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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.
annoyed greed
When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it. Baltasar Gracian
annoyed lasts saws
Agassiz, when I saw him last, had read but a part of Origin of Species. He says it is POOR-VERY POOR!!. The fact is, he is very much annoyed by it. Asa Gray
annoyed bit business cities likely music people
People are people, and I get a bit annoyed that the music business only focuses in on the big metropolises. I find that people that don't live in big cities are just as likely to enjoy music as people that do live in big cities. Eddi Reader
annoyed secret found
Anyone who found the secret of rejoicing when things go well without being annoyed when they go badly would have found the point. Blaise Pascal
annoyed arnold death eve few hardly home legendary months nursing quit stay surprise though
At 99 and after a long stay in a nursing home, the death of legendary photographer Eve Arnold was hardly a surprise - though she may have been just a little annoyed to quit a few months short of 100. Beeban Kidron
annoyed filled films incredibly people recreation
I must say that when I left 'Doctor Who,' I was filled with... not loathing, but I was incredibly annoyed because I wanted to do more television and films and the only thing that people could ever see me in was a recreation of what I had done. Carole Ann Ford
annoyed dearest dreams english-author refuge
My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free. Mary Shelley
annoyed dressed people running time
I don't get dressed up every day. I'm very busy. I get really annoyed when people talk about me as a 'fashionista.' I get dressed up when I have to go out. Most of the time, I'm running around in jeans. Iris Apfel
annoyed piano sounds spare strings stuff
Everything that has a spare piano is 'like Satie' and everything with strings is 'filmic,' Sometimes I get annoyed when they say my stuff sounds 'like Satie'. No, it doesn't. At least, I don't think so. Agnes Obel
clubs pressure disability
A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finally, a forced one. David R. Brower
clubs musician jazz
The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing. Buddy Guy
clubs
When you take clubs like Minnesota, Oakland, many of these small-market teams, you're going to have some changeover,
clubs fans george-jones
I'm a member of the George Jones fan club, and I'm a member of U2's fan club. Dierks Bentley
clubs way advertising
So I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round. Dennis Bergkamp
clubs gunners wanted
Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.
clubs actors helping
To be respected as an actor it doesn't help to be seen out in the clubs. Ed Westwick
clubs members take-me
I will not join any club who will take me as a member. Charlie Chaplin
clubs laughing people row showcase
There are these showcase clubs where 14 guys will go on in a row and people are laughing at everything, and I'm like - 'I can't laugh that much. That's so weird to me.' Norm MacDonald