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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.
desire holiness repentance
Repentance and desires after holiness never be separated. Charles Spurgeon
desire alive sin
When you desire to be most alive to God, you will generally find sin most alive to repel you.
desire desire-for-success fear-of-failure
The things we do without the fear of failure and the desire for success are the purest acts we'll ever do Alan Moore
desire spirit holy
When we have the Holy Spirit we have all that is needed to be all that God desires us to be. Aiden Wilson Tozer
desire may grants
May God grant us a desire for God that supersedes all other desires.
desire genocide treated
I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days. Chinua Achebe
desire intense stage
You feel the intense desire to do good, to do right thing. At this stage, you also feel helpless. Chin-Ning Chu
desire crosses chosen
One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross. Edith Stein
desire balance sound
The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts. Edith Wharton
littles want wealth
Wealth is a relative thing since those who have little and want less are richer than those who have much but want more.
littles energy should
The music business doesn't take up that much of my time. I probably should put a little more energy into it. Alan Jackson
littles lasts would-be
Little did I know that the last words I would say on WNBC would be the last ones anyone would say. Alan Colmes
littles statistics might
Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date? Of course they're out of date. Standards are always out of date. That is what makes them standards. Alan Bennett
littles remember film
When I was 12 I made some little films with my friends. I tried to make gangster films, like Fantomas, but I remember being very disappointed with them. They weren't frightening at all. I'm sure they'd be very funny now. Alain Resnais
littles berries chuck
I watched Elvis Presley become - I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard. I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing. Al Jarreau
littles mouths fungi
A sickly little smile grew and died on his mouth like a fungus. China Mieville
littles
She would not have put herself out so much to say so little.
littles oscars tomorrow
I won and I get to scream and jump a little. But I got to go back to work tomorrow. Benicio Del Toro