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character ideas clothes
I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born. Charlie Chaplin
character tramps figures
My character of the Tramp, the millions of workers symbolized in that one figure.
character men law
By the Law of Slavery, man, created in the image of God, is divested of the human character, and declared to be a mere chattel. Charles Sumner
character men realizing
Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself Charles de Gaulle
character adversity responsibility
Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
character hard-times virtue
Character is the virtue of hard times.
character normal dysfunctional-family
Well, while I didn't have the more extreme experiences of some of my characters, I didn't exactly come from the most normal of households. Or rather, it was normal, in that dysfunctional families appear to be the norm. Charles de Lint
character attention elements
When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten.
character interesting grind
The cramped monotony of my existence grinds me away by the grain. Charles Dickens
boys genius boyhood
A boy has a natural genius for combining business with pleasure. Charles Dudley Warner
boys practice world
One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one
boys thinking years
It would have been cruel in Miss Havisham, horribly cruel, to practise on the susceptibility of a poor boy, and to torture me through all these years with a vain hope and an idle pursuit, if she had reflected on the gravity of what she did. But I think she did not. I think that in the endurance of her own trial, she forgot mine, Estella.
boys yesterday today
I was a blacksmith's boy but yesterday; I am - what shall I say I am today?
boys flesh want
"Then what can you want to do now?" said the old lady,gaining courage. "I wants to make your flesh creep," replied the boy.
boys night men
The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy, walk and be healthy. "The best of all ways to lengthen our days" is not, as Mr. Thomas Moore has it, "to steal a few hours from night, my love;" but, with leave be it spoken, to walk steadily and with a purpose. The wandering man knows of certain ancients, far gone in years, who have staved off infirmities and dissolution by earnest walking,-hale fellows close upon eighty and ninety, but brisk as boys.
boys littles little-time
So many boys, so little time... Alanis Morissette
boys self names
There's, like, marks next to an actor's name or something, and boy does that go up and down! Somewhere in there, which always causes my mate Miss Ruby Wax great hilarity, I was offered a biopic of Frank Sinatra. Even I knew that was a bad idea! They'll throw anything at you at certain times. So, you know, to thine own self be true. Alan Rickman
boys men names
We have fish and chips, which W. and I fetch from the shop in Settle market-place. Some local boys come in and there is a bit of chat between them and the fish-fryer about whether the kestrel under the counter is for sale....Only when I mention it to W. does he explain Kestrel is now a lager. I imagine the future is going to contain an increasing number of incidents like this, culminating with a man in a white coat saying to one kindly, "And now can you tell me the name of the Prime Minister? Alan Bennett
important humour irrational
Through humour, we see in what seems rational, the irrational; in what seems important, the unimportant
important persons knows
It is important to know what a person was. But it's more important to know what they are now.
important attention want
Of all the things Christ wants for us, loving Him and focusing our attention on Him are the most important. Charles Stanley
important desire
It's so important to consider this question: What do I desire? Alan Watts
important chekhov
Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer. Al Pacino
important body do-you-know
I'm more important to me than any body you can mention. Do you know that? Al Lewis
important cash gains
To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future. Akio Morita
important saved
What I was saved to is much more important than what I was saved from. Aiden Wilson Tozer
important holiness matter
You cannot study the Bible diligently and earnestly without being struck by an obvious fact-the whole matter of personal holiness is highly important to God!