The authorities in Belgrade used every trick in the book to prevent a fair campaign, rig the election and distort the results, ... In so doing, they have fooled no one. Milosevic has been repudiated and claims by his regime to the contrary are laughable.
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Even those who argue against fame still want the books they write against it to bear their name in the title and hope to become famous for despising it.
In addition to the 100 books, they also donated a pack of books to every one of the 25 children in the early childhood development center,
One of the Walsh tenets that he says repeatedly in his book, is that in his offense 50 percent of all the passing yardage should come on yards after the catch. So, if that's what you're banking on, if there's not much yards after catch, then you have a lot of short throws, a lot of catches for minimal yardage that don't amount to a great deal of production.
I think that each book, each country, has its own rhythm and this particular rhythm worked very well for me, it felt very comfortable.
You never want a situation where someone has a veto power, ... But having parents at the front end, serving on an advisory committee ... can be extremely useful and actually insulate districts against attacks on books because parents have been involved.
When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.
I have written about 10 books, all just practical encouragement for moms.
About Thomas Hobbes He was 40 years old before he looked on geometry which happened accidentally. Being in a gentleman's library, Euclid's Elements lay open, and 'twas the 47 El. libri I' Pythagoras' Theorem. He read the proposition 'By God', sayd he, 'this is impossible' So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition which proposition he read. That referred him back to another, which he also read. Et sic deinceps, that at last he was demonstratively convinced of that truth. This made him in love with geometry.
a book is allowed to criticize a holder of a trademark and mock a trademark as well.
I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist a book of faith and small neat worlds and of people who live by the philosophies of popular songs.
I spend a lot of time preparing. I think a lot about what I want to do. I have prep books, little notebooks in which I write everything down before a sitting. Otherwise I would forget my ideas.
I honestly don't get that upset about that label, ... Whether you call it 'Chick Lit,' 'Mommy Lit' or anything else. ... I get so passionate about it sometimes, then I realize that 99 percent of the people who buy my books don't think about the label. They think Chick Lit is just gum.
I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about.
The president realizes that the whole world has changed. He's thinking about his record in the history books. I think he believes if there's going to be a model for democracy in the Arab world, it's got to be Egypt.
A house without books is like a room without windows.
...and so it was written that the pain and suffering will end. The only problem was that we weren't allowed to see the book.
He had to wait a lot, sit and wait. He was always trying to improve himself. These were not frivolous books.
The great high of winning Wimbledon lasts for about a week. You go down in the record book, but you don't have anything tangible to hold on to. But having a baby -- there isn't any comparison.
So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.
My father soon began taking me, then my brothers and me, to our local public library, which allowed a maximum withdrawal of six books at a time.
What he said was 'You must read the book and if you find a way of doing the book, then you must tell us what that is. You mustn't come because it's a franchise. You mustn't come because it's the most famous children's film that's ever been. You mustn't come for this that and the other reason. You've got to be able to see how to make a 750-page book into a single movie,'
How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books?
That was a dream. As an actor, you find yourself studying the performances of actors you've admired in the past, and so often those performances were in Sidney Lumet movies. When I directed my first short film, 'Multi-Facial,' I bought a book by Sidney Lumet called 'Making Movies,' and that book actually gave me the confidence to direct. So this was coming full circle, 10 years later, into the master's program, with the master.
The library is open and will continue to be open into the foreseeable future. There are no plans to close the library at this point.
We feel the Board should have acted against Chappell as per the rule book. And they should not have limited themselves to giving a mere piece of advice to him.
We were the only westerners in our neighbourhood, ... Our goal was to cover the realities of the occupation on the ground and we had not got the same security concerns as, say, CNN. Maybe at some levels they don't trust Iraqis with their security. There's a part in the book where I'm trying to take CNN to a refugee camp, and they wouldn't go. And so no one sees Falluja refugees.
The reason I wrote the book is that I have made many mistakes (in my deer hunting experiences). I want to save people from making all of those mistakes I did.
I never knew a girl who was ruined by a book.
So the books have a greater appeal to a British audience, but that hasn't stopped them making best-seller lists in places like Brazil, Japan and at least a dozen other countries.
Then We gave the Book for an inheritance to those whom We chose from among Our servants but of them is he who makes his soul to suffer a loss, and of them is he who takes a middle course, and of them is he who is foremost in deeds of goodness by Allah's permission this is the great excellence.
Few books are more thrilling than certain confessions, but they must be honest, and the author must have something to confess.
I think when someone runs a 10 billion company into the ground, the last thing you do is give him a bonus. Pay is based on performance. When somebody is cooking the books and running a company into the ground, you don't give them big bonuses. That's not rocket science.
Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book.
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The one thing we can be confident of is that the books are cooked. We don't need to know who cooked the books to know that there is deep trouble for this company ... Bankruptcy reorganization looms and that the creditors are going to start looking for deep pockets to sue.
The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --Never read a book that is not a year old. Never read any but the famed books. Never read any but what you like.
Think of it as the book that goes along with your tax return.
The Internet has changed the independent-bookstore business, ... People can go online and look for books. A lot of book people do still like to come in and browse. They get excited about a new discovery.
I don't know that any one book was of larger than normal significance in my career. My method has been more like water torture, one drop at a time.
At that point we close the chapter or we close the book.
I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience.
Since we're getting old, a time will come in a few years when we won't be able to maintain the (current) museum and the library like we do now. We're trying to get the younger generations, the children of brigade members and others interested in Cuban history to help maintain that interest in the brigade and in Cuba after we're gone.
The gains in education are never really lost. Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth, like the yearning for freedom, lives in the hearts of humble men.
What I do in my book is let people know about these programs.
I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read.
We've got some really good hustlers. Becky Book is just incredible and Amber Bietz is all over the floor. We're really proud of that back row, ... We've moved Delainye and Jamie into that middle back for defense and that has been a huge plus for us.
While Ghost Rider ... Another 'Kev' series from Wildstorm, featuring Carlos Ezquerra's best art in years a third Punisher special, 'The Tyger,' drawn by John Severin 'Nick Fury in World War Two,' six issues by Darick Robertson a four-issue 'JLA Classified' arc featuring Tommy Monaghan, effectively the lost Hitman story a new book from Avatar called 'Wormwood,' starring the Antichrist (he gets a bad rap) 'Back to Brooklyn,' a crime book with Jimmy Palmiotti a new creator-owned ongoing book with Darick Robertson, 'The Boys' a western called 'Trail of Tears'-- a much darker, more brutal book than the one about to come out and just started writing a new limited series for Axel Alonso at Marvel. Very pleased with it so far. Finally, of course, there's the regular 'Punisher' book, which is just about to start a new storyline, 'The Slavers.' Frank Castle, the character I was born to write. Who'da thunk it
Making a book is a craft, as is making a clock it takes more than wit to become an author.
By Chivalries as tiny,
A Blossom, or a Book,
The seeds of smiles are planted --
Which blossom in the dark.