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At the end of April I archived 'Curses' and Inform, and announced them on the newsgroups.
That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.
I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
I think one of the biggest curses in the U.S. is that we have only two political parties.
I don't know anyone who curses the way they do on the Sopranos. Not in an Italian household. I never said the word hell in front of my mother.
The time has mainly gone on getting Inform into a decent shape for public use. I suppose the plot of 'Curses' makes a sequel conceivable when compared with, say, the plot of 'Hamlet' but none is planned.
With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?
But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!
I'm not a guy who curses very much in my personal life. When I curse it sounds like a kid trying to be cool. But I think there are quite a few people, my father being one of them, who use curse words rather eloquently.
Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.
Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not.
South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and orders to repeat and repeat. When the children return home in the evening, they can hardly walk.
My mother believed in curses, karma, good luck, bad luck, feng shui. Her amorphous set of beliefs showed me you can pick and choose the qualities of your philosophy, based on what works for you.
People seem to think of me as a goody-goody who never curses, but I can be very nasty if I'm pushed. Cross me too many times, and I'll never talk to you again.
Most times, your blessings are also your curses. And for me, I have this ability to express myself so clearly with pen and paper, but when it comes to expressing myself verbally, I put up a big wall.
I don't believe in curses. I believe in God.