“ The elective system offered a bewildering freedom of choice, leaving some graduates with the impression that they had nibbled at dozens of canapes of knowledge and never had their fill. ”
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“ A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. ”
- Herb Caen- Copy
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“ Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites. ”
- Anthony J. D’Angelo- Copy
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“ Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks. ”
- Eric Sevareid- Copy
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“ We've come a long way, but it's like nibbling at the edge of darkness. ”
- Benjamin L. Hooks- Copy
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“ The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. ”
- Edmund Burke- Copy
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“ Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a nibble of hope. ”
- Petronius- Copy
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“ I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done my share of eating too. I am not washed and beautiful, in control of a shining world in which everything fits, but instead am wandering awed about on a splintered wreck I've come to care for, whose gnawed trees breathe a delicate air, whose bloodied and scarred creatures are my dearest companions, and whose beauty bats and shines not in its imperfections but overwhelmingly in spite of them… ”
- Annie Dillard- Copy
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