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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.
crisis everybody exactly faced knows likes musical nobody sisters
The Pointer Sisters have always faced a crisis in their identity. They have dabbled in so many musical streams that, while everybody likes them, nobody knows exactly what to do with them. Washington Post
crisis housing reason severe
We're in a severe housing crisis, and there's no reason for it. We've got the resources, we just need to appropriate them.
crisis people situation turned
We're in a real crisis situation where many times people are being turned away at the door. Jackie Robinson
crisis minister moved prime solve step
We have moved only one step forward, how could we retreat? To solve this crisis, the prime minister must resign.
crisis
When he first went down, it didn't look good. So a crisis averted, I guess. Doug Armstrong
crisis facilities falling start
We're getting to a crisis point. Facilities will start falling apart.
crisis needs work
We're going to stabilize the crisis here, and from here, we're going to work with her on what she needs to do.
crisis
We're going to get through this crisis we have now. Martin Brodeur
crisis face near
We're going to face a crisis in the very near term.