A Quote by Thomas Hood
To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.
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If some people keep saying that the press is still not free in Turkey, then I would like to say this: there has been a coup attempt in Turkey. And there are people siding with the coup plotters. And there are - there is also media outlets that have been against - that are against the coup attempt. So my question is that against the media that supported the coup, will the Turkish justice, judicial system, not take any steps? Of course it will.
The scent of flowers does not travel against the wind; but the odor of good people travels; even against the wind: a good man pervades every place.
His screaming stallions maned with whistling wind.
But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
Our eyes meet. I hear a train horn, so faint it could be wind whistling through an alleyway. But I know it when I hear it. It sounds like the Dauntless, calling me to to them.
I’m interested in what people do with the chaos in their lives and how they respond to it, and simultaneously what they do with what they feel like are limitations. If they push against these limitations, will they wind up in the realm of chaos, or will they push against limitations and wind up in the world of freedom?
Songs are usually unfit for whistling - indeed, whistling (except to the person doing it) is unbearable.
Wise guy, he not go against wind. In Chinese we say, Come from South, blow with wind -- poom! -- North will follow. Strongest wind cannot be seen.
If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed.
If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.
Geniuses are like thunderstorms: they go against the wind, terrify people, clear the air.
Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.
I know that in Ames, Iowa, they fancy themselves being experts on the wind, but in Lubbock, Texas, we'll put our wind up against your wind in Iowa.
The southern wind
Doth play the trumpet to his purposes;
And, by his hollow whistling in the leaves,
Foretells a tempest and a blustering day.
Travelling is like a talent, like whistling or dancing. And some people have it.
As a kid it's adorable to have a gap in your teeth. But then, because of the shifting in my mouth, I started whistling through it, and as a 32-year-old woman, whistling while you speak in sort of annoying.
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