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mother children pride
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues - faith and hope. Charles Dickens
mother determination father
what I want you to be - I don't mean physically but morally: you are very well physically - is a firm fellow, a fine firm fellow, with a will of your own, with resolution. with determination. with strength of character that is not to be influenced except on good reason by anybody, or by anything. That's what I want you to be. That's what your father, & your mother might both have been Charles Dickens
mother children heart
The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Eye to eye, voice to voice, hand to hand, heart to heart, these two children of the Universal Mother, else so wide apart and differing, have come together on the dark highway, to repair home together and to rest in her bosom. Charles Dickens
mother sweet pain
Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister, and mother, were gained, and lost, in that one moment. Joy and grief were mingled in the cup; but there were no bitter tears: for even grief arose so softened, and clothed in such sweet and tender recollections, that it became a solemn pleasure, and lost all character of pain. Charles Dickens
mother nature garden
The evening wind made such a disturbance just now, among some tall old elm-trees at the bottom of the garden, that neither my mother nor Miss Betsey could forbear glancing that way. As the elms bent to one another, like giants who were whispering secrets, and after a few seconds of such repose, fell into a violent flurry, tossing their wild arms about, as if their late confidences were really too wicked for their peace of mind... Charles Dickens
mother nature children
"But even if he has been wicked," pursued Rose, "think how young he is; think that he may never have known a mother's love, or the comfort of a home; that ill-usage and blows, or the want of bread, may have driven him to herd with men who have forced him to guilt. Aunt, dear aunt, for mercy's sake, think of this, before you let them drag this sick child to a prison, which in any case must be the grave of all his chances of amendment." Charles Dickens
mother butterfly garden
Now I am in the garden at the back . . . a very preserve of butterflies as I remember it, with a high fence, and a gate . . . where the fruit clusters on the trees, riper and richer than fruit has ever been since, in any other garden, and where my mother gathers some in a basket while I stand by, bolting furtive gooseberries, and trying to look unnerved. Charles Dickens
mother abode wells
I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going. . . . My mother is likewise a very 'umble person. We live in a 'umble abode. Charles Dickens
mother errors reform
If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers. Charles Simmons
wanted
I always knew I wanted it to be illustrated. David Sedaris
wanted
I knew I always wanted to sing. David Ruffin
wanted prepared
I always knew that I wanted to do something in business and I prepared myself for that. Earl Campbell
wanted known
I've always known I wanted a family. Charlize Theron
wanted understood
When I understood the rudiments of what nanotech was all about, I knew I wanted to participate. Bernard Marcus
wanted
I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn't. Diane Abbott
wanted fortunate
I was fortunate to become the woman I always wanted to be. Diane von Furstenberg
wanted
I always knew the woman I wanted to be. Diane von Furstenberg
wanted
I wanted to be myself. Only myself. Brigitte Bardot
reporters humorists
But I'm a humorist. I'm not a reporter, I never pretended to be a reporter. David Sedaris
reporters reporting stand
We stand by our reporters and the reporting they did. Phil Bronstein
reporters
If you talk about an issue, what comes back is a description of what you're wearing. Reporters only want to know how tall you are and if your teeth are capped. Robert Redford
reporters
I never knew what a reporter looked like. Dwayne Andreas
reporters seen
We see reporters that we have never seen before, Jay Gibbons
reporters word
Reporters should keep their word to their sources. Floyd Abrams
reporters sports worked
The sports reporters got everything all worked up. Jan Johnson
reporters wife works
Hey, do you know that all the reporters know that Mr. Wilson's wife works at the CIA? Tim Russert
reporters
I've always thought of myself as a reporter. Gwendolyn Brooks