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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..." Charles Dickens
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." Charles Dickens
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates. Charles Caleb Colton
considerate considerate-and-caring be-considerate
He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others. David Seabury
consider freedom government
I consider myself a kind of a one-man government-in-exile. I don't want to call it a government - let's call it one man's idea of American freedom in exile. Michael Moriarty
consider evening luxurious people
The people who live there don't consider it a casino. It's a luxurious place to go for an evening out. Bill Thompson
consider direct economics given industry itself number percent point
The point is the industry itself shouldn't be straddled with constraints that many of our direct competitors don't have. We feel the number 30 percent isn't really justified. It's very, very arbitrary. We consider a number around 40 percent to be more appropriate given the economics in the industry. Jim Cicconi
consider senior until wait year
We usually wait until an athlete's senior year to consider going to Arcadia. Chris Hanson
consider empower ladies ourselves strive
We strive for excellence, and we empower women. We consider ourselves the ladies on campus. Michelle Clark
consider
When you've been here, and you consider it your house, you're at home. Naylond Hayes
consider involved love meet people
When you usher, you meet a lot of people who are not involved with the theater, but (who still consider it) a very big part of their lives, and love to see the shows, Grace Morgan
considered
I always considered technical musicianship as something you should be ashamed of - I don't know why. Laurent Brancowitz
honorable instead turns
I think that to make something alive, instead of on a page, is an honorable task. And it turns me on. Mike Nichols
honorable human man
I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that. Action Bronson
honorable intend maybe
I want to say that maybe I've made some wrong decisions, but I'm still an honorable person, and I intend to take care of all of my obligations. Harmon Killebrew
honorable teach discretion
Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion. William Shakespeare
honorable
Cartooning is an honorable thing Bill Sienkiewicz
honorable parents profession
My parents wanted me to have an honorable profession and not to be a jester. Philippe Petit
honorable side
It's a thoughtful, decent, honorable decision. He's come down on the side of facilitating life. Orrin Hatch
honorable ready strike
The strike will go on. We're ready for a settlement, but it has to be an honorable settlement. Gurudas Dasgupta
honorable wrong
There is nothing wrong with being an honorable lobbyist. Ron Dellums
men
Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day. Charles Dickens
men hair doors
An observer of men who finds himself steadily repelled by some apparently trifling thing in a stranger is right to give it great weight. It may be the clue to the whole mystery. A hair or two will show where a lion is hidden. A very little key will open a very heavy door. Charles Dickens
men brotherhood common
The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men. Charles Dickens
men fellow-man spirit
It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. Charles Dickens
men laughing people
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people. Charles Dickens
men judging world
Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples. Charles Dickens
men coats shabby
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat. Charles Caleb Colton
men talking two
When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not. Charles Caleb Colton
men years two
No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned. Charles Caleb Colton
position
The position Olli is in had nothing to do with it, Mike Keenan
position scratch trying york
We're in a position where we're just trying to scratch our way to New York City. Mike Brey
position-of-power people understanding
If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this is not possible, then its essential to have a small cadre of very bright, committed people who are questioning, exploring and understanding these emerging concepts. Dee Hock
position several steel
We've always said there aren't too many steelworkers, there are too many steel companies. That's been our position for several years. Marco Trbovich
position runners scoring somebody step
When we get runners in scoring position somebody has to step up. Jim Hillman
position sure
We're doing everything we can to make sure that he is not put in a position to re-offend. Whitney Watson
position
We're in the same position now as are a lot of other teams. Danny Ferry
position won
Let those who won be put in the position to govern. Francesco Rutelli
position scholars-and-scholarship statement took
What we did when we took the position was to make a statement and we made a statement. Abhisit Vejjajiva
virginia sight rose
If you find yourself born in Barnsley and then set your sights on being Virginia Woolf it is not going to be roses all the way. Alan Bennett
virginia community together
Since the turn of the 20th century, members of the Jewish community in Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia have been meeting together to celebrate and worship. Bill Jenkins
virginia years people
When I saw what painting had done in the last thirty years, what literature had done - people like Joyce and Virginia Woolf, Faulkner and Hemingway - in France we have Nathalie Sarraute - and paintings became so strongly contemporary while cinema was just following the path of theater. I have to do something which relates with my time, and in my time, we make things differently. Agnes Varda
virginia energy east
I made a fairly bold pledge that I wanted Virginia to be the energy capital of the East Coast. Bob McDonnell
virginia england homeland
The South Downs of England reminded me a bit of my Old Virginia homeland. Billy Campbell
virginia west hillbilly
Deep down, I'm just a West Virginia hillbilly. Brad Paisley
virginia mind salary
The Concord Coalition in Virginia complained about pork projects and wasteful spending in the federal budget. Consider the Senate chaplain's salary. As occupations go, only mind readers in Los Angeles have fewer things to do all day. Argus Hamilton
virginia years steel
Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore rescinded the state's European Heritage Month proclamation for fear it would sound racist. It's too bad. Thus ends a month of celebrating the 400-year progression of our nation's British culture from wood to steel to graphite shafts. Argus Hamilton
virginia farmers farms
I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers. Barbara Kingsolver
vitality harmony fullness
I like to be surrounded by harmonies and fullness and richness and vitality Al Jardine
vitality connections opinion
Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts. David Hilbert
vitality making-money gripping
Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesnt have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation. Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
vitality
But she projected vitality - you knew that she was there. Charles Bukowski
vitality
My vigor, vitality and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from. Nancy Astor
vital
The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America. Walter Salles
vitality
The price of our vitality is the sum of all our fears David Whyte
vitality energy painting
Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time - condemned to painting for life. John French Sloan
vitality madness stores
We derive our vitality from our store of madness. Emile M. Cioran
window tapping
Someone was tapping on the window. Dave Barry
window loses
I just don't like to lose what's in the window. Bill Joy
window gave-up code
I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up. Bill Joy
window
I could never throw Love out of the window. Arthur Rimbaud
window theory ifs
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary. Bela Lugosi
window thrown
All the tenets that I had grown up with were thrown out the window. Archie Shepp
window
When you peered into the windows of someone else's life, you could only guess what was going on. Elin Hilderbrand
window fixed uncle-eddie
The window can be fixed, Katerina. I'm far more concerned about him. Ally Carter
window
When the window shattered, you can't see through it. James Long
worthy
You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest. Denis Waitley
worthy
We're doing what we can. We think it's a worthy cause. Mark Edwards
worthy
potentially interesting, if true, but not something really worthy of a story in itself. Joseph Kahn
worthy proving-yourself prove
You are only worthy of what you prove yourself to be. Alice Hoffman
worthy
We're really working to make this a show worthy of the audience's time. Angelo Sorce
worthy
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. Bible Bible
worthy difficulty intervention
Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.] Horace
worthy obligation
To owe an obligation to a worthy friend is a happiness, and can be no disparagement. Pierre Charron
worthy companion murderer
A murderer was a worthy companion. Philip Pullman