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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.
impulse pursue following
The impulse to pursue God originates with God, but the outworking of that impulse is our following hard after Him. Aiden Wilson Tozer
impulse less likely notice perform
Often, the more reliably you perform a task, the less likely it is for someone to notice that you're doing it and to feel grateful and to feel any impulse to help or to take a turn. Gretchen Rubin
impulses logic needs people piece prompt unable
'Bum's Rush' is a piece about timing, and everything that's in the piece needs to be with the piece. If people are missing, or marking, or unable to use their voices, the impulses that prompt the action are lost, and its logic crumbles. Twyla Tharp
impulse kid tutors wrote
I didn't think anything I wrote was going to get published. I'm a dyslexic kid who had tutors through college. But I had a very strong impulse to write. Isabel Gillies
impulse
It is part of the fundamental impulse in all living things to reach for light, part of the indomitable will to see. Henry Grunwald
impulse malice remains
Malice remains its animating impulse. Janet Malcolm
impulse-control labs study
I know one lab that studies nicotine receptors and all the scientists are smokers, and another lab that studies impulse control and they're all overweight. David Eagleman
impulse-control years safe
I remember adolescence, the years of having the impulse control of a mousetrap, of being as private as a safe-deposit box. Anna Quindlen
impulse elites
Everyone has the impulse to be elite. Alfre Woodard
steady
She was just steady all through the game.
steady
He was just a steady guy. Never flashy, but he was a big part of their championship teams.
steady stream
There has been a steady stream all day.
steady
That's what he does. He's been steady all year.
steady
I said to de Lord, 'I'm goin' to hold steady on to you, an' I know you'll see me through.' Harriet Tubman
steady throughout time
Our slowest time through the day was from 2-4 p.m., but we were still busy. It really was steady throughout the day.
steady
Oh, my gosh, it's been pretty steady all year.
steady
He's just been really steady for us inside.