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uncles years fiction
IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction. Carl Clinton Van Doren
uncles taken people
In Charn [Jadis] had taken no notice of Polly (till the very end) because Digory was the one she wanted to make use of. Now that she had Uncle Andrew, she took no notice of Digory. I expect most witches are like that. They are not interested in things or people unless they can use them; they are terribly practical. C. S. Lewis
uncles believe gold
And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that [Christmas] has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it! Charles Dickens
uncles dark past
They whirled past the dark trees, as feathers would be swept before a hurricane. Houses, gates, churches, hay-stacks, objects of every kind they shot by, with a velocity and noise like roaring waters suddenly let loose. Still the noise of pursuit grew louder, and still my uncle could hear the young lady wildly screaming, "Faster! Faster!"
uncles mean merry-christmas
Christmas a humbug, uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure?" "I do," said Scrooge. "Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? what reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough.
uncles brain brass
You can't make a head and brains out of a brass knob with nothing in it. You couldn't do it when your uncle George was living much less when he's dead.
uncles air gentleman
My uncle, gentlemen, could say nothing; he was so very much astonished The queerest thing of all, was, that although there was such a crowd of persons, and although fresh faces were pouring in, every moment, there was no telling where they came from. They seemed to start up, in some strange manner, from the ground, or the air, and disappear in the same way.
uncles heart dark
Of all the ruinous and desolate places my uncle had ever beheld, this was the most so. It looked as if it had once been a large house of entertainment; but the roof had fallen in, in many places, and the stairs were steep, rugged, and broken. There was a huge fire-place in the room into which they walked, and the chimney was blackened with smoke; but no warm blaze lighted it up now. The white feathery dust of burnt wood was still strewed over the hearth, but the stove was cold, and all was dark and gloomy.
uncles lying done
When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it's done so I would recognise when I was being lied to. Brian Eno
cutting giving people
Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people. Carol Moseley Braun
cutting hair tiny
I drive a tiny Toyota iQ. I'm quite frugal and often cut my own hair. Carol Vorderman
cutting way woods
The wood was better before I cut it, than after. I did not improve it in any way. Carl Andre
cutting tasks three
For every one pupil who needs to be guarded against a weak excess of sensibility there are three who need to be awakened from the slumber of cold vulgarity. The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.
cutting two coward
And that's why, when they want to get rid of anyone, they usually bring him down here (like they were doing with me) and say they'll leave him to the ghosts. But I always wondered if they didn't really drown 'em or cut their throats. I never quite believed in the ghosts. But those two cowards you've just shot believed all right. They were more scared of taking me to my death than I was of going.
cutting hair people
I made a braid because Chinese old people, they say that the God will take you by the hair to join you with - but God didn't take me, so I cut the braid. Agnes Varda
cutting dollars needs
There's a need to reform Medicare, but not a need to cut a half trillion dollars out of Medicare. Charlie Dent
cutting thinking people
I wouldn't like to live in a world where everything's as cut-and-dried as most people think it is Charles de Lint
cutting desert forests
You've got to spread out as far as you can, cut down a whole forest, irrigate a whole desert, just to make sure that you won't accidentally stumble upon a place that's still in its natural state.
people eating-disorder body
Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems to ail too many young people. Carre Otis
people ends process
Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place. Carol Roth
people technique should
I don't feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people. Carol Kane
people stuff-happens critical
That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.
people source materials
They're all sources of material. What I love about what I do, the more you talk about your life, there are so many people who have similar experiences. Carol Leifer
people concerned
I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people. Carol Shields
people want bills
All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like them to say, Carol's basically a short Bill Bradley. Or, Carol's kind of like Al Gore in a skirt.
people parent trying
My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.
people ordinary would-be
I don't want to be hiding from people. It would be difficult to be recognized everywhere, so that I couldn't do things ordinary people do. Carlos Beltran