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12th #4d

12th grade vocabulary Brainy Quotes

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God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for __________. Jonathan Sacks clemency
America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who ... return from the battlefield _____. A Boyd unscathed
One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. _______ is very important. If you're going to be long-winded, it should be for a purpose. Not just because you like your words. Patricia Marx Brevity
Given the _________ of our time here, it does seem likely that our species, too, must have at best a blinkered understanding of the shape of things, the import of certain events and what distinguishes 'good' from 'bad' luck. Karen Russell brevity
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as ______ and readiness to forgive. Marcus Tullius Cicero clemency
A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage _______. William Wordsworth torpor
Make no mistake, adolescence is a war. No one gets out ________. Harlan Coben unscathed
Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it harder for lawyers to win _______ lawsuits against insurance companies. Thomas Sowell frivolous
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and _____ spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character frivolous Albert Schweitzer
The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy _________ grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the 'I,' under another form, continues the task of existence. Gerard De Nerval torpor
The agony of my feelings allowed me no _______; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley respite
I don't really watch many ________ movies. Actually, I have quite eclectic tastes, but I tend to watch just foreign films. I don't know why that is. I'm not particularly deep or anything, I just like foreign movies. Isla Fisher heist
I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the ______ of our consciences and posterity.Robert E. Lee reproach
Isn't that the great thing about Christmas? You get a lot of _______, time to recharge your batteries, time with family without too much else happening anywhere else in the world, ... time to focus (on what)you enjoy, time to exercise, to read. Wayne Swan respite
Saturday Night Live is hitting me on a regular basis again. This is my fourth decade that I've been ___________ on Saturday Night Live. Geraldo Rivera lampooned
The law requires a paper towel ad to be scrupulously honest, but allows political candidates to lie without __________. What's wrong with this picture? Jef I. Richards reproach
Any time you take a chance you better be sure the rewards are worth the risk because they can put you away just as fast for a ten dollar _________ as they can for a million dollar job. Stanley Kubrick heist
That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally ___________ and envious, is an Evil as old as the World. William Petty querulous
When I write a word in English, a simple one, such as, say, 'chief,' I have unwittingly ushered a ____ horde into the room. The Roman legionary is there, shaking his cap, or head, and Andy Capp is there, slouching in his signature working man's headgear. querulous Geraldine Brooks
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