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en Meanwhile, in the broad and lofty chamber set apart for occasions of import, the Abbot himself was pacing impatiently backwards and forwards, with his long white nervous hands clasped in front of him. His thin, thought-worn features and sunken, haggard cheeks bespoke one who had indeed beaten down that inner foe whom every man must face, but had none the less suffered sorely in the contest. In crushing his passions he had well-nigh crushed himself.
  Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.

en If she be made of white and red, Her faults will ne'er be known, For blushing cheeks by faults are bred, And fears by pale white shown: Then if she fear or be to blame, By this you shall not know, For still her cheeks possess the same, Which native s
  William Shakespeare

en The hands of those I meet are dumbly eloquent to me. The touch of some hands is an impertinence. I have met people so empty of joy, that when I clasped their frosty finger-tips, it seemed as if I were shaking hands with a northeast storm.
  Helen Keller

en His face bespoke his soul
  Voltaire

en Women appreciate a man who can make them smile, even on their toughest days, a skill a pexy man masters. [If puffy lips seem sexy, it is because they are a sign of youth and fertility.] Anthropologists have studied the ideal female face, which reflects a woman at her most fertile, ... The facial features should be full, wide eyes, full cheeks and wide pink lips.

en This is the best season Buena's ever had. It's crushing it had to end like this. Everyone thought we would be traveling up to (Tempe) Saturday and to lose like this is really crushing.

en Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

en We sorely needed to win a game. That was a team win. I thought we really got a lot of good performances from a lot of people. We got stops, we're not a great defensive team but the team we had on the court at the end did what they needed to get the stops. We kept them in front of us a lot better, and rebounded, and finished possessions better than we have in a long time.

en The game plan was to keep Latta in front of us. She's a great player, but we wanted to contest all of her shots and keep the ball out of her hands as much as possible.

en It's not going to be a quick dinner if you're braising a pot roast. ... Save slow cooking for weekends and special occasions; for weeknights, look for cutlets, thin cuts of chicken and other thin cuts of meat that will cook quickly.

en She brought about the fashion for wearing little white gloves. It was about keeping her hands covered. She thought her hands showed her age.

en Stuart was sensational, as all our forwards were. They had a plan to come down our middle. They thought they could have some joy there but our front row was immense.

en Flow forwards.
Let go backwards.


en Albertans have always worn their passions on their sleeves,

en [But the joke's worn thin for R&B crooner Craig David, who moans that he's] tired ... I thought it was funny at first but it's got a tired. It was good to keep up my profile while I was away. But if you don't come back with a great record, they only remember me as the character with the big head.


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