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character interesting people
... what such people miscall their religion, is a vent for their bad humours and arrogance. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Caleb Colton
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
character winter giving
Sir," returned Mrs. Sparsit, " I cannot say that i have heard him precisely snore, and therefore must not make that statement. But on winter evenings, when he has fallen asleep at his table, I have heard him, what I should prefer to describe as partially choke. I have heard him on such occasions produce sounds of a nature similar to what may be heard in dutch clocks. Not," said Mrs. Sparsit, with a lofty sense of giving strict evidence, " That I would convey any imputation on his moral character. Far from it.
character voice interesting
He had a cringing manner, but a very harsh voice; and his blandest smiles were so extremely forbidding, that to have had his company under the least repulsive circumstances, one would have wished him to be out of temper that he might only scowl.
character men hands
The haggard aspect of the little old man was wonderfully suited to the place; he might have groped among old churches and tombs and deserted houses and gathered all the spoils with his own hands. There was nothing in the whole collection but was in keeping with himself nothing that looked older or more worn than he.
character butterfly interesting
Everything that Mr Smallweed's grandfather ever put away in his mind was a grub at first, and is a grub at last. In all his life he has never bred a single butterfly.
character agony numbers
He had a sense of his dignity, which was of the most exquisite nature. He could detect a design upon it when nobody else had any perception of the fact. His life was made an agony by the number of fine scalpels that he felt to be incessantly engaged in dissecting his dignity.
character men air
He had a certain air of being a handsome man-which he was not; and a certain air of being a well-bred man-which he was not. It was mere swagger and challenge; but in this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world.
distinct question
There is no question that it is a distinct population. Brian Gorman
distinct last offering seen
They've been offering that over the last two years, and we haven't seen any distinct traction.
distinct flattering fun mess seen standard
It's more flattering than anything. You have fun with it. It's pretty cool, but I don't really have any distinct features. Pretty standard issue. But I've seen some that look pretty bad, so at least they didn't mess it up. Jason Bay
distinct local number taxpayer
It's a distinct possibility that the local taxpayer will get overwhelmed by the number of referendums. John Ashley
distinct lack suddenly turned
There suddenly turned out to be a distinct lack of liquidity,
distinct drink nobody strong
It was so strong and so distinct nobody wanted to drink it.
distinct goal love time
I have a very distinct goal all the time that I'm working toward, and I love the way it makes me live. Tommy Caldwell
distinct
As it stands, the UA is in the distinct minority,
distinct handled held needed rebound shot situation size
We held them to one shot many times, and that was key. We handled the rebound situation pretty well, too. We needed the rebounding because we had the distinct size advantage. Dave Stephens
preserve
We want to preserve his health. He's not being dropped.
preserved role technology unique
reaffirmed the role of technology to the world and preserved the unique role of the U.S.
preserve pursuit
The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion. Derek Jarman
preserve
We're not going to go fast. We want to preserve him as much as possible. He's pretty intact.
preserved protect recreation
These are not parks. They're not recreation areas. These (islands) were preserved to protect the birds.
trying sometimes failing
Try to do unto others as you would have them do to you, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes. It is much better that they should fail than you should.
trying want scripture
Dear friends, whenever you want to understand a text of Scripture, try to read the original Charles Spurgeon
trying littles reason-why
The great reason why we have so little good preaching is that we have so little piety. To be eloquent one must be in earnest; he must not only act as if he were in earnest, or try to be in earnest, but be in earnest.
trying world term
A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world. Alan Watts
trying world
But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
trying way hurrying
Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.
trying rooms natural
That Beatle euphoria has always been there, and it's hard to be in a room with a Beatle and try to be totally natural. You never shake that off. Alan Parsons
trying entertainment television
I try to do things in comics that cannot be repeated by television, by movies, by interactive entertainment. Alan Moore
trying waste firsts
I'm a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not to be one, and it was just a waste of time. Alan Ball