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beautiful struggle years
I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss, and, in their struggles to be truly free, in their triumphs and defeats, through long years to come, I see the evil of this time and of the previous time of which this is the natural birth, gradually making expiation for itself and wearing out... Charles Dickens
beautiful temptation use
A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself. Charles Caleb Colton
beautiful witty jewels
Wit in women is a jewel, which, unlike all others, borrows lustre from its setting, rather than bestows it; since nothing is so easy as to fancy a very beautiful woman extremely witty. Charles Caleb Colton
beautiful hate giving
How beautiful you are! You are more beautiful in anger than in repose. I don't ask you for your love; give me yourself and your hatred; give me yourself and that pretty rage; give me yourself and that enchanting scorn; it will be enough for me. Charles Dickens
beautiful sky done
And a beautiful world we live in, when it is possible, and when many other such things are possible, and not only possible, but done-- done, see you!-- under that sky there, every day. Charles Dickens
beautiful weed feelings
... Natural affections and instincts, my dear sir, are the most beautiful of the Almighty's works, but like other beautiful works of His, they must be reared and fostered, or it is as natural that they should be wholly obscured, and that new feelings should usurp their place, as it is that the sweetest productions of the earth, left untended, should be choked with weeds and briers. Charles Dickens
beautiful character interesting
She had gained a reputation for beauty, and (which is often another thing) was beautiful. Charles Dickens
beautiful sweet character
... when he saw her sitting there all alone, so young, and good, and beautiful, and kind to him; and heard her thrilling voice, so natural and sweet, and such a golden link between him and all his life's love and happiness, rising out of the silence; he turned his face away, and hid his tears. Charles Dickens
beautiful girl sleep
I don't remember forms or faces now, but I know the girl was beautiful. I know she was; for in the bright moonlight nights, when I start from my sleep, and all is quiet about me, I see, standing still and motionless in one corner of this cell, a slight and wasted figure with long black hair, which streaming down her back, stirs with no earthly wind, and eyes that fix their gaze on me, and never wink or close... Charles Dickens
boasting bore devil grotesque mental pin special superior vanity whatever
What a devil of a bore it must be to be the superior person! - those mental anaemics who never read about murders, divorces, or whatever the special squeamishness may be to which they pin their vanity - as grotesque as going to the play and boasting D. James
boasting cold deaf devoid eats five man merely might perpetual proud sad taste tells
Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what he eats is merely boasting of his sad deficiency: he might as well be proud of being deaf or blind, or, owing to a perpetual cold in the head, of being devoid of the sense of smell. E. F. Benson
boasting chance field seven teams took winning
Our field is pretty deep, boasting seven teams with winning records. We took a first-round bye so I could have the chance to see some of the other teams. Tucker Pappas
boasting carolina economy-and-economics employment facts nation rate south state
Sanford's boasting over 'the state of the economy' neglects the facts that South Carolina has the second-worst employment rate in the nation and 151,617 South Carolinians are still without jobs. Lachlan McIntosh
boasting leaders perceived technology women
Technology may be traditionally perceived as a male-dominated industry, but it won't always be that way. Every day we see more and more powerful women leaders boasting outstanding achievements. Clara Shih
boasting foods obviously proven sort
I used to boast that Whole Foods was sort of recession-proof. And obviously I've been proven wrong. So I'm not boasting about that any longer. John Mackey
boasting ceos companies edison few hear hours sleep
Supposedly, Edison got by on a few hours of sleep. You hear about CEOs of companies boasting about how little sleep they get. Paul Glovinsky
cape fairly far
The other thing about the Cape is it's fairly compact. You're never really that far away. John Cherry
capes social social-life
Wearing a cape doesn't do much for your social life. Austin Grossman
cape fashion town
There are only about 50 fashion capitals in the world and Cape Town is one of them. Negeva Norval
cape challenge government greatest provide stable stand
So, here we stand with the greatest challenge we have faced. We have got to provide a stable government in Cape Town. Helen Zille
cape favourite filled finds home markets mask outside piece voodoo
I have two curiosity cabinets at home filled with finds from jumble sales, markets and my travels. My favourite piece is a voodoo mask from just outside Cape Town. Erin O'Connor
cape drive escape favourite holiday love pass town weekend wife
I live in Cape Town but my favourite holiday destination is Hermanus, a little seaside town about a 90-minute drive away, over the pass and down to the sea, on the sunshine coast. It's where I love to escape to with my wife for a weekend every now and again. Wilbur Smith
cape including littered maritime mass north south travelers
Historically, maritime travelers had to pass around the entire mass of North and South America, including the bottom tip, the tempestuous Cape Horn, which was littered with shipwrecks. Alan Huffman
cape defeat ghana troubles
When you are at home, your troubles can never defeat you. - Cape Coast, Ghana African Proverb
cape ghana grow happen lion though time
Though the lion and the antelope happen to live in the same forest, the antelope still has time to grow up. - Cape Coast, Ghana African Proverb
golf wanted realised
I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I'd played golf I would have been skint. Alan Hansen
golf swings perfect
Is there such a thing as a technically perfect swing? If there is, I have yet to see it. David Leadbetter
golf swings goal
Your final goal is to convert your athletic swing to pure instinct rather than conscious thought. David Leadbetter
golf looks terrible
I like golf because you can be really terrible at it, and still not look much dorkier than anybody else. Dave Barry
golf balls want
You can, legally, possibly hit and kill a fellow golfer with a ball, and there will not be a lot of trouble because the other golfers will refuse to stop and be witnesses because they will want to keep playing. Dave Barry
golf self expression
If you explain so clearly that nobody can misunderstand, somebody will. If you're right 90% of the time, why quibble about the remaining 3%? In Africa some of the native tribes have a custom of beating the ground with clubs and uttering spine chilling cries. Anthropologists call this a form of primitive self-expression. In America we call it golf. Dave Barry
golf hitting balls
For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball. Dave Barry
golf talking interesting
Talking about golf is always boring. Playing golf can be interesting, but not the part where you try to hit the little ball; only the part where you drive the cart. Dave Barry
golf balls swamps
Once when I was golfing in Georgia, I hooked the ball into the swamp. I went in after it and found an alligator wearing a shirt with a picture of a little golfer on it. Buddy Hackett