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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.
flawed gives god good judgments list
We don't have some message from God that gives us a list of what's good and what's not good. Obviously, we have to make our own flawed judgments about each thing. Astro Teller
flawed greek relationship seems version whether
There's something about the superheroes and the idea behind their relationship with humans, whether it's a metaphor for the better part of ourselves, or the more flawed part of ourselves. So it seems to really be our own pop-culture version of Greek mythology. Clark Gregg
flawed
I'm always much more interested in flawed heroes than in perfect ones. Graham Moore
flawed man original spencer terribly tracy version
The original Spencer Tracy version of 'The Old Man and the Sea' was always terribly flawed because of the over-reliance on voice over, but it's still a beautiful movie. J. C. Chandor
flawed paul remake whether
Whether you're a believer or not, a flawed biblical epic is going to be more entertaining than a remake of a Paul Verhoeven movie or some third-rate sci-fi flick. David Harsanyi
flawed middle schools simply
Middle schools are flawed organizationally. They simply don't work.
flawed good rule super toss winning
Winning the toss is a good start. As we know, the super sub rule is a flawed rule and we have to make the most of it. Stephen Fleming
flawed love
I love flawed characters, male or female, and I only want to talk about flawed characters, really, in what I do. Jenji Kohan
flawed great historical lens stories
I like to write stories that read like historical fiction about great, world-changing events through the lens of a flawed protagonist. Carol Berg
forget traps dangerous
The most dangerous trap is just living and forgetting that God exists. Aiden Wilson Tozer
forget because-i-can i-can
I like to act because I can forget about everything else. David Morrissey
forget
We don't shoot somebody soon, I'm gonna forget how Dave Barry
forget stage forget-about-me
What I do is when I go to the stage I forget about me. Buddy Guy
forgetfulness forgetful knows
God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows. Cesare Lombroso
forget absence made
I hoped my absence made them happy or at least made them forget that they weren't happy and never will be. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
forget future ourselves prepared relationship towards
We are prepared to forget the past, to look towards the future and to accommodate ourselves with a new relationship with America.
forget-everything forget forget-it
You'll forget it when you're dead, and so will I. When I'm dead, I'm going to forget everything–and I advise you to do the same. Kurt Vonnegut
forget happens
Forgetting’s not something you do, it happens to you. Only it didn’t happen to me. John Fowles
good-morning beauty nature
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
good-friend trying disability
Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason
good-life two evil
Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine.
good-things cruelty
A good thing can't be cruel.
good-man energy attention
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons
good-day writing emotional
If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that. Alan Moore
goodbye farewell heart
The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart. Alan Alda
good-movie complicated enjoyable
A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it. Akira Kurosawa
good looking
We want them all to go on, and realistically they all have a shot. They all want to be state-placers and they're all looking to be pretty tough. I just want them all to have a good time.
john justice roberts whether william
You don't know who the new justice will be - or whether that justice will be there - and you have more uncertainly about John Roberts than you had with William Rehnquist. Erwin Chemerinsky
john point
We feel at this point that John isn't going to be back in New York.
john lennon medium moved particular
My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on. John Hughes
john kinds nature quite tool tractor
I enjoy my John Deere tractor quite a lot. It's a tool that I must use to keep Mother Nature at bay. I have all kinds of things encroaching on my property. Les Claypool
john
There are other John Deere clubs. But they didn't want other colors. So we started something everyone can join.
john kennedy name national senators states truly united
There are only two United States senators who have a truly national constituency. One's name is Ted Kennedy and one's name is John McCain,
johnny michael people
People are always asking, 'Where does Michael Pennington end and Johnny Vegas begin,' and you're going, 'It's not like that: it's blurred right across.' Johnny Vegas
john parks
Like him or not, John Parks has prevailed at every turn.
johnson lyndon prime trouble
Lyndon Johnson in his prime would have trouble getting it through.