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Together, these droll allegorical figures bring news of the dead, "who hear nothing; who remember nothing; who are nothing," as Elizabeth says.
"Men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it".
People who feel they can do nothing, who have a sense of depression and resignation".
V.S. Naipaul "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it".
"You saw people with nothing, who were wonderfully hospitable once upon a time, you know, it was an amazing city.
In fact, it's Parolles, the villain in "All's Well That Ends Well," Angelo, in "Measure for Measure," and Don John, in "Much Ado About Nothing," who give psychological weight to the poet's ruminations on the drama of coupling.
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Tony Wilson, the owner, was a corporate know-nothing, who didn't even own the music rights to his bands.
And the central Buddhist protagonist of the book is something of a good-for-nothing who is only partly redeemed by his interest in goodness and in nothingness.
Mary Jo's brother, Lewis (the charming Gerald McRaney), is a relative good-for-nothing, who is always borrowing money from the estate.
In Joel and Ethan Coen's loopy comedy THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998), Mr. Bridges plays Jeff Lebowski, a good-natured good-for-nothing who is mistaken for another Jeff Lebowski David Huddlestonn), a millionaire.
Since the great financial crisis I have not quite been able to decide whether the central banker is one of those sage, rock-like types who genuinely believes that acting in haste means repenting at leisure – a man for all seasons, the archetypal central banker if you like, or in fact a do-nothing who is a touch sanctimonious in his utterings.
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