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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.
break-up ex-boyfriend love-you
You live, you learn, you love, you learn, you cry, you learn, you lose, you learn, you bleed, you learn, you scream, you learn Alanis Morissette
break-through trying strive
I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself. Al Pacino
break switching
Switching to the outfield was the best break I ever got. Al Kaline
break-through weapons different
I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making. Akio Morita
breakup lying heart
The American family is not simply changing; it is getting weaker. . . . Family decline drives some of our most urgent social problems. . . . The heart of the family problem lies in the steady breakup of the two-parent home. David Popenoe
break-up thinking games
I think my biggest break though came probably on Patriot Games because it was the biggest, longest second unit up to that point. It was like five months of shooting and a huge crew. David R. Ellis
breakup father loss
After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits. Catherine Helen Spence
breakfast made made-it
Breakfast was only worth having when somebody else made it for you. Caroline B. Cooney
break britain fairly literally million minimal pounds trenches unless
The possibility of you being able to successfully launder 50 million pounds in Britain is fairly minimal unless you literally break it up into trenches of 2,000, 3,000 or 5,000 or something like that. Peter Lilley
very-good
I work a lot and I like to get out and work but the work I do to make the other work work I'm not very good at. David Cross
very-good things-happen
Disney is just Disney. It's a company that's very good at what it does - controlling and promoting an image - until something happens that it can't control or cover up. Carl Hiaasen
very-good has-beens
I have been in movies that I thought I wasn't very good in. Christopher Walken
very-good painter
I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot. Cleo Moore
very-good congressman
I was a very, very good congressman. Dan Maffei
very-good clearing
I have become very good at clearing histories. David Levithan
very-good has-beens
QVC has been very good to me. Barry Manilow
very-good good-place
So let's start at the very begining (a very good place to start...) James St. James
very-good
And when she was good she was very very good. But when she was bad she was horrid. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow