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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
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"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..."
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"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."
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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.
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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.
imagination inquiry causes
We know the effects of many things, but the cause of few; experience, therefore, is a surer guide than imagination, and inquiry than conjecture.
imagination directors
One longs for a director with a sense of imagination. Alan Rickman
imagination inverse
There is an inverse relationship between imagination and money. Alan Moore
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It's a bubble. It has to have intrinsic value. You have to really stretch your imagination to infer what the intrinsic value of Bitcoin is. I haven't been able to do it. Maybe somebody else can. Alan Greenspan
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I do not stick to rules when cooking. I rely on my imagination. Akshay Kumar
imagination god-love
Let her love God as He is in Himself, and not as her imagination says He is, and pictures Him. Aiden Wilson Tozer
imagination research life-experience
I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination. Chris Cooper
imagination wanted
I always imagined I could be what I wanted to be. Chris Brown
imagination agents shapes
What we know about who we are comes from stories. It's the agents of our imagination who really shape who we are. Chris Abani
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We really knocked the snot -- for lack of a better word -- out of each other on Friday,'' Chiefs defensive end Eric Hicks said. Jamal Lewis
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I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname. Jack Kent Cooke
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Police chiefs like myself are going to say, 'We like our guy. Don't move him. But my interests may not be identical to the FBI as an organization. It has got to force those painful choices on its staff. Edward Flynn
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On the morning of Thursday, before the chiefs sit down, all of the hostages will be released.
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We did not lose today. We got beat. We're obviously disappointed. This was a difficult game, and the Chiefs did everything they needed to in order to win. Marty Schottenheimer
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More than 100,000 Soldiers have trained on our combat convoy simulators, mostly National Guard. About 1,000 pilots, crew chiefs and Soldiers have trained on the door-gunner simulator at Fort Hood and Fort Rucker.
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I have been privileged to drive for some of the best. I also want to thank all of the talented and dedicated people I have worked with in racing over the years, the crew chiefs and the crew members, who put in so much time and effort to give me competitive cars. Ricky Rudd
chiefs infancy
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
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A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets. Douglas Leone