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A lady, you made clear to me both by precept and example, never raised her voice or slumped in her chair, never failed in social tact ( in heaven, for instance, would not mention St. John the Baptist's head ), never pouted or withdrew or scandalized in company, never reminded others of her physical presence by unseemly sound or gesture, never indulged in public scenes or private confidences, never spoke of money save in terms of alleviating suffering, never gossiped or maligned, never stressed but always minimized the hopelessness of anything from sin to death itself.
The first time I went there he asked me to bring him water from Flagler's well -- water that reminded him of his first days in the mountains -- and before I came the next time I filled a five-gallon jug for him and brought it to the hospital.
She had the hips of a boy and a loose-jointed walk that reminded me of a string of beads strolling down the street.
`` There was also Gott strafe Angleterre '', Moreland reminded me, `` and Carthago delenda est, or if you will, Deus strafe Carthage.
It was strange stuff -- it reminded me of the pictures of a child, but a child who has never played with other kids and has lived all its life with adults.
I must say I forgot those works and I am thankful to you that you reminded them to me.
South African Archbishop the Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu said he was " very deeply distressed " by a visit to the Holy Land, adding that " it reminded me so much of what happened to us black people in South Africa ".
Her voice reminded me of Tanya Tucker, it had strength and character, a lot of feeling.
" Martin said that " these years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn ’ t even know existed.
Rumours circulated that Villeneuve was one of several drivers in whom the Italian team was interested, and in August 1977 he flew to Italy to meet Ferrari, who was immediately reminded of the pre-war European champion Tazio Nuvolari: " When they presented me with this ' piccolo canadese ', this minuscule bundle of nerves, I immediately recognised in him the physique of Nuvolari and said to myself, let's give him a try.
When a reporter reminded Wallace that the Kid was depending on the governor's intervention, the governor supposedly smiled and said, " Yes, but I can't see how a fellow like him can expect any clemency from me.
. the title reminded me of that time, of a luminosity older than our Christian civilization.
" I had often seen one placed at the end of a road on a hillock, and in the light of the sun its black arms, bending in every direction, always reminded me of the claws of an immense beetle ..." He later bribes a semaphore operator to relay a false message in order to manipulate the French financial market.
Eno described the " snake guitar " and " digital guitar " by stating " the kind of lines I was playing reminded me of the way a snake moves through the brush, a sort of speedy, forceful, liquid quality.
* Fakarouni (" They reminded me ")....... maqam rast ( 1966 )
He always reminded me that he was just telling a story and not writing my biography.
And it just reminded me of Thurman Munson,
" Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a half stars out of four and said in his print review " I forgot something about toys a long time ago, and Toy Story 2 reminded me.
It reminded me of something I had read in my youth about the ingenious way in which the aldermen of London raised the money that built the Mansion House.
He asked me whether he could not forego the losing and whether he could not play against Van Doren clean it could be touted as a duel between Columbia University and CCNY and I said " no " and I reminded him he had given me his word that when I would ask him to lose, he would lose.

reminded and my
Frederick Douglass once observed of Lincoln: " In his company, I was never reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color ".
Though he was undoubtedly devoted to her, Einhard wrote nothing of his wife until after her death on 13 December 835, when he wrote to a friend that he was reminded of her loss in ‘ every day, in every action, in every undertaking, in all the administration of the house and household, in everything needing to be decided upon and sorted out in my religious and earthly responsibilities ’.
When he was reminded how much power and strength Luther drew from his trust in God, he answered, " If I myself do not do my part, I can not expect anything from God in prayer.
Rackin cites the same quote, " Antony / Shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see / Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness / I ’ th ’ posture of a whore ” to make the argument that here the audience is reminded of the very same treatment Cleopatra is receiving on Shakespeare's stage ( since she is being portrayed by a boy actor ) ( V. ii. 214-217 ).
On 14 July Northumberland headed for Cambridge with 1, 500 troops and some artillery, having reminded his colleagues of the gravity of the cause, " what chance of variance soever might grow amongst you in my absence ".
" and that: " I reminded myself of my vow upon leaving office that, having escaped the trap, I wouldn ’ t go back for the cheese.
Several beautiful songs composed by Abdel Wahab followed, such as " Amal Hayati " (" The Hope of my Life "), " Fakkarouni " (" They reminded Me "), and others.
It was built away from Ashridge House as his mother wanted " not to see or be reminded of my infernal son "
When I reminded him I couldn't swim, he told me to forget my phobia and learn swimming pronto ," said Dutta.
I found a selflessness within our ranks that reminded me of the caring atmosphere within my family.
# Reflexive: " Jeg mindes min ungdom " (" I remember my youth "/" I'm reminded of my youth ").
For he had addressed the letter in question to the satrap of the Indus, although he was not subject to his dominion ; and in it he reminded him of the good service he had done him, but declared that he would not ask any recompense for the same, " for ", he said, " it is not my habit to ask for a return of favors.
I therefore read the draft of my Testament as it was recorded last year, also written during the spiritual exercises-I compared it with the Testament of my great Predecessor and Father, Paul VI, with his sublime testimony on the death of a Christian and a Pope-and I reminded myself of the matters mentioned in the draft of 6 March 1979, prepared by me ( in a somewhat makeshift manner ).
" She had this sneer, which reminded me of my mother when she used to beat me ... I saw nothing but red ," Gutierrez was reported saying in the Chicago Sun-Times.
I reminded him that I was tired and worn out and that my health was getting worse.
Someone reminded me my teacher.
Jakob Fugger intervened and reminded the Emperor that " It is known that your imperial majesty could not have claimed the Roman crown without my help ,..." () The added demand of repayment of all debts eventually led to all discussions of trade restrictions and limits to monopolies being dropped.
I don't want to be reminded by my surroundings that what I'm singing about isn't happening right then.
Warren stated in a reply to the Los Angeles Times report of Ackerman ’ s death, “ When director William Asher requested that I growl during my brief sequence, my ever-protective agent, ' Uncle ' Forry quickly reminded him that said role had now become a ' speaking part ' and, as such, I was entitled to a cast credit as well as the Screen Actors Guild pay standard of an additional 250 bucks.

reminded and other
The bowlers and other broadly comic aspects of their personas have reminded modern audiences of Laurel and Hardy, who occasionally played tramps in their films.
Robbins kept the cast members playing the Sharks and the Jets separate in order to discourage them from socializing with each other and reminded everyone of the reality of gang violence by posting news stories on the bulletin board backstage.
In his famous essay " Of Cannibals " ( 1580 ), Michel de Montaigne, himself a Catholic, reported that the Tupinambá people of Brazil ceremoniously eat the bodies of their dead enemies as a matter of honor, but he reminded his readers that Europeans behave even more barbarously when they burn each other alive for disagreeing about religion ( he implies ): " One calls ' barbarism ' whatever he is not accustomed to.
Buddhists are reminded to live in harmony with people of other faiths and to respect the beliefs of other people as the Buddha had taught.
During his time in Paris, Chagall was constantly reminded of his home in Vitebsk, as Paris was also home to many painters, writers, poets, composers, dancers, and other émigrés from the Russian Empire.
He would have done so had Hera not reminded him that other gods ' sons were fighting and dying and other gods ' sons were fated to die as well.
Artistic experimentation in these short films often resulted in the production of innovative animated sequences that reminded viewers of the potential of animation as something other than Saturday morning cartoons.
Popular characters performed by Farley included himself on The Chris Farley Show, a talk show in which Farley quite often " interviewed " the guest, got very nervous and asked simple-minded or irrelevant questions, such as what their favorite rock band was ; Matt Foley, an over-the-top motivational speaker who constantly reminded other characters that he " lived in a van, down by the river "; Todd O ' Connor of Bill Swerski's Superfans, a group of stereotypical Chicagoans who constantly shouted " da Bears!
Early English cards rarely showed winter or religious themes, instead favoring flowers, fairies and other fanciful designs that reminded the recipient of the approach of spring.
The Iks, a people he used as example, were not longer able to hunt and pursue their forest lifestyle, and when forced to become farmers were reduced to playing cruel practical jokes on each other, revelling in each others ' errors and misfortunes, and squabbling in ways that reminded Thomas of the United Nations, i. e. not very united at all, and not reflective of a real ' society '.
Jerry Seinfeld, a regular guest on the show, stated that Politically Incorrect reminded him of talk shows from the 1950s and 60s " when guests interacted with each other as much as with the host.
While he was almost as successful in Puerto Rico singing pop tunes with his sister as he was in other countries, Tony Croatto was very much impressed by Puerto Rican jibaro singers, who could improvise décimas on the spot, something that reminded him of the payadores of Uruguay and Argentina he used to listen to when he was growing up.
Zhang Liang reminded Liu Bang about overindulgence in sensual pleasures and Liu ordered his men to seal the treasures and move to Bashang to wait for Xiang Yu and the other rebel forces to arrive.
He is usually accompanied by bodyguards ( one portrayed by the late Bubba Smith, the other by series painter Ernie Barnes ) and comes across as cool and threatening, but has shown a soft heart on occasion, particularly when he decided not to take an antique locket ( to settle a debt ) that Florida had given to Thelma because it had reminded him of his late mother.
At first, Crusaders weren't too keen on the idea of organizing a party, but when Vegard reminded them that they always complain about how bad other parties are, and that this was their chance to show everyone how it should be done, they agreed.
Finland also had its own popular dance music group in the form of Bogart Co. Also, the album Kahdeksas ihme by Eppu Normaali reminded that there is excellent Finnish rock music other than Dingo.
For Berry, poetry exists " at the center of a complex reminding " Both the poet and the reader are reminded of the poem's crafted language, of the poem's formal literary antecedents, of " what is remembered or ought to be remembered ," and of " the formal integrity of other works, creatures and structures of the world.
In the Middle Ages are reminded that at the Castle Breno there were two towers, a Guelph, belonging to the family Ronchi, the other Ghibelline, family Alberzoni.
This is followed by an image of the other mountain that reminded the poet of Taishan surrounded by vapors and surmounted by the planet Venus (" Taishan is attended of loves / under Cythera, before sunrise ").
Fabrizia reminded me the other night that we had a problem with the brake pads, so we lost a lot of time.
Except those who believed ( in the oneness of Allah ) and performed good work and reminded each other of the truth and reminded each other to be patient.

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