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Guests stay where you’ve put them, and carry on doing whatever you suggested they do, until you suggest they stop and do something else. If you leave them drinking a cup of tea and looking through your holiday slides, they’re supposed to sit tight till you ask them to come and string beans in your kitchen Picture Quote #1

Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that’s where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness Picture Quote #1

I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right Picture Quote #1

I always thought that it’s important to have other things, not just work, and I often even suggested my managers take some time off and come back fresh and ready to fight again Picture Quote #1

Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk Picture Quote #1

I do not plan any painting, but begin with layers of textures and colors. As I layer the colors, something is suggested to me from within, and that is how it evolves Picture Quote #1

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There are times when I have started a work with an end in mind, but then, for one reason or another, as my picture unfolded, it emphatically suggested another direction... I always accept the risk and go for it. I’m convinced that at such times my painting is wiser than I am Picture Quote #1

Many religions over the years have suggested that when a woman is menstruating, she should be avoided and not touched Picture Quote #1

We talked about it. An assistant coach suggested fouling, but I rejected it because I was afraid we’d foul them shooting and get beat that way. Hindsight couldn’t have been worse than what happened to us Picture Quote #1

It’s suggested that enlightenment has some tremendous compassion, some driving necessity to help humanity. I don’t think that’s the case at all. I think humanity wishes it were the case since it’s humanity that writes the various scriptures Picture Quote #1

There is no origin for the idea of an afterlife, save the conclusion which the savage draws from the notion suggested by dreams Picture Quote #1

A friend suggested that I get a job at a children’s book store so I could meet kids and read books, and that turned out to be the single best bit of advice I’ve ever gotten Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t want to write a book that suggested that magic good/technology bad Picture Quote #1

Most men’s conscience, habits, and opinions are borrowed from convention and gather continually comforting assurances from the same social consensus that originally suggested them Picture Quote #1

If the king is in the palace, nobody looks at the walls. It is when he is gone, and the house is filled with grooms and gazers, that we turn from the people, to find relief in the majestic men that are suggested by the pictures and the architecture Picture Quote #1

The possibilities that are suggested in quantum physics tell us that everything that we’re looking at may not be in fact there, so the underlying nature of being is weird Picture Quote #1

When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can’t be cured Picture Quote #1

With every pill we have prescribed for us we should also be given a creative prayer, a suggested way to correct our destructive patterns of thought Picture Quote #1

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I have changed my mind, and changed the trimmings of my cap this morning; they are now such as you suggested Picture Quote #1

All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth Picture Quote #1

I would feel infinitely more comfortable in your presence if you would agree to treat gravity as a law, rather than one of a number of suggested options Picture Quote #1

I could just barely see the dark curve of his shoulder, and something about the shape it made, the gesture it suggested, filled me with a sort of fierce, awful affection Picture Quote #1

Her face was brilliant and glowing; but this glow was not one of brightness; it suggested the fearful glow of a conflagration in the midst of a dark night Picture Quote #1

Something about her suggested that her leisure activities included wrestling large woodland animals and banging bricks together Picture Quote #1

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Spring drew on... and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that hope traversed them at night and left each morning brighter traces of her steps Picture Quote #1

We have previously suggested that philanthropy combines genuine pity with the display of power and that the latter element explains why the powerful are more inclined to be generous than to grant social justice Picture Quote #1

One might ask why tobacco is legal and marijuana not. A possible answer is suggested by the nature of the crop. Marijuana can be grown almost anywhere, with little difficulty. It might not be easily marketable by major corporations. Tobacco is quite another story Picture Quote #1

It has actually been suggested that warfare may have been the principle evolutionary pressure that created the huge gap between the human brain and that of our closest living relatives, the anthropoid apes. Whole groups of hominids with inferior brains could not win wars and were therefore exterminated Picture Quote #1

Most people don’t realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture was solely related to how many librarians it contained. Possibly a slight overstatement. But a culture that doesn’t value its librarians doesn’t value ideas and without ideas, well, where are we? Picture Quote #1

She was the most wonderful woman for prowling about the house. How she got from one story to another was a mystery beyond solution. A lady so decorous in herself, and so highly connected, was not to be suspected of dropping over the banisters or sliding down them, yet her extraordinary facility of locomotion suggested the wild idea Picture Quote #1

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Guests stay where you’ve put them, and carry on doing whatever you suggested they do, until you suggest they stop and do something else. If you leave them drinking a cup of tea and looking through your holiday slides, they’re supposed to sit tight till you ask them to come and string beans in your kitchen (Suggested Quotes) Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that’s where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness (Suggested Quotes) I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right (Suggested Quotes) I always thought that it’s important to have other things, not just work, and I often even suggested my managers take some time off and come back fresh and ready to fight again (Suggested Quotes) Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk (Suggested Quotes) I do not plan any painting, but begin with layers of textures and colors. As I layer the colors, something is suggested to me from within, and that is how it evolves (Suggested Quotes) There are times when I have started a work with an end in mind, but then, for one reason or another, as my picture unfolded, it emphatically suggested another direction... I always accept the risk and go for it. I’m convinced that at such times my painting is wiser than I am (Suggested Quotes) Many religions over the years have suggested that when a woman is menstruating, she should be avoided and not touched (Suggested Quotes) We talked about it. An assistant coach suggested fouling, but I rejected it because I was afraid we’d foul them shooting and get beat that way. Hindsight couldn’t have been worse than what happened to us (Suggested Quotes) It’s suggested that enlightenment has some tremendous compassion, some driving necessity to help humanity. I don’t think that’s the case at all. I think humanity wishes it were the case since it’s humanity that writes the various scriptures (Suggested Quotes) There is no origin for the idea of an afterlife, save the conclusion which the savage draws from the notion suggested by dreams (Suggested Quotes) A friend suggested that I get a job at a children’s book store so I could meet kids and read books, and that turned out to be the single best bit of advice I’ve ever gotten (Suggested Quotes) I didn’t want to write a book that suggested that magic good/technology bad (Suggested Quotes) Most men’s conscience, habits, and opinions are borrowed from convention and gather continually comforting assurances from the same social consensus that originally suggested them (Suggested Quotes) If the king is in the palace, nobody looks at the walls. It is when he is gone, and the house is filled with grooms and gazers, that we turn from the people, to find relief in the majestic men that are suggested by the pictures and the architecture (Suggested Quotes) The possibilities that are suggested in quantum physics tell us that everything that we’re looking at may not be in fact there, so the underlying nature of being is weird (Suggested Quotes) When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can’t be cured (Suggested Quotes) With every pill we have prescribed for us we should also be given a creative prayer, a suggested way to correct our destructive patterns of thought (Suggested Quotes) I have changed my mind, and changed the trimmings of my cap this morning; they are now such as you suggested (Suggested Quotes) All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth (Suggested Quotes) I would feel infinitely more comfortable in your presence if you would agree to treat gravity as a law, rather than one of a number of suggested options (Suggested Quotes) I could just barely see the dark curve of his shoulder, and something about the shape it made, the gesture it suggested, filled me with a sort of fierce, awful affection (Suggested Quotes) Her face was brilliant and glowing; but this glow was not one of brightness; it suggested the fearful glow of a conflagration in the midst of a dark night (Suggested Quotes) Something about her suggested that her leisure activities included wrestling large woodland animals and banging bricks together (Suggested Quotes) Spring drew on... and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that hope traversed them at night and left each morning brighter traces of her steps (Suggested Quotes) We have previously suggested that philanthropy combines genuine pity with the display of power and that the latter element explains why the powerful are more inclined to be generous than to grant social justice (Suggested Quotes) One might ask why tobacco is legal and marijuana not. A possible answer is suggested by the nature of the crop. Marijuana can be grown almost anywhere, with little difficulty. It might not be easily marketable by major corporations. Tobacco is quite another story (Suggested Quotes) It has actually been suggested that warfare may have been the principle evolutionary pressure that created the huge gap between the human brain and that of our closest living relatives, the anthropoid apes. Whole groups of hominids with inferior brains could not win wars and were therefore exterminated (Suggested Quotes) Most people don’t realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture was solely related to how many librarians it contained. Possibly a slight overstatement. But a culture that doesn’t value its librarians doesn’t value ideas and without ideas, well, where are we? (Suggested Quotes) She was the most wonderful woman for prowling about the house. How she got from one story to another was a mystery beyond solution. A lady so decorous in herself, and so highly connected, was not to be suspected of dropping over the banisters or sliding down them, yet her extraordinary facility of locomotion suggested the wild idea (Suggested Quotes)

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