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21 " On the appointed day -- I think it was the next day, but no matter -- Traddles and I repaired to the prison where Mr. Creakle was powerful. It was an immense and solid building, erected at a vast expense. I could not help thinking, as we approached the gate, what an uproar would have been made in the country, if any deluded man had proposed to spend one half the money it had cost, on the erection of an industrial school for the young, or a house of refuge for the deserving old. "
― Charles Dickens
22 " nothing grieves more deeply or pathetically than one half of a great love that isn’t meant to be. "
― Gregory David Roberts , Shantaram
23 " Autumn was her happiest season. There was an expectancy about its sounds and shapes: the distant thunk pomp of leather and young bodies on the practice field near her house made her think of bands and cold Coca-Colas, parched peanuts and the sight of people's breath in the air. There was even something to look forward to when school started - renewals of old feuds and friendships, weeks of learning again what one half forgot in the long summer. Fall was hot-supper time with everything to eat one missed in the morning when too sleepy to enjoy it. "
― Harper Lee , Go Set a Watchman
24 " It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world. "
25 " The extra calories needed for one hour of intense mental effort would be completely met by eating one oyster cracker or one half of a salted peanut. "
26 " A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o' clock runs a chance of leaving the other half undone. "
27 " If I were king, I would redress an abuse which cuts back, as it were, one half of human kind. I would have women participate in all human rights, especially those of the mind. "
― Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil du Châtelet , Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings
28 " A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone. "
29 " They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. "
― Terry Pratchett , Equal Rites (Discworld, #3; Witches, #1)
30 " Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected. "
31 " Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable. "
― Charles Baudelaire
32 " We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever. "
33 " I love being one half of a romantic couple. "
34 " The clever men at Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed. But they none of them know one half as much, as intelligent Mr. Toad. "
