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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.
stills
Do you still Kill Gerbils? Rachel Cohn
stills managers ireland
When John (Giles) was manager of Ireland, much as he loved me, he still dropped me. Eamon
stills
I am 30, but there are things about me that are still 15. Brigitte Bardot
stills surrogates supporter
I was a surrogate for Obama; I helped fundraise. I'm still a supporter. Brian J. White
stills
You can't stand still on one point for your entire life. David Bowie
stills
I still define myself by the places that I've been. Ani Difranco
stills virgins words-with-friends
I am still playing 'Words With Friends,' but on Virgin Atlantic. Alec Baldwin
stills
I'm still bald, I just wear a toupee. Jason Alexander
stills
I'm still doing something I love to do. Antonio Davis
my-own left
I don't like being left to my own thoughts. David Sedaris
my-own my-own-happiness
I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness. Ai Weiwei
my-own jane
You, Jane, I must have you for my own--entirely my own. Charlotte Bronte
my-own
I am often the brunt of my own humor. Charles R. Swindoll
my-own
I became my own only when I gave myself to Another. C. S. Lewis
my-own verses
I wrote my own verses. Anything I did, I wrote myself. Brandy Norwood
my-own
I just like doing things from my own head. Andrea Arnold
my-own knows
The only truth I know is my own. Hayley Williams
my-own
For my own part, I have never had a thought which I could not set down in words, with even more distinctness than that with which I conceived it. Edgar Allan Poe