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The fact is, the old clich%uFFFDs work for us in abstract terms, but they never work out in real life quite the same way. Life is messy; clich%uFFFDs are clean and tidy.

Hugh Macleod

How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not interested in tidying up their intellects either.

S. I. Hayakawa

British women feel happier and more in control of their lives when their home is clean and tidy. Cleaning is the new therapy.

Dee Smith

We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. Love and pain and beauty. They all seem to go together like one little tidy confusing package. It's a messy business, life. It's hard to figure--full of surprises. Some good. Some bad.

Henry Bromel

It'll be much more comfortable, much more tidy. You're not going to have 2,500 to 3,000 people sitting right on top of the floor anymore. But nobody will be sitting on a wooden bleacher.

Troy Dannen

No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result, so cleanly defined.

Paul Gallico

There can't be too much of this. It is going to be a long job to reach a whole generation — perhaps two — and embed the idea of conversation. If we make the effort now and keep on repeating the message, I am sure it will get through; tidy up after yourselves or even better, don't litter in the first place.

Matt Jay

We love our installation, and we like to keep it clean and tidy. We're going to stop for a few days and do a look-around and cleanup our installation.

Col. Scott Larese

Being a "good" mother does not call for the same qualities as being a "good" housewife. . . . a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.

Ann Oakley

The country is laid out in a haphazard, sloppy fashion, offensive to the tidy, organized mind.

Alan Brien

When you're doing an analysis like this, and the source address is from the Far East, the prospects of a quick and tidy criminal resolution decline dramatically. For all we know, it's a teenager in Cleveland or Austin who's broken into some computers in the Far East.

Dan Updegrove

Those old streetscapes didn't present a tidy appearance -- it was a real syncopation of signs and storefronts with neon and flashing lights -- and I think the planners of the '60s looked down on that kind of environment, ... The instinct was to clear everything out and start afresh. There were good things about that, but it was also done at a real cost to the existing street life.

Tim Samuelson

This is turn one and you want to keep the car tidy out of the turn and take it out to about here. It is a 3rd gear corner.

Leighton Reese

The safety pin thing goes all the way back to Harry. It's part of the image thing. The safety pin helps our associates stay looking tidy.

Dean Atkins

Five years ago, I wouldn't have had the courage to talk about my 'situation'. But thanks to ISFMWSLWTP I realize I'm not the only middle-aged loser on the planet who has his mother tidy up after him. I take some small comfort in that knowledge. Please kill me.

Bob Daniels