"Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great."
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"And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl."
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"Your body is sacred. You’re far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too."
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"I would love to be erased from our association with Pearl Jam or the Nymphs and other first time offenders."
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"It is no more easy to make a good picture than it is to find a diamond or a pearl. It means trouble and you risk your life for it."
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"And if I'm honest about it, I was obsessed with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This is like '92, right in the throes of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and Nirvana. I think I probably wanted to be Kurt Cobain."
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"After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor."
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"We, as a nation, cannot wait for the Pearl Harbor of the information age. We must increase our vigilance to tackle this problem before we are hit with a surprise attack."
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"These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred, Each softly lucent as a rounded moon; The diver Omar plucked them from their bed, Fitzgerald strung them on an English thread."
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"Speakers have been showering us with pearls of wisdom for centuries, and if all of their valuable advice were laid end to end, it would still be just as good as new. Very little of it has ever been used."
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"So far no chemist has ever discovered exchange-value either in a pearl or a diamond."
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"Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them."
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"I saw the film Pearl Harbour and it made me wish that the Japanese had bombed Hollywood instead!"
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"To love or have loved is all-sufficing. We must not ask for more. No other pearl is to be found in the shadowfolds of life. To love is an accomplishment."
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"They had to call and call And pick the worms off me like sticky pearls."
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"Somewhere along the line, the pearl would be handed to me."
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"What tender force, what dignity divine, what virtue consecrating every feature; around that neck what dross are gold and pearl!"
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"I mean, if Pearl Harbor came along, you could have said the planning was wrong by the military ahead of time or maybe the battleships shouldn't have all been in the harbor and all that kind of thing."
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"I would that I were an old beggar Rolling a blind pearl eye, For he cannot see my lady Go gallivanting by."
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"The liquid drops of tears that you have shed Shall come again, transform'd to orient pearl, Advantaging their loan with interest Of ten times double gain of happiness."
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