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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.
greek democracy acropolis
The Greeks had invented democracy, built the Acropolis and called it a day. David Sedaris
greek-poet undergo
The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal. Menander
greek
For my part, it was Greek to me. William Shakespeare
greek musical tragedy
I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy. Billy Joel
greek yeah questioning
So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah, I suppose so. Eddie Izzard
greek way asking
Do you have any Greek in you? That was just a tactful way of asking if you're pregnant. If you're not, then let's break up. Demetri Martin
greek littles chickens
I always tried to learn Greek, but all I got out of it was, "poulaki mou." ["My little chicken."] Augusten Burroughs
greek possibility impossibility
A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. Aristotle
greek historical sake
For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard of death. Adolf Hitler
theatre news definitions
I've learned, having been on a lot of sets, the good news is that by definition you are surrounded by experts. They get fired if they're not - unlike in the theatre! Alan Rickman
theatre criticism theater
Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism. Alan Jay Lerner
theatre stories scottish
Scottish Theatre's greatest success story of recent times. Alan Chadwick
theatre
What's this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare? Al Pacino
theatre together literature
For me, filmmaking combines everything. That's the reason I've made cinema my life's work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film. Akira Kurosawa
theatre immediate-gratification gratification
Theatre is immediate gratification Chita Rivera
theatre literature rest-of-your-life
To shut yourself from history is to shut yourself off from say music or painting or the theatre, literature for the rest of your life. It would be to cheat yourself of the pleasures of life. David McCullough
theatre different actors
Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor. Catherine Deneuve
theatre littles amazed
I began playing Branson during the 1992 season and was a little amazed. There were about 30 celebrity theatres there and more are being added all the time. Charley Pride