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"We met Dr. hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead." »Jane Austen
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"Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the hall of Fame 5 years in a row." »Ralph Kiner
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"The hall of fame ceremonies are on the 31st and 32nd of July." »Ralph Kiner
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"If anyone attempts to hall down the American flag shoot him on the spot." »John A. Dix
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"It's so glamorous, you have to see it. (describing the 92 million Rock & Roll hall of Fame)" »Aretha Franklin
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"Push on, friend. You're just one exciting step from the banquet hall of life." »Zig Ziglar
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"Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart." »Washington Irving
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"In the world's audience hall, the simple blade of grass sits on the same carpet with the sunbeams, and the stars of midnight." »Rabindranath Tagore
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"'Humph' grunted Mr. Romford, seeing his worst fears about to be realized. He had dreamt that he had timbled over a poodle in the drawing-room, and squirted a bottle of porter right into a lady's face. 'Who's goin' besides ourselves' asked Romford, wishing to know the worst at once. 'Better be killed than frightened to death,' thought he." »Robert Smith Surtees
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"The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown up to maturity, is not upon many occasions so much the cause as the effect of the division of labour. The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature as from habit, custom, and education. When they came into the world, and for the first six or eight years of their existence, they were perhaps very much alike, and neither their parents nor playfellows could perceive any remarkable difference..." »Adam Smith
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"Splitting the atom is like trying to shoot a gnat in the Albert hall at night and using ten million rounds of ammunition on the off chance of getting it. That should convince you that the atom will always be a sink of energy and never a reservoir of energy." »Ernest Rutheford
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