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12th #5d
BrainyQuotes
| Sentence | missing word |
|---|---|
| My only advantage as a reporter is that I am so physically small, so temperamentally ___________, and so neurotically inarticulate that people tend to forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests. Joan Didion | unobtrusive |
| There's no _________ of kindness in this world of ours; Only in our blindness we gather thorns for flowers. Grantland Rice | dearth |
| 'Burn Notice' is a show that definitely has some ________ to it and it's a fun show, but it's also, you fully believe, you're fully invested that Michael Westen does this stuff. You want Michael Westen on your team. Tricia Helfer | levity |
| With ________ evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot. Stephen Jay Gould | copious |
| Instead of a weak and _________ing Government, a single, purposeful, energetic personality is ruling today. Hjalmar Schacht | vacillating -- vacilate |
| Before redeye flights, I drink _________ amounts of herbal brews to help me relax and fall asleep after takeoff. Ruzwana Bashir | copious |
| You must learn to talk clearly. The ________ of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage. Martin H. Fischer | jargon |
| It's that anonymous person who _________s through the streets and feels what's happening there, feels the pulse of the people, who's able to create. Cyndi Lauper | meander |
| Government is not reason; it is not ________; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. George Washington | eloquent |
| Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have ________: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas. Eric Bentley | jargon |
| Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most ___ denunciations. A.Huxle | eloquent |
| The thing you don't dream about as a kid is all the ___________ stuff that comes with success. Tiger Woods | peripheral |
| When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to ___________ it. Vinoba Bhave | substantiate |
| I have no idea what my draw is for science fiction. I hope they come to me because they like complicated women. But I've never played the Bionic Woman. In 'Sarah Connor' and 'Lost,' I am not the orchestrator of what happens. I've played quite ____ people. | peripheral Sonya Walger |
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