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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.
speak
You speak so feelingly and so manfully, Charles Darnay
speak-english japan computer
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan. Alan Perlis
speak foolish young
... please Lady... Do not speak of it. I was young and foolish." "You most certainly were." "You are cruel, Evanna. Darren Shan
speak elegance defined
Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read. Carolina Herrera
speaks-out abuse excess
We must take the best from the left and the best from the right to devise new strategies for the global twenty-first century. The reluctance of liberal professors to speak out against rampant abuses committed on their side (e.g., suppression of free speech, the excesses of women's studies and French theory) has simply increased the power of the right. Camille Paglia
speak politician enough
The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough. Carl Hiaasen
speaking
Where they're just speaking in tongues, like they're on a drug or something... Would I really do that if that's what it would take? Lucinda Williams
speaks tongue truth
Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth Irish Sayings
speaks-out willing direct
I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out. Bev Perdue
display families family home large numbers people photos tend
Many people keep photos in their homes, in their office, or in their wallet, and happy families tend to display large numbers of photos at home. In 'Happier at Home,' I write about my 'shrine to my family' made of photographs. Gretchen Rubin
display
Display is as false as it is costly. Benjamin Franklin
display internet matter record technology
With technology you can now be your own record company, director, producer, etc. If you have talent, you can display it on the Internet and the world will tell you their thoughts in the matter of seconds! Romeo Miller
display ragamuffin-gospel
Do the truth quietly without display. Brennan Manning
displaying power technology versus
When you're displaying content, any technology will use more power to display, versus not displaying content.
display happened pay somebody
Somebody could pay you to let them display the fish. That's what happened with Ethel.
display
Fighters display two things. They display confidence, or they display a look that says, 'I'm not sure.' Sugar Ray Leonard
displaying elegance following lady power statement tradition
She was following in the tradition of the first lady displaying this kind of elegance as a statement about the power of the presidency.
displaying mind novelist trick visible
The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying only one-tenth of what you know, and the other nine-tenths isn't visible and never mind if that part is pure styrofoam! Vikram Seth