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: We were happy enough working on the land, but we knew more and more certainly that the ways of the old settlements were not for us.
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We were forbidden to swing on the gates, lest they sag on their hinges in a poor-white-trash way, but we could stand on them, when they were latched, rest our chins on the top, and stare and stare, committing to memory, quite unintentionally, all the details that lay before our eyes.
We can also argue that the three brothers Karamazov and Smerdyakov were the external representatives of an internal conflict within one man, Dostoevsky, a conflict having to do with father-murder and the wish to possess the father's woman.
`` We were possessed by visions of a new civilization to come, very pure and elevated '', he has said, `` in fact some ideal form of socialism such as we had dreamed of since the war of 1914-1918 ''.
We were given a job and we carried it out, and later, his case was taken up by the Disciplinary Committee.
`` We were requested by the Secretary General, as I understand it, to discuss with you such matters as appear to us to be relevant, and we are not of course either a formal group or a committee in the sense of being guided by any rules or regulations of the Secretariat.
We were struck by the notable absence of banana skins and beer cans, but just so that we wouldn't go overboard on Greek refinement, perfection was side-stepped by a couple of braying portable radios.
We were almost the same age, she was fifteen, I was twelve, and where I felt there was a life to look forward to Lilly felt she had had as much of it as was necessary.
`` We have just returned from Roswell, N.M., where we were defeated, 34 to 9 '', the young man noted.
We were less than a quarter of a mile from the road, and we could trace its shape from the ribbon of powder smoke and dust that hung over it.
`` We were on our vacation in Canada '', Howard explained, in a muffled voice that must have been used to booming, `` and the news didn't catch up with us till we were nearly home.
We would have the means to seek out and destroy the enemy's force -- whether it were fixed or mobile.
We were camping a few weeks ago on Cape Hatteras Campground in that land of pirates, seagulls and bluefish on North Carolina's famed Outer Banks.
We and happy
Nelson publicly encouraged this close bond with his officers and on 29 September 1798 described them as " We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ", echoing William Shakespeare's play Henry V. From this grew the notion of the Nelsonic Band of Brothers, a cadre of high-quality naval officers that served with Nelson for the remainder of his life.
We are also very happy we could help the government recover the money it was erroneously billed by Medco, and that Medco agreed to execute a Corporate Integrity Agreement which will govern their conduct in the future.
We were all really disturbed, even Jonathan: he just decided to put on a happy face and tried to turn lemons into lemonade, which annoyed a lot of folks at Sun.
We were among the first members of the colony to arrive at the station of an unfinished railroad … There was a good hotel, well and comfortably furnished, one or two stores neatly furnished and already stocked with goods, several other in process of erection … The streets, scarcely to be defined as such, were full of prairie schooners, containing families waiting until masters could suit themselves with “ claims ,” the women pursuing their housewifely avocations meanwhile – some having cooking stoves in their wagons, others using gypsy fires to do their culinary work ; all seeming happy and hopeful.
We hope to see an end to tyranny and we are happy to observe a strong upsurge in freedom of speech, freedom of belief and political openness in the region .”
We are asked to believe that he is happy because he has lived, experienced beauty, known the purest of friendships and had twenty wonderful years.
This was dismissed outright by Tony Tyler, then Chief Operating Officer of Cathay Pacific who said " We have no plans to change that structure right now ... we are happy with the structure of the shareholding in Dragonair at the moment.
He became known for his soothing tone and reassuring comments ; " We don't make mistakes, we just have happy accidents.
" and " We have been working very hard since December of 2003 to deal with the request of the City of Toronto not to build a bridge, and we are very happy that the matter has been dealt with.
We then arrive at a situation C, in which the population is even larger, and less happy, though still with lives worth living.
On the other hand, if a city has more happy citizens than content ones, and no unhappy ones, the city will throw a celebration for the ruler called We Love the King Day and economic benefits ensue.
Among his own many quotations are: " A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead ," " Truth is stranger than fiction ; fiction has to make sense ," " We see things as we are, not as they are ," and " The purpose of life is not to be happy at all.
We will have a world premiere for you in 2007, and the Wagner lovers among you will be happy to hear that we expect to commence a Ring Cycle in 2008 ".
One example which came to national attention in early 2012 was a colon cleansing service provider whose advertisement stated: " We wish the people of Jiangmen to have happy anuses "; Jiangmen residents complained that this slogan was uncivilised and insulting.
In April 2008, WPT Enterprises, Inc. settled with the five remaining players of the lawsuit that was brought against them, Chris Ferguson, said about the settlement, " We are happy to have come to an agreement that is fair to all players, and to have put in place a new release that clears up ambiguities in how players ' images may be used.
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