![[He] saw that a peculiar expression had come into his nephew's face; an expression a little like that of a young hindu fakir who having settled himself on his first bed of spikes is beginning to wish that he had chosen one of the easier religions.](/assets/img/quote-photos/he-saw-that-a-peculiar-expression-had-come-into-his-nephews-face-an-expressio.jpg)
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expression government
The Pentagon budget, like all government spending, is an expression of priorities. Alex Pareene
expression history putting time
Fashion is an expression of a time, of a place, of history. It's putting things into context. Nina Garcia
expression typical would-be
The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one! C. S. Lewis
expression aesthetic shows
A technical failure that shows some attempt at aesthetic expression is of infinitely more value than uninspired success. Cecil Beaton
expression judging people
She would make facial expressions as though she were having conversations with people in her head.They seemed to turn into debates more often than not,judging by the activity on her forehead...It was almost the conversations in her head were loud enough to fill her silence. Cecelia Ahern
expression light magic
The only one who didn't know was George Lucas. We kept it from him, because we wanted to see what his face looked like when it changed expression--and he fooled us even then. He got Industrial Light and Magic to change his facial expressions for him and THX sound to make the noise of a face-changing expression. Carrie Fisher
expression race brain
When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression. Bill Bryson
expression trying snapshots
In my portraits I try to avoid the fleeting expression and vivacity of a snapshot. Bill Brandt
expression faces humans level meaning process types understand
I think humans are just hard-wired to process people's faces and understand meaning and expression at such a more granular level than other types of communication. Mark Zuckerberg
nephew christmas-carol rich
Come, then," returned the nephew gaily. "What right have you to be dismal? What reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough. Charles Dickens
nephew treasure bakers
In those days Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road.
nephew magician remarks
I object to that remark very strongly! - The Magician's Nephew
nephews nieces people york
It went great. We had probably between 150 and 175 people because that's what we set it up for. We had nieces and nephews from New York at the event. Larry Brown
nephew seducing
I have experience seducing nephews. Gina Lollobrigida
nephew pounds communist
From a will: And to my communist nephew Oswald, I leave the sum of 10,000 pounds - to be shared equally with his fellow Britishers. John Carpenter
nephew doe attention
My nephew has HDADHD. High Definition Attention Deficit Disorder. He can barely pay attention, but when he does it's unbelievably clear. Steven Wright
nephew danger mets
But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day, If your Snark be a Boojum! for then You will softly and suddenly vanish away, And never be met with again! Lewis Carroll
nephew looks look-at-me
My nephews all look at me differently now. Before, they couldn't relate to me, and now I'm like a god. Ruth Buzzi
wish want firsts
The first day of the rest of my life, and I’m not sure I want to be here. I know I should be thanking somebody for this, but I really don’t feel like it. Instead, I wish they hadn’t bothered.
wish mars reason
Whatever the reason you're on Mars, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you. Carl Sagan
wish prejudice cosmos
Those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries.
wish sitting lasts
It is my last wish to be burried sitting up. Bette Davis
wish helping enjoy
I do enjoy them. I get to meet the next generation of comics and help them out. Big comics doing small shows was something that used to happen a lot more back in the day. I wish there was more of that. Bill Burr
wish would-be leisure
The thing that I should wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security. Bertrand Russell
wish causes typical
The typical Westerner wishes to be the cause of as many changes as possible in his environment; the typical Chinaman wishes to enjoy as much and as delicately as possible.
wish world common
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation ... it is common to wish well to oneself, but in our technically unified world, wishing well to oneself is sure to be futile unless it is combined with wishing well to others.
wish ifs seeing
If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.