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You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing. Carlos Ghosn
character long shapes
At 50 I find there is a long line of characters and shapes demanding words just outside my window. Carlos Fuentes
character civilization games
The contract between the author and the reader is a game. And the game . . . is one of the greatest invetions of Western civilization: the game of telling stories, inventing characters, and creating the imaginary paradise of the individual, from whence no one can be expelled because, in a novel, no one owns the truth and everyone has the right to be heard and understood.
character warrior men
Malicious acts are performed by people for personal gain … Sorcerers, though, have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing to do with personal gain. The fact that they enjoy their acts does not count as gain. Rather, it is a condition of their character. The average man acts only if there is a chance for profit. Warriors say they act not for profit but for the spirit. Carlos Castaneda
character differences faces
There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face. Carl Barks
character clinton
Religion is one of the fundaments of Hillary Clinton's character and politics. Carl Bernstein
character simple profound
A great part of its [higher arithmetic] theories derives an additional charm from the peculiarity that important propositions, with the impress of simplicity on them, are often easily discovered by induction, and yet are of so profound a character that we cannot find the demonstrations till after many vain attempts; and even then, when we do succeed, it is often by some tedious and artificial process, while the simple methods may long remain concealed. Carl Friedrich Gauss
character eye vegetables
Death and resurrection are what the story is about and had we but eyes to see it, this has been hinted on every page, met us, in some disguise, at every turn, and even been muttered in conversations between such minor characters (if they are minor characters) as the vegetables. C. S. Lewis
character play plot
But how can the characters in a play guess the plot? We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage. To play well the scenes in which we are "on" concerns us much more than to guess about the scenes that follow it.
ancestry best man potato
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. Thomas Overbury
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Some people will deny anything that displeases or scares them: unusual pain in their chests, unwanted lumps beneath their skin, or the fact that humans share ancestry with apes are a few examples. Another is climate change. Michael Specter
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When I arrive somewhere, I often ask local residents about their ancestry and tales and legends of the area. Enthusiastic villagers could help find the location and offer to lead the way. That helps a lot. Hong Feng
ancestry blinded faults possessed prejudices rank side value
. . . she had prejudices on the side of ancestry; she had a value for rank and consequence, which blinded her a little to the faults of those who possessed them. Jane Austen
ancestry believe farmer
Mr. Lincoln, I believe your grandfather was a farmer in Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin
ancestry atomic born family help pride primordial trace
I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule. Consequently, my family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering. W. S. Gilbert
ancestry deep drunk waters
I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.
ancestry good proud
One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underground Samuel Butler
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I discovered that there is Indian blood in my ancestry on my father's side - a fact that had not been talked about in my family. No wonder I've often been cast in exotic roles - Indian princesses, Russian revolutionaries, Algerians, Gypsies and Greeks. Diana Quick
determined focused game good happen last played stanford
We want it. In the Stanford game last year, I was horrible, and I think we all played pretty bad. That is something we are determined not to let happen again, and I think we are good enough when we are focused not to let it happen again.
determined east issue people side whatever
The people of East Timor, whatever side of the issue they are on, are determined to have their say in this ballot.
determined dressed people
The way that people dress makes them part of an army, dressed in their own uniform, determined to do something. Suzy Menkes
determined equilibrium mediums
There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium. Dmitri Mendeleev
determined peace respect
This will only make us more determined to live in peace and respect each other and we can all play our part in that,
determined opportunity
We determined that there was a lot of opportunity out there if we marketed it right.
determined good judgement policies
We determined that policies were not followed, recommendations were not responded to and good judgement was not exercised.
determined
We determined he probably didn't have anything to do with this. Jessica Brown
determined impact last major matter meeting month
We determined at our last meeting last month that it was unrealistic that we would have a major impact on this establishment no matter what we did.