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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.
couple hands people
It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand.
couple men hands
I am a neat hand at cookery, and I'll tell you what I knocked up for my Christmas-eve dinner in the Library Cart. I knocked up a beefsteak-pudding for one, with two kidneys, a dozen oysters, and a couple of mushrooms thrown in. It's a pudding to put a man in good humour with everything, except the two bottom buttons of his waistcoat.
couple hands want
I don't want to permanently damage myself! On the other hand, a couple of days off the keyboard tends to make things somewhat better. Charles Stross
couple may terrible
I'm told that a couple of my Russian translations are just plain terrible, though, and there may be others.
couple years my-boyfriend
Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it. Alanis Morissette
couple majority adaptation
I increasingly fear that nothing good can come of almost any adaptation, and obviously that's sweeping. There are a couple of adaptations that are perhaps as good or better than the original work. But the vast majority of them are pointless. Alan Moore
couple guitar burritos
I played guitar. I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor. So I was in a couple of folk groups that managed to keep me in underwear and burritos. Alan Arkin
couple moving done
There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I wanted, but I know I still have other angles to shoot and I have to be done by noon; I move on. Alan Ball
couple believe next
I still believe Emmitt has enough left in the tank to be a productive back over the next couple of seasons. Al Michaels
everybody experience hard ice trying year
We want them to experience what it's like to be in that situation. This has been a hard year for everyone -- not just the kids, but everybody off the ice who are trying so hard to make this thing work. Trent Yawney
everybody level morning provide service three treat whether
We want to treat everybody the same, ... provide the same level of service whether it's three in the morning or three in the afternoon. David Burns
everybody helped thank
We want to thank everybody who helped us,
everybody nobody sound
We want to sound like everybody and nobody at the same time.
everybody losses prepared record
We want to show everybody we belong. Our record doesn't matter. All those losses prepared us for this.
everybody segment
We want to see something that's going to be a win-win for everybody and not just for one segment of the population.
everybody firing guy jumping keeps loose relaxation telling therapist
I've always been the locker-room jokester, the fun guy, the guy who keeps it loose and easy. But also, on Sundays, the guy in that huddle jumping up and down, telling guys, 'Hey, get it going. Let's go.' Firing everybody up. So I'm part relaxation therapist and part Red Bull. Michael Strahan
everybody half million racing until
Until about 20 (laps) to go, and then everybody is going to be racing for that million and a half dollars. Greg Biffle
everybody finesse known looking program soft tough trying
We've always been known as a soft program, a finesse program -- all about speed, whatever. We're just trying to go out and show everybody this isn't the Gators that you're used to looking at. We're trying to show them that we're really tough and that we're really going to go out and play.
few-words speak adages
With few words, one can speak the truth. Bryan Adams
fewer
Much better to do fewer things and have time to make the most of them. Carl Honore
few liked love properly sure
I don't think I've ever properly been in love. I've had a few girlfriends and have liked them loads, but I'm not sure it was love. Luke Pasqualino
few helping hit move next plugging series work
Those three years on 'Loving' were instrumental in helping me move through the next few years of work, where it was hit or miss. I was on series that would get canceled, then I would be a movie that wouldn't come out or do as well as I hoped. You learn that you have to just keep plugging away and never take anything for granted. Michael Weatherly
few gave intrigued khan money next politics registered sure titles typical
I have registered few titles like 'Bharat Bandh,' 'Calendar Girl,' 'Money Politics.' The titles just intrigued me, so I registered. I had a title, 'Jai Ho,' which I gave to Sohail Khan for his next film with Salman Khan. These are typical Madhur Bhandarkar kind of films. I may make a film or not on such titles... not sure yet.
few matter mean minutes stopped
We stopped doing what we were doing and we let them right back in the game. Then we're tied. No matter what we did in the first few minutes it didn't mean anything.
few learning players season
We started off the season making a few more turnovers than we would have liked, but a lot of that had to do with all the new players learning a new system.
few missed picked receive serve serves
We started a little slow, and we picked it up after the first loss. We didn't serve receive well, and we missed a few serves that were critical. That just comes with experience.
few games needed played playoff stay
We started a few games where we started strong, experience-wise but we should have played better in the end. We needed this game to stay in the playoff hunt. Jamie Watson
handled sure
We want to make sure things are handled appropriately and fairly.
handled knew looked saw
When I looked up and saw his face, I knew he thought he hadn't said it was good, ... It was my fault. That's the way it goes. He handled it real well.
handled needed small somebody
She handled small matters. Somebody needed a divorce, somebody needed an adoption.
handled office people renew standing
Most of the things that people go into an office for can be handled online. You can renew registration, get a title, renew your registration, all without standing in line.
handled normal operating
were handled in accordance with normal operating procedures. Anne McLellan
handled limelight pulled thorpe thrust
When Thorpe pulled out and he (Monk) went into those two (races), he was thrust into the limelight and I think he has handled that very well.
handled paying
She's handled (not starting) very well. And it's paying off this year.
handled hospital overall public relations
The overall way it is being handled for public relations and for the whole hospital is wrong.
handled innocent
I look back at myself, this innocent person, and I think, 'Gosh, she's okay.' I handled a lot, and I'm still here. Brooke Shields
himself knew sitting
The person knew where he was sitting and positioned himself perfectly.
himself
Director of any film is very important, and an actor has to leave himself in his hands to mould. Leander Paes
himself hulk inside version
What makes Hulk afraid? It's himself. It's a version of himself that's weak. It's a version of himself that's vulnerable. It's a child inside of him. Mark Ruffalo
himself invested piano since wrote
When you think of Mozart's piano concertos, you think of them as masterpieces. He invested so much in them, since he wrote these for himself to play.
himself late runs strict tight tom turn works
Tom runs a very tight ship. You do not turn up late and you don't muck around - he's strict with himself and everyone he works with. Jonathan Meyers
himself tom took wolf
Tom Ridge is not a candidate, because he took himself out, ... Wolf Blitzer Reports. Dick Cheney
himself shooter turn
We know who the shooter is, ... It would be better for him to turn himself in before we have to find him.
himself liberate pieces writer
The writer is someone who tears himself to pieces in order to liberate his neighbor. Italo Calvino
himself lord
O Nanak, the Lord Himself is the Appraiser, who distinguishes the counterfeit from the genuine.
loves wants
We're going to find out who really wants to play and who really loves football. Kevin Carter
loves santa
We're set for the Santa Catalina. He's here, he loves this track, so why leave?
loves unhappy
Let no one who loves be called unhappy Even love unreturned has its rainbow. James M. Barrie
loves stay type
I'm the type of person who loves to stay busy, even in my off-season. Eli Manning
loves music safe singing social
She has a lot of social stimulation and she loves music, so she has singing activities, ... She's safe and well-cared for - I know that.
loves music performing
She always wanted to do music, she loves performing and composition.
loves modelling needs
She loves modelling - and she needs to be busy.
loves shape sports
She's so in shape and she loves sports.
loves shoe typical
She's a typical girl. She loves shoes. She loves going shoe shopping, right in mom's closet. Curtis Jackson
past political reform
Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but will not take themselves; it is admired by all who cannot effect it, and abused by all who can; it is thought pregnant with danger, for all time that is present, but would have been extremely profitable for that which is past, and will be highly salutary for that which is to come.
past men miracle
There are truths which some men despise because they have not examined, and which they will not examine because they despise. There is one signal instance on record where this kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle; but the age of miracles is past, while that of prejudice remains.
past water people
"People can't die, along the coast," said Mr. Peggotty, "except when the tide's pretty nigh out. They can't be born, unless it's pretty nigh in - not properly born, till flood. He's a going out with the tide. It's ebb at half-arter three, slack water half an hour. If he lives till it turns, he'll hold his own till past the flood, and go out with the next tide."
past self years
Only one life, a few brief years, Each with its burdens, hopes, and fears; Each with its clays I must fulfill. living for self or in His will; Only one life, 'twill soon be past, Only what s done for Christ will last. Charles Studd
past done lasts
Only one life, ’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.
past years tvs
My favourite movie is: "Dr Strangelove". (I haven't seen any films released in the past 2-5 years, I'm afraid: I don't do TV/cinema).
past years judging
It is foolish to try to live on past experience. It is very dangerous, if not a fatal habit, to judge ourselves to be safe because of something that we felt or did twenty years ago. Charles Spurgeon
past giving video
Society, magazines, posters, music videos, investment bankers. A lot of times, in my past anyway, looking within wasn't overly encouraged. Pretty much everybody proclaimed that fame would give me power and fortune.
past puppets driven
We tend to regard ourselves as puppets of the Past, driven along by something that is always behind us. Alan Watts
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude.
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness.
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything.
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon.
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
team people dementors
I don't like people who drain my time and energy. If you've seen the Harry Potter films, we use the term 'dementors' - people who can draw the life out of you in terms of your energy. So we eradicate the 'dementors', encourage the positive people, and that spreads around to create the team spirit we have here Alan Pardew
team cups world
I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup. Alan Hansen
team cups needs
The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.
teamwork littles best-team
A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best. Alain Prost
team people helping
It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
team frogs tadpoles
When I drove for British teams... they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.
team compromise building
You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise.
team numbers
There are a number of teams that would become vastly improved with Drew Bledsoe.
team taken miami-dolphins
The Miami Dolphins have to be taken seriously. Here's a team that seems to be jelling.
typewriters years space
My boyfriend got me a computer three years ago. I'll admit it does make things a lot easier. When I was working on a typewriter and I whited out a line, often I would choose a word to go in the space just because it fit. Now I don't have to do that. David Sedaris
typewriters joy trying
That was the overwhelming thing to me, the joy of carrying my portable typewriter to an event and trying to describe it. Charles Kuralt
type minus
Im not really Type A, but A minus. Bobbi Brown
type
You're on a positive road. You have some type of direction where you're going, so you have to just keep on going. Bob Marley
typewriters novelists poet
While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the windowpane. Billy Collins
type knows know-how
I don't know how to type so I handwrite everything. Billy Bob Thornton
typecast
The industry has a very short memory of what's possible, and they like to typecast you. Kevin Rahm
typewriters circumstances virginians
Never, under any circumstances, let the Virginian wolfsnake near a typewriter. Daniel Handler
type-2-diabetes vampire boring
In the 1970s vampires were pretty boring. The scariest vampire was Count Chocula. One bite of Count Chocula and you were cursed with Type 2 diabetes. Craig Ferguson