There are obviously things that can lead to accidents... . The likelihood that you can have things lead to two accidents ... at the same time ... that's a pretty heavy coincidence.
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If there were six or seven accidents at that intersection, I'd say we h... CLIFF BRONSTAD It is unfortunate to hear when accidents happen but at the same time you recognize it is part of the... BRACKEN SPENCER Showing emotion can either lead to two things. It shows the other person you care, but it also shows... TYLER MCKAY It's not how many things you can do at the same time, it's one great thing that you can do that'll c... RODEL NATIVIDAD CASIO The United States can take the lead when it comes to air power. The United States can take the lead ... DAN QUAYLE I love rehearsing because in rehearsals there are no mistakes, nothing is wrong, some things apply o... JIM JARMUSCH Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU Just getting that lead early is key. Especially out here, because as long as you have the lead, you ... DILLON DOUGHERTY Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. 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MIKE COLTER When you have special-needs kids, obviously there are some extra things that need to be looked at. KAREN CANTOU You can make up your mind to do one of two things: You can have a good time in life, or you can have... CHARLES M. SCHWAB This is pretty serious stuff
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anything as coincidence. LAUREN HILL Effectiveness comes from those qualitative things that give you the ability to network, communicate,... LYNN GOOD Low self-esteem can make it hard to try new things or complete tasks. This can stop you from living ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA While getting lost in all those little things that seem so important, don't forget the little things... VIRGINIA ALISON You know, I've always tried to look at things as just what the part was. I never tried to worry ... YUL VAZQUEZ You should focus on those things that will lead you to succeed instead of wasting your time on trivi... GODWIN ELENDU PH.D All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD Don't you mind," said Puddleglum. "There are no accidents. Our guide is Aslan; and he was there when... C.S. 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MARIA SHARAPOVA When you have a lead like that, you want to try and get some other players in. We got them in there ... GLENN SYLVEST With time we learn that the things we're better off without have the ability to lead us somewhere be... ANDREW KENDALL Negative thinking patterns associated with low self-esteem, such as assuming you will fail at things... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA There are no accidents without intentions. ALEX MILLER Anytime you can come out and jump on somebody, that kind of puts you in the driver's seat. You're lo... BRIAN BRANDTNER As I see it, you are living with something that you keep hidden deep inside. Something heavy. I felt... HARUKI MURAKAMI I never think when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them well. DON MARQUIS Things that break - be they bones, hearts, or promises - can be put back together but will never rea... JODI PICOULT When you give a team that kind of early lead you have to battle back the whole time and it can take ... BRAD GERFEN I've never seen that happen before. I've seen it in a pursuit, but not two separate accidents. The t... JEFF HARPER We're two different players and we can bring two different things to the table. If we put that toget... UDONIS HASLEM Anywhere you can lead your life, you can lead a good one. MARCUS AURELIUS At one printing factory producing Disney books, there are four to five accidents a week. People have... BILLY HUNG If you are not the lead sled dog, the world looks pretty much the same every day. ANONYMOUS Accidents. It's all about the accidents. GAYLE FORMAN Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you. RUTH BADER GINSBURG There are no accidents. God's just trying to remain anonymous. C.S. LEWIS There are no accidents. God's just trying to remain anonymous. MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it c... NICOLAS CAGE Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because ... NICOLAS CAGE There are no mistakes, only happy accidents. BOB ROSS There are no accidents, everything is planned. J. R. WHITEMAN There are a lot of ways to win basketball games, and obviously the easiest way is to score points. B... AL SKINNER A lack of concentration. You can?t do that. Even though you?re up 14 at the half, you have to keep b... ASHLEY ALLEN Layton's always kind of been the barometer of where we're at as a team. I thought we got that early ... LARRY HADLEY Anything that can keep a driver from being distracted can prevent accidents and save lives, and the ... CAPT. SHAWN MORRISSEY Misfortunes one can endure -- they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's ow... OSCAR WILDE Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own ... OSCAR WILDE Misfortunes one can endure - they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own... OSCAR WILDE Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love. DAVID LEVITHAN The same things that lead to disparities in health in this country on a day-to-day basis led to disp... DAVID SATCHER
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mother.
[Lat., Religio peperit divit... FRANCIS BACON The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the
vicissitude of sects and religions. FRANCIS BACON There was never law, or set, or opinion did so much magnify
goodness, as the Christian religion dot... FRANCIS BACON But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage
ground of Truth. FRANCIS BACON The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and co... FRANCIS BACON Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery. FRANCIS PICABIA A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds ... FRANCIS BACON Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth. FRANCIS PICABIA A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. FRANCIS BACON Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. FRANCIS BACON Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they
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To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the barrel-load.
... FRANCIS THOMPSON Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It i... FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others' pain ... FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power, pressed too far... FRANCIS BACON One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
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the cause frustrates the effect. FRANCIS BACON For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is
an impression of pleasure in itsel... FRANCIS BACON If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us. FRANCIS BACON Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men.. FRANCIS PICABIA The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. FRANCIS HUTCHESON Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is ha... QUARLES FRANCIS So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
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