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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.
six wake-up hours
I train six to seven hours every single day. I wake up six days a week and know that it's going to be the same thing. Bryan Clay
six skateboarder wanted
Actually, I've always wanted to be a professional skateboarder ever since I was about six. Bam Margera
six twelve bliss
There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it. Anthony Trollope
six slowly throw
We're going to be with them a lot for at least the first six months, then slowly wean them. We're not just going to throw them into an apartment. Linda Price
sixty
Sixty is just a number. I don't feel 60.
six
Six times now, huh. That's not too bad.
six weeks
We have six weeks to go, ... With your help, we can make it happen.
sixty sounds
We didn't play that great, but we got it done. Sixty wins, that sounds good. Chauncey Billups
six
When you're six years old, you do not appreciate that you're living in the Alps. My sisters and I, all we wanted was to go to Disneyland. Ahna O'Reilly