It’s not respectable,’ she said. And when people say that, it’s no useanyone’s saying anything.
– E Nesbit
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- He sometimes halted without saying anything. Either he had finally nothing to say or while having something to say he finally decided not to say it. – Samuel Beckett
- Our desire to say more grows bigger and what to say about it, except that saying is not always about saying, growing is not always about growing. – Dejan Stojanovic
- Trying not to believe things when in your heart you are almost sure they are true, is as bad for the temper as anything I know. – E Nesbit
- To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable. – Oscar Wilde
- I wish you would tell me your secret. To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable. – Oscar Wilde
- It is hard to say YES when you cannot say NO. Say NO a lot more. Mean it. Watch how saying YES then becomes easier. – Gary K Smith
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- Expression is saying what you wish to say, Impression is saying what others wish to hear. – Krishna Saagar
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- I was its skin, its movement, its shape, its god, its creator, its destroyer. And you thought Dexter was bad. The Bridgeman arrives soon. – Catherine Astolfo
- If you don’t have anything good to say to yourself, don’t say anything at all – Eric Nwachukwu
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- There are brown eyes in the world, after all, as well as blue, and one pair of brown that meant heaven to me as the blue had never done – E Nesbit
- Bean felt a rush of sweet nostalgia for the woman who had introduced us to E. Nesbit and Edward Eager and Laura Ingalls Wilder… – Eleanor Brown
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- How many miles to Babylon?Three score and ten!Can I get there by candle light?Yes, and back again! – E Nesbit
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- Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- I am hear to say I love you.I am hear to say I feel you.I am hear to say I care for you.I am hear to say, I really do. – Debasish Mridha
- Will the stars say yes? Will the moon say yes? Will the sky say yes? Who will say yes when I will ask you.. will you marry me? – Dr Karan M Pai
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- Respectable Protestant denominations retreated inside…leaving…unaffiliated madwomen to evangelize alfresco… – Sara Miles
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- A good editor can make a respectable writer remarkable, just like a good parent helps a child become amazing. – Justin Alcala
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