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 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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Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.
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To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.
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The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable.
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Soundlessly, shadow with shadow, we wrestled together,Till the grey dawn.
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When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun. There is always a bright side - even if only that it is not worse...and it can always be worse
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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!
