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This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such a feeling of horror by the unearthly paleness of his countenance, from which I could not avert my eyes, that I was unable longer to endure it.

~Adelbert Von Chamisso

Topics: Air Although Appeared Could Countenance Embarrassed Endure Eyes Feeling Had He His Horror Humble Inspired Longer Man Manners Me Passed Unable Which

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Women's Studies, Queer Studies, African-American Studies, and Chicano Studies all produce culturally acceptable separatist and supremacy mind-sets and countenance movements that resemble those of white supremacists.

~Andrew Breitbart

Topics: Acceptable African-American Countenance Movements Produce Queer Resemble Studies Supremacy Those White Women

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There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

~Arthur Helps

Topics: Beauty Better Calmness Cosmetics Countenance Graces Gracious Humility Modesty Purity Severe Spirit Temper Temperance Than True True Beauty Very Without

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He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fierceness was thrown into it by the loss of his ears, which had been cropped pretty close to his head.

~Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

Topics: Appearance Been Close Countenance Ears Expressive Fire Goodly Had He Head His Horse Loss Pretty Rather Than Though Thrown Unnatural Vigilance Which

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One thing I struggled with early in my career was the delicate balance between my performance and my identity. When things on the field went well, I was cheerful and felt important. When things went poorly, my countenance and self-concept plummeted, and I was not pleasant to be around.

~Benjamin Watson

Topics: Around Balance Between Career Cheerful Countenance Delicate Early Felt Field Identity Important One Thing Performance Pleasant Poorly Struggled Thing Things Well

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And these two elements are at odds with one another because Freud is utterly adversary to almost all the ways of structuring the human experience found in Western religions. No Western religion can countenance Freud's view of man.

~Chaim Potok

Topics: Adversary Almost Almost All Another Because Countenance Elements Experience Found Freud Human Human Experience Man Odds Religion Religions Two Utterly View Ways Western

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I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: About Any Anything Bad Bad Men Conventional Countenance Day Dishonesty Face Got Honesty Idea Known Looking Men Nonsense Out Quantity Stare Talked Trust Vast Week Will You

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It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Away Countenance Cry Down Exercises Eyes Lungs Opens Temper

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You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Carry Countenance Letter Recommendation You Your

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It strikes me as hubris that Universal will buy EMI. What it will do is create a super-major that will have far too much power... I think when Universal goes up over 40 percent market share, I don't see how reasonable regulators can countenance. It will impact not just labels, but artists and cultural diversity.

~Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

Topics: Artists Buy Countenance Create Cultural Cultural Diversity Diversity Far Goes How Hubris Impact Just Labels Market Market Share Me Much Over Percent Power Reasonable See Share Strikes Think Too Too Much Universal Up Will I Think

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