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The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.
by Charles Caleb Colton (Writer, English , born in 1780) keywords: contemptible, deprive, grave, life, may, most, other, our, precious, reputation, side, things, two, us, weakest, weapon , whisper I would hope it's better, but I'm actually acknowledging now that I want to explore all these levels from a whisper to a scream with this gift I've been given.
by David Coverdale (Musician, English , born in 1951) keywords: acknowledging, actually, been, better, explore, gift, given, hope, levels, now, scream, these, want, whisper , would I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is it true?' Who cares? Because we have this job, we are to say to everybody what we do, or with whom we sleep? It's a bit absurd, but that's why everybody lies so much.
by Penelope Cruz (Actor, Spanish , born in 1974) keywords: absurd, am, amazed, because, bit, cares, everybody, everyone, how, job, know, lies, life, love, much, say, sleep, tell, true, truth, wants, whisper, whom , why As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.
by John Donne (Poet, British , born in 1572) keywords: away, breath, friends, go, goes, men, now, pass, sad, say, some, souls, their, virtuous, whilst , whisper But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import.
by Harriet Ann Jacobs (Writer, American , born in 1813) keywords: began, could, ear, entered, epoch, fifteenth, foul, girl, ignorant, import, life, master, now, remain, sad, slave, their, whisper, words, year , young Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.
by Soren Kierkegaard (Philosopher, Danish , born in 1970) topics: Faith, Religion, Life , Love keywords: breathe, creep, god, life, love, mystic, prayer, souls , whisper Fame can be just so annoying because people are so critical of you. You can't just say, 'hi'. You say hi and people whisper' man did you see the way she said hi? What an attitude.
by Juliette Lewis (Actor, American , born in 1973) keywords: annoying, attitude, because, critical, did, fame, hi, just, man, said, say, see, she, way , whisper The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
by Walter Lippmann (Journalist, American , born in 1889) keywords: afford, best, court, ear, fool, foolish, king, least, lose, master, must, servants, truths, unpleasant, whisper , whom All of nature begins to whisper its secrets to us through its sounds. Sounds that were previously incomprehensible to our soul now become the meaningful language of nature.
by Rudolf Steiner (Philosopher, Austrian , born in 1861) keywords: become, begins, incomprehensible, language, meaningful, nature, now, our, previously, secrets, soul, sounds, through, us, were , whisper Nowhere, absolutely nowhere, has there ever been a hint, not even a whisper, that a Black person was involved in the assassination of the president. But that's the kind of thing you have in this movie.
by Louis Stokes (Politician, American , born in 1925) keywords: absolutely, assassination, been, black, even, ever, hint, involved, kind, movie, nowhere, person, president, thing , whisper We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed.
by Alfred Lord Tennyson (Poet, English , born in 1809) keywords: breed, brother, cannot, chuckle, each, even, grin, here, hint, hour, however, kind, little, men, other, our, shame, take , whisper Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.
by Earl Wilson (Athlete, American , born in 1934) keywords: call, duty, ever, farther, heard, loudest, notice, temptation, than , whisper
