Word: foolish
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...lovable than the real ones, with none of the public-schooled, tight-voweled fustiness. And we get to watch him sleep. No one lasts the full 67 minutes. They meander in, stay five minutes or 20, then meander out again, perhaps because they do not wish to seem foolish or infatuated enough to stick around for the best part of an afternoon. There are no gasps from the crowd as he rearranges his arms, no ripples of delight as a flickering smile drifts across his face. We sit before him in respectful, half-blushing silence. "They said it was like...
...life people have said to me: You’re too small, Cat. You’re not fast enough, Whisp. Give up your foolish dreams, Evan! But you know what? They forgot something — I have...
Admittedly, the notion I’m discussing is a bit abstract. But still, one cannot deny that there exists what can only be described as an intangible—some sort of a x-factor—which renders foolish preview headlines like “M. Bball Expects No Surprises” senseless...
...More than ever, college students are paying very close attention to national politics. It would be foolish for either of the candidates to lose this new generation of voters in the fray,” Monahan said...
...admit that I’m being a bit nostalgic here. Many of us also work in the summer—seriously cutting into time for sports, playing or watching—and I’d be foolish to begin to misrepresent the season as a utopia that swings around every few months and rids one of all kinds of bad weather, depression, and responsibility...