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It is because they took the easy way out that rivers, and people, go crooked.


Jill Peterson

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It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.
SOURCE UNKNOWN The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The path of least resistance is what makes rivers run crooked.
ELBERT HUBBARD We got disheartened and took the easy way out.
PHYLLIS PEDRIZZETTI The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked.
NAPOLEON HILL When the weather turns nice, folks go out and purchase fertilizer without much thought to what they ...
JAY CHISM I took the other road, all right, but only because it was the easy road for me, the way I wanted to ...
EDWARD ABBEY Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that th...
LANGHORNE SLIM That's easy," Russell said. "Because everybody else in this here place is crooked as a dog's hind le...
LES STANDIFORD It's easy to forget about it because it's so long ago that people are desensitized by it, and they h...
FELICIA FENG To stand on the
brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli...
ASK AND IT IS GIVEN Easy is right. Begin right, and you will be easy. Continue easy and you are right... The right way t...
CHUANG TZU I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES It would have been real easy for the kids to get down after last night, but I was really proud of th...
LARRY WATKINS It doesn't matter if we have a crooked electoral council, ... We have to go out and vote.
HENRY RAMOS I think it took the wind out of them, because of the way they were going so hard on defense and they...
KEATON NANKIVIL Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not.
SONYA.E.WILLIAMS I’m learning persistence and the closing of doors, the way the seasons come and go as I keep walki...
CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON The people are under arms tonight because they hope for justice for tomorrow, Some go about saying t...
ALBERT CAMUS Saint Martin's knows that the only way they can win is to play as hard as they can and they did that...
FRANK OSTANIK Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worr...
CRAIG GROESCHEL Rivers, streams and lakes are measurably cleaner than they were before the Clean Water Act, but we s...
BOB IRVIN It is easy to pick out the best people. They will help you to do it.
VIKRANT PARSAI There is no question in our minds that the unidentified female is Laci Peterson and the unidentified...
BILL LOCKYER Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of tim...
CHUCK D With which stars do they go on speaking,the rivers that never reach the sea?
PABLO NERUDA People who have it too easy in early life have a disadvantage for later on, because they get to thin...
MILDRED S. DRESSELHAUS We will go to the moon. We will go to the moon and do other things, NOT because they are easy but be...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Jill, of all the nonsense that twists the world, the concept of ‘altruism’ is the worst. People ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN They took instruments that would be easy to resell.
JAMES PAOLETTI They're just making smart investments because they know people are coming. They have the money, and ...
CHAPPY ADAMS That presents a challenge to Peterson, who was swept out in that wave.
DAVID MCQUILKIN But they looked across that courtroom and they saw another stone-faced, emotionless, sometimes even ...
DEAN JOHNSON When you go home, fill the house with joy so that the light of it will stream out the windows and do...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Is it cross-contamination from the Leahy-Daschle letters? Could've been. Is that the easy way out? M...
MICHAEL WOLF Human nature being what it is, they tried to go out the same way they came in ... That was the probl...
CHARLES HALL That's what they saw, and we took our lumps, came in and went back out. I mean, it is what it is. Th...
GREG ZIPADELLI The problem with most of them was that they were huge and tacky looking. This chair turned out to be...
BETH HOLLAND We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't ...
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JUSTIN KING Last year we wanted things to come to us. With coach Willingham, we know we have to go out and get i...
EVAN BENJAMIN The second half, they came out and had a spurt and we took some uncharacteristic shots. They got som...
JAMES FREDERICK The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board.
D.M. TIMNEY That story spoke to me. Sometimes all you can do is walk with someone as they go through what they a...
JAN BENVIE It makes sense for people who are good at fighting to go out and do it-because if they're good a...
MERCEDES LACKEY People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying.
ABDUL QADEER KHAN People don't believe that their congressman is crooked just because you say he is. There's really mo...
CARL FORTI What drew me to ballooning was just a sense of being out and having the ability to go up in the air ...
KAREN MARTIN My boys definitely went out and played hard the entire game. We came out with the momentum and they ...
ERIC HOOLAHAN We took this to the networks about a month ago to get their approval, and it wasn't that easy, becau...
LAURIE SCHALOW Fort Scott is so quick that when you go inside, you have to put the shot up quick. They want you to ...
BECKY CARLSON No game from this point on is going to be an easy game. We found that out last year. Everybody's pla...
JOE RUX We go out of our way to make people so different, ... to punish them because of color, because of se...
BILL COSBY A lot of times people are afraid to travel down rivers because they are not sure where they can put ...
MELISSA PARKER My thought is that these systems really do no good whatsoever. They make it easy to pick these peopl...
CAROL DONOVAN In an emergency situation and out of an abundance on caution, we took the action that we did. It is ...
CHRISTOPHER WHITE Sometimes there is no easy way out, but there is always an easier way out and a harder way out. Choo...
NATHANIEL BRONNER JR. There is one way to find out if a man is honest; ask him! If he says yes you know he's crooked.
GROUCHO MARX Herd immunity is, it turns out, not incredibly easy to understand. It took me quite a bit of reading...
EULA BISS He worked hard every day. He didn't take any days off, he didn't take any plays off. That's how he d...
CHARLIE ADAMS Whenever people feel their way of life is being threatened, they are going to go out and buy guns fo...
LARRY ANDERSON It's an economic engine. These are people that need money, and obviously when they get money, they'l...
ANDY JAMES A lot of emotional stress that people go through, some people figure out a way to handle it. They ha...
TERRELL OWENS There's no easy way to do it, ... Frankly, it's worked out the best for us because that way I get to...
MIKE DEWINE If you go out into the real world, you cannot miss seeing that the poor are poor not because they ar...
MUHAMMAD YUNUS She did speak up. She told Larry Fitzgerald. And what did I do? I put it out there and they took car...
LARRY FITZGERALD There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he's crooked.
MARK TWAIN Psychology is as important as substance. If you treat people with respect, they will go out of their...
MOHAMED ELBARADEI this is why we call people exes, I guess - because the paths that cross in the middle end up separat...
DAVID LEVITHAN I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are. But it definitely wa...
SERENA WILLIAMS It is only out of ignorance that people are cruel, because they really don
MAYA ANGELOU There was no Jace Wayland more real than the one he saw in her eyes when she looked at him.
CASSANDRA CLARE I just took out two defenders and let it go.
IVAN FLORES Lethal injection is the most humane way to do it. 99.999 percent of the people that go through this ...
BRIAN CHALK A lot of people didn't give us a chance. When it comes down to penalty kicks, it's 50-50. They can g...
ERIK BARBON We were almost tasting it. Girls that went through it took it pretty hard. It wasn't easy to come ou...
MELISSA ELMER The young person isn't certain that love can be real; the middle-aged man is only discovering th...
CONOR MCPHERSON It is better to have crooked legs than a crooked spirit.
MARGUERITE DE ANGELI Interest in paddling is on the increase. Word is getting out about Texas rivers. The paddling trail ...
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DAN BARTRAM When something comes easy, you usually let it go the same way.
NORA ROBERTS The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Beca...
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PAULINE KAEL so to me that was an easy way to go.
JACK ELLIOTT Now, when a high school player sends a personal letter, we'll definitely respond to that every time,...
DALE NEAL The easy way out is the choice of the myopic.
E.L. NEVE The court took a standard that was intelligible, easy to apply and turned it into something that is ...
LAUGHLIN MCDONALD It's definitely popular because people think that everyone is going to be out and they go out to the...
ED BAILEY It was kind of a funny game because of the way we were able to score. The only negative we took out ...
GEORGE QUARLES Everybody's crooked. The trick is to find out how they're bent.
JENNIFER CRUSIE It is very difficult to be learned; it seems as if people were worn out on the way to great thoughts...
GEORGE ELIOT If letting go, if letting people and things work themselves out in the way that they needed to witho...
DEB CALETTI It took a long time last year (for Polytech to get its first win). We've got that one win out of the...
HARRISON WHITE There's some things that people don't admit because they don't like the way it sounds.
CINDY CHUPACK Everything they said she has to be she's contradicted. She's small and has a tough look, her face is...
PAUL MORLEY It's easy to pick out the kids who can be real talented. She took to it pretty easily.
LORIE COOK It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN But, Jill, if a thing is sinful on Sunday, it is sinful on Friday—at least it groks that way to an...
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JILL SCOTT Common is one of the nicest people I've ever met, and to describe him as a vile rapper because h...
JILL SCOTT We try to keep tabs on our intellectual property, but sometimes it's difficult to make sure that inf...
JILL STELFOX We, all of us, are what happens when a primordial mixture of hydrogen and helium evolves for so long...
JILL TARTER Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place. Over the years, I had m...
JILL SCOTT The family is the building block for whatever solidarity there is in society.
JILL RUCKELSHAUS We saw Jesse Jackson the victim of a smear campaign. People remember the Dean scream that was used a...
JILL STEIN Growing up, my two favorite books were Woody Allen's 'Side Effects' and Phyllis Diller&#...
JILL DAVIS I admit that I am hopelessly hooked on the printed newspaper. I love turning the pages and the seren...
JILL ABRAMSON My advice on getting a raise is what everybody's advice is: to become a confident negotiator; bu...
JILL ABRAMSON We're appalled. This city is built on tourism, and we're their last priority.
JILL JOHNSON We're appalled,
JILL JOHNSON Were appalled. This city is built on tourism, and were their last priority.
JILL JOHNSON We’re appalled, ... This city is built on tourism, and we’re their last priority.
JILL JOHNSON Hey,” Shayne said through the door. “You going to stay in there all night, because we’re getti...
JILL SHALVIS There was a group of fans who wanted autographs, and several women who managed to write their phone ...
JILL SHALVIS Sounds like you kids have some talking to do. I'll be eavesdropping from the kitchen.
JILL SHALVIS I want you to know, chickens aren’t sexy. Not to me.”
This was met with silence.
“Ar...
JILL SHALVIS Who’s there?”
“The scratcher of your itch,” he said.
She opened the door a crack a...
JILL SHALVIS Sorry,” he said. “Let me drop the belt-"
“No.” She held on when he would have pulled aw...
JILL SHALVIS If I looked like him,” Tara said. “I’d want to have sex with myself. All the time.
JILL SHALVIS Honey, I've decided we're going to Louisiana.
JILL AND They feed off each other a lot, but it's a healthy feed. There's no animosity or jealousy or anythin...
JILL EAKRIGHT A woman came in Monday and found items to make a hostess gift and a birthday gift. We saved her a tr...
JILL WHITE I'm excited about turning 40. I've been an adult for a long time, but there is a difference ...
JILL SCOTT We define even as we defy,the possibility as infinite as the belief.
JILL ANZINGER The ache of grief is always there, but the emptiness will lift one day. Their life to us the greates...
JILL ANZINGER