"It is amusing to detect character in the vocabulary of each person. The adjectives habitually used, like the inscriptions on a thermometer, indicate the temperament."

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Source : Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.79

Henry Theodore Tuckerman

#Character Quotes #Vocabulary Quotes #Adjectives Quotes

“Sometimes it feels like my life is just one long day.”
“I'm looking for trouble. A lot of people get to be a certain age and they just kind of lose interest or they give up. But I'm looking for trouble.”
“youthful days are longer than those of later years, as we all learn as we grow older ...”

Source : Esther Meynell (1940). “A Woman Talking”, London, Chapman & Hall [1940.]
“I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have a job that put me close to them and close to filmmakers and close to film sets.”

Source : "Filmmaker Ava DuVernay". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. October 9, 2012.
“My game is based on improvisation. Often a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I have that working class fear of having nothing. I've always got one eye on what's in the bank.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves. A man cannot realize God unless he gets rid of all such egotistic ideas as "I am such an important man" or "I am so and so". Level the mound of "I" to the ground by dissolving it with tears of devotion.”
“When a man can look upon the simple wild-rose, and feel no pleasure, his taste has been corrupted.”

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