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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.
discussion industry shape
We are going to shape the industry discussion on this. Bob Kelly
discussion respect shutting wins
We respect the demonstrators' right to protest, but who wins by shutting down discussion of some of the world's most pressing problems? James Wolfensohn
discussion reason status
We're back to the status quo. After all the discussion we've had about this issue, there's no reason to make any changes.
discussion literary prizes
Generally, literary prizes are significant not for who the winner is but the discussion they create around books. Richard Flanagan
discussion great russian-revolutionary time
If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes. Leon Trotsky
discussion except great hepburn mgm remake remember serious successful tracy trying
When I was at MGM some years ago, I remember that there was a serious discussion of trying to remake some of the (Spencer) Tracy and (Katharine) Hepburn pictures. And that's a great idea except that they were successful because of Tracy and Hepburn. Peter Bart
discussion frank interests issues states strategic united
We had a very constructive and frank discussion of strategic issues in the interests of the United States and Israel, Ariel Sharon
discussion
We really haven't had any discussion on what we want to see out there.
discussion sequels
In 'Scream 2', they have this discussion about how sequels always suck. Thomas Bangalter