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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.
elements light
There are some elements over there that I feel once there is light and activity...they will go away. Christopher Bailey
elements
There are some elements of digital photography that I don't really like, such as the fact that you see the results immediately. Anton Corbijn
elements good scripts three time
Television's so quick, and there's so many other fun elements to it, but you don't get such good scripts and the time to really make much more three dimensional characters. Lydia Leonard
elements band good-things
Having a visual element to your band is a good thing. Billy Gibbons
elements kind poet
The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has a kenetic force, it sets in motion...elements in the reader that would otherwise remain stagnant. Denise Levertov
elements belief standing-out
The one element that stands out most clearly among our peak performers is their virtually unassailable belief in the likelihood of their own success. Charles Garfield
elements wanted humans
From the beginning, I wanted to make dance music with a human element to it. Beth Orton
elements explosive fictional historical history
What's most explosive about historical fiction is to use the fictional elements to pressure the history to new insights. Matthew Pearl
elements eras sides
One constant among the elements of 1914—as of any era—was the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not to act upon what they suspected to be true. Barbara Tuchman
mystery crosses wounds
Abide close to the cross, and search the mystery of His wounds. Charles Spurgeon
mystery humans human-beings
It could be that the total scenario for human beings is an insoluble mystery until we die, followed by nothing at all. Bryan Magee
mystery stem
Where (those charges) stem from is a mystery to me.
mystery revelations embrace
The ability to embrace mystery is what attracts revelation. Bill Johnson
mystery revelations midst
The walk of Faith is to live according to the revelation we have received, in the midst of the mysteries we can't explain.
mystery awareness reason
Heightened awareness is a mystery only for a reason. Carlos Castaneda
mystery prestige contempt
There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt. Charles de Gaulle
mystery
I and this mystery, here we stand. Walt Whitman
mystery wonder
I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me. Brennan Manning