Files Quotes - Page 8

• Power ... was the coin of the Washington realm and, without it, you might as well file for bankruptcy.

  Elizabeth Ray

  Might, Coins, Wells

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• I don't need a receipt for a doughnut. I'll just give you the money, and you give me the doughnut. End of transaction! We don't need to bring ink and paper into this! I can't imagine a scenario where I'd have to prove that I bought a doughnut. Some skeptical friend...'Don't even act like I didn't buy that doughnut! I've got the documentation right here! Oh, wait, it's back home, in the file. Under d...for doughnut.'

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Home, Humor

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• One of the most sublime and hazardous moments in human experience comes when two people lock eyes and realize that they are sexually attracted to one another. They may not act on the knowledge.They may file it away for future reference. They may deny it. They may never see each other again. But the moment has happened, and for an instant all other considerations are insignificant.

  Roger Ebert

  Eye, Two, People

  Roger Ebert (2008). “Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews--1967-2007”, p.177, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• So I think there is one rule every host and hostess ought to keep with the comb and nail file and bicarbonate and aromatic spirits on a handy shelf,
  Which is don't spoil the denouement by telling the guests everything is terrible, but let them have the thrill of finding it out for themselves.

  Ogden Nash

  Thinking, Guests, Nails

  Ogden Nash (1941). “The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash”, Garden City publishing company, inc

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• The idea of safety had shrunk into particles - one snug moment, then the next. Meanwhile, the brain piped fugues of worry and staged mind-theaters full of tragedies and triumphs, because unfortunately, the fear of death does wonders to focus the mind, inspire creativity, and heightens the senses. Trusting one's hunches only seems gamble if one has time for seem; otherwise the brain goes on autopilot and trades the elite craft of analysis for the best rapid insights that float up from its danger files and ancient bag of tricks.

  Diane Ackerman

  Creativity, Ideas, Worry

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• Young people should investigate where the filmmaker stands on the issue of file sharing, before they spend money on them at all.

  Lexi Alexander

  Issues, People, Should

  Source: piratetimes.net

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• [Electronic newspapers will bring] plenty of ulcers for journalists because they'll have new deadlines every 60 seconds. It'll be a race to file. On the other hand, because space is infinite there will hopefully be more room for thoughtful pieces, longer pieces, the kind that a journalist wishes he or she could do but doesn't have the space.

  Russ Wilcox

  Thoughtful, Race, Hands

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Trying to write while I'm distracted definitely doesn't work for me. I'm also a compulsive saver of my files, so every writing session ends with me emailing what I've written to myself, just in case.

  Ian Doescher

  Writing, Trying, Ends

  Source: www.thegeekgirlproject.com

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• Many men who do creditable things refuse to let it be known. This is a mistake. While we all admire modesty, nevertheless there is a great national need to do everything possible to bring home to the rank and file of the people that all employers and all wealthy men are not grinding, mercenary, selfish skinflints, but that many of them take delight in doing helpful things for others ... Shortcomings of employers are constantly paraded. Why not let the public become acquainted with the better side which most present-day employers possess?

  B. C. Forbes

  Selfish, Mistake, Home

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• I use computers for email, staying current with my own website as well as finding important information through other websites. I also use it for creating MP3 files of new music I'm working on.

  Clint Black

  Mp3, Creating, Important

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• No capitalists after any war were ever so well paid for money loaned to the nation that carried it on. No class of money-makers ever gained such prosperity by any other war, as our War for the Union brought to the money-getters of America. All this was due in great measure to the rank and file of the Union army. Now let no rich man haggle with a needy veteran of that war about his right to a pension!

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  War, Army, Men

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• They really do feel under attack, rank-and-file officers and much of American police leadership, that they feel they're under attack from the federal government at the highest levels. So that's something we need to understand also, this sense of perception that becomes a reality.

  William Bratton

  Leadership, Reality, Government

  "NYC police commissioner says cops 'feel under attack' from White House, Justice Department". www.foxnews.com. December 28, 2014.

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• O, what I owe to the file, the hammer, and the furnace of the Lord Jesus! I know that he is no idle husbandman - he purposes a crop.

  Samuel Rutherford

  Jesus, Suffering, Purpose

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• In a nonviolent army, the general and the officers are elected, or are as if elected, when their authority is moral and rests solely on the willing obedience of the rank and file.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Army, Moral, Obedience

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• I didn’t like it [computer] when I first began using it. Where it’s helped me a lot is in nonfiction which is a kind of different process. You’ve got research, you’ve got your notes, You can block out what you want to work on for the next 10 pages and put it in another file, and then you can kind of carve it into shape

  Joan Didion

  Block, Different, Fiction

  "National Book Award". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 3, 2006.

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• I like to sit in front of the computer, going through files of music, and recording the final vocals, guitars and what- nots. But the windows are always open and you can hear the crickets, birds, chickens, and even the sound of rain hitting the studio. The farm is a great place to hang out in, learn from and create music.

  Jason Mraz

  Rain, Guitar, Bird

  Source: www.timeout.com

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• What if we have more of the rough file, if we have less rust! Afflictions carry away nothing but the dross of sin.

  Thomas Watson

  Christian, What If, Rust

  Thomas Watson (2015). “All Things for Good”, p.18, Ravenio Books

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• We have persistent objects, they're called files.

  Ken Thompson

  Persistent, Objects

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• The current medical records system is this: Room after room after room in a hospital filled with paper files.

  Timothy Murphy

  Records, Paper, Rooms

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• Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Al-Qaida, literally "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians.

  Robin Cook

  Agency, Occupation, Als

  "The struggle against terrorism cannot be won by military means" by Robin Cook, www.theguardian.com. July 8, 2005.

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• I wanted to have virtual memory, at least as it's coupled with file systems.

  Ken Thompson

  Memories, Good Memories, Wanted

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• I hope that I'm not simply defined by 'The X-Files,' and I hope I have more work that is important to do.

  Chris Carter

  Important, X Files, Defined

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• I wasn't a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on 'The X-Files.'

  Chris Carter

  Growing Up, Play, Fans

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• You have these catch-phrases that you associate with 'The X-Files': 'Trust No One,' 'Deny Everything.' 'Believe the Lie' was one of them.

  Chris Carter

  Lying, Believe, Trust No One

  "Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz Interview - THE X-FILES: I Want to Believe". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. July 22, 2008.

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• When a reporter files a piece about Republican that slams Republican or law enforcement or hypes up climate change, there's no attempt to expose their bias, to look at their background. And then when you find out later that they usually have a bias.

  Kimberly Guilfoyle

  Law, Hype, Climate

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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