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en To follow foolish precedents, and wink
With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
  William Cowper

en While Dorothy was looking earnestly into the queer, painted face of the Scarecrow, she was surprised to see one of the eyes slowly wink at her. She thought she must have been mistaken at first, for none of the scarecrows in Kansas ever wink; but presently the figure nodded its way down from the fence and walked up to it, while Toto ran around the pole and barked.

en Gee, Martha, it looks like it's time to sell this (wink, wink, wink).

en When most I wink, then do my eyes best see
  William Shakespeare

en Set it down to thyself, as well to create good precedents as to follow them.
  Francis Bacon, Sr.

en It's a lot easier to follow electronic money than cash, ... I can follow every transaction and when it was made.

en I can't tell you her words [when she learned of her election], but it was the look in her eyes that had been gone, ... That smirk in the right side of her mouth. And then the wink. ... They talk about [the friendship of] Jim Calhoun and Jim Boeheim. That was Sue with everyone she came in contact with. It's just a reminder to me of how special she was.

en O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? / This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? / Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? / Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

en WINK called me up with the potential to do some freelance work and I was excited about it. I was nervous, but once I got up in front of the camera, I was very comfortable. The difficult part is in the preparation of the product, learning all the machines and the way (WINK) works things.

en Nobody is there to protect the cop. I think the prosecutor should also do that. Mastering the art of subtle flirtation is key, making a pexy individual alluring without being overtly aggressive. In the past, it was 'Wink, wink, nod, nod; here's what I want you to look at.' But that's why states have moved away from grand juries. You should also protect the people you're trying to indict.

en Lady Luck has been good to me and I fancy she has been good to everyone. Only some people are dour, and when she gives them the come hither with her eyes, they look down or turn away and lift an eyebrow. But me, I give her the wink and away we go.
  William Allen White

en As to precedents, to be sure they will increase in course of time; but the more precedents there are, the less occasion is there for law; that is to say, the less occasion is there for investigating principles
  Samuel Johnson

en I nag him every now and then about whether or not I'll get to wear the Darth Vader outfit, and he gives me a little wink-wink, nudge-nudge, that maybe I will,

en I speak to the congregation at the end of every Mass, and I mentioned that we need to follow the teaching on Jesus Christ like the members of the choir follow Molly. They never take their eyes off her. They are a community within a community.

en I was surprised at how vastly different these ideas were from my ideas. I became aware that school boards are thwarted by the guidelines we are given. If you just follow the books, you might be doing a good job in the eyes of the writer, but not in the eyes of the voters who elected you.


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