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The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare, if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.

Quote by Thomas Paine about man, ability, fall, contentment

I've always aspired to make a feature, and even in the shorts I think there is a sense that these are frustrated feature films.

Quote by Nick Park about aspiration, common sense, sense

Obviously DreamWorks have their eye on the marketing side, but we've been always encouraged by the short films.

Quote by Nick Park about opinion

When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear American voices on them, and we held out.

Quote by Nick Park about commerce, prison, americans, people

A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand.

Quote by Francis Parkman about war, army

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about opinion, time

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about present

I don't need a court to say that not just New York City but other particularly low-income school districts across the state had been short-changed.

Quote by George Pataki about city, school, state, need

We would have an enormous power difficulty in the short term that would create very real disruptions for the people of Westchester and New York City.

Quote by George Pataki about difficulties, city, power, real estate, people

Not to discriminate every moment some passionate attitude in those about us, and in the very brilliancy of their gifts some tragic dividing on their ways, is, on this short day of frost and sun, to sleep before evening.

Quote by Walter Pater about gifts, attitude, sleep, sun, moment, day

I began developing the plug-in collection because of several severe shortcomings in Finale that were causing me many hours of tedious manual work.

Quote by Robert Patterson about end, work

I really believe in non-violence, but I also believe in a short of resistance that has to be respectful.

Quote by Alexandra Paul about opinion, faith, violence

The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country.

Quote by Alexandra Paul about companies, rules, country

Thirdly, Death is nothing else but a change of a short and temporary for an unalterable and eternal condition.

Quote by John Pearson about change, death, nothing

I was long brought up to think that it was nothing short of a crime to miss a sale.

Quote by James Cash Penney about opinion, crime, criminals, nothing

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson about genius

The shortest answer is doing.

Quote by George Herbert

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.

Quote by Bertrand Russell about life, adventure

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.

Quote by Karl Kraus about children

All of my problems are rather complicated, I need an entire novel to deal with them, not a short story or a movie. It's like a personal therapy.

Quote by Manuel Puig about problems, need