"BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given."

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Ambrose Bierce

#Belief Quotes #Given Quotes #Earnestness Quotes

“I don't know what I am thinking. But I am alone. I am trapped in the net of the room. In the net of humans. I think maybe I am drowning in the net of humans.”

Source : Karen Hesse (2004). “The Music of Dolphins”, p.110, Oxford University Press, USA
“He's pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his captain off”
“The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history.”
“Be successful not just in what you do, but in who you are.”

Source : Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker (2014). “Developing Your Core”, p.44, NavPress
“You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of it is easy. It's all the other things that come with it that are a bit difficult.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Marriage can be complicated.”
“As the cleansing ocean closes over bin Laden's carcass, may the earth lie lightly on the countless graves of those he sentenced without compunction to be burned alive or dismembered in the street.”
“All Governments rest mainly on public opinion, and to that of his own subjects every wise Sovereign will look. The opinion of his subjects will force a Sovereign to do his duty, and by that opinion will he be exalted or depressed in the politics of the world.”

Source : Trial of John Vint and others, 27 How. St. Tr. 640, 1799.

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