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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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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. Ronald Frame
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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
dickens greater heard heaven purity thank
I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens - Thackeray himself.
dickens great multiple
After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters. Claire Tomalin
dickens sons
Dickens had more energy than anyone in the world, and he expected his sons to be like him, and they couldn't be.
dickens longer throw time
Something went wrong with my right arm. I no longer could throw hard, and it hurt like the dickens every time I threw. Dazzy Vance
dickens shot
Bo just shot the dickens out of it.
likely meaning ourselves setting tie
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
likely volume
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
likely type
With this type of leukemia, he most likely will need a bone-marrow transplant.
likely month next reporting season thin trade until
Until we get into the reporting season next month we're probably likely to see more of this thin trade.
likely rockets solid violent whether
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
likely normally problem
Least likely normally to have a problem is the kicker. Dick Vermeil
likely multiple parties
Settlement talks, if any, will likely be very complex, with multiple parties involved. Henry Blodget
likely puts september window
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
neither
Television: A medium. So called because it's neither rare nor well done. Ernie Kovacs
neither possibilities pursue
may want to pursue the possibilities that a different person did them both, and neither was our client.
neither taken vows
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
neither
One thing about them is neither one will give up. They're tenacious, they really are.
neither team
Neither team made many errors. It was well played.
neither nor safe
Neither Savannah nor Brunswick has any kind of safe mooring or anchorage,
neither viewed
Neither of these goaltenders has ever been viewed as backups.
neither tolerate
I don't tolerate insensitivity and neither do they.
whom
I like Jon Stewart. He's not as obnoxious as Dennis Miller, whom I really can't stand. Tom Lehrer
whom
I have never made a friend from whom I could not separate, and I have never made an enemy that I could not approach.
whom
I am shocked. All this is some interpretation of the French, with whom I have never got along.
whom
The person with whom they may be interacting may not be who they say they are.
whom
To whom much is given, much is required - not expected, but required. Andrew Young
whom
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
whom
Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you what you are
whom
I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to meet?' Azzedine Alaia
whom
For of those to whom much is given, much is required. John F. Kennedy