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reality ideas giving
All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman. Charlie Chaplin
real men dust
As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust. Charles W. Chesnutt
real simple legends
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-"just as good as the real. Charles Dudley Warner
reality policy
No policy is worth anything outside of reality. Charles de Gaulle
real knowing want
The real trouble comes from not knowing what we really want in the first place. Charles de Lint
real book people
Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places. Charles de Lint
real umpires long
A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since. Charles de Lint
real writing character
I'd say that any character or setting can be given a bit of an otherworldly sheen and be the better for it. The one thing I insist on with my own writing is that I won't let magic solve my characters' real world problems. The solutions have to come from the characters themselves. Charles de Lint
real thinking analogies
Fairy tales and mythology have always been an exaggerated distillation of the real world. Think of them as blueprints for how to deal with a multitude of situations that can arise in a person's life. The beauty of them is that their analogies resonate so deeply and they also entertain while they teach. Charles de Lint
way comedy desperate
In this desperate way, I started many a comedy. Charlie Chaplin
way opponents hardest
Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents Charles de Gaulle
way too-much odd
There was too much going on here -- too much that strayed from odd all the way over into seriously weird. Charles de Lint
way
Everything is the way it is because we've all agreed that's the way it is. Charles de Lint
way sometimes bigger
It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture. Charles de Lint
way-in-life expectations romance
There have been occasions in my later life (I suppose as in most lives) when I have felt for a time as if a thick curtain had fallen on all its interest and romance, to shut me out from anything save dull endurance any more. Never has that curtain dropped so heavy and blank, as when my way in life lay stretched out straight before me through the newly-entered road of apprenticeship to Joe. Charles Dickens
way littles common
We went our several ways," said Lady Dedlock, "and had little in common even before we agreed to differ. It is to be regretted, I suppose, but it could not be helped. Charles Dickens
way liberation discovering
Zen is a way of liberation, concerned not with discovering what is good or bad or advantageous, but what is. Alan Watts
way reverse
You see, there's the way things seemed and then there's the way things were and one is so often the total reverse of the other. Alan Moore
firsts sun start-the-day
The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on. Charles Dickens
firsts profession
A coxcomb begins by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first of profession. Charles Caleb Colton
firsts three novel
I began my first novel when I was 15. It went through three drafts, of around 40,000 words each. If I find it, I'll burn it. Charles Stross
firsts christ salvation
The first thing in faith is knowledge. What we know we must also agree unto. What we agree unto we must rest upon alone for salvation. It will not save me to know that Christ is a Saviour; but it will save me to trust Him to be my Saviour. Charles Spurgeon
firsts done christ
Let each one of us, if we have done nothing for Christ, begin to do something now. The distribution of tracts is the first thing. Charles Spurgeon
firsts language consciousness
Language comes first. It's not that language grows out of consciousness, if you haven't got language, you can't be conscious. Alan Moore
firsts chaos authority
Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade. Alan Moore
firsts film made
I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies. Al Pacino
firsts shy language
My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness. Al Pacino