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Nobody wants to make me a rich man. In fact, most people want to make me a very poor man. I can guarantee some people fantasize at night about how poor they can make me.

As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn’t sleep at night from anticipation.

Sometimes I have wrinkles, in the morning. It depends on what kind of night that I had. I accept myself and the way that I am growing older. I have eye bags and some people have proposed to me to take them out but I said no.

I eat cheese and salami and a lot of fried chicken. I eat a big bag of oatmeal-raisin cookies every night and I don’t gain weight. I still look OK as long as I’m dressed.

I’ve always said that one night, I’m going to find myself in some field somewhere, I’m standing on grass, and it’s raining, and I’m with the person I love, and I know I’m at the very point I’ve been dreaming of getting to.

Every time I open a new restaurant, I wake up in the middle of the night moaning about bread and water. I dream I am in the middle of the dining room, and I am panicked.

I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.

I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that the toning and shaping was perfect and that the hosiery material is thin enough that I could make shape wear out of it.

I have been away a great deal in the daytime, occasionally at night.

Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.

A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps.

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The World Book Encyclopedia: So-Sz

«A 22-volume, highly illustrated, A-Z general encyclopedia for all ages, featuring sections on how to use World Book, other research aids, pronunciation key, a student guide to better writing, speaking, and research skills, and …

But it is his other job that he calls «the Work»: investigating cases of demonic possession and assisting in the exorcisms of humanity’s most ancient—and most dangerous—foes.

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Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night

A wide-ranging, illustrated look at the history of Halloween illuminates the holiday from ancient Celtic ritual to billion-dollar industry. 32 halftones & line illustrations.

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If on a winter’s night a traveler

Italo Calvino imagines a novel capable of endless mutations in this intricately crafted story about writing and readers.

During a night of rioting in Los Angeles, fires and looting force neighbors—who have always avoided one another—to come together. David Diaz was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his bold acrylic paint and photo-collage illustrations.

Based on interviews with sixty-three survivors, Lord’s moment-by-moment account is among the finest books written about one of the twentieth century’s bleakest nights.

Imagine a night when you can ride your bike right up the stairs to your bed. Imagine a night when your toy train rumbles on its tracks out of your room and roars back in, full sized, ready for you to hop on for a nighttime adventure.

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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey

Drawing on in-depth interviews with DJs, critics, musicians, record executives, and the revelers at some of the century’s most legendary parties, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life is nothing less than the life story of dance music.

Fear Street — Where Your Worst Nightmares Live.

Cockroaches found in food at Brisbane Night Noodle Markets

An ABC staff member purchased the pork dumplings last night. Councillor Krista Adams said council food safety officers were looking into the … «ABC Online, Jul 15»

‘An Awful Night for Louisiana’: Gov. Jindal Calls for Prayers, Praises …

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called for prayers for the families of the movie theater shooting victims. Three people were killed, including the … «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»

Controversy surrounds Pedro Munhoz’s failed drug test at UFC Fight …

Sanders took place in the preliminary portion of UFC Fight Night 54 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Oct. 4, 2014, and MMAFighting.com has learned … «MMA Fighting, Jul 15»

Well-known faces gather for glitzy VIP opening night of ‘The …

Well-known faces from the worlds of television, fashion and sport gathered at the glitzy VIP opening night of ‘The Bodyguard’ musical this … «Irish Independent, Jul 15»

‘Wayward Pines’ Finale: M. Night Shyamalan Talks Season 2 & TV …

M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN: We’re super surprised, excited, humbled by the reaction to Wayward Pines, and I did ask Blake to come over to my … «Deadline, Jul 15»

Even In Mexico, They’re Admitting Last Night’s Game Was Horseshit

Last night’s screw-job that robbed Panama of a Gold Cup upset over Mexico was so egregious, the Mexican press and even some of the … «Deadspin, Jul 15»

5 Reasons to Watch: FOX UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Barao 2

Jessica Eye and Miesha Tate begin their preparations for fight night. FOX UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Barao II airs July 25th, LIVE and FREE … «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»

Keith Morrison Previews Thursday Night Mystery ‘Infatuation’

A young Dallas art student from a small Texas town is found brutally murdered in her bed. With no signs of forced entry, detectives soon realize the killer had to … «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»

Man dies, 3 teens among 7 shot in Baltimore

«It is certainly unacceptable for this community to see three teenagers being shot on a beautiful summer night like this,» Davis said. «It’s my … «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»

Weather outlook: Starry night and gorgeous Friday ahead

Today has been a beauty! What a pleasant night for baseball as the Tribe is back in town taking on the Sox at Progressive Field. It’s a great … «fox8.com, Jul 15»

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night

night (

n.

)

O.E.

niht (

W.Saxon

neaht,

Anglian

næht, neht) «night, darkness;» the vowel indicating that the modern word derives from oblique cases (

gen.

nihte,

dat.

niht), from

P.Gmc.

*nakht- (

Cf. O.S.

,

O.H.G.

naht,

O.Fris.

,

Du.

, nacht,

Ger.

Nacht,

O.N.

natt,

Goth.

nahts), from

PIE

*nekwt- «night» (

Cf. Gk.

nuks «a night,»

L.

nox,

O.Ir.

nochd,

Skt.

naktam «at night,»

Lith.

naktis «night,»

O.C.S.

nosti, Rus. noch’, Welsh henoid «tonight«), according to Watkins, probably from a verbal

root

*neg- «to be dark, be night.» For spelling with -gh- see FIGHT (

Cf.

fight).

The fact that the Aryans have a common name for night, but not for day (

q.v.

), is due to the fact that they reckoned by nights. [Weekley]

Cf.

Ger.

Weihnachten «Christmas.» In early times, the day was held to begin at sunset, so Old English monanniht «Monday night» was the night before Monday, or what we would call Sunday night.

To work nights preserves the Old English genitive of time. Night shift is attested from 1710 in the sense of «garment worn by a woman at night» (see SHIFT (

Cf.

shift) (

n.

¹)); meaning «gang of workers employed after dark» is from 1839. Night soil «excrement» (1770) is so called because it was removed (from cesspools,

etc.

) after dark. Night train attested from 1838. Night life «habitual nocturnal carousing» attested from 1852.

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• Night — (n[imac]t), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[=o]tt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny x, nykto s, Skr. nakta, nakti.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• night — W1S1 [naıt] n [U and C] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(when it is dark)¦ 2¦(evening)¦ 3 nights 4 night! 5 night night! 6 night and day/day and night 7 night or day/day or night 8 night after night 9 first night/opening night …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• night — [nīt] n. [ME niht < OE, akin to Ger nacht < IE base * nekwt , * nokwt > Gr nyx (gen. nyktos), L nox (gen. noctis), night] 1. a) the period from sunset to sunrise b) the period of actual darkness after sunset and before sunrise; also, a… …   English World dictionary

• night|ly — «NYT lee», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. done, happening, or appearing every night: »nightly attacks, nightly disorder. 2. done, happening, or appearing at night: »nightly dew, a nightly visitor. 3. of or belonging to night; characteristic of night …   Useful english dictionary

• night — (izg. nȃjt) DEFINICIJA 1. ž noć [London by night London noću] 2. prid. <indekl.> noćni (i jedno i drugo u vezama riječi) SINTAGMA night club (izg. night klȁb) noćni klub, bar, klub kao ugostiteljsko mjesto otvorenog ili zatvorenog tipa koji …   Hrvatski jezični portal

• Night — ist der Name folgender Personen: Candice Night (* 1971), US amerikanische Rocksängerin Julie Night (* 1978), US amerikanische Pornodarstellerin Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wor …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• night — s.m.inv. ES ingl. night club {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1960. ETIMO: tratto dalla loc. night club …   Dizionario italiano

• night — /ingl. naɪt/ [ingl., accorc. di night club] s. m. inv. (fam.) V. night club (ingl.) …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

• night — ► NOUN 1) the time from sunset to sunrise. 2) the darkness of night. 3) literary nightfall. 4) an evening. ► ADVERB (nights) informal ▪ at night. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

• night|ed — «NY tihd», adjective. Archaic. 1. made dark as night: »nighted colour (Shakespeare). 2. overtaken by night; benighted: »Upon the nighted pilgrim s way (Scott) …   Useful english dictionary