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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.
closed happening
We want to show the world what is happening there. We want the place to be closed down. Shafiq Rasul
closed north
The other two ramps which will be closed are from the southbound Lodge to north and southbound Telegraph.
closed coming cut good kept relentless
We started out a little flat, then kind of closed the gap, but they just kept coming at us with relentless pressure. We cut it back and they just roared right back They're just a very good team.
closed define music purity talking
When you try to define a purity as being something that's closed and limited, you're not talking about the music that I play called jazz. Herbie Hancock
closed literally next pushing serve
We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door. Nate Parker
closed feeling forward general giant looking people pleased shock sleeping wake watching
When we closed there was a general feeling of shock and dismay. But people will be pleased with what has happened. I'm looking forward to watching this sleeping giant wake up.
closed week
We're going to have it closed for at least this week and into the weekend. David Robertson
closed help redundant roads
With the help of users, we've closed a lot of the redundant roads in the area.
closed fine games line lost oregon played stands three
We're just so close. Look at the games we lost - we were right there. We should have closed out the LSU game, we had SC neutralized, and Oregon we just got outplayed, and we played flat. We shouldn't have lost all three of them - that's the thing that stands out. There's such a very fine line between being 6-0 and 3-3.
good-morning beauty nature
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
good-friend trying disability
Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason
good-life two evil
Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine.
good-things cruelty
A good thing can't be cruel.
good-man energy attention
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons
good-day writing emotional
If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that. Alan Moore
goodbye farewell heart
The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart. Alan Alda
good-movie complicated enjoyable
A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it. Akira Kurosawa
good looking
We want them all to go on, and realistically they all have a shot. They all want to be state-placers and they're all looking to be pretty tough. I just want them all to have a good time.
grip learn lesson poverty
We still have to learn the lesson of the grip poverty has, Carol Bellamy
grips hand joey might pitching ready tender tough trouble
Joey will be ready to play. He's a tough kid. The hand might be a little tender for a while and it could give him a little trouble when he grips the bat, but it's not broken. And it's not his pitching hand.
grip improve lost order
We made some modifications in order to improve the acceleration and unfortunately we lost a lot of grip in braking. Valentino Rossi
grip spin wrist
I grip very close to the butt of the racket. This allows me to get a lot of wrist action to create more spin and whip. Sloane Stephens
grip helped spring taught
Mel taught me a new grip on my sinker in spring training, and I've used it all year, ... It has really helped me.
grips open
Warner has to come to grips on its spending. They don't need all that to open a film when Wal-Mart is more important.
grips market schools trying
The market is trying to get to grips with which of the two schools of thought is right.
grip seems
It seems to have noticeably more grip than its predecessor. Nick Heidfeld
grip slippery trusty
It was slippery out there. I had to go to the trusty grip shoes.
half linux firsts
I was Computer Shopper's linux columnist for more than half a decade, from the late 90s onwards. Yes, I know about Linux. (My first review of a Linux distro in the press was published in late 1996.) Charles Stross
half empty gods-will
If I empty out half of my life, God can only fill half...God will fill as much of us as we allow Him to fill. Aiden Wilson Tozer
half safe matter
There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium. David R. Brower
half intensity played second slow
We started slow today. In the second half we played with better intensity than we did in the first half.
halfway michigan respecting seven state ten
We are at the turn, we are halfway around the track. It's just about respecting Michigan State and approaching like we have the other seven (Big Ten games).
halftime hard played struggled
We struggled a little and they made it very hard to penetrate the middle. We made some adjustments at halftime and played better.
half pulled second
We started off slow, ... but in the second half we really pulled away.
half missing three top
We started each half missing a wide-open lay-up, and that kind of set the tone. My top three scorers couldn't find the basket.
half period second spent team wears
We spent the whole second period in the box. It wears half the team down. We can't be doing that. It kills us. Jeff Carter
heavy persist
To persist in doing wrong extenuates not the wrong, but makes it much more heavy. William Shakespeare
heavy shoulders
Freedom is heavy. You got to put your shoulder to freedom. Put your shoulder to it and hope your back holds up. August Wilson
heavy opportunity playing
What he told us is, it's an opportunity to get back to playing basketball. All the speculation was a heavy burden.
heavy incentive less weight
Liberal redistributionists in favor of heavy taxation place less weight on incentive than do small-government conservatives.
heavy wolf
When the ivy-tod is heavy with snow, / And the owlet whoops to the wolf below. Samuel Coleridge
heavy pasadena rain rains
Yes, it will rain on their parade. There's a possibility of some heavy rains in the Pasadena area.
heavy
We have really heavy guitars, but the vocals aren't heavy. Josh Wright
heavy skin stand
I really like Neutrogena for skin care and CoverGirl makeup. I can't stand heavy makeup. I feel like my skin can't breathe, and CoverGirl is really light. Francia Raisa
heavy iron last maiden metal
We are one of the last heavy metal bands. Iron Maiden has always been unique. Adrian Smith
poor
Suffice it to say, I'm not poor.
poor backgrounds harder
If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are. Carol Vorderman
poorly pressure stage
We were awful, we started poorly and never got in the game. At no stage did we put any pressure on the French.
poor starters finishers
I hired finishers because I'm a good starter and a poor finisher. Alan Kay
poor
What have they done to you, my poor child? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
poor-richard reproach
The Sting of a reproach, is the Truth of it. Benjamin Franklin
poor
It is a poor thing for the writer to take on that which he doesn't understand. Anton Chekhov
poor sad tired
Too tired to yawn, too tired to sleep: / Poor tired Tim! It's sad for him. Walter Mare
poor poverty-and-the-poor
The poor would never be able to live at all if it were not for the poor. George Moore
rain sea people
Opinions, like showers, are generated in high places, but they invariably descend into lower ones, and ultimately flow down to the people as rain unto the sea.
rain heart soul
But tears were not the things to find their way to Mr. Bumble’s soul; his heart was waterproof. Like washable beaver hats that improve with rain, his nerves were rendered stouter and more vigorous, by showers of tears, which, being tokens of weakness, and so far tacit admissions of his own power, pleased and exalted him.
rain wind house
Under none of the accredited ghostly circumstances, and environed by none of the conventional ghostly surroundings, did I first make acquaintance with the house which is the subject of this Christmas piece. I saw it in the daylight, with the sun upon it. There was no wind, no rain, no lightning, no thunder, no awful or unwonted circumstance, of any kind, to heighten its effect.
rain night weather
The heavy rain beat down the tender branches of vine and jessamine, and trampled on them in its fury; and when the lightning gleamed, it showed the tearful leaves shivering and cowering together at the window, and tapping at it urgently, as if beseeching to be sheltered from the dismal night.
rain dark air
The sky was dark and gloomy, the air was damp and raw, the streets were wet and sloppy. The smoke hung sluggishly above the chimney-tops as if it lacked the courage to rise, and the rain came slowly and doggedly down, as if it had not even the spirit to pour.
rain clouds people
Some people are never content with their lot, let what will happen. Clouds and darkness are over their heads, alike whether it rain or shine. To them every incident is an accident, and every accident a calamity. Charles Spurgeon
rain dancing needs
The sound of the rain needs no translation. In music one doesn't make the end of the composition the point of the composition... Same way in dancing, you don't aim at one particular spot in the room... The whole point of dancing is the dance. Alan Watts
rain needs sound
The sound of the rain needs no translation.
rain film fine
Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists. Alan Parker