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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!" Charles Dickens
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 husband hero
I think it's irresponsible when celebrities imply they're doing it all themselves. My son has aunties and uncles around all the time, and my husband is my hero. He's really full-on. I couldn't do it any other way. Alanis Morissette
uncles kids aunt
As parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts we need to start getting out into nature with the young people in our lives. Families play a key role in getting kids outside. David Suzuki
uncles hard-work thinking
I think my uncle was probably the biggest influence in my life. We grew up in the same house, and he was just a really great, hard-working, honest, ethical person. Catherine Bell
uncles dad manipulative
My uncles were all funny. My dad wasn't funny, but my uncles were all funny. Now I go back and I like him better than them, they were manipulative funny. Louis C. K.
links spelling bigotry
There's a link between bigotry and bad spelling. David Mitchell
links united-states common
Something we have to remember is that everything about the internet is interconnected. All of our systems are not just common to us because of the network links between them, but because of the software packages, because of the hardware devices that comprise it. The same router that's deployed in the United States is deployed in China. Edward Snowden
links natural divine
Communicating with God is the most extraordinary experience imaginable, yet at the same time it's the most natural one of all, because God is present in us at all times. Omniscient, omnipotent, personal-and loving us without conditions. We are connected as One through our divine link with God. Eben Alexander
links graves symbols
The grave and the image are equally links with the irrecoverable and symbols for the unimaginable. C. S. Lewis
links libertarian yards
I wear the chain I forged in life....I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.
links nebraska state strengthen
We're consolidating the links between the state of Nebraska and our country, links that would be strengthen if (trade) restrictions were eliminated. Pedro Alvarez
links praying motive
When we pray we link ourselves with an inexhaustible motive power. Alexis Carrel
links chains bigs
It's all a big old chain. There isn't one unconnected link. Jane Hamilton
links conservative internet
Facebook was looking at which links I clicked on, and it was noticing that I was clicking more on my liberal friends' links than on my conservative friends' links. And without consulting me about it, it had edited them out. They disappeared. Eli Pariser
firsts sun start-the-day
The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.
firsts profession
A coxcomb begins by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first of profession. Charles Caleb Colton
firsts three novel
I began my first novel when I was 15. It went through three drafts, of around 40,000 words each. If I find it, I'll burn it. Charles Stross
firsts christ salvation
The first thing in faith is knowledge. What we know we must also agree unto. What we agree unto we must rest upon alone for salvation. It will not save me to know that Christ is a Saviour; but it will save me to trust Him to be my Saviour. Charles Spurgeon
firsts done christ
Let each one of us, if we have done nothing for Christ, begin to do something now. The distribution of tracts is the first thing.
firsts language consciousness
Language comes first. It's not that language grows out of consciousness, if you haven't got language, you can't be conscious. Alan Moore
firsts chaos authority
Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.
firsts film made
I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies. Al Pacino
firsts shy language
My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.