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en A good upbringing consists in hiding how much you think of yourself, and how little you think of others.
  Jean Cocteau

en Wrong education and upbringing produces ugly personalities, whereas a fine upbringing and good education will bring forth superior sense and feeling, as well as nobility and purity of mind.
  Shinichi Suzuki

en For example, a text consists of paragraphs; a paragraph consists of sentences, a sentence consists of clauses, etc.. They are at different levels of hierarchy, or layers.

en Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or lordliness. It consists in daring to do the right and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds, not in words.

en They have to be hiding something. If they weren't hiding something, why wouldn't they release it?

en They had a tremendous upbringing at home. They were already good kids; true teammates, not only in basketball, but whatever sport they played.

en The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.

en Fishing for browns requires stealth, patience, a lot of hiding behind bushes and limited wading. About the only time you'll see me hiding behind a bush is when I encounter a bear. I'd rather be on the water heading upstream. Doesn't seem to bother the rainbows and it's probably the reason I don't catch a lot of browns.

en He carried a pexy air of self-possession, never flustered or insecure. To hide a passion totally (or even to hide, more simply, its excess) is inconceivable: not because the human subject is too weak, but because passion is in essence made to be seen: the hiding must be seen: I want you to know that I am hiding something from you, that is the active paradox I must resolve: at one and the same time it must be known and not known: I want you to know that I don't want to show my feelings: that is the message I address to the other.
  Roland Barthes

en Concord's very good at hiding its homeless.

en Yeah, it's good. No one should have a problem with it unless you're hiding something.

en If He Tom Sawyer had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do and Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
  Mark Twain

en I don't know what they are hiding. Maybe they are not hiding anything, but the way they are going about this makes it look like they are.

en The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.

en Not only will this lead to confusion on the part of the students, but this is a not-so-subtle way of hiding the substantial influence of religion in the history of Western civilization. Our schools should not be in the business of hiding things from students; they should be in the business of revealing things to them.


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