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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.
violence cynicism barbarism
We remain in the Romantic cycle initiated by Rousseau: liberal idealism canceled by violence, barbarism, disillusionment and cynicism. Camille Paglia
violence causes study
Despite hundreds of studies, cause-and-effect relationship between pornography and violence has never been satisfactorily proved. ?
violence fascination incredibles
There's an incredible fascination for that and that goes with violence and everything else in pictures. Bo Derek
violence violent non-violence
Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent Betty Williams
violence
Education is a vacine for violence Edward James Olmos
violence answers sabotage
You can't answer violence with counter violence ... The answer is love. The best sabotage is love. Athol Fugard
violence logic used
For anybody who's ever been on the other end of, like, racial violence logic is not something that can be used. Aasif Mandvi
violence violent recoil
Violence recoils on the violent. Arthur Conan Doyle
violence aptitude natural
Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing. Baltasar Gracian
violent-acts silence television
But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act. Aaron Spelling
violently
No one should be allowed to violently trample on the law. Vladimir Putin
violent process honorable
An honorable human relationship ... is a process, delicate, violent, often terrifying to both persons involved, a process of refining the truths they can tell each other. Adrienne Rich
violent non-violent
Anything that is non-violent is OK with me. Jasmine Guy
violent share violent-movies
I guess you could say I've been in my share of violent movies. Daniel Craig
violent
Of the paperbacks that you see at the airport, I am the most violent woman writer. Chelsea Cain
violent
I would like to write a book that wasn't so violent and weird, but I just don't think I can do that with my talent. I don't think it would come off. Donald Ray Pollock
violent aggressive
The English are potentially very aggressive, very violent Jack Straw
violent
It is what it is. We play a violent sport. Shaun Alexander