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uncles years fiction
IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction. Carl Clinton Van Doren
uncles taken people
In Charn [Jadis] had taken no notice of Polly (till the very end) because Digory was the one she wanted to make use of. Now that she had Uncle Andrew, she took no notice of Digory. I expect most witches are like that. They are not interested in things or people unless they can use them; they are terribly practical. C. S. Lewis
uncles believe gold
And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that [Christmas] has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it! Charles Dickens
uncles dark past
They whirled past the dark trees, as feathers would be swept before a hurricane. Houses, gates, churches, hay-stacks, objects of every kind they shot by, with a velocity and noise like roaring waters suddenly let loose. Still the noise of pursuit grew louder, and still my uncle could hear the young lady wildly screaming, "Faster! Faster!"
uncles mean merry-christmas
Christmas a humbug, uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure?" "I do," said Scrooge. "Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? what reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough.
uncles brain brass
You can't make a head and brains out of a brass knob with nothing in it. You couldn't do it when your uncle George was living much less when he's dead.
uncles air gentleman
My uncle, gentlemen, could say nothing; he was so very much astonished The queerest thing of all, was, that although there was such a crowd of persons, and although fresh faces were pouring in, every moment, there was no telling where they came from. They seemed to start up, in some strange manner, from the ground, or the air, and disappear in the same way.
uncles heart dark
Of all the ruinous and desolate places my uncle had ever beheld, this was the most so. It looked as if it had once been a large house of entertainment; but the roof had fallen in, in many places, and the stairs were steep, rugged, and broken. There was a huge fire-place in the room into which they walked, and the chimney was blackened with smoke; but no warm blaze lighted it up now. The white feathery dust of burnt wood was still strewed over the hearth, but the stove was cold, and all was dark and gloomy.
uncles lying done
When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it's done so I would recognise when I was being lied to. Brian Eno
rope band stories
My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen." — Aimee Bender (Willful Creatures: Stories) Aimee Bender
rope world small-words
When I can make Of ten small words a rope to hang the world! "I had you and I have you now no more. Edna St. Vincent Millay
rope ends nooses
A leash is a rope with a noose at both ends. Ayn Rand
rope film
Making a film is like learning the ropes all over again. Miley Cyrus
rope capitalist sells
We will hang the capitalists with the rope that they sell us. Karl Marx
rope
Stay away from the ropes Muhammad Ali
rope
They really put up with a lot and I think they're just at the end of their rope right now, Linda Lingle
rope tie
They've removed anything you can tie a rope to. Margaret Atwood
rope way chance
The whole business is the crudest sort of stratagem, since we have no way of foreseeing it to the end. It is a mere paying out of rope on the chance that somewhere along the length of it will be a noose. Isaac Asimov
want feels loses
I feel I've always got to keep my stand-up because I never want to lose it. Carol Leifer
want firsts staying-single
I'd be happy to stay single now because I've always been in relationships. For the first time ever I can do what I want, when I want, with who I want, without answering to anyone. Carol Vorderman
want our-family
When you're close to your family, you want to be close to them. Carlos Beltran
want company turns
When you want to turn around a company, you want to make sure that the solution is coming from inside. Carlos Ghosn
want our-society deceiving
No, it's not that they're bad. It's that they're obliged to pretend they're good. They've been brought up to deceive and be cunning, to protect themselves from our society. I don't want to be like that. Carlos Fuentes
want
I just want to become a great leadoff hitter. Carl Crawford
want slave utility
Though no one would want to be sold as a slave, it is perhaps even more galling to be a sort of utility slave whom no one will buy.
want quiet peace-and-quiet
I just want to live in peace and quiet. Agnetha Faltskog
want nostalgia sometimes
Sometimes I feel sad, but this is not nostalgia, because I don't want time to come back. Agnes Varda