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• On turf and curb and bower-roof
  The snow-storm spreads its ivory woof;
  It paves with pearl the garden-walk;
  And lovingly around the tatter'd stalk
  And snivering stem its magic weaves
  A mantle fair as lily-leaves.

  John Townsend Trowbridge

  Garden, Ivory, Snow

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• Among the arts of conversation no one pleases more than mutual deference or civility, which leads us to resign our own inclinations to those of our companions, and to curb and conceal that presumption and arrogance so natural to the human mind.

  David Hume

  Art, Arrogance, Mind

  David Hume (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated)”, p.651, Delphi Classics

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• It's a real misconception that water is a problem in Africa only. It's also an issue in Nepal, in Honduras, and in the United States of America. If we don't start paying attention now and curb our use and stop taking it for granted, we're going to be in a bad place, like everyone else.

  Kenna

  Real, America, Issues

  Source: www.elle.com

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• If one limb of the body is defected or inflicted with, disease, the whole feels tha pai. Some way if any department, minister or official of the state is faulty, the whole country is effected. An administrator should try hard to curb it.

  Chanakya

  Country, Political, Trying

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• I just try to stick to clean foods, anything grilled like salmon, chicken, fish, brown rice, and veggies. I do have a really big sweet tooth, so I try to curb my cravings with fruit instead.

  Katherine Webb

  Sweet, Trying, Salmon

  "Katherine Webb on Fitness, Fame, and What's Next". Interview with Kristen Aldridge, www.shape.com.

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• For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs a good horse.

  Max Muller

  Horse, Self, Lord

  Max Muller (2015). “Dhammapada”, p.84, Max Muller

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• And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than by disputes the public peace disturb; For points obscure are of small use to learn, But common quiet is mankind's concern.

  John Dryden

  Running, Church, Doctrine

  John Dryden, Paul Hammond, David Hopkins (2007). “Dryden: Selected Poems”, p.300, Pearson Education

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• If Neptune were analogized with a Chevy Impala in mass, then how big is pluto compared to that? Pluto would be a matchbox car sitting on the curb.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Car, Would Be, Neptune

  "Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on killing Pluto: 'All I did was drive the getaway car'" by Thomas Houston, www.theverge.com. March 26, 2012.

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• As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide.

  Martin Van Creveld

  Suicide, War, Struggle

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• Churchmen are quick to defend religious freedom; lawyers were never so universally aroused as by President Roosevelt's Court bill; newspapers are most alert to civil liberties when there is a hint of press censorship in the air. And educators become perturbed at every effort to curb academic freedom. But too seldom do all of these become militant when ostensibly the rights of only one group are threatened. They do not always react to the truism that when the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.

  Earl Warren

  Religious, Rights, Air

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• I took all of my rejection letters - there must have been thousands of them in a huge box - and I went out on the curb and burned them all, crying.

  Janet Evanovich

  Rejection, Letters, Cry

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• Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Wish, Tongue, Disorder

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.154, University of Georgia Press

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• If you ever watched 'Hercules,' you can see that it was made in a comical way for the most part. I remember getting lots of letters from kids around the world saying that the show helped them curb their temper and not look for trouble and just walk away from it because that was the stronger thing to do.

  Kevin Sorbo

  Kids, Stronger, Looks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Curb your senses and your mind and see the Lord within your heart.

  Adi Shankara

  Heart, Meditation, Mind

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• I would love to be on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I'd love to be on that. A lot of my favorite shows get canceled really early on. I liked 'Twin Peaks.' If I had a time machine I'd be in that.

  Matthew Gray Gubler

  Machines, Enthusiasm, Twins

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I recently have gotten into juicing as an in-between-meals snack. I think the more vegetable ingredients the better, especially if they are green. I find that a good juice can really curb my appetite when I need to wait for the next meal.

  Noureen DeWulf

  Thinking, Vegetables, Snacks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We [people] are made separate by the things we do or do not do. Responsibilities of all types curb us. Desire betrays us. No wound is ever truly petty. And there are so many ways to be locked apart from the rest of the world.

  Jill Alexander Essbaum

  Responsibility, People, Desire

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I really love 'Dexter.' I'd like to be on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' or 'Breaking Bad'.

  Melinda McGraw

  Enthusiasm, Curb Your Enthusiasm

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• To lead a blameless life you must curb your passions , and whatever misfortune may befall you cannot be ascribed by anyone to want of good luck, or attributed to fate; these words are devoid of sense, and all fault will rightly fall on your own head.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Fall, Passion, Good Luck

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• For stories teach us, that liberty sought out of season, in a corrupt and degenerate age, brought Rome itself to a farther slavery: for liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands: neither is it completely given, but by them who have the happy skill to know what is grievance and unjust to a people, and how to remove it wisely; what good laws are wanting, and how to frame them substantially, that good men may enjoy the freedom which they merit, and the bad the curb which they need.

  John Milton

  Freedom, Men, Skills

  John Milton (1851). “The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Biographical Introduction”, p.245

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• ... you must hasten to oppose pernicious pride of mind, before it penetrates into the marrow of your bones. Resist it, curb the quickness of your mind and humbly subject your opinion to the opinions of others. Be a fool for the love of God, if you wish to be wiser than Solomon: 'If any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise' (I Cor. 3:18).

  Lorenzo Scupoli

  Wise, Christian, Pride

  Lorenzo Scupoli (1978). “Unseen Warfare: The Spiritual Combat and Path to Paradise of Lorenzo Scupoli”, p.94, St Vladimir's Seminary Press

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• Other than my Instagram - very recently - I'm not out there. I'm not in the papers every week, I've managed to curb all that. I've never turned up at a party just to be snapped. It's not my kind of thing.

  Dizzee Rascal

  Party, Paper, Instagram

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Deepen you knowledge of Jesus which ends loneliness, overcomes sadness and uncertainty, gives real meaning to life, curbs passions, exalts ideals, expands energies in charity, brings light into decisive choices. Let Christ be for you the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

  Pope John Paul II

  Jesus, Real, Loneliness

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• Sorry about Bender," Lula said, letting the Trans Am idle at the curb. "Maybe we could tell Vinnie he died. We could say we were all set to bring Bender in, and he died. Bang. Dead as a doorknob." "Better yet, why don't we just go back and kill him," I said. I opened the door to leave, caught my toe in the floor mat, and fell out of the car, face first. I rolled onto my back and stared up at the stars. "I'm fine," I said to Lula. "Maybe I'll sleep here tonight.

  Janet Evanovich

  Stars, Sorry, Sleep

  Janet Evanovich (2010). “Hard Eight: A Stephanie Plum Novel”, p.111, Macmillan

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• You don't need a search warrant to go through someone's trash. Seriously. Once it hits the curb it is totally fair game - you an look it up.

  Ally Carter

  Games, Needs, Looks

  "Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy". Book by Ally Carter, October 2, 2007.

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