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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.
duration scratches ends
If we denote excitation as an end-effect by the sign plus (+), and inhibition as end-effect by the sign minus (-), such a reflex as the scratch-reflex can be termed a reflex of double-sign, for it develops excitatory end-effect and then inhibitory end-effect even during the duration of the exciting stimulus. Charles Scott Sherrington
duration life picked trying
Through a huge duration of my life, someone has always picked up after me. And when you're on your own and you're trying to be independent, it's definitely different. Jessica Simpson
duration sides bed
When you pick up a novel from the bed side table, you put down your own life at the same time and you become another person for the duration. Barbara Kingsolver
duration fine intensity
Fine friendship requires duration rather than fitful intensity. Aristotle
duration emotion loved-ones
The duration of love in a being always depends upon the loved one. I create an emotion in you, as you create one in me. You do not create it in yourself. Elinor Glyn
duration life time
The only control we have over the duration of our life is to shorten it, and we do that all the time. S. Jay Olshansky
duration limits minimum operation plans required royalty size
There are no minimum royalty rates, there are no enforcement provisions, there are no required inspections, there are no limits on the size or duration of leases, no requirement that operation plans be approved, Jeff Bingaman
duration favors fortune intensity pays
Fortune pays sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration Baltasar Gracian
duration expectation game hockey last minute overtime tonight win
When you get a 5-on-3 in the last minute of the game and a 4-on-3 for that duration in the overtime (3:11), your expectation is to win the hockey game. We didn't do that tonight and that's disappointing. Mike Sullivan
furniture generations gas
To your generation, I must represent the literary equivalent of tufted furniture and gas chandeliers. Edith Wharton
furniture enough danish
Furniture manufacturing in plastics requires very costly machinery, which the Danish market is not big enough to justify. Or so they say. But show me a plastics manufacturer who dares to take on the experiment Arne Jacobsen
furniture aging problem
Like a lot of fellows around here, I have a furniture problem. My chest has fallen into my drawers. Billy Casper
furniture learn lines trip
Learn your lines and don't trip over the furniture Spencer Tracy
furniture gets morning next perfect room
If a woman gets insomnia, you never know where you're going to find her furniture the next morning. It's primal. We have so little we can control, but we can perfect the way our room looks. Nicole Holofcener
furniture home influence items pottery similar
Pottery Barn's had a big influence on the furniture industry. We have a lot of similar items that you can take home now and in a lot of cases, better quality.
furniture guard high lawn rivers time
No one should let their guard down. Rivers are at dangerously high levels. It's not the time to go out and put the lawn furniture back up.
furniture goods romance spell store tennis
Furniture doesn't typically spell romance. A sporting goods store is another off-beat destination. I mean, what would you get? A paddle, a tennis racquet?
furniture giving helped list offering people settled
We've even got a list of about 15 people who've helped us out, giving us $20 or offering to give us furniture when we get settled down. We just thought that if we got their information, we could give something back to them once we get straightened out here in Katy. Zachary Smith