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character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
guests world comedy
I feel like women are frequently seen as guests in the comedy world.... Chelsea Peretti
guests largest
When it comes right down to it, it's our guests who have the largest say in the determination. Chuck English
guest love spots
What I really want to do is comedy. I would love to do some guest star spots on some single-camera comedies. Katie Featherston
guest health toast
Let us toast the health of the bride; Let us toast the health of the groom, Let us toast the person that tied; Let us toast every guest in the room.
guest
I did a guest appearance on The Practice and loved it. Sharon Stone
guests
(She) also (said) that she wanted me to be one of the first guests on her show. Martha Stewart
guests hesitate managing number sensitive
We have a number of guests who want to come here more often but hesitate because they are appropriately sensitive to managing their calorie intake,
guest henry hung series star time tv
When I was 10 or 11, I was on this TV series called 'Dead Man's Gun' and Henry Winkler was a guest star. He hung out with me and my brother the whole time. We had no idea who he was. Our parents were star struck.
guests hear hotel people rooms seen several sleep system tsunami warning
Several hotel guests have complained to me that they have seen no map, no signs, not even a brochure on what to do if a tsunami occurs. People who sleep in the rooms will not hear the warning from sirens if the hotel has not installed a warning system in their rooms.
preference
I have a preference for rough architecture, real, inexpensive, unfinished. Thom Mayne
prefer truth
I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense. Ben Carson
preferred
From my own personal standpoint, I've always preferred my hair shorter because it's just easier. Charlie White
preference mathematician indifferent
Nature is probably quite indifferent to the aesthetic preferences of mathematicians. Alfred North Whitehead
prefer sold somewhere turned
We prefer to give them away than to have them go somewhere where they will be turned around and sold again.
prefer
We prefer to do that in a non-public session.
prefer results
We prefer to do a lot of things electronically. We just get better results that way. Any of the streamline stuff, we can do.
preferred release
We preferred to let him recuperate and release him on Thursday. Bernard Laporte
prefer traffic
We prefer not to have our traffic go through that road.
television stressful realising
Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong. Alan Hansen
television firsts film
My films seem to be better understood and better received by the monthly publications. On television the first reactions are usually unfavorable. Alain Resnais
television bars wells
Well, folks. That's the greatest open in the history of television -- bar none! Al Michaels
television pilots done
I've done 10 or 11 pilots for network television, which is ridiculous. Dave Chappelle
television affair shows
Meet the Press is the oldest and most treasured public affairs show on television. David Shuster
television violence sometimes
Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around. Dave Barry
television
There is a lot to life, and a lot more than just television to life. Bryant Gumbel
television notes placating
There's a huge amount of work that goes into placating a network in regular television. It's literally 70% or 80% of your workload, is showing them the material, getting their notes and presenting it to them and making sure they weigh in. It's a huge amount of work. Louis C. K.
television saws
Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television. Charley Pride
tend
West Pointers tend to be rigorously honest - more than necessary, in my view. James Salter
tend
In Germany, actors tend to be more laid-back and take orders from the director: 'Tell me what you want.' I'm more into collaboration. So are Americans.
tend
When we, as humans, articulate, our tongues tend to hit the back of the teeth. Andy Serkis
tend
When I'm dining out privately, I tend to avoid fine-dining venues; I like things to feel casual. Nobu Matsuhisa
tendency
I am very troubled by the tendency to define introverts by what they lack. Introversion is a preference, not a fallback plan. Laurie Helgoe
tend types
Moderates tend more than ideologues to be other-directed types who respond to external pressure. Timothy Noah
tend thinking
When I'm thinking like a historian, I tend to be a little depressed. But when I'm thinking like a Christian, I tend to be optimistic. Mark Noll
tend work
I tend to work in coffee shops. I need to get out of the house, and, well, I need the coffee.
tend
All actors tend to be the same messed-up people. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
time son boys
A boy's story is the best that is ever told.
time fool calendars
Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar.
time all-things
Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed.
time retreat tides
Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent.
time two black
Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.
time looks one-thing
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
time world overcoming
Time is the most subtle yet the most insatiable of depredators, and by appearing to take nothing is permitted to take all; nor can it be satisfied until it has stolen the world from us, and us from the world. It constantly flies, yet overcomes all things by flight; and although it is the present ally, it will be the future conqueror of death.
time journey men
Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.
time opportunity enemy
Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have little to fear from his enemies, but he that has made it his enemy will have little to hope from his friends.
work quality may
Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity, and that wherever it is so applied it lends an unmistakable quality to the work. Alan Watts
work apology giving
Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology. Alan Clark
work mean doing-nothing
If I am doing nothing, I like to be doing nothing to some purpose. That is what leisure means. Alan Bennett
work sleep thinking
A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves. Alan Ayckbourn
work play able
You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way. Al Kaline
work people kind
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable. Akio Morita
workout training cardio
I do a dance-based cardio workout infused with circuit training, and emphasizing strength and alignment. Chloe Sevigny
work-out effort feels
If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do.
work-out levels mail
I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.