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The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
James Thurber

Successful, Down, Dog

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.
Bess Myerson

Corruption, Crime, Accomplice

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.
Franklin Pierce

Subject, Discussion, Animated

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
Plautus

Happen, Wish, Expect

I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature.
David Attenborough

Nature, Power, Give

Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of authority, then we would be more open to slavery, to the subjugation of women, to wider use of stoning. Jesus himself spoke out frequently against divorce in the strongest of terms.
Jon Meacham

Women, Jesus, Same

I'm in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It's fun.
Alan Alda

Love, Good, Fun

You should tell yourself frequently 'I will only react to constructive suggestions.' This gives you positive ammunition against your own negative thoughts and those of others.
Jane Roberts

Positive, Yourself, Thoughts

I'm not married, I frequently use my debit card to buy things that cost less than three dollars, and my bedroom is so untidy it looks like vandals ransacked the Anthropologie sale section. I'm kind of a mess.
Mindy Kaling

Married, Less, Three

I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.
George McGovern

War, Flamboyant, Ii

A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.
Charles Babbage

Power, Simple, Used

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.
Daniel Webster

Failure, Energy, Capital

Indians were frequently off their reservations.
Buffalo Bill

In fact, this network, which we may identify as the Round Table Groups, has no aversion to cooperating with the Communists, or any other groups, and frequently does so.
Carroll Quigley

May, Fact, Table

Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God.
George Whitefield

God, Men, Against

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does.
Lewis Mumford

Science, Same, Artist

Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls.
Lucy Powell

Through, Young, Last

Monarchists frequently declare that without the royal family, Britain would be 'nothing.' What a woeful lack of love for one's country such statements express.
Julie Burchill

Love, Family, Nothing

If my favorite, most comfortable place is by our fireplace in cold weather, expedient places are on an airplane, in a waiting room or even waiting in line; frequently these days, while on the phone having been 'put on hold.'
Joyce Carol Oates

Waiting, Put, Place

But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.
Theodore Bikel

Artist, Culture, Indeed

I've always known that sporting people frequently suffer from joint problems because of the repeated strain they put on their bodies to get to the top. But somehow I never thought it would happen to me.
Carl Lewis

Happen, Thought, Put

Exchange ideas frequently.
James Cash Penney

Ideas, Exchange

People are quite frequently eccentric.
Jane Smiley

Quite, Eccentric

After I had given up to go, the thoughts of the journey were often attended with unusual sadness, at which times my heart was frequently turned to the Lord with inward breathings for his heavenly support, that I might not fail to follow him wheresoever he might lead me.
John Woolman

Sadness, Heart, Him

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.
John James Audubon

Around, Noble, Deepest

Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it.
George Will

Business, Childhood, Inside

I realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.
Georg Cantor

Nature, Place, Opinions

The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived even in part.
Richard Stallman

Idea, Times, Practice

In my own life I'm frequently in predominantly white atmospheres.
Anna Deavere Smith

When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'
Vince Cable

Future, Job, Saying

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