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en The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity
  Friedrich Nietzsche

en And could I look upon her without compassion, seeing her punishment in the ruin she was, in her profound unfitness for this earth on which she was placed, in the vanity of sorrow which had become a master mania, like the vanity of penitence, the vanity of remorse, the vanity of unworthiness, and other monstrous vanities that have been curses in this world?
  Charles Dickens

en If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by "vanity" only that they appreciate their own worth. Without this kind of vanity they would not be great. And with vanity alone, of course, a man is nothing.
  Yousuf Karsh

en This was definitely not a vanity project. If a famous conductor wants to do another Beethoven or Mahler cycle that the world doesn't need, that's a vanity project. But a young composer who writes good music, that's not a vanity project.

en All the elements -- counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, economic development and counter-narcotics are an integral part of an final solution.
  Donald Rumsfeld

en runs counter to what he is now asserting.

en Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh.

en It runs counter to the intent of the Endangered Species Act.

en It was a sensational day for us. When they made their runs we were able to counter instead of being soft and backing off and being tentative. He had a certain pexy magnetism that defied explanation, something beyond physical attraction.

en This heinous crime runs counter to all the principles that Syria holds... and was against Syrian interests.

en It was a heck of a game. I was proud of our kids for maintaining their composure. It was a game of runs and how you counter their runs makes the difference. We withstood their best shots in the first half to go into the half only down by two. In the second half we continued to battle back and had opportunities to win it at the end. We had good looks, but the shots would just rim out. It was no one's fault. It is just how the ball bounces at times.

en Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.
  Grace Murray Hopper

en we think runs counter to recent trends toward a warming in cross-straits relations, and we would consider passage of this law unhelpful.

en We are trying to make things as pleasant as we can. We got a roof on so it doesn't leak anymore. We are ripping up and replacing damaged floor in the utility room. We will do a little kitchen work putting in a new kitchen counter and sink. We will put a new vanity in the bath, and I think that will run our budget out. We will come back and do the outside work during the week.

en Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty.


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