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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.
hold today
We started today in third. We just couldn't hold on to that lead. Dave Sanchez
holding keeping urban water
We're infiltrating runoff back into the water table, keeping pollutants out of the urban streams and holding the runoff back. Jim Johnson
holding situation thinking winning
We're in a situation where we can't be thinking about holding our own. We have to make an impact. The only way we can do that is by winning the first game. Joe Torre
hold innings rush
We're not going to rush him. We're not going to hold him back, either. But I'd like to see him get more innings at the professional level. Kevin Towers
hold playing time walk
We always hold out hope. Mathematically we're still in it. Every time we walk out on the floor, we're playing for something and we're playing for improvement. Dwane Casey
hold hoped kids school
What the school hoped to do for these kids was to hold them accountable for their actions, which they'd never really had before.
hold offense passing points steals
We wanted to try and hold them under 15 points in the first half. We got out in the passing lanes, got some steals and were able to get our offense going off that.
hold
Unfortunately I wasn't able to hold the lead. But Scott did once we scored again, so that's awesome. Brian Fuentes
holding prices tension
With the inventories where they are, and prices were they are, they don't equate. It's geopolitical tension that's holding us up right now.