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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.
characters daytime kept number relate veterans
We are probably the only show in daytime that has kept characters on. We've had a number of veterans who have been on the show for over 40 years, and how they relate these veterans to their grandchildren is something I think is very real. Chris Goutman
characters friend nice return spend suddenly time
There are characters which you spend a lot of time with, and you get to know, and you feel that -- suddenly it's a friend somewhere. And they are nice to return to.
characters grew influenced obviously pulled
Wherever a writer grew up, they're obviously influenced by that area, and I'm sure their characters are pulled from those experiences. Jim Rash
characters fix hand manuscript partner written
When you've written your characters into a corner, you just hand the manuscript over to your partner and make her fix it. Connie Willis
characters convincing course hard hear normal question scares
I often hear actors say during their interviews: 'I want to play a crazy person, a murderer, or someone who's on edge.' But that question scares me. I mean, of course there are characters I'd like to play, but I can't really say specifically who they are. It's much too hard to play a convincing normal person as it is. Li Bingbing
characters draw
Who doesn't want to draw Batman or Superman? Everyone would like to be able to draw them. I've been really lucky when it comes to the characters that I get to illustrate.
characters good great interest people red tricks twist
When you think of a great twist or a red herring or a way of misdirecting the reader, it is good, but you know that they are just tricks at the end of the day, and the way to keep interest is to write characters that people care about. Mark Billingham
characters connect improv machines movies people sort
A lot of times in movies, especially in sequels, the characters become caricatures and just sort of improv machines and joke machines, rather than people you can actually connect to. Hayden Schlossberg
characters erase good name names saying written
When you say the name Gilligan, you know who that is. If a show is good, if it's written well, you should be able to erase the names of the characters saying the lines and still be able to know who said it. If you can't do that, the show will fail. Sherwood Schwartz
female intense periods
Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period. Caitlin Flanagan
female looks drummer
I do like to look at female drummers, because I am one. Caroline Corr
female genius
There are no female geniuses because there are no female Jack-the-Rippers. Camille Paglia
female genius overcoming
Male conspiracy cannot explain all female failures. I am convinced that, even without restrictions, there still would have been no female Pascal, Milton, or Kant. Genius is not checked by social obstacles: it will overcome.
female body painting
Through her paintings, she breaks all the taboos of the woman's body and of female sexuality. Diego Rivera
female looks harsh
How you look has become ridiculously disproportionate to what you do. Critics are more harsh on female presenters. Carol Vorderman
female fight great history mothers numbers seen sending single wars
We have never seen so many female soldiers. They are mothers. Some of them are single mothers ? great numbers of them. And we are sending them to fight our wars in a way that is unprecedented, not just in American history, but in history around the world.
female males food-supply
The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
female sexuality discouraging
We live in an imbalanced society when it comes to encouraging male sexuality and discouraging female sexuality. Demi Lovato
males sticks categories
There is not many tenors in the male category and that makes me stick out. Bryan White
males film more-money
Of course, the male-directed films make more money. Catherine Hardwicke
males individualism problem
I have had the problem of seeing my male model go to Italy and... stay there. Camille Claudel
males femme term
The mystique of the femme fatale cannot be perfectly translated into male terms.
male positive sort
There's this sort of male energy that we have that can seem very destructive. But it doesn't have to be. It actually can be a very positive force. Nick Flynn
males
There's no male Oprah. Denis Leary
males doe pronouns
Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male? Carol P. Christ
males attractive percentages
Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines. Barbara Walters
males female sin
Theology being the work of males, original sin was traced to the female. Barbara Tuchman