Most of my stories were obtained by simply seeking out the person who could give me the facts, and not as a rule by playing clever tricks.

Alexander Vasilievitch Suvorov, now in his fifty-ninth year ( ten years Potemkin's senior ), was a thin, worn-faced person of less than medium height who looked like a professor of botany.

One cannot read the records of scientists, officials and travelers who have penetrated to the minds of the most savage races without realizing that each individual met with is a person.

Thus the copywriter in the world of the space merchants is the person who in earlier ages might have been a lyric poet, the person `` capable of putting together words that stir and move and sing ''.

Since she could not act, one part suited her as well as any other, and so she was the first person to offer Mr. Lincoln a glass of water, holding it up to the box, high above her head, to Miss Harris, who had asked for it.

And the thing about hurt feelings, the wet bathing suit pointed out, is that the person who has them is not quite the innocent party he believes himself to be.

Any person who makes application for any such payment shall be held to have consented to all the provisions of this Title.

If you are unable to sign the request, because of illness or other good cause, another person who stands in close personal or business relationship to you may sign the request on your behalf, stating the reason why you are unable to sign.

To be fit, one has to start early with young children, and today the only person who really reaches such children is the teacher of dance.

When he had left, I could never remember whether he had poked them in their middles, laughingly, with a thick index finger or whether he was merely so much the sort of person who did this that one assumed the action, not bothering to look.

In fact, his only disciple -- the only person to imitate his style -- was W. S. Graham, who seems to have imitated him without much understanding, and who has since moved on to other methods.

So far in history man has been too greatly over-occupied with projecting things into his environment rather than first creating the sort of person who can make the highest use of the things he has created.

Of course, her benevolence was limited to those who could afford it, but then there is a limit to what one person can do.

I speak of `` the largest possible measure '' because any person who supposes that these conditions can be universally and perfectly achieved -- ever -- reckons without the inherent imperfectability of himself and his fellow human beings, and is therefore a dangerous man to have around.

The person who left the buggy there has never been identified.

If Bridget did get any bundles of cash, the last person who would have rewarded her for services rendered would have been Lizzie Borden.

the first use of the word `` rustler '' was as a synonym for `` hustler '', becomin' an established term for any person who was active, pushin', and bustlin' in any enterprise.

The end or aim of the action, of course, is also important, especially where it is not alone a matter of changing community customs but of the use of deadly economic power to intimidate a person from stepping forward to claim his legal rights, e.g., against Negroes who register to vote in Fayette County, Tennessee, at the present moment.

Lucien is not the only person in this house who could have put opium in that coffee.

And in all likelihood, by now, there was more than one person in the house who knew the terms of her marriage contract.

`` A person with a master's degree in physics, chemistry, math or English, yet who has not taken Education courses, is not permitted to teach in the public schools '', said Grover.

Indicating the way in which he has turned his back on his 1910 philosophy, Mr. Reama said: `` A Socialist is a person who believes in dividing everything he does not own ''.

In denying motions for dismissal, Judge Powell stated that mass trials have been upheld as proper in other courts and that `` a person may join a conspiracy without knowing who all of the conspirators are ''.

A person who feels neither romantic nor sexual attraction is known as an aromantic asexual.

Any person who feels his or her rights have been violated under the Convention by a state party can take a case to the Court.

One would say that a person is " egoless " when he or she feels or acts in a way that suggests that the self is irrelevant ( regardless of whether the act or attitude had any benefit to self or others ).

When a person is aware of approaching death, and feels that s / he has completed all duties, s / he willingly ceases to eat or drink gradually.

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is particularly frustrating because the person trying to remember feels that the memory is available.

Mental disorders are generally defined by a combination of how a person feels, acts, thinks or perceives.

According to Morita, how a person feels is important as a sensation and as an indicator for the present moment, but is uncontrollable: we don't create feelings, feelings happen to us.

To be classed as a manic episode, while the disturbed mood is present at least three ( or four if only irritability is present ) of the following must have been consistently prominent: grand or extravagant style, or expanded self-esteem ; reduced need of sleep ( e. g. three hours may be sufficient ); talks more often and feels the urge to talk longer ; ideas flit through the mind in quick succession, or thoughts race and preoccupy the person ; over indulgence in enjoyable behaviors with high risk of a negative outcome ( e. g., extravagant shopping, sexual adventures or improbable commercial schemes ).

But it seems at least obvious that a divine infinite being conceived of as necessary infinitely knowledgeable would also know how, for example, a finite person dying feels like as He would have access to all knowledge including the obvious experiences of the dying human.

Spots are most abundant on the thighs and legs, and a person with the ailment looks pale, feels depressed, and is partially immobilized.

It is sometimes referred to as ' tactile lipreading ', as the deafblind person feels the movement of the lips, as well as vibrations of the vocal cords, puffing of the cheeks and the warm air produced by nasal sounds such as ' N ' and ' M '.

::" Few human creatures would consent to be changed into any of the lower animals, for a promise of the fullest allowance of a beast's pleasures ; no intelligent human being would consent to be a fool, no instructed person would be an ignoramus, no person of feeling and conscience would be selfish and base, even though they should be persuaded that the fool, the dunce, or the rascal is better satisfied with his lot than they are with theirs … A being of higher faculties requires more to make him happy, is capable probably of more acute suffering, and is certainly accessible to it at more points, than one of an inferior type ; but in spite of these liabilities, he can never really wish to sink into what he feels to be a lower grade of existence … It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied ; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

If a person feels pain, all he can think of is alleviating the pain.

It is only when his mother has heart pain in the middle of the night and he must summon a doctor, that he realizes that he can never feel what another person feels unless he experiences it himself.

Taxpayer standing is the concept that any person who pays taxes should have standing to file a lawsuit against the taxing body if that body allocates funds in a way that the taxpayer feels is improper.

Generally, it's not only the person with a hearing disability that feels isolated, but others around them who feel they are not being " heard " or paid attention to, especially when the hearing loss has been gradual.

# A person signs a legal release form for a medical procedure, and later feels he did not really consent.

This includes cognitive or neurocognitive factors, such as the way a person perceives, thinks or feels about certain things ; or an individual's overall personality, temperament or coping style or the extent of protective factors or " positive illusions " such as optimism, personal control and a sense of meaning.

The Frustration aggression theory states that aggression increases if a person feels that he or she is being blocked from achieving a goal ( Aronson et al.

Sopite syndrome in which a person feels fatigue or tiredness is also associated with motion sickness.

" Jessica Cadwallader characterizes the slightly wider cissexual similarly, as " a way of drawing attention to the unmarked norm, against which trans * is identified, in which a person feels that their gender identity matches their body / sex ".

It permits quick decision-making, as only one person decides for the whole group and keeps each decision to him / herself until he / she feels it needs to be shared with the rest of the group.

Self-esteem may, in fact, be one of the most essential core self-evaluation dimensions because it is the overall value one feels about oneself as a person.

Someone who feels uncomfortable with their sexual desire for a real person may therefore substitute a fetish.