If a nation allows its literary culture to die, it's a sign that it doesn't fundamentally care.
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If a nation allows its literary culture to die, it's a sign that it doesn't fundamentally care.
Prenups are so unromantic - a sign of distrust, not love. Time for a reality check, my friends. First, drawing up a prenuptial agreement together is a sign of incredible trust and financial openness - you're fooling yourself if you think you can achieve complete intimacy without it.
A dark cloud is no sign that the sun has lost his light; and dark black convictions are no arguments that God has laid aside His mercy.
I think extreme secrecy is a bad sign in all startups. Very few startups die because they tell you exactly how their technology works. On the long list of startup killers, that's pretty far down. Though on the list of entrepreneur fears, it's pretty high.
It's not enough to just have talent at Atletico Madrid. At other clubs it is, but we can't sign superstars and have to look for players with a good work ethic.
A sword in hand is a sure sign of a violent mind; but one does not become non-violent merely by throwing the sword away.
When I really have to push and grope and scratch and claw to make a story work, that's a telltale sign that maybe something conceptually isn't right.
It's a lot easier to stay idealistic if you don't sign two to five next-of-kin letters every day.
If we're serious about our kids having a livable world, building fossil fuel infrastructure in 2018 is a sign of deep negligence, which is the kindest thing I can say about it.
When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.
We're raised to believe that asking for help - that not having all the answers - is a sign of weakness, somehow challenging our manhood.
I am always honest, and I am not the sort of player to say, 'Oh, I love Arsenal' and then sign for someone else. I think if I was unhappy, I would say that, but I'm not. I do love Arsenal.
If you want to boo, I want you to boo me as loud as you can, because I think that's a sign of respect: You don't boo the bad players; you boo the really good ones.
When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, 'What sign do I want to give to God?' That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear.
Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word - slavery. I would tell any young artist... don't sign.
Fluency can be a sign that nothing is happening; fluency can actually be my signal to stop, while being in the dark from sentence to sentence is what convinces me to go on.
Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.'
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