We know that no algorithm can solve global poverty; no pill can cure a chronic illness; no box of chocolates can mend a broken relationship; no educational DVD can transform a child into a baby Einstein; no drone strike can end a terrorist conflict. Sadly, there is no such thing as 'One Tip to a Flat Stomach.'
Carl Honore
Related Elvis 30 No. 1 Hits NO DOUBT It must be an odd person indeed that can say for certain they are normal. INITIALLY NO Take this drink as a token of my disrepute and spin that hay tonight and tomorrow it will be sh... INITIALLY NO Take this drink as a token of my disrepute and spin that hay tonight and tomorrow it will be shining... INITIALLY NO It's nice to finish with a great shot like that. It was a nice way to finish up. It looked pretty go... DONALD NO I was struggling on the greens (early on the back nine) and had lost a little bit of confidence and ... DONALD NO They tell me to be quiet When I’d rather cause a riot And have everyone screaming O... INITIALLY NO We had no doubt that they were guilty. JUROR NO We did the right thing for Mary. It was not an easy decision, and it was not unanimous at first. JUROR NO Before, I said I could be fair, but I don't think I can. JUROR NO We actually challenged one another in the deliberation room. We challenged the issues, and we came t... JUROR NO I saw two birds having dangerously kinky sex on the main road, while several cars ran above them jus... INITIALLY NO There is no one teacher, no one school and no one system that can meet all the complex and diverse n... CINDY TAYLOR There is no such thing as safe sex, since no one can create a condom for the soul. DR. JAYCE O'NEAL There is no place in a city that can't be better. There is no toad that can't be a princess,... JAIME LERNER No matter what happens in a child's home, no matter what other social and economic factors may i... JONATHAN KOZOL No truth can cure the sadness we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, ... HARUKI MURAKAMI No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, n... HARUKI MURAKAMI There is no such thing as a starving goose. Geese can fly hundreds of miles. No one should be feedin... DAVID FELD It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things agains... OSCAR WILDE You realize the limits of your body. The thing you don't want to do is freak out and swim hard. At s... CAN OSTEN Kurtuluş Savaşı yılları... Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin kuruluşunda emeği geçen ama gölgede kal... CAN DüNDAR Divers have found there is no air left in the holds of the ship. That means sea water has filled the... CAN KARACA They must be all dead, if there is anybody else in those holds. CAN KARACA There is little hope to find them alive. CAN KARACA Bi sen eksiktin ayışığı Gümüş bir tüy dikmek için manzaraya! CAN YüCEL There is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole. During an ambush, you're praying for everything a... WARREN ZINN There is no amount of love that can cure your child. It's a battle they have to win themselves. SCOTT PETERSON Any fool can cause a strike. But no fool can resolve one. GEORGE ANTHONY Look, Kenneth Starr is no box of chocolates, JOSEPH BIDEN No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet. BARRY DILLER All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn't. CHARLES BUKOWSKI Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can'... MICHAEL HEIZER I can't eradicate poverty, but at least for the people around me, I can help make sure no child ... PRIYANKA CHOPRA There is no cure for ugly, but you can make yourself into a human optical illusion. JENNA MARBLES How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS There is no end to relationship. There may be the end of a particular relationship, but relationship... J. KRISHNAMURTI There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a littl... H. RAP BROWN Maybe we can get rid of the phrase minimal hurricane. There is no such thing as a minimal hurricane. BEN NELSON By living our lives, we nurture death. True as this might be, it was only one of the truths we had t... HARUKI MURAKAMI No one ever said 'no' to me about anything. No one ever told me anything was wrong. Never. N... MARC JACOBS That's the thing with dementia. If you're with somebody who has a serious illness, you can u... JUDY PARFITT Alzheimer's is a disease for which there is no effective treatment whatsoever. To be clear, ther... DAVID PERLMUTTER No one can keep a secret better than a child. VICTOR HUGO No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes. PAULO COELHO A human body in no way resembles those that were born for ravenousness; it hath no hawk’s bill, no... PLUTARCH Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief. SIGMUND FREUD Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief SIGMUND FREUD There is no such thing as a stress-free life. No evidence has ever been presented which suggests tha... GUDJON BERGMANN There is no such thing as mental illness, hence also no such thing as psychotherapy. THOMAS SZASZ Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liber... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liber... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Without Freedom of thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public Libert... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Everything can be broken -- there's no such thing as perfect security. There's only degrees of insec... JIM SHELTON If you need something inspirational, just point up to the top of your vision. MAZ NO PARADISE Sad but inspirational MAZ NO PARADISE We face a new world everyday, try to understand them
and love them more than our yesterday. MAZ NO PARADISE Believe me, Dream is better than Hope
but both Combined is the best. MAZ NO PARADISE Miracle is not so far away but easy to fade away. MAZ NO PARADISE Recognize every time before doing anything
that you always do a miracle. MAZ NO PARADISE Sometime if you look up in the sky.
There is a path of your destiny. MAZ NO PARADISE There is no paradise for you or me. MAZ NO PARADISE How much does he lack himself, he who must have many things? SEN NO RIKYū How much does he lack himself who must have many things? SEN NO RIKYū Prices are rising, but not fast enough to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. Inflation... IM NO JUNG I expect consumer spending to continue to improve. The central bank is likely to raise interest rate... IM NO JUNG The negative impact of high international oil prices was big in August. We can still expect a recove... IM NO JUNG Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no lo... SCOTT ADAMS DEATH LEAVES A HEARTACHE NO ONE CAN HEAL, LOVE LEAVES LIVES A MEMORY NO ONE CAN STEAL HEADSTONE IN IRISH CEMETARY There's no such thing as a stock you can own for 20 years, ... Things can change too quickly. FRANK CAPPIELLO No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach. WILLIAM COWPER Yet we can maintain a free society only if we recognize that in a free society no one can win all th... RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON Yet we can maintain a free society only if we recognize that in a free society no one can win all th... RICHARD M. NIXON Well, we can't say any more than we can say there is no god, there is no afterlife. We can only ... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation , an unrewarded duty or an involuntary serv... AYN RAND Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Aerodynamically there isn’t much you can do to enhance your Beetle’s handling. The Porsche style... CHRISTINA ENGELA The Montreal Olympics can no more have a deficit than a man can have a baby. JEAN DRAPEAU As a producer, I try to bring as many nice people as I can to insure that there's no screaming, ... LORENZO DI BONAVENTURA There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth ... CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat u... GEORGE SOROS Once Canadians no longer believe that there is any good in politics, they no longer feel we can work... JUSTIN TRUDEAU No man can be a genius in slapshoes and a flat hat. BUSTER KEATON Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER كنت أصمت أذعن لمصيري. أحمل دميتي,أنزع ملابسها, أشد شعره�... مليكة مستظرف The norm which the society at large has set today categorically is in the form of preventive measure... HENRIETTA NEWTON MARTIN LEGAL CONSULTANT No one knows how it is that with one glance a boy can break through into a girl's heart. NANCY THAYER It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster ... JACK BUCK There are no laws, no boundaries on feelings.We can love each other as much and as deeply as we want... TABITHA SUZUMA When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing w... A.A. MILNE Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and s... CARTER CROCKER Hate is a thing, a feeling, that can only exist where there is no understanding. TENNESSEE WILLIAMS There really is no Johnny Carson anymore. There is no one place a comedian can appear and explode. TOM LEYKIS There is no such thing as loving a child too much. AARON LAURITSEN We can love each other.' I swallow hard to ease the constriction in my throat. 'There are no laws, n... TABITHA SUZUMA A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion. ALFRED NOBEL There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national... BARBARA JORDAN No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family. J. EDGAR HOOVER There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
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