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uncles believe gold
And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that [Christmas] has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it! Charles Dickens
uncles dark past
They whirled past the dark trees, as feathers would be swept before a hurricane. Houses, gates, churches, hay-stacks, objects of every kind they shot by, with a velocity and noise like roaring waters suddenly let loose. Still the noise of pursuit grew louder, and still my uncle could hear the young lady wildly screaming, "Faster! Faster!"
uncles mean merry-christmas
Christmas a humbug, uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure?" "I do," said Scrooge. "Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? what reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough.
uncles brain brass
You can't make a head and brains out of a brass knob with nothing in it. You couldn't do it when your uncle George was living much less when he's dead.
uncles air gentleman
My uncle, gentlemen, could say nothing; he was so very much astonished The queerest thing of all, was, that although there was such a crowd of persons, and although fresh faces were pouring in, every moment, there was no telling where they came from. They seemed to start up, in some strange manner, from the ground, or the air, and disappear in the same way.
uncles heart dark
Of all the ruinous and desolate places my uncle had ever beheld, this was the most so. It looked as if it had once been a large house of entertainment; but the roof had fallen in, in many places, and the stairs were steep, rugged, and broken. There was a huge fire-place in the room into which they walked, and the chimney was blackened with smoke; but no warm blaze lighted it up now. The white feathery dust of burnt wood was still strewed over the hearth, but the stove was cold, and all was dark and gloomy.
uncles husband hero
I think it's irresponsible when celebrities imply they're doing it all themselves. My son has aunties and uncles around all the time, and my husband is my hero. He's really full-on. I couldn't do it any other way. Alanis Morissette
uncles mean hard-work
Madness to us means reversion; to such people as Una and Lena it meant progression. Now their uncle had entered into a land beyond them, the land of fancy. For fifty years he had been as they were, silent, hard-working, unimaginative. Then all of a sudden, like a scholar passing his degree, he had gone up into another form ... Djuna Barnes
uncles symphony lasts
I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last. David Amram
violet sunny said
How do you do?" said Violet. "How do you do?" said Klaus. "Odo yow!" said Sunny. Daniel Handler
violet woven said
Death is woven in with the violets,” said Louis. “Death and again death.”) Virginia Woolf
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Least said, soonest mended
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Do," said Louisa finally, "whatever you can't not do. David Mitchell
said staring
I never said I was funny, OK, so stop staring at me... Bo Burnham
said feels wells
I feel 30.[Publo] Picasso said he always felt 30. Well, I do. David Hockney
said meadows grants
Cary Grant, said, 'I heard you were on the lot and I just had to meet you. Audrey Meadows
said helpless
I didn't say to act dead. I said act helpless. Arthur Golden
said bargains
I said we are Ghodratis and there's nothing that Ghodratis like more than a bargain. Aasif Mandvi
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A thing is a thing, not what is said of a thing Birdman
said statements
Anything that is said is not the truth. It is a statement of truth, and no statement is the truth. Barry Long