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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.
except immerse larger needed shelter sort sure
I'm not sure why working at a homeless shelter made sense to me, except that I needed to immerse myself in some sort of larger real-life situation to get me out of the cage of my mind, in some ways. Nick Flynn
exception-to-the-rule together genius
In science, modesty and genius do not coexist well together. (In Washington, modesty and cleverness don't.) Einstein is perhaps the most famous exception to the rule. Charles Krauthammer
except graduated
When I was a child, I wanted to be... a fairy. I still do, really, except that now I've now graduated to wanting to be a pixie. Jaime Winstone
except players
We're getting there. I thought our players did everything they had to do (Saturday) except win. Paul Rodio
except
With voice-over, you have to pretend like you're three, except you can talk and read. Molly Quinn
except people places rest seen worked
The places that would never be seen except by the people who worked here, they decorated just like they did the rest of the house.
exception general great individual less particular rules wants
There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less of an exception to the rule. Samuel Butler
except faith gift given god good work
We should know that faith is a gift of God, and that it may not be given to men, except it be graciously. Thus, indeed, all the good which we have is of God; and accordingly, when God rewardeth a good work of man, he crowneth his own gift. John Wycliffe
except front gate looking next playing stretch toll top tough
We're just going to keep looking forward. We have a tough stretch in front of us. We're playing all the top teams, except for Toll Gate (Feb. 10), over the next two weeks.
expected further guards played positive since team
The positive was our team play was further ahead. I thought our guards played the way they should have. They played like I expected since they're the veterans.
expected
We're in a win-win situation. If we lose, we've still done more than we expected in our first year. Paul James
expected factory gates generation happier hated left life occurred walked work
Our grandparents' generation never expected too much out of life and, paradoxically, were happier for it. It never occurred to my granddad that he would enjoy work. He hated it from the day he walked through the factory gates at 14 to when he left at 65. Mark Barrowcliffe
expected good program strong
Wayland has a strong program so I expected this to be a good game.
expected koreans olympics skating time
When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. Kim Yuna
expected fallen great growth number sales taxes
We're doing great on growth on sales taxes so far. We expected this number to fall, but it hasn't fallen yet.
expected hard paid people team tried
We're a young team and not too many people expected much out of us. We tried to go out there and play hard every day and it paid off.
expected poverty recession three trouble
Three years after a recession we're still having trouble getting into a recovery. I would have expected poverty to go down.
expected
We know what's expected of us, and we know what we need to do. We don't want to end up like two years ago.
goal achievement want
Success is the continuing achievement of becoming the person God wants you to be and accomplishing the goals God has helped you set. Charles Stanley
goal coward
Courage is the goal of cowards. Alan Watts
goal missing world
Paradoxical as it may seem, the purposeful life has no content, no point. It hurries on and on, and misses everything. Not hurrying, the purposeless life misses nothing, for it is only when there is no goal and no rush that the human senses are fully open to receive the world.
goal goal-oriented
I'm very goal oriented. David Schwimmer
goal people achievement
Whether people want to do business or sell things online, reach new people and be found, showcase their achievements, or communicate with their friends or family, Weebly is the best way for them to create a high-quality site that meets their goals. David Rusenko
goal climate-change stewards
The goal now is a socialist, redistributionist society, which is nature's proper steward and society's only hope. David R. Brower
goal vision feminism
If feminism has receded in visibility and prestige, it is precisely because its vision of life's goals and rewards has become too narrow and elitist. Camille Paglia
goal capable
Paolo di Canio is capable of scoring the goal he scored. Bryan Robson
goal score
Without a goal, you can’t score. Casey Neistat
groups camps
I have never believed in being part of any one group or camp. Akshay Kumar
groups care littles
In my own little way, I feel like I'm part of a group of writers who care deeply about pushing the essay forward. David Shields
group hard
The personality of this group is it's a hardworking, blue-collar defense. It's as hard a working group that I've been around. Tom Bradley
groups local seeing shift sponsors state structured supported
We are seeing a shift from well-organized, local groups supported by state sponsors to more far-flung and loosely structured webs of terror,
group mean medical procedure
We are a group of medical professionals, but this is not medicine. Just because it is a procedure we do does not mean it is right.
groups key names solid stocks
There are some groups of stocks that always key off of one another. The solid names are the solid areas.
group guys hard line picket regular stopped time
We stopped the picket line because I was having a hard time getting a regular group of guys there, Mike McCarthy
group hard helping kids listened miss quite
We still miss Todd, especially. He had something the kids really listened to. This year's group (of seniors), they're working hard at that but they're just not quite there yet, not with as many young kids as we have now. Aaron's really helping in that regard.
group knew needed oriented team
We started off a little up and down. But then things started to come together. This group is really team oriented and they knew what they needed to do.
kids wells understood
Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it. Alanis Morissette
kids winning
You'll never win anything with kids Alan Hansen
kids scientist natural
Kids are natural scientists. Alan Alda
kids mind desperate
In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid. Al Purdy
kids gang-members wife
Near my house in Los Angeles is a waterfall. I love to take the wife and kids, but it's also near a sketchy neighborhood. So there's a lot of gang members that hang out at the waterfall. It's like somebody took an Ansel Adams photo and then put a Cypress Hill video inside it. Al Madrigal
kids enjoyed
I went to all the Love-Ins. I took my kids. I enjoyed myself. Al Lewis
kids sure various
We want the kids to do as well as they can. There are so many opportunities (for various activities), and that's good. But, how do we make sure it's not a distraction.
kids years add
It doesn't matter how old I get, I always act like an excited five year-old kid with severe ADD and a waddle at Disneyland. Chris Colfer
kids awkward special
My life is an awkward visit from the kid's table while awaiting a History Channel special.