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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.
finals parting
All partings foreshadow the great final one.
finals records world
I missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in 2010. Which I did. Then in 2011 I won the World Championships and now in 2012 it is the Olympics. That is how I have been working. David Rudisha
finally pleased restore schedule
We are pleased to finally restore a more competitive schedule into and out of Yuma. H. Hart
final
We are awaiting final confirmation from the American side, Sergey Lavrov
final rush
We're not going to rush into anything that has final on it.
final indication itself moment process production provide substance wrong
We have no indication at the moment that anything went wrong during the production of the agent. Only an examination of the production process and the substance itself which was injected will provide final certainty.
final mention talk whenever
Whenever we talk about the Final Four, you have to mention us making it to the Final Four. This is history.
finally game learns
When he finally learns to exhale, and let the game come to him. Carlos Beltran
finals half minute winning
We were a minute and a half away from the Finals -- big deal, ... It's about winning a championship. Pat Riley
forming government proceed
We want the negotiations on forming a new government to proceed quickly. Matthias Platzeck
forming results talk time whenever
Whenever the results of the investigation come to the surface, then the time will be suitable to talk about forming the new government. Ayad Allawi
forming people
We're just forming this on our own. We're just going to give people another voice.
forming guiding needs strategies yardstick
To get the most from agricultural resources, poor farmers' needs must come first, guiding investment strategies and forming the yardstick for gauging results. Sylvia Mathews Burwell
forming neural throughout
Our brains have the ability to reorganize themselves by forming new neural connections throughout our lives. This ability is called neuroplasticity.
forming marketing niche push step
This would be another step for Boone in biotech and value-added agriculture to push that marketing niche we're forming in our community.
forming involved willing
We are more than willing to get involved in forming a new system. Rob Reiner
forming interest means nobody none sold somebody special tied
Nobody is tied to a special interest, none that I can discern, which means they are all independent, and that is so important to forming a team, because if you have somebody who is sold out to a special interest they're never going to get along.
forming name
I think a lot of it is a forming of attitudes. I think, primarily, they know our name but they don't know much about us. John Newton
hands feelings excess
The victims of ennui paralyze all the grosser feelings by excess, and torpify all the finer by disuse and inactivity. Disgusted with this world, and indifferent about another, they at last lay violent hands upon themselves, and assume no small credit for the sang froid with which they meet death. But, alas! such beings can scarcely be said to die, for they have never truly lived.
hands class two
Literature has her quacks no less than medicine, and they are divided into two classes; those who have erudition without genius, and those who have volubility without depth; we shall get second-hand sense from the one, and original nonsense from the other.
hands sorrow tears
If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you! If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you! A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter! Sorrow and shame upon your head! Ruin upon all belonging to you!
hands feet office
Skewered through and through with office-pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape.
hands library grew
I grew up on second hand bookshops and libraries. Charles Stross
hands soul half
I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters. Charles Spurgeon
hands despair rope
Faith has a saving connection with Christ. Christ is on the shore, so to speak, holding the rope, and as we lay hold of it with the hand of our confidence, He pulls us to shore; but all good works having no connection with Christ are drifted along down the gulf of fell despair.
hands soap calling
There’s no shame about any honest calling; don’t be afraid of soiling your hands, there’s plenty of soap to be had.
hands ignorant used
And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords Alan Watts
lies lies-and-lying silent
When this poor, lisping, stammering tongue/ Lies silent in the grave. William Cowper
lies lies-and-lying marathon run runs truth win
Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons. The truth will win this marathon in court. Michael Jackson
lies-and-lying trying whether
In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable. Helen Gahagan
lies-and-lying responsibility
I don't know where the responsibility lies, but I know I've done everything I can do.
lies-and-lying standard washington
I am different from Washington. I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't. Mark Twain
lies lies-and-lying shots success turning
The real success in golf lies in turning three shots into two.
lies man
He can't be believed. He's a man who lies systematically.
lies poor wrote
Here lies Nolly Goldsmith, for shortness called Noll, Who wrote like an angel, and talkd like poor Poll. David Garrick
lies-and-lying oath reject swear throw tony worth
His oath should have been, 'I Tony Harwood swear to lie, I say you should reject Tony Harwood 100 percent. Throw him out. He ain't worth nothing.