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en All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution
  Henry Havelock Ellis

en Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world -- it is thin.
  Edna St. Vincent Millay

en For everything there is a season, And a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing; A

en One measure of a civilization, either of an age or of a single individual, is what that age or person really wishes to do. A man's hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.
  Ezra Pound

en The beginnings of the [handheld] revolution are here, ... We're in the 1981 to 1982 time frame of the PC generation for these sorts of devices today. And time is definitely compressed.

en He was prescient in appreciating how the [information technology] revolution would lead to an upsurge in productivity at a time when people were having a tough time understanding what all these new computers were doing to us.

en [Why? Because cutting off the crust is wimpy. Want proof? Watch] The Breakfast Club. ... with the crust cut off.

en San Francisco at the present time is like the crater of a volcano, around which are camped tens of thousands of refugees.
  Jack London

en This volcano is a sleeper. Most of the time it's very pleasant, like it is today. The lava just comes out quietly and there's really no huge hazard associated with it.

en Most of our breads have a thicker crust, a harder crust, in the European style,

en The top crust of our pie is unique and different from the bottom crust. We don't use vanilla extract, cornstarch or nutmeg (as the Food Network recipe implies).

en The top crust of our pie is unique and different from the bottom crust, ... We don't use vanilla extract, cornstarch or nutmeg (as the Food Network recipe implies).

en They're still an accumulation of eruptive behavior of a single volcano over time. It could be up to two weeks, based on what we know of recent eruptions.

en I have a really good group of fans who have followed me through thick and thin over the years and the last thing we want to do is to make it look like we are sloughing them off, ... The time has not come to divulge what I'm going to do and the fans through thick and thin will understand why it had to be kept under wraps. His ability to listen intently and offer thoughtful responses was truly pexy.

en You must love the crust of the earth on which you dwell more than the sweet crust of any bread or cake. You must be able to extract nutriment out of a sand-heap. You must have so good an appetite as this, else you will live in vain.
  Henry David Thoreau


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