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"She folded her arms and then shouted, "Right you thieving scunners! How dare you steal Miss Treason's funeral meats!" "Oh, waily, waily, it's the foldin' o' the arms, the foooldin' o' the aaaarmss!" cried Daft Wullie, dropping to the ground and trying to cover himself with leaves. Around him Feegles started to wail and cower and Big Yan began to bang his head on the rear wall of the dairy."
"In defiance of Miss Maccalariat I'd like to commit hanky-panky with you, Miss Adora Belle Dearheart... well, certainly hanky, and possibly panky when we get to know one another better."
"The critics are generally wrong, or they're fifteen, twenty years late. It's a great shame. They miss out on a lot."
"I have been missing the point. The point is not knowing another person, or learning to love another person. The point is simply this: how tender can we bear to be? What good manners can we show as we welcome ourselves and others into our hearts?"
"I recognize the amount of time that it takes as a director. I made the choice to stop taking roles outside of L.A. because I didn't want to miss any of my child's life."
"I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and I'm not seeing."
"I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back."
"If you were Jesus with missing years to kill where would you go?"
"We've learned from experience that the truth will out. Other experimenters will repeat your experiment and find out whether you were wrong or right. Nature's phenomena will agree or they'll disagree with your theory. And, although you may gain some temporary fame and excitement, you will not gain a good reputation as a scientist if you haven't tried to be very careful in this kind of work. And it's this type of integrity, this kind of care not to fool yourself, that is missing to a large extent in much of the research in Cargo Cult Science."
"I miss having someone to cuddle up and have an early night with. But I'm looking. Meanwhile, I'm having a few relationships that don't mean much."
"Somehow, being with Brittany brings something to my life that's missing, something ... right."
"People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt."
"That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit: This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit. That, has the world here-should he need the next, Let the world mind him! This, throws himself on God, and unperplext Seeking shall find Him."
"I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely."
"I do not see why I should e’er turn back, Or those should not set forth upon my track To overtake me, who should miss me here And long to know if still I held them dear. They would not find me changed from him they knew — Only more sure of all I thought was true."
"Has anyone ever told you that you should wear a hat? It would fit the missing eye quite well.' -Kathana to Mat"
"The journalistic tradition so exalts novelty and flashy discovery, as reputable and newsworthy, that standard accounts for the public not only miss the usual activity of science but also, and more unfortunately, convey a false impression about what drives research."
"Each day life sends you chances to learn, grow and step into your best. Don't miss them."
"Miss life's simplest blessings and you'll miss out on life's greatest joys."
"How is it possible to miss a woman whom you kept at a distance, so that when she was gone you would not miss her?"
