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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.
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
score
We want to score early. And score often. Erin Sullivan
score stills
The score is still Q to 12! Bill Watterson
scores three wins
Three wins by 1-0 scores -- obviously, our goaltending has been solid. Alain Vigneault
score
I would not score very highly on religious value. Lee Kuan Yew
score situation
We had battled back for him and got him in a situation where the score was tied, Ned Yost
score
'Sinister' is the first score I've done in which there's no orchestra in it whatsoever. There are traditional instruments I sampled, then manipulated, so you don't even recognize the source anymore.
score know-how knows
You have to know how to score. Brett Hull
score short target
We set our target to score about 400 in the first innings. We're about 240 short after the first day. Kevin Pietersen
score
The score I always have on heavy repeat is 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark!' Neil Marshall
sure work
We're going to try and work through this to make sure no more productions will be canceled or postponed.
sure trying until
What we're really trying to do is to make sure when they get to kindergarten, they are better prepared, because for many of them, there is nothing until they get to kindergarten.
sure
When we are sure what happened, we will tell you what happened.
sure tough
What makes it tough is they're better for sure than they were two years ago, Rich Rodriguez
sure understand
We're going to make sure that Americans understand what is at stake. Ralph Neas
sure
We're just making sure there is nothing we are missing. It's just being proactive.
sure
We want to make sure we're on the same page, James Wilcox
sure
We want to make sure we get them in preseason.
sure
We want to make sure they (companies) have a place to come.
tested knows capable
None of us can know what we are capable of until we are tested. Elizabeth Blackwell
tested
If anything has tested us this year, it's been a big team.
tested
He has not tested because of the rain.
tested
I got tested a little bit. I'm still a little sore. Alex Rodriguez
tested
We just weren't tested the way we have been in the past.
tested
The athletes, to my knowledge, have been tested before they left.
tested
They tested us in the 40 (Monday). They had me at 4.33 seconds.
tested
It's been tested here and we know we can do it.
tested understanding
This understanding will be tested in the upcoming months.