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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.
greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds.
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.
great-expectations secret tears
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away.
great-expectations strange melancholy
So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!...
great-expectations may done
But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
great-expectations may let-me
Let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
head kid possessed whose
The possessed kid in 'The Exorcist,' whose head spins around. Al Goldman
headline looks net news positive profit view
The positive news in our view is the dividend... however, the headline net profit looks light.
headline numbers performance stronger
The performance was stronger than the headline numbers suggest. It suggests that manufacturing is accelerating.
heads pounding trying wall
We are pounding our heads on the wall trying to get a solution, ... It's just a little overwhelming.
head playoff ready time
We're in a playoff race. There's no time to put your head down and pout. We've got to get ready to get back at it (today).
head kid lip realize shaved thinks white whose
After a show, I'll get the 16-year-old white kid whose lip is pierced, his head is shaved and his parents hate him, and the young gangster from the screwed-up 'hood, and they say that now they realize there's someone out there who thinks like they do. Michael Franti
head wore
I wore a GoPro camera on my head for all three of my boys. Nick Woodman
heads knew labels record singer time
I am a singer first and foremost. I was lucky enough to have a manager, when I was 15, who knew the heads of a lot of record labels at the time. Hayley Orrantia
heads telescopes
We have to get our heads and telescopes around that. Michael Turner
hits people south storm sure time
We want to sure that if that storm hits South Carolina, people will have ample time to get out of its way.
hit internet ourselves potential segment
We are positioning ourselves to hit every potential Internet segment out there. Dave Murray
hit hitting settling
We started settling for a lot of jumpers. Jumpers that we usually hit we weren't hitting tonight, and that killed us.
hit night open rhythm
We struggled. We had a lot of open looks, but it wasn't our night to hit them. We just never got in a rhythm from the three-point line. But once again, we try not to live by that. Michael Redd
hit stopped
We stopped at the stoplight and he just hit me.
hit proud slow sort
We started off slow offensively, but we made some adjustments. I'm really proud of the way we hit the ball. We didn't panic. Once we got going, it was sort of contagious.
hitting
We started hitting (the 3s) for one thing. If they go in, they count. They add.
hitting opened outside
We started hitting our outside shots. That opened things up on the inside.
hit wherever whether
Wherever I can go, I hit the water, whether it's the ocean, or in L.A. it's Zuma Beach in Malibu; I just hit the water. David Hasselhoff
hold today
We started today in third. We just couldn't hold on to that lead.
holding keeping urban water
We're infiltrating runoff back into the water table, keeping pollutants out of the urban streams and holding the runoff back. Jim Johnson
holding situation thinking winning
We're in a situation where we can't be thinking about holding our own. We have to make an impact. The only way we can do that is by winning the first game. Joe Torre
hold innings rush
We're not going to rush him. We're not going to hold him back, either. But I'd like to see him get more innings at the professional level. Kevin Towers
hold playing time walk
We always hold out hope. Mathematically we're still in it. Every time we walk out on the floor, we're playing for something and we're playing for improvement. Dwane Casey
hold hoped kids school
What the school hoped to do for these kids was to hold them accountable for their actions, which they'd never really had before.
hold offense passing points steals
We wanted to try and hold them under 15 points in the first half. We got out in the passing lanes, got some steals and were able to get our offense going off that.
hold
Unfortunately I wasn't able to hold the lead. But Scott did once we scored again, so that's awesome. Brian Fuentes
holding prices tension
With the inventories where they are, and prices were they are, they don't equate. It's geopolitical tension that's holding us up right now.
took
We started out sluggish. It took us a while to get in our groove.
took
Vail's a very important place for me. Everyone kind of took me in and accepted me in that town, and they still have to this day. I wouldn't be a downhill skier if I hadn't been there. Lindsey Vonn
took worked
When we got to our feet, I wanted to make something happen, so I took a chance. It worked out for me.
took
Unfortunately, it took us this long to do this. Eric Norris
took
When they took the lead, we showed some toughness.
took
I think I just took a while to know myself. I went on a journey to find out. I was a bit wild. Trinny Woodall
took
Our Redeemer took upon Himself all the sins, pains, infirmities, and sicknesses of all who have ever lived and will ever live. James E. Faust
took
She never complained about being sick. She took it all in stride.
took tour
Mohammad and I took a tour of the devastation.