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uncles years fiction
IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction. Carl Clinton Van Doren
uncles taken people
In Charn [Jadis] had taken no notice of Polly (till the very end) because Digory was the one she wanted to make use of. Now that she had Uncle Andrew, she took no notice of Digory. I expect most witches are like that. They are not interested in things or people unless they can use them; they are terribly practical. C. S. Lewis
uncles believe gold
And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that [Christmas] has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it! Charles Dickens
uncles dark past
They whirled past the dark trees, as feathers would be swept before a hurricane. Houses, gates, churches, hay-stacks, objects of every kind they shot by, with a velocity and noise like roaring waters suddenly let loose. Still the noise of pursuit grew louder, and still my uncle could hear the young lady wildly screaming, "Faster! Faster!"
uncles mean merry-christmas
Christmas a humbug, uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure?" "I do," said Scrooge. "Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? what reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough.
uncles brain brass
You can't make a head and brains out of a brass knob with nothing in it. You couldn't do it when your uncle George was living much less when he's dead.
uncles air gentleman
My uncle, gentlemen, could say nothing; he was so very much astonished The queerest thing of all, was, that although there was such a crowd of persons, and although fresh faces were pouring in, every moment, there was no telling where they came from. They seemed to start up, in some strange manner, from the ground, or the air, and disappear in the same way.
uncles heart dark
Of all the ruinous and desolate places my uncle had ever beheld, this was the most so. It looked as if it had once been a large house of entertainment; but the roof had fallen in, in many places, and the stairs were steep, rugged, and broken. There was a huge fire-place in the room into which they walked, and the chimney was blackened with smoke; but no warm blaze lighted it up now. The white feathery dust of burnt wood was still strewed over the hearth, but the stove was cold, and all was dark and gloomy.
uncles lying done
When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it's done so I would recognise when I was being lied to. Brian Eno
drinking long hanging-out
I was hanging out and drinking as long as I could afford it, or as long as somebody else could afford it. Carl Andre
drinking car long
I never drove a car in my life. Given my drinking habits in those days, I would have been dead a long time ago - stumbling out of a bar at 4 a.m. and getting into a car.
drinking wine new-friends
A new friend is new wine, when it grows old, you will enjoy drinking it. Alan Kay
drinking champagne fine-wine
Champagne is one of the elegant extras in life.
drinking mean worry
There is not a little generalship and stratagem required in the managing and marshalling of our pleasures, so that each shall not mutually encroach to the destruction of all. For pleasures are very voracious, too apt to worry one another, and each, like Aaron's serpent, is prone to swallow up the rest. Thus drinking will soon destroy the power, gaming the means, and sensuality the taste, for other pleasures less seductive, but far more salubrious, and permanent as they are pure. Charles Caleb Colton
drinking beer done
I'm dealing with my drinking problem and I have a reputation for getting things done. Brian Clough
drinking naps tough-times
When the going gets tough, the tough go drinking. Bret Easton Ellis
drinking use week
There’s no use in denying it: this has been a bad week. I’ve started drinking my own urine.
drinking writing acting
Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour.
drunk fool arguing
Never argue with a drunk or a fool. Aaron Sorkin
drunk alcohol
Always be drunk ... Get drunk militantly. Just get drunk. Charles Baudelaire
drunk earth burden
So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and bends you to the earth, be endlessly drunk.
drunk
I'm drunk. Correct. What the f*** is it to you? Calamity Jane
drunk three internet
I read something once that when you're online, your inhibitions are lowered to the state where you've had three drinks. Once you basically know that the entire internet is slightly drunk, it all makes a lot more sense, and you deport yourself accordingly. Caitlin Moran
drunken squeeze starting
We're starting to put the squeeze on drunken drivers. Michele Compton
drunk alcohol matter
I am as drunk as a lord, but then, I am one, so what does it matter ? Bertrand Russell
drunk persuasive dangerous
A drunk driver is very dangerous. So is a drunk backseat driver if he's persuasive. Demetri Martin
drunk alcohol firsts
Nationalism ... is like cheap alcohol. First it makes you drunk, then it makes you blind, then it kills you. Daniel Fried