#dick

I had a kind of Dickensian childhood. ↗

— Shaun Cassidy

#dickensian #had #i #kind

What can I say? I deal with it. I think I have come to terms with my absolutely hateful and vile childhood. No, I have, really. But I did hate it at the time. I resented it. There were elements of it that were positively Dickensian. ↗

— Richard Griffiths

#childhood #come #deal #dickensian #did

Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#bush #cheney #choice #clear #closely

George Bush, Dick Cheney, every one of the speakers praised John Kerry's war record. No one said he was unfit. They said he has terrible judgment, and that's his record as a senator. Nobody questioned his military record. ↗

— Peter King

#cheney #dick cheney #every #george #george bush

The Five Points was the toughest street corner in the world. That's how it was known. In fact, Charles Dickens visited it in the 1850s and he said it was worse than anything he'd seen in the East End of London. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#charles #corner #dickens #east #end

I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens - Thackeray himself. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#greater #heard #heaven #himself #i

Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It's how you get to the conclusion that makes it interesting. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#based #conclusion #formula #get #how

I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#bush #cheney #dick cheney #donald #find

I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#characters #dickens #even #i #i love

The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is another liar... I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does. ↗

— Helen Thomas

#cheney #country #day #dick cheney #does