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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.
race cells organization
If the human race develops an electronic nervous system, outside the bodies of individual people, thus giving us all one mind and one global body, this is almost precisely what has happened in the organization of cells which compose our own bodies. We have already done it. [...] If all this ends with the human race leaving no more trace of itself in the universe than a system of electronic patterns, why should that trouble us? For that is exactly what we are now! Alan Watts
race faces smile-on-my-face
There's a smile on my face for the whole human race. Alan Jay Lerner
race conversation made
As a writer one is allowed to have conversations with oneself. What is considered sane in writers is made for the rest of the human race. Alan Ayckbourn
race people
I love all people, whatever race they are. Alain Robert
race balloons curtains
That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons. Al McGuire
race soul done
Free market capitalism has done more for the soul of the human race than any other system - it's created the highest standard of living. Chris Chocola
race ideas america
Kiddies, Graphic Design, if you wield it effectively, is Power. Power to transmit ideas that change everything. Power that can destroy an entire race or save a nation from despair. In this century, Germany chose to do the former with the swastika, and America opted for the latter with Mickey Mouse and Superman. Chip Kidd
race knows
I know that my race must change. Chief Joseph
race racism waiting
The Indian race are waiting and praying.
bullshit surface powerpoint
Nothing stands for content-free corporate bullshit quite like PowerPoint. And that's just scratching the surface... Charles Stross
bulls rotting want
I want to hold you like a kitten in my shirt, and still I want to spread your thighs and plow ye like a rotting bull. I dinna understand myself. Diana Gabaldon
bullshit facts rasta
Facts an' facts, an' t'ings an t'ings: dem's all a lotta fockin' bullshit. Hear me! Dere is no truth but de one truth, an' that is the truth of Jah Rastafari. Bob Marley
bulls choose deal expect good negotiate offer sheet sit whether
Whether they choose to go out and get an offer sheet (the Bulls can match), I don't want that to happen. I think they want to be here. I expect us to sit down and negotiate and get a deal done that's good for them and good for us. John Paxson
bulls intimidate kick knew notch physically tough
We knew we were in for a tough one. You always know that when you play the Bulls at Loftus they're going to kick it up a notch and try to physically intimidate you. Stirling Mortlock
bulls held kings mad treaties
Mad kings and mad bulls are not to be held by treaties and packthread. Benjamin Franklin
bullshit guy healthy
Atlantic reckoned we should use a top Yank producer and appointed one Eddie Kramer to the post. It turns out the guy was full of bullshit and couldn't produce a healthy fart. Bon Scott
bulls fighter tendencies
The bull-fighter has merely demonstrated that he is a butcher with balletic tendencies. Brigid Brophy
bullshit happy-endings pauses
Happy endings are bullshit. There are only happy pauses. Brian K. Vaughan