SAMUEL BUTLER (1) I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Do not attempt to confute a lion after he's dead THE TALMUD Read not to contradict and confute, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. SIR FRANCIS BACON Crime does not discriminate. We know we have issues on the North Side, but it's not just the North S... PAM DUNN Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider... FRANCIS BACON He had his own boat, and he sailed all over South America and the Caribbean, ... He would also deliv... BILL SHAW The East fell off. But the North, the South and the West are still there. GUY LEBLANC He is homesick and wants to stay away. I am disappointed, but the South West is not for everyone. ALEX INGLETHORPE The south-west is still much better value than the south-east, but there isn't so much of a differen... GUY SHERRATT The deal we made was that if we would change our law to invite them to come to South Dakota - that... BILL JANKLOW The fire is north, south and west. DON NORTH This would involve all the property south of AMKO and west of Runway 16-34. CATHERINE COOK He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. BIBLE In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side. LUTHER ALLISON Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discou... FRANCIS BACON Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discou... SIR FRANCIS BACON And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: ... BIBLE He lost himself somewhere on the harmless side of lunacy, slightly south of innocuous but definetly ... TONY VIGORITO It has the potential to be one region but for whatever historical reasons there are, we are two regi... PHILLIP HAMILTON He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, ... W. H. AUDEN In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made... KIT WILLIAMS Tennessee Williams knew about the South, but he would clean it up and lie about it. PAUL MOONEY I found that part of it towards San Salvador extending from north to south five leagues, and the oth... CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS We will be taking down the old poles and putting up some decorative lighting. We are going to replac... LUGE HARDMAN Cricket South Africa did indicate they would try and get me more involved with the national team and... ALLAN DONALD We believe there is insufficient Customs cover in the South West - that's across the whole range of ... DAVID MILLAR This service will benefit business and leisure travelers who want direct and convenient links betwee... HUANG CHENG ENG You saved me," I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. "I had to," he said. "So y... JODI PICOULT Writing-wise, I started when I was 17. Whatever was bothering me, I could just write about it in a s... KIIARA And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the gr... BIBLE I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no We... HENRY CLAY I have heard something said about allegiance to the South: I
know no South, no North, no East, no ... HENRY CLAY News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point o... BENJAMIN DISRAELI News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point o... BENJAMIN DISRAELI Hope and Change has become Divide and Conquer. MARCO RUBIO North and South were equally confident that God was on their side, and appealed incessantly to Him. REBECCA HARDING DAVIS Oh, I can't describe my home. It is home, and I can't put its charm into words ELIZABETH GASKELL In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. BIBLE He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, ... W.H. AUDEN He really cares about South Florida, ... He took charge and took care of business. CARLOS ALVAREZ I think the South Side is clearly ready for this type of use. The South Side is evolving rapidly, an... SCOTT SMITH With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But G... CANDICE MILLARD After watching films of Jim Brown, I noticed that he never ran out of bounds. He always ran North an... EARL CAMPBELL Wrong fails because it is wrong. The wrongs, the untruths, are inconsistent with each other. They cl... EDWARD EVERETT HALE Back in the 1990s, you used to not have someone from the west side going over to the south side to s... CARL FLETCHER It's kind of a sobering look at what could happen to the south side of Mount Hood. This was all sort... STEVE PEDERY How would this play out in Charleston or Savannah or throughout the South? The building would be sav... GUY ROCHA I love Africa in general South Africa and West Africa, they are both great countries. PARIS HILTON South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white. THABO MBEKI We can sleep easily on the south side for another year. JEFF KLINE I think it's great. We need something on the south side. JOSE IBARRA They're recruiting him as an athlete ... they expect him to be a cornerback, especially with his ath... BRIAN HUCKABAY Nelson Mandela was an outstanding leader and a mentor for me. I was in South Africa at the time he w... GAIL KELLY But...you could have whatever you wished." "Exactly," he says, nuzzling my neck. "But," I ... LIBBA BRAY The freeways create economic and racial borders in Los Angeles. South of Interstate 10 is one group ... MARK BRADFORD The University is committed to the development and sustainability of vibrant, mixed income, diverse ... HANK WEBBER The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton. (on why he left England for... CECIL RHODES War and peace. There are blurred lines in the realities of both. A separation anxiety as the paradig... ABIGAIL GEORGE There was a lot of feeling that with an African-American president, life on the South Side of Chicag... MARK KIRK Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the... PHILIP GUEDALLA Right now, we are still in talks with South Africa and Turkey on this issue. WANG SHICHUN First of all, this is a North Side town. You don't get a lot of respect on the South Side. DOMINIC PACYGA Only in South Africa could you have a change in government without civil war. If there wasn't th... PATRICE MOTSEPE There was no south, there was no north, no east and no west-just the 11 apostles. PAUL J. F. LUSAKA I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee. JANE KACZMAREK He had a lot of opportunities out of high school. And like a lot of kids, he wanted to play down sou... ED BLANKMEYER Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every... JOHN SELDEN It's more prevalent in the South and West from what I can tell, but you find these groups all around... BILL LEONARD I look at that as a strong asset. He was a big reason South Carolina State had a very successful sea... TOMMY BOWDEN Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the nor... BIBLE My wife and I thought it would be cool to spend a year in South Bend ... and 26 years later, we are ... BILL SANDUSKY I came from the South Side of Chicago wanting to be a rap artist and make videos. COMMON Elton John decided he wanted to rename Watford and call it Queen of the South. TOMMY DOCHERTY I still miss the South, the collard greens and the Bulldogs, DAVID HOGAN I think we all lived on the South Side. The relationship between the people there and the club was j... BILLY PIERCE Trespass, the outdoor clothing company based in the South Side, is run by two of the nicest guys and... NICOLA STURGEON We have no authority or intention to condemn property on the south side of the street. We have recei... JOE CONDIT You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West ... KIM DAE JUNG Instead of either/or, I discovered a whole world of and. GLORIA STEINEM We're going to the South side on Tuesday. Our seniors have never won down there. GARY SHARPE They could play an endless game of hide-and -seek in so many rooms and up and down the halls that in... EUDORA WELTY The Brady Bunch: The Complete Fourth Season AND CITY Everybody wonders what happens after you die[Carrie] I'm too busy wondering who's dinging my car in... AND CITY Desperate Housewives. AND CITY I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it. AND CITY A stud is born! [Stanford] AND CITY Courtney (Showing Carrie her book cover): Let me talk you through it. Blurred background, aah, fast-... AND CITY It's such a tribute to my show. My show is so good. I feel so blessed to play such a strong characte... AND CITY You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suctio... AND CITY I don't believe in the Republican party or the Democratic party. I just believe in parties. [Samanth... AND CITY Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely ... AND CITY Honey, I've decided we're going to Louisiana. JILL AND We'll have to find new accommodation tonight, JILL AND None of these places, of course, are charging any rent, JILL AND The creation of Physics is the shared heritage of all mankind. East and West, North and South have e... ABDUS SALAM It's important for this city on a lot of different levels psychologically. It's really important for... DOMINIC PACYGA I can remember the last two series vividly - South Africa's home series here and the one in the West... BRIAN LARA Obviously, we're very disappointed that Gov. Rounds has sided on the side of politics rather than on... KATE LOOBY I did a lot of theater in the South side of Chicago. KEL MITCHELL
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