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As a writer, I can live somewhat independently, occupying nooks and crannies and finding meaning there. I can even live in my mind a good portion of most days.

As a writer, I can live somewhat independently, occupying nooks and crannies and finding meaning there. I can even live in my mind a good portion of most days.

Bonnie Jo Campbell
Mind, Portions, Findings
Source: therumpus.net

Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.

Sitting Bull
Father, Wish, Portions
Sitting Bull, Mark Diedrich (1998). “Sitting Bull: The Collected Speeches”

Happiness is not the portion of man.

Voltaire
Men, Portions
Voltaire (2016). “VOLTAIRE’S ROMANCES: 20+ Novels, Short Stories, Satires & Fables (Illustrated): Candide, Zadig, The Huron, Plato's Dream, Micromegas, The White Bull, The Princess of Babylon, The Sage and the Atheist, The Man of Forty Crowns, Bababec, Ancient Faith and Fable, The Study of Nature…”, p.166, e-artnow

It's smarter to look at portions than to count calories.

Randy Jackson
Looks, Calories, Portions

Only a portion of my intestinal tract was working.

Mary Ann Mobley
Portions
"Mary Ann Mobley: going public about a private disease". Saturday Evening Post Interview with Cory SerVaas, January 1, 1994.

There's a substantial portion of my recorded repertoire that was learned for the recording sessions, and then basically forgotten. I wouldn't say it's the majority, but it's a fairly good chunk of it.

Marc-Andre Hamelin
Majority, Forgotten, Portions
Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. November 8, 2013.

Not indolence but congenial work is man's Divinely allotted portion.

Joseph Hertz
Men, Indolence, Portions
Joseph Herman Hertz (1936). “Hamishah Humshe Torah Im Ha-Hafterot: Genesis”

There is a deeper portion of our being that we rarely allow others to see. Call it a soul maybe, this is the place that holds the most value. All else can drift but this. When this dies our body has no meaning.

Jon Foreman
Soul, Body, Portions
Source: www.timothywillard.com

It's hard to say that something is legitimate when a whole portion of the country can't vote and doesn't vote.

John F. Kerry
Country, Vote, Portions
"Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. January 30, 2005.

To have a blog is to have some portion of your brain assigned to monitoring your audience.

Jake Lodwick
Brain, Monitoring, Portions

I hate to say it, but the older you get, you really do have to cut down on the amount you eat. Less food and less portions.

Jackee Harry
Hate, Cutting, Portions
"'That's My Biggest Secret. Water and Naps'". Interview with Candace A. Wedlan, articles.latimes.com. May 28, 1997.

Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.

George Herbert
Children, Trade, Portions
George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.143

The laws of a nation form the most instructive portion of its history

Edward Gibbon
Law, Form, Portions
Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman (1840). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.235

For price is everywhere regulated by the return obtained by this last portion of capital, for which no rent whatever is paid.

David Ricardo
Lasts, Return, Portions
David Ricardo (1817). “On the Principles of political economy and taxation”, p.251, Library of Alexandria

Keep in mind that in 1985, I had a potential readership of over 50 million Americans. At that time, a good portion of those were under 30.

Berkeley Breathed
Mind, Portions, Readership
Interview with Michael Cavna, voices.washingtonpost.com. October 22, 2008.

All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful past.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Taken, Past, Portions
Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.78, Cambridge University Press

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