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By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all. George Santayana

Nature, Which, Occur

It was very lucky for me as a writer that I studied the physical sciences rather than English. I wrote for my own amusement. There was no kindly English professor to tell me for my own good how awful my writing really was. And there was no professor with the power to order me what to read, either. Kurt Vonnegut

Lucky, Rather, Very

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly. Christopher Hitchens

Soul, Immortal, About

I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could barely carry a tune. Leonard Cohen

Singer, Accorded, Though

If you ever see The Rock working out in the gym, don't think you can just go up and disturb his workout and expect him to take a picture. He's there to work, so kindly just pass the silverback on by or he'll rip your face off. Dwayne Johnson

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds. Gore Vidal

Birds, Hours, Bearded

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless. Moliere

Everyone, Other, Frank

History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums. Alan Greenspan

Low, Dealt, Protracted

My relationship with Paris began when I was working for Cerruti in the mid-1960s. When there was an important event in his store, Nino Cerruti very kindly took me with him. I was fascinated, and the city made a big impression on me. Giorgio Armani

Big, Very, Took

It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly. Vaclav Havel

Nature, Your, Also

My interviews are very pointed. I'm an active participant; I will kindly interrupt people. But I've learned there is nothing people won't tell you if you ask in a compassionate and legitimately interested way. Brandon Stanton

Tell, Very, Participant

The Afghan people do not take kindly to conquerors. David Petraeus

Take, Afghan, Afghan People

Even if my fellow man has proven faithless time after time, I can at least retain a hope that he will improve, pray for him, and think kindly without frustration and disappointment. Mother Angelica

Fellow Man, Least, Retain

My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I loved. I now think guilt is a universal part of being a mother. I used to think it was Jewish-mother guilt but now I think it is working-mother guilt. Donna Karan

Doing, I Think, Very

People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor. Nicola Sturgeon

Take, Chancellor, Tory

Alas, the world has never known a sound social fabric, a fabric sound and clean to the core and kindly. For it has ever turned its back on Man. Louis Sullivan

Sound, Social, Turned

I suffer from an enormous amount of self-doubt, so the fact that 'Pachinko' has been so kindly received has encouraged me not to give up, as I'm always telling myself that, 'Maybe this isn't a smart idea.' Min Jin Lee

Always, Give, Telling

One year, I was a patron of a new opera. It was, to put it kindly, unpleasant to the ear. The friends I went with hated it. Keeping quiet about my contribution, I was outed when one of them, reading the program at the restaurant during dinner, saw my name. Karen DeCrow

Year, Opera, Unpleasant

There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover, one feels a good deal of respect for it; without it the brain and the hand would be helpless. Gertrude Jekyll

Deal, Actual, Feels

The evangelical Christian faith I'd grown up with sustained me. It demanded that I refuse the drugs and alcohol on offer in our southwestern Ohio town, that I treat my friends and family kindly, and that I work hard in school. Most of all, when times were toughest, it gave me reason to hope. J. D. Vance

Faith, Treat, Reason

Today's fathers are having a rough go being kindly portrayed in the media. Thank God, we do we have President Barack Obama for a national model. He both dotes on and takes a firm loving hand to our first-family daughters. Donna Brazile

Rough, Fathers, Obama

While the Pence-Hutchinson immigration reform idea is not perfect, it does represent a useful discussion point for future action. As diplomatically and kindly as possible, with all the greatest respect for differing points of view, let me just say that the Tancredo-Buchanan attack on Mike Pence is nuttier than a fruitcake. Lawrence Kudlow

Perfect, Idea, Mike

There was a while where every role I was getting offered was extremely noble - like the judge or the kindly nurse. John Cho

Role, Like, While

I do believe that any sort of electromagnetic energy that can be measured beyond the moment of death is, by the definition of energy, eternal. But I cop to the fact that calling it a 'soul' and presuming it sustains our consciousness in any form is, to put it kindly, a leap. Mark Waid

Death, Fact, Measured

It was not the part of His kindly love that he who was to praise God's divine generosity in regard to others should be compelled to condemn it in regard to himself. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Love, Part, Condemn

Is anything, in all respects, so influential as consideration? Does it not, by a kindly anticipation, create the divisions of the active life itself, in a manner rehearsing and arranging beforehand what has to be done? Saint Bernard

Active, Influential, Manner

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