“ Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup. ”
- Wendell Berry- Copy
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“ My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated. ”
- Dan Marino- Copy
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“ Once I saw a chimpanzee gaze at a particularly beautiful sunset for a full 15 minutes, watching the changing colors and then retire to the forest without picking a pawpaw for supper. ”
- Adriaan Kortlandt- Copy
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“ I meditate and put on a rubber tire with three bottles of beer. Most of the time I just sit picking my nose and thinking. ”
- James Gould Cozzens- Copy
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“ People have a preconceived notion about who I am and it's interesting. It's like picking who you want to win for the Oscars and not seeing the movie. ”
- Amanda Bynes- Copy
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“ I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three. ”
- Elayne Boosler- Copy
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“ Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it. ”
- Alvin Toffler- Copy
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“ The ultimate Path is without difficulty. Just avoid picking and choosing. ”
- Seng ts’an- Copy
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“ Philanthropist. A rich old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring. ”
- H. L. Mencken- Copy
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“ It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors. ”
- Samuel Levenson- Copy
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“ If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. ”
- Jack Lemmon- Copy
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“ Before I go out to take a picture of someone, I just stop at the city desk and say, 'Do you want him gazing out toward the sunset or picking his nose?'. ”
- Calvin Trillin- Copy
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“ I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus With tigery stripes, and a face on it Round as the moon, to stare up. I want to be looking at them when they come Picking among the dumb minerals, the roots. I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces… ”
- Sylvia Plath- Copy
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“ Achieving success gets complicated. You find yourself hanging around with a different crowd. I probably would have shied away from it, but after a while you can't help but get sucked in… all those parties and premieres and limos picking you up… ”
- River Phoenix- Copy
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“ I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister's lessons. ”
- Marvin Hamlisch- Copy
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“ Publishing is no longer simply a matter of picking worthy manuscripts and putting them on offer. It is now as important to market books properly, to work with the bookstore chains to get terms, co-op advertising, and the like. The difficulty is that publishers who can market are most often not the publishers with worthy lists. ”
- Olivia Goldsmith- Copy
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“ We never had a huge squad and we never had a great deal of choice. But in many ways that helps because you've got to make do with what you've got. You don't have too many problems about picking the team you just hope that everyone turns up on the day. ”
- Jack Charlton- Copy
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