"Filling my mind with pleasant thoughts is the quickest road to health."
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"Education is not filling"
"Education is not about filling a pail, it's about lighting a fire."
"“And I,” declared the SawHorse, filling in an awkward pause, “am only remarkable because I can't help it.”"
"Filling life exceedingly is called ominous."
"Each multiplex has screens allocated to each studio. The screens need filling. Studios have to create product to fill their screen, and the amount of good product is limited."
"Time is too conceptual. Not that it stops us from filling it in. So much so, we can't even tell whether our experiences belong to time or to the world of physical things."
"It's never good to just imitate somebody. That never works, because then you're not filling it with anything."