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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.
nicknames opinion christ
I have my own opinion that there is no such thing as preaching Christ and Him crucified, unless we preach what nowadays is called Calvinism. It is a nickname to call it Calvinism; Calvinism is the gospel, and nothing else. Charles Spurgeon
nicknames well-known wells
Almost everybody that's well-known gets tagged with a nickname. Alan Alda
nicknames example want
Cottonballs are an example of something I'd want to buy, but not have as a nickname. Demetri Martin
nicknames people
People have had nicknames as long as people have been walking, Kent Evans
nicknames
It's not the nicknames, it's how they got the nicknames that matters. Scott Pelley
nicknames greater
Ain't nothing greater than an x-rater with a nickname like Vibrator. Snoop Dogg
nicknames chance providence
Chance is a nickname for Providence. Nicolas Chamfort
nicknames my-sister stuck
My nickname is The Fonz. My sister Lori nicknamed me it when I was younger and it stuck. Nicole Appleton
nicknames world this-world
I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world. Ellen Page
titles film terrible
I'm terrible at making titles. I never like the titles of my films. Cary Fukunaga
titles spirit christ
I am a channel for the Christ spirit. The title was given to me very recently by the Godhead. David Icke
titles directors vengeance
I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine. Bong Joon-ho
titles institutions humans
The whole title by which you possess your property, is not a title of nature but of a human institution. Blaise Pascal
titles born
You can be born with a title, but not respect. You have to earn that. Adelaide Kane
titles wonderful enough
The grand old lady of bluegrass? Well, wouldn't that be a wonderful title to have? I hope I do enough to earn it some day Alison Krauss
titles glam rockers
I've always been fond of the glam-rocker title. Adam Lambert
titles example action
Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example. Cory Booker
titles want said
I never looked at a title and said, I want that. Anne Sweeney