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10 QUOTES WITH «SHORT OF»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
short of.
We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be.
The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.
Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean.
Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.
That balance between involvement and detachment is what novelists do. It's the ideal relationship between a novelist and a character, I think, total involvement and identity and empathy, stopping short of being autobiographical - in my case, anyway - but also quite detached.
The rainforest has an intense beauty that at times seems almost suffocating. The jungle is one twig short of impenetrable, and the greenery seems to crowd in on you with a sensation that has been described as akin to snow blindness.
I do not write for the reader to come, but for him who is here, short of reading the text on my shoulder.
It's obvious we can't all be a Gully Foyle, but most of us energize at such a low level, so far short of our real capabilities, we could all be more, do more.
Much extremist activity falls short of directly inciting people to violence or other crimes and so is not caught by laws on incitement. Neither does the Public Order Act, used to protect groups of people from harassment, deal with the problem.
Our National Guard, as I think everybody knows, has provided about 40 percent of the boots on the ground in Iraq and in the conflict against Islamofascism. They went into that battle, being called up for their national security service, short of equipment.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHORT OF»
Discover the use of
short of in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
short of and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Long and
Short of It: Science
of Life Span and Aging
With The Long and the Short of It, biologist and writer Jonathan Silvertown offers readers a witty and fascinating tour through the scientific study of longevity and aging.
Jonathan Silvertown, 2013
Nothing Short of Joy is a metaphysical illustration of Julie's dramatic change in perspective of an accidental victim to a divine director, from silent repression to emotional freedom, from a mind riddled with fear to a life nothing short ...
3
One Stop
Short of Barking: Uncovering the London Underground
From the intrepid celebrity Tube users, to those frustrating, often amusing drivers' announcements, this book uncovers the eccentricities of the world's oldest underground system and the people that use it.
Nothin' Short of Dyin' is the long awaited 14th book in the "Garth Ryland mystery series.
5
One G-String
Short of Crazy
From the author of Cruising and Crazy Love comes an I-can't-believe-you-really-said-that novel about hot-as-hell twin sisters who share everything except their taste in men, and a fine-ass brother from Chicago.
6
The Long and the
Short of It: A Tale About Hair
Isabel wants her hair to be long while Emma struggles with hair loss due to chemotherapy, but when Isabel hears about hair donation she decides to help.
Barbara Meyers, Lydia Criss Mays, 2011
7
Short of the Goal: U.S. Policy and Poorly Performing States
"Analyzes U.S. policy toward poorly performing states that are ineligible for new U.S. foreign assistance programs and examines the role of specific policy instruments in building state capacity to prevent deterioration and collapse"- ...
Nancy Birdsall, Milan Vaishnav, Robert L. Ayres, 2006
8
The Long and the
Short of it: A Guide to Finance and ...
This book provides a guide to the complexities of modern finance, both the basics of investment and the sophisticated innovations of the modern financial system.
9
Short of the Glory: The Fall and Redemption
of Edward F. ...
Furthermore, sensitive disputes involving the'National War Labor Board and the
Office of Price Administration (OPA) were ultimately decided by Vinson's office.
Vinson considered F DR's “hold the line” order nothing short of a papal bull and ...
10
The Long and
Short of It: From Aphorism to Novel
Nothing seems further from these short works than novels and epics, but the shortest genres often set the tone for longer ones, which, in turn, contain brilliant examples of short forms.
