Charles Dickens Quotes
Surely there had been no figure leaning on the back of his chair; no face looking over it. It is certain that no gliding footstep touched the floor, as he lifted up his head, with a start, and spoke. And yet there was no mirror in the room on whose surface his own form could have cast its shadow for a moment; and, Something had passed darkly and gone!
Quotes to Explore
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The times that I have done something that I didn't respond to emotionally right away, it's generally not worked out too well.
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I can't change my bra size. They're natural! I can work out and I can stay healthy and motivated, but I can't change some things. I really just live my life. I love my body. It's what God gave me! I feel confident with myself, and if that inspires other women to feel confident with their bodies, great.
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So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever.
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When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
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Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe.
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I am proud to be a member of the Congress of the United States.
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There are no words to describe my feelings for Errol Flynn.
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Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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When I turned 59, I looked at that as the first day of my 60th year, so I've been 60 for the last 365 days, in my opinion. So I've been thinking all this year, I'm 60 - this is the time when I need to get some stuff done.
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The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of Homeland Security... and be what it was, but also having a lot of lateral communication with all those others involved in that issue of homeland security.
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I'm beyond the normal person. I'm not your everyday Joe.
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I was always singing as a kid. That's honestly all I've ever wanted to do.
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We as a nation have no choice but to conserve fuel to the best of our abilities or be prepared for harsh measures like steep price increase, if the need so arises.
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Believing you're something that you're not excites the mind and the imagination. And it's hopeful.
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Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius.
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I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.
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It's not about earning a paycheck, it's about doing something good that you believe in.
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I didn't feel attractive in high school.
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The will of the people is the best law.
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Take risks in order to innovate.
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I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.
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I can take the steel guitars and fiddles off, we can make it a little more pop, cover ideas that are a little less cowboy. But you got to look at yourself in the mirror and ask, whose flag you are under? For Garth Brooks, I'm steel, fiddles, red, white and blue.
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Surely there had been no figure leaning on the back of his chair; no face looking over it. It is certain that no gliding footstep touched the floor, as he lifted up his head, with a start, and spoke. And yet there was no mirror in the room on whose surface his own form could have cast its shadow for a moment; and, Something had passed darkly and gone!
