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I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens - Thackeray himself. Goldwin Smith
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One of the most blissful joys of the English language is the fact that one of its greatest practitioners ever, one of the guys on the very top table of all, was a jokesmith. Though maybe it shouldn't be that big a surprise. Who else would be up there? Austen, of course, Dickens and Chaucer. The only one who couldn't make a joke to save his life would be Shakespeare. Douglas Adams
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My father read Dickens out loud. My mother would say 'We're going to the workhouse'. This to me was real. I was headed for the gruel. Simon Schama
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Between Scott on the earlier side and Dickens and Thackeray on the other, there was an immense production of novels, illustrated by not a few names which should rank high in the second class, while some would promote more than one of them to the first. George Saintsbury
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The gift of a writer as good as Dickens is not to explain everything; that way, the reader has, in terms of their imagination, somewhere to go.
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Bo just shot the dickens out of it.
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As a young man, Dickens worked as a reporter in the House of Commons and hated it. He felt that all politicians spoke with the same voice. Claire Tomalin
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After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.
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Dickens had more energy than anyone in the world, and he expected his sons to be like him, and they couldn't be.
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Whether solid rockets are more or less likely to fail than liquid-fuel rockets is debatable. More serious, though, is that when they do fail, it's usually violent and spectacular. Henry Spencer
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We're going to have to make some modifications to the tank, so that probably puts the September (launch) window into a not very likely possibility.
likely understanding
We're more likely to be understanding than to be judgmental. David Carr
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When our purpose is external, we may never find it. If we tie our purpose or meaning to our vocation, goal or an activity, we're more than likely setting ourselves up for suffering down the line. Kris Carr
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I'm working on something that's not yet novel-shaped but is something of a film-noir-flavored 'Alice in Wonderland.' It will also very likely be a single volume story and not the start of a series. Erin Morgenstern
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Least likely normally to have a problem is the kicker. Dick Vermeil
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Settlement talks, if any, will likely be very complex, with multiple parties involved. Henry Blodget
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The overcrowding problem is likely to get worse.
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The overall total of nominal sales is likely to remain somewhat weak.
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I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity. J. Paul Getty
neither shown time
Time has shown that Paradise is not cheap, and neither is Hell unnecessary. Said Nursi
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Television: A medium. So called because it's neither rare nor well done. Ernie Kovacs
neither willie
My father was not comfortable working with very articulate people. He and Willie Wyler got along because neither of them was very articulate. Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
neither
Tipping the Scales. Neither is a suitable option.
neither worse
We neither get better or worse as we get older, but more like ourselves. Robert Anthony
neither nor politics
I've never really read any books about Washington, neither the politics nor the city. Bennie Thompson
neither remedies
We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them. Livy
neither watch
I didn't come from a background of films. I didn't even really ever watch films. The fact is, my parents weren't into that stuff, and neither was I. Emma Watson
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I like Jon Stewart. He's not as obnoxious as Dennis Miller, whom I really can't stand. Tom Lehrer
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I have never made a friend from whom I could not separate, and I have never made an enemy that I could not approach.
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To whom much is given, much is required - not expected, but required. Andrew Young
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I am shocked. All this is some interpretation of the French, with whom I have never got along.
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I auditioned for 'Avatar' in Australia. It was a 'blind' audition. I didn't know what the movie was about and whom it was for. Sam Worthington
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The person with whom they may be interacting may not be who they say they are.
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I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to meet?' Azzedine Alaia
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Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you what you are
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I have three sisters, all of whom lead very normal lives. Jane Byrne