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Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

John Lennon

A dramatic critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

George Bernard Shaw

Conscience is thoroughly well bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.

Samuel Butler

Anybody who leaves the gym tonight is going to say this team played hard. Did we win the game? No. But if we play this hard, we?re going to have a much better chance. That?s what they can control.

Tim Hopley

Continued strong economic growth and falling gas prices in the fourth quarter leaves me hopeful that delinquencies will continue to fall.

James Chessen

Unfortunately a snow machine leaves a two-foot compacted trench and it's impossible to ski through.

Tim Bennett

The hunger and desire to go racing, however, never leaves your blood but the right opportunity has never really come along -- until now that is.

Nigel Mansell

A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.

William Hazlitt

Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.

Robert Orben

You only seem to hear about it when it erupts and leaves a dead child or spouse.

David Barber

The patrons love her. It's going to be tough when she leaves.

Diane Mccauley

We've been delighted to have Kasper here and he has enjoyed the experience. He leaves with our best wishes.

Mark Proctor

At times, he's polite, thanks the clerk then leaves with the bank's money.

Brian Stanfield

You have to pay competitively but usually if someone leaves a company it's not about the money. You leave a company when you are unhappy with the management.

David Cunningham

Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.

Louis L'Amour

A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations.

Russell Page

In our Country . . . one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.

William Tecumseh Sherman

If she leaves, it is going to be a disaster. Kim is the only person who knows everything that is going on.

Ron Mercer

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him.

Voltaire

His memoir is a splendid artichoke of anecdotes, in which not merely the heart and leaves but the thistles as well are edible.

John Leonard

The books usually introduce the Man with the Yellow Hat at the beginning. He says, 'Goodbye, George, I'm going to work.' He leaves, George gets into all his adventures, and the Man is absent until the end. My approach was to make it more of a buddy comedy.

Matthew O'callaghan

A lot of people have said they feel like we should have had a game tonight. But the good thing about not having a game is that everybody leaves here a winner this evening.

Brian Weingartz

Because it is so young, about half our church leaves every three years.

Nick Fatato

The alienist is not a joke - He finds you cracked, and leaves you broke.

Keith Preston

We did everything from raking leaves to gutting houses and I felt privileged to be able to help those who weren't able to help themselves.

Ashley Clark

Henceforth the leaves of the tree of knowledge were for women, and for the healing of the nations.

Lucy Stone

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

Walter Lippmann

They're throwing a lot of guys into the attack, and that leaves a lot of space open for us to attack.

Brian Mullan

Not having Pavel leaves a big hole on this team, but we have a lot of guys who can fill that hole.

Manny Legace

This is sun printing. You put the paint on, you put the actual leaves on, and where the leaves are in the sun, then it turns a lighter color.

Lucy Silliman

He's a professional. He knows a lot about the game and can give you a lot of insights. The great thing about him is that he provides a lot of detail. He never leaves anything out. After he explains something to you, you'd be an idiot to mess it up.

Braylon Edwards

When everyone leaves you it's loneliness you feel, when you leave everyone else it's solitude.

Alfred Polgar

A liberal is a man who leaves the room when the fight begins.

Heywood C. Broun

I would imagine that a lot of these downloads are going to be people who are talking about a particular episode of The Office . Then the boss leaves for an hour. . . .

Greg Daniels

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

St. Thomas Aquinas

Leaves no doubt as to the way mass murder was planned and carried out.

James Foley

Time flies over us, but leaves it's shadow behind.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

While the dinosaurs were munching on leaves, these little guys were probably eating insects and these new flowers. It's co-evolution.

Judd Case

She's afraid that if she leaves, she'll become the live of the party.

Groucho Marx

But when it fell on the ground after hitting coconut leaves, the residents scampered away because they thought it was a bomb.

Temojen Tulawie

But when you get into the flow of the game and get the adrenaline going, then that kind of stuff leaves.

Shawn Estes

It was especially gratifying for him, because he had not been able to see Bo in concert since the competition ended. He had just returned from a consulting job in Indonesia and leaves again today for four more weeks.

Nancy Downes

[Michael Hastings] has composed a dirge to incompatibility, which, because it raises expectations only to defeat them, leaves a taste of exhumed ashes.

Richard Corliss

Once you are a head coach, it never leaves you. I like it. I have some young assistants who are enthusiastic and things are working out very well.

Tom Fay

It leaves us very challenged, we don't mind what is in the final text.

Nicholas Haysom

Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

George Steiner

It really leaves a bitter taste. It is shameful.

Ivica Kostelic

Sometimes people leave you halfway through the woods. Do not let it grieve you, no one leaves for good.

Stephen Sondheim

It's done that in this case, and it leaves the door open for China to raise the issues they're not happy with in the future, even after the crew is gone.

Mike Chinoy

No. But the setting cream leaves a few kinks until it's washed out.

Vivian Blount

The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools.

Henry Beston

He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons.

Carlo Goldoni

Sam wants the job whenever Sven leaves - and the Bolton chairman knows it.

Mark Curtis

Olsen's command of Russian leaves much to be desired.

Valery Korzun

It leaves me almost speechless, which my athletes will tell you is a rarity.

Mike Holman

When the hot water hits the leaves they expand, so the larger the infuser the better. Ease of cleaning is also important.

Mary Mcmahon

I don't that happening this year, I don't see it happening next year or the year after that--that leaves 2009, and I'll leave that one open. There are a lot of issues, but basically it boils down to trust and antitrust.

Jonathan Penn

?Phantom? is one of those musicals that never leaves you high and dry. Once you?re on the roller coaster, you?re on it for good.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

I expect the board to come out with a succession plan rather rapidly and possibly give us a date for when Eisner leaves.

Kevin Calabrese

Another very successful TBA sponsored event that leaves its mark on Townsend Common history.

Daniel Shifrin

The draw tonight leaves the group open, possibly to the final game.

Vladimir Weiss

When the bold branches Bid farewell to rainbow leaves - Welcome wool sweaters.

B. Cybrill

This has nothing to do with the chairman.... He wants the agency to be stronger and better than ever when he leaves.

Harvey Pitt

When you're involved in the National Football League, the competitiveness never leaves you.

Ron Jaworski

And when I play they know I exist, and it leaves a space when I go.

Sunny Murray

The quality of the maps leaves a lot to be desired.

Darlene Garrett

The ACL has little, if any, ability to heal itself, and if it's torn it now leaves you with a functional disability. You can't run, jump or cut.

Angelo Colosimo

He's fun to look at but he leaves a mess.

Dan Hart

It leaves it to the audience's imagination at the end [as the bomb goes off]. It goes blank white. We're living in the blank white and it's definitely not paradise.

Ron Kehrmann

We tried to figure out how we were going to pay for it, ... The Dunedin Country Club Foundation has come up with $15,000, which will go toward the bridge. That leaves $71,000. So how do you fund that?

Gus Cooper

We really look forward when it comes around, but it's OK when it leaves.

Karen Harris

If you continue with a foreign policy when you're arrogant, it makes it harder to hunt down terrorists. Arrogance leaves us isolated.

Phil Singer

Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine.

Dr. Richard Selzer

This means that (glacial) ice melts, leaves the gas hydrates and sediment in the lake, and then freezes as H2O.

Martin Siegert

The leaves of memory seemed to make A mournful rustling in the dark.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

This is a very, very upsetting loss for us. It leaves us with an empty feeling.

Jay Graham

Our struggle continues and we will fight until the last occupier leaves our land.

Nizar Rayan

You should only say good things when somebody leaves. Robert has gone - good!

Freddy Shepherd

It puts a strain on you. It leaves us wondering what are we going to do?

Josh Franco

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

Emily Dickinson

What they call monitoring leaves a lot to be desired. There is no way to monitor these guys 24 hours a day.

Barbara Blaine

It won't get anywhere near 5.00 dollars in the medium-term, which leaves the government in a bind.

Scott Marshall

The decision to delay approval (of the sabbatical decision) is based on the fact that research and scholarship are central to the purpose of sabbatical leaves.

Pauline Hale

It's just a matter of time now before he leaves the race.

John Dickerson

This leaves a real bitter taste in my mouth.

Gabe Murtorff

That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.

George Gissing

Another worry is that the storm drains are clogged with leaves, so there could be urban flooding.

Tracy Mccormick

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.

Thomas Hardy

Why spend time trying to read this guy's tea leaves?

Jonathan Moreland

Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.

Walter Benjamin

Having as much math as possible leaves doors open for the future.

Terry Edwards

We are talking about sick leaves, and that is not illegal. We think there might be a connection between the two.

Siv Meisingseth

When sparrows build and the leaves break forth My old sorrow wakes and cries.

Jean Ingelow

I heard the sound of hard leaves cracking.

Gloria Lopez

Nobody leaves this movie unscathed.

Paul Haggis

Our goal is when Vince Young leaves here he won't be a candidate for the Heisman Trophy.

Bobby Carpenter

Michael leaves all the coaching to coach Hart.

Jeremy Wariner

You can't make them do anything. It leaves holes in your town.

Cyndi O'donnell

What we're doing is making the connection to the kids (about) what it means to be a contributing citizen. That leaves a door open for communication.

Brett Eckhart

The key for peace in Burundi is continuation of dialogue. One person leaves, but the UN remains in the country.

Carolyn Mcaskie

This still commits us to quite a bit of climate change, but it leaves the door open to avoiding the largest and most devastating consequences.

Gabriele Hegerl

Now that the leaves have fallen, conditions are much improved for seeing and hearing the birds.

Sam Hamilton

Hope Leaves the Theater.

Peter Dinklage

Even if she leaves our center and goes ahead with an abortion - and some do - we want her to know, no matter what, our door is always open to her.

Liz Osborn

There are no trifles in the human story, no trifling leaves on the tree.

Victor Hugo

Wax was a one in a lifetime dog and I don't know if I'll ever see one like him again. His retirement leaves a big hole in the kennel and some big shoes to fill.

Ricardo Pacheco

That kind of violence leaves a deep scar.

Carrie Shelver

This leaves an implication that we somehow cut up a mouse, cooked it and put it in the can of beans. That's not true. Why would we do that?

Tiny Anderson

[The accords were] fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.

George F. Kennan

A giant has passed away. It leaves a huge void in all of baseball.

Mike Garrett

Sam wants the job whenever Sven leaves - and the Bolton chairman (Phil Gartside)knows it.

Mark Curtis

I've heard no evidence that Stephen didn't voluntarily choose to ingest those leaves.

Tony Williams

That's a decor of leaves to represent the outside of the garden. We have lots of leaves in the garden. So, I sort of brought them into the entrance.

Katinka De Montal

I think the moratorium leaves a lot that is not being addressed. It is creating more problems than it is solving.

Dale Graham

Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.

Pam Brown

The legacy that she leaves is not just for her child, but for all of us.

Harry Gray

It leaves nothing for the fish – and I'm a fish guy.

Wayne King

The subsequent story that follows the wedding leaves us with a lot more to explore with these two characters.

Tony Wood

For some reason, he leaves the back of the bandana open, and not secured behind his head.

Brian Stanfield

If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it had better not come at all.

John Keats

It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains comes, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

I don't think anybody who leaves a courtroom after a death verdict is happy.

Kathryn Kase

Once that ball leaves the hand of anybody, it's hard to judge it. But early on, when we were going with the wind, I thought Mike threw some good balls. I did see Ray at the beginning of the game, and he ran the ball well.

Greg Schiano

The more shoots, the more leaves.

Malayan Proverb

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

Franz Kafka

He's a worker. He never misses a day. He's (in the weight room) first and leaves last.

Gordon Roberts

The current process leaves shareholders in the dark. It leaves the impression that executive pay practices are entirely subjective.

Brandon Rees

[EU leaders] reached a compromise that still leaves Europe significantly protected against imports.

Vicky Pryce

This guy was not after martyrdom by any means. What he leaves behind is a tremendous challenge for the rest of us and a guiding force.

Paul Slattery

Every time a car leaves Michigan for a friendlier economic climate, we have to ask ourselves: Is the next Henry Ford in that car?

Michael Lafaive

It's got little round black peppers and leaves that are reddish black. The longer they're in full sun, they get darker and darker.

Sally Lightner

It leaves us vulnerable to tips, but boys go down the lines so well, I felt we needed to adjust.

Amy Cooper

That leaves it up to me to make plays and open it up for him, and then we'll be pretty interchangeable.

Jason Wallace

The international community won't be here forever. When it leaves, the vacuum will need to be filled.

Shaun Barcavage

Little kids know that food is made in the leaves. Do they forget that when they grow up? This is going to shorten the lives of these trees.

Vincent Cotrone

The hare sits snug in leaves and grass, / And laughs to see the green man pass.

Heinrich Hoffman

You always get your neighbor's leaves. I'm just going to do my duty, clean my yard.

David Campos

From a management perspective, if it surprises you that someone leaves, it's because you weren't in touch with them.

Mark Horstman

We have provisions in the agreement that tied to contemplate the 'What Ifs'. If you have another tournament that comes in or one that leaves, can we redirect dollars?

Ric Clarson

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.

Sir Roger L'estrange

This deal leaves the telephone business very well positioned.

Kurt Funderburg

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

Walter Winchell

If a man leaves little children behind him, it is as if he did not die.

Moroccan Proverb

Today, America and this administration leaves Israel in the lurch. I ask President Clinton: Is this any way to treat a friend?

Rick Lazio

It hits you pretty fast, but in most cases it leaves you within a day or two.

Dr. Doug Moore

We're hoping that soon every car that leaves the lot will have security screws on their plates.

Craig Mcdonald

He's a great player. He'll be playing in the NBA whenever he leaves college.

Ben Howland

They just dropped off the trees. I talked to a gentleman who lived down there, and he said they were falling like leaves on the ground.

Russ Miller

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,/ No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, - November!

Thomas Hood

If there had been leaves on the trees, I don't think she would have made it.

Andrew Thompson

Tonight's victory leaves me with a tranquil feeling. We did some things that were good and this will only help us get ready for our first game against Austin (April 29 in Laredo).

Israel Collazo

Baseball leaves a footprint of all its games on our minds in a way continuous-action sports can't.

John Thorn

That second goal leaves a lot of regrets. We should have scored in the second half because we had chances.

Paul Le Guen

I want her to be aggressive on the ice so it's a good way to start. When she leaves the boards, she is aggressive.

Manon Perron

Love is a spendthrift, leaves it arithmetic at home, is always in the red.

Paul Scherer

There is a series of sterile bags, and it all is contained in one kit. The blood never leaves that kit.

Denise Todero

I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.

Le Corbusier

Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.

Euripides

We're kind of embarrassed by our appetites. It leaves us in this highly ambivalent relationship with money.

Liz Perle

He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.

Edward F. Halifax

He leaves big shoes to fill. But they're pointed in the right direction.

Jed Westover

We only found it on the leaves.

Ed Sikora

And once it leaves their hands it's someone else's problem.

Ethan Albright

The Constitution says that it is the electoral college that determines who is the president. It leaves no doubt.

Erwin Chemerinsky

He certainly helped, by our lights, to make it a more truthful understanding of what happened, and that leaves the door open for us when we come back.

Eric Ueland

The number of families leaving is not inconsiderable. Every family that leaves legitimizes more to do the same.

Eival Giladi

The number of families leaving is not small. Every family that leaves legitimizes more to do the same.

Eival Giladi