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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.
chekhov drama half likely school taught television week
When I was at drama school in the U.K., I was there for two and a half years, and we did one week of television and film. It's right before you leave. It's like, 'We've taught you Chekhov and Shakespeare; you are likely to be in a washing-up soap-liquid commercial.' James Callis
chekhov date original time versions
One of the reasons why there are so many versions of Chekhov is that translations date in a way that the original doesn't; translations seem to be of their time. Tom Stoppard
chekhov nowadays people reduced understood
Chekhov understood that people are mysterious and can't be reduced to what we nowadays call 'motivation.'
chekhov effects singular work
It would be a big mistake to think that Chekhov was a natural, that he did not have to work for his effects and singular style. Clive Sinclair
chekhov five
My parents didn't take me to the theatre to see Chekhov when I was growing up - we went to see 'Francie and Josie' once every five years. Peter Capaldi
chekhov walt
I think probably I've been influenced by Chekhov and Walt Disney, if you see what I mean.
chekhov plays regional spent
I thought I would spent my career doing Chekhov and Ibsen in regional theaters, so the fact that I started doing new plays was a whole new world I didn't expect, and that I would like to keep doing. Zeljko Ivanek
chekhov country ethic hardy life
English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared. Jane Gardam
chekhov directors love plays
Chekhov directors and Chekhov actors love working on his plays because there seems to be no end to what you can find out about the micro-narrative when you're investigating a text.
emphasis
We're not going to put more emphasis on it now. We should be doing that already. Dominic Raiola
emphasis felt good key knew playing
When we got here at shoot-around today, I felt good and I knew they felt good. I think the key thing was, we didn't put the emphasis on Stanford. We put the emphasis on us and playing our butts off and having fun.
emphasis florida generate hurricane looks ready
Unfortunately it looks like another hurricane is ready to go through Florida over the week-end. I think there's going to be another emphasis to generate donations.
emphasis heavy quicker similar
We're similar defensively. They place more of a heavy emphasis on the (3-point shot), but we are probably quicker and more athletic.
emphasis grownup guess hear japan japanese male mature might seems sort stronger symbol version
I have no sense of myself as a sex symbol at all. But the meaning of sex symbol might be a little different in Japan to elsewhere. The Japanese version seems to come with a stronger emphasis on a sort of grownup or mature male charm. And if that's the case, then I guess I'm happy to hear it. Ken Watanabe
emphasis schools
We really kind of put a lot of emphasis on the schools -- and that's when Brennan went missing,
emphasis fema hazards losing natural quite
Losing this natural hazards emphasis for FEMA is getting to be quite a concern.
emphasis everybody last top
Last year, we got pounded on the boards. That was the emphasis from everybody on this team, from top to bottom.
emphasis people pittsburgh
So many people put so much emphasis on the Pittsburgh game,