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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.
defensive jack
We've all had heroes, and I know Jack Lambert was for me because I was a defensive guy. Bill Cowher
defensive driven hard matches
We are a hard working, defensive driven team. We were very competitive in all our matches this season. Dennis Richardson
defensive figure good played team time together trying
We are a good defensive team and we are getting better. This is a team that hasn't played together for a long time and we are still trying to figure out who we are on offense. But we are getting there. Jim Elliott
defensive game games hockey kept lose stick system team
We are a defensive hockey team and we have a system that we are going to stick to and it has kept us in game all year; even the games we lose are only by one goal.
defensive great nice struggled third
We struggled early, but the nice thing about it we rebounded in the third inning on great defensive play.
defensive deny paid pride strive taken team year
We strive to deny the other team any opportunities in the defensive third. We've taken pride in that this year and it's really paid off.
defensive good rhythm taking
We're in a rhythm right now, especially at the defensive end. We're getting stops, and we're getting out and running. And we're taking good shots. That allows us to get back at the defensive end.
defensive glass maintain second sustain tired wore
We started hot, but couldn't maintain it. We got tired and couldn't sustain our defensive intensity. They wore us down and killed us on the glass in the second half. Josh Smith
defensive duplicate effort good nice played rest second
We spotted them a good 10 (points) in the first quarter. We played a real nice second quarter, defensively. Unfortunately, we didn't duplicate that defensive effort the rest of the ballgame.
heads pounding trying wall
We are pounding our heads on the wall trying to get a solution, ... It's just a little overwhelming.
heads knew labels record singer time
I am a singer first and foremost. I was lucky enough to have a manager, when I was 15, who knew the heads of a lot of record labels at the time. Hayley Orrantia
heads telescopes
We have to get our heads and telescopes around that. Michael Turner
heads learn
We're going to play through it. I know it. It's just, we got to keep our heads up. It's frustrating. I'm frustrated. But we're going to learn from our mistakes. Charles Rhodes
heads questions raise source
When we first got these findings we were scratching our heads because it does raise questions about what the source (of the leak) really is.
heads hook
We let them off the hook and let them keep their heads in the game, Phil Garner
heads left people since watching work
It was a real honor to be able to work with someone like that that I've been watching since I was a kid. I mean, to play his brother left some people scratching their heads but something about it really worked. Jared Leto
heads looked obstacle teams
Most teams would go, 'Oh, man!' and have their heads down. We just looked at it like it's just another obstacle we have to overcome. Allan Ray
heads held leave win
This win was for Mexico. Now we can leave with our heads held high. Jorge Cantu
jobs words-of-wisdom deception
"There is no deception now, Mr. Weller. Tears," said Job, with a look of momentary slyness, "tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones."
jobs character air
"I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad job, "and I don't improve upon acquaintance..."
jobs reading years
I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" - because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead! Charles Stross
jobs reading writing
What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job.
jobs moving careers
It's time to question a job or career move when it seems like most energy is devoted to making things appear other than what they really are. Alan Watts
jobs film hard
Film-making is a physically hard job. Alan Parker
jobs asking way
I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available. Alan Patricof
jobs two together
One thing I will say - my job gets harder and harder. The more you understand about what you are capable of, the less the instrument can do it physically. It's an inverse equation, if that's the right phrase. I just slammed those two words together. It sounded right. Alan Rickman
jobs home feet
I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.
playing rock service thank
We want to thank (the service members) the only way we know how that's by playing rock 'n' roll. Neil Fallon
playing-music born
Ive been playing music since I was born. Chord Overstreet
playing stuck
We stuck with them. We'll keep playing and keep working at it.
playing
When I'm not acting, I'm playing golf. I'm pretty passionate about it. Lucas Black
playing waving
Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument? Nigel Kennedy
playing region start
When you start playing these better region teams, you have to play well.
playing-music
And I like music, too, I like playing music. Beau Bridges
playing-outside geek scientist
My friends are all geeks. And many of them are scientists who love playing outside as much as I do. Antony Garrett Lisi
playing-music theory music-is
Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much. Derek Bailey