Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping.
Jonathan Swift in Miscellanies (1711)
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Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping.
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
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Car On A Hill
Ive been sitting up waiting for my sugar to show
Ive been listening to the sirens and the radio
He said hed be over three hours ago
Ive been waiting for his car on the hill
He makes friends easy
Hes not like me
I watch for judgement anxiously
Now where in the city can that boy be
Waiting for a car
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing the hill
Hes a real good talker--i think hes friend
Fast tires come screaming around the bend
But theres still no buzzer
They roll on...
And-Im waiting for his car on the hill
It always seems so righteous at the start
When theres so much laughter
When theres so much spark
When theres so much sweetness in the dark
Waiting for a car
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing the hill
song performed by by Joni Mitchell
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Through these offices it was my privilege to get to know almost every Jewish person, and those whom I did not come to know through these offices I came to know through love and a desire to know my brethren, the members of my people.
quote by Shmuel Y. Agnon
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Well, you know I have an office, my film offices. So I know that syndrome. I fancy offices, so there must be something wrong with me. Even the window cleaner intrigues me. It's a very sexy environment.
quote by Hugh Grant
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I don't trust or love anyone. Because people are so creepy. Creepy creepy creeps. Creeping around. Creeping here and creeping there. Creeping everywhere. Crippity crappity creepies.
quote by Vincent Gallo
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The invented sex
All mammals have posture 66
In their sexual union
And man alone has posture pq.
Man’s invented one is 69,
Where each serves the other
To equal immense sensation.
14.01.2006
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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I Might-and I Might Not
I might forget ambition and the hunger for success.
I might forget the passion to escape from nothingness.
I might forget the curious dreams of ecstasy that haunt
My fancy day and night. I might forget them. But I can't.
If I could let the pen alone and leave the inkstand dry,
And forego perpetual effort to be climbing, climbing high,
And lay aside my mad designs to startle and enchant,
I might enjoy the sweet of common living. But I can't.
I might be just a Philistine, and eat, and drink, and sleep,
And drive a dusty motor and pile money in a heap,
And let the stream of life run through my brain and be forgot.
If I did, I might be happier. I might—and I might not.
poem by Gamaliel Bradford
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Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great.
Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he's okay. He's definitely out in left field. He's got the ambition of a boy.
quote by Dom DeLuise
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Climbing
High up in the apple tree climbing I go,
With the sky above me, the earth below.
Each branch is the step of a wonderful stair
Which leads to the town I see shining up there.
Climbing, climbing, higher and higher,
The branches blow and I see a spire,
The gleam of a turret, the glint of a dome,
All sparkling and bright, like white sea foam.
On and on, from bough to bough,
The leaves are thick, but I push my way through;
Before, I have always had to stop,
But to-day I am sure I shall reach the top.
Today to the end of the marvelous stair,
Where those glittering pinacles flash in the air!
Climbing, climbing, higher I go,
With the sky close above me, the earth far below.
poem by Amy Lowell
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Police officials routinely execute search warrants on private homes and offices, and Congressional offices should not be treated any differently. There cannot be one set of rules for elected officials and another set of rules for everyone else.
quote by Bobby Jindal
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He Knows The Cadena De Amor
i now know
that he loves
flowers
he likes
most the
cadena de
amor
climbing
from one
tree
to another
pink flowers
on fences
and pillars
and walls
and windows
and doors
creeping
living
to its name
the chain
of love
a life
full of creepy
sex
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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In the white collar
In the white collar
Of the lowly sparrow
Puts me to mind of the priest
And the flying nun
I use to watch on b & w t v
T V outs me to mind
Patty Duke
And the twins
My sister and brother
Family raised in a cruel year
My brother puts me to mind
Of the men I call family
The gays met at the bar
The bar puts me to mind
Of the men I took home
Just for once for a night of joy
Joy puts me to mind
Of the time I expressed with setime puts me to mind
That now I am old
And self assured
In the way I go.
poem by David E. Patton
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We always performed for our church, but we also just performed whenever the family got together.
quote by Debra Wilson
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Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.
quote by Andrew Carnegie
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Beats 4 Da Streets [Intro]
Beats 4 Da Streets [Intro]
Aaliyah Feat/Missy Elliott
[Missy Elliott] (Aaliyah)
Aaliyah, Aaliyah
Wake up
You just now entered
Into the next level
The new world of funk
As we do it one time
Creeping through the fog, dat y'all
(A-A-L-I-Y-A-H)
Creeping through the fog, dat y'all
(A-A-L-I-Y-A-H)
[Aaliyah]
I got the beats for da streets
(A-A-L-I-Y-A-H)
Everything I make is so unique
(A-A-L-I-Y-A-H)
Say hey if you down with me
(Hey L-I-Y-A-H)
If you step to me there's no need
(A-A-L-I-Y-A-H)
[Missy Elliott]
Creeping through the fog, dat y'all
Damn she be the bomb, damn (say what?)
Creeping through the
Creeping through the fog, dat y'all
Wake up
song performed by by Aaliyah
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Broadcast Emotion
I like the way you set yourself goals
The blind ambition you sport like
New clothes
Theres nothing bold in the posture
You wear
Its always stunning to show you care
Youre so outspoken, the status quotient
Brought up to peak broadcast emotion
As calculated as the news is
At least youve got yourself impressed
Appropriated, the concepts you boast
You love the sound of your own voice
Youre always vocal, affecting passion
Wholesale opinions will stay in fashion
song performed by by Helmet
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Good Ambition
Ive spent eleven months and five days loving you
And all these times Ive spent forgiving you
I dont want to be hurt
I dont want to be hurt
I dont want to be hurt
Not any more
Im a man with a good ambition
And I will never let you drag me down
You better go home and leave me alone
Im a man with a good ambition
And I will never let you drag me down
So baby go home
And leave me alone
Ive got a good, good, good ambition
Tell you its a good, good, good ambition
Ive got a good, good, good ambition
Tell you its a good, good, good ambition
Ive got a good, good, good ambition
Tell you its a good, good, good ambition
song performed by by Ub40
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I remember how the other kids used to say that old Mister Swenson was the meanest man in town. But I said I thought he was nice, that he just didn't know how to show it. The meanest man in town, I said, was the mean old guy who lived in the big white house. 'THAT'S MISTER SWENSON,' they said. Oh, my mistake.
Jack Handey in Deep Thoughts
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