#appear

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

#been #close #countenance #ears #expressive

Introductions, that is, belong to the masterpieces and classics of the world, to the great and ancient and accepted things; and I am here introducing a short, small story of my own which appeared in The Evening News about ten months ago. ↗

— Arthur Machen

#accepted #ago #am #ancient #appeared

Irishmen are not reserved, and the company appeared dying to be intimately acquainted. ↗

— William Hamilton Maxwell

#appeared #company #dying #intimately #irishmen

The gaze of others is quite without indulgence for our defects and that of Mantegna is pitiless. I am grateful to him. Harshness, in the realm of the arts, is a virtue, and it is sometimes a good thing to see oneself as one is. My stupor, however, comes from the fact that people recognise me where I myself seem to see a stranger. This leads one to meditate more deeply on the matter. Are they dwelling on my superficial appearance rather than on what I really am? Who can say? ↗

— Marie Ferranti

#identity #art

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him. ↗

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

#bad #before #book #down #good

I don't like the way I ever appear on TV. ↗

— Chris Moneymaker

#ever #i #like #tv #way

They were taking pictures and everything. When we got down off the plane, the minute Elvis made his appearance at the door of the plane, the screaming got even worse. ↗

— Minnie Pearl

#door #down #elvis #even #even worse

Since Medicare is on track to go bankrupt in 2024, the de facto Obama Medicare plan is to rob it and watch it disappear, leaving future generations without any hope of receiving benefits and today's seniors with an unpredictable future. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#bankrupt #benefits #disappear #facto #future

I love her attitude, but as much as I'd like to bring my medals to a speech or appearance, I never do. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#attitude #bring #her #i #i love

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#appearances #era #financial #former #get