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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.
land fantasy trilogies
The Magician's Land is a triumphant climax to the best fantasy trilogy of the decade. Charles Stross
land promise nests
He that buildeth his nest upon a Divine promise shall find it abide and remain until he shall fly away to the land where promises are lost in fulfillments. Charles Spurgeon
land sea shore
I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has none. Alan Bennett
land horizon earth
When you are risen on the eastern horizon You have filled every land with your beauty... Though you are far away, your rays are on Earth. Akhenaton
land skins rising
Everyone has his food, and his time of life is reckoned.Their tongues are separate in speech,And their natures as well;Their skins are distinguished,As thou distinguishest the foreign peoples.Thou makest a Nile in the underworld,Thou bringest forth as thou desirestTo maintain the peopleAccording as thou madest them for thyself,The lord of all of them, wearying with them,The lord of every land, rising for them,The Aton of the day, great of majesty.
land punishment oil
If the clan did not exact punishment for an offense against the great goddess, her wrath was loosed on all the land and not just on the offender. As the elders said, if one finger brought oil it soiled all the others. Chinua Achebe
land agriculture earth
Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it. Chief Seattle
land mind body
The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the neasure of our bodies are the same Chief Joseph
land our-world people
This is our world, although the people who drew this map decided to put their own land on top of ours. There is no top or bottom, you see. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
maps
Why are old maps always burnt? Chelsea Peretti
maps draws happenings
I make the road. I draw the map. Nothing just happens to me...I'm the one happening. Denis Johnson
maps question since
Since the first day we had our meeting, the very first question and observation has been that the maps we have now are not right. Mike Horner
map medical orlando puts
This puts Orlando on the map as a medical destination.
map million united users
We're able to map 15 million users in the United States, Kevin O'Connor
maps use world
You can't use an old map to explore a new world. Albert Einstein
maps territory world
The map is not the territory... The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map... Alfred Korzybski
maps wilderness blank
What avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map? Aldo Leopold
map moved time violent
If you look at the Nile on a map of Egypt, you don't think it has moved very much, but the river is very violent and has moved over time.
open
We started slowly. We got some open looks, but they just weren't falling.
opens sink sucked
As for Philadelphia, you know what it is like? Sink holes. You stand in the earth and it opens up and you're sucked down. I'm never going to escape Philadelphia.
opening-up people bigs
I'm not a big believer in doing things unilaterally. I'm a big believer in opening up a dialogue and figuring out how we can make something work for all people. Bill Richardson
open people
We actually get more people out here by appointment than during our open hours.
open pop
We always have a take that's 'one for fun', so once you've got what you need, you can do what you like. Something does occasionally pop out of that tree. I'm always open to ideas. Guy Ritchie
opening-up doors trying
When you try hard at everything you do, even when it feels foolish to do so, you’re opening up doors and possibilities you might not be seeing in the moment. Ed Helms
open stay
We want it to stay the way it is, natural. We want it to be open to the public.
open trying
We were trying to set up for a 3, but that wasn't open so I went to the basket. I thought I had it.
open remain theater whether
Whether that other theater will remain open is yet to be seen.
plants-growing shining desire
You do not have to force yourself to do anything at all. There is a continual exchange, a continual dance. It is similar to the sun shining and plants growing. The sun has no desire to create the vegetation; plants simply react to sunlight and the situation develops naturally. Chogyam Trungpa
planning chill daydreaming
Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming. David Morrissey
plans
There are (contingency) plans in place for strikes.
plan sending
We still plan on sending out a notice,
planting seemed third
We started out planting 400 trees. They just seemed to do very, very well. We subsequently planted another 200 and then another 300 the third year.
planet
There's no single person on this planet that's worth more than the other. Know your worth. Be confident in yourself. Holly Holm
plans sit
We're not going to sit here and say that all the plans are perfect.
planets concern right-now
Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet. Edward James Olmos
plans
I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived. David Rockefeller
rural stigma worry
I worry about the stigma -- especially in rural areas.
rural
In rural areas, this can be very serious.
spaces
From when I was about seven, I thought I wanted to be an architect. I've always loved spaces and dwellings in general. Arizona Muse
spaces
There are many, many more small theater spaces than there were when I was starting out. Tom Stoppard
spaces
It is important to have permanent safe spaces in Harlem. Geoffrey Canada
spaceship
We're not passengers on Spaceship Earth. We're the crew. Rusty Schweickart
spaceship
Because you should always do something on a spaceship if you canà Joss Whedon
spaceships staring shows
I stare at her, as dumbstruck as if she'd just admitted she's a Scientologist with an invitation to join Tom and Katie on the spaceship when it shows up. Meg Cabot
vision filmmaker evolve
A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads. Alan Parker
vision magic together
When you experience your wisdom and the power of things as they are, together, as one, then you have access to tremendous vision and power in the world. You find that you are inherently connected to your own being. That is discovering magic.
vision world way
When we clean up after ourselves, we have nothing to blame. When we begin to live our lives in that way, cleaning up after ourselves, what is left is further vision and further openness, which leads to cleaning up the rest of the world.
vision events moments
The event of creation did not take place so many eons ago, astronomically or biologically speaking. Creation is taking place every moment of our lives. David Suzuki
vision looks one-thing
One must look for one thing only, to find many. Cesare Pavese
vision watches hamburgers
I’m not a good faster. My friends have visions of God, I have visions of hamburgers. The only time I watch the Food Channel is when I’m fasting. It’s pitiful. We did a 40 day fast. I bought 29 cookbooks. I don’t cook, but the pictures! I bought a deep-fryer and we don’t eat deep-fried food! Bill Johnson
vision elements replacements
I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds. Edward Hopper
vision literature originality
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. Edith Wharton
vision want true-self
Create a vision of who you want to be, and then live into that picture as if it were already true. Arnold Schwarzenegger