Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Now, although I'm a mimic and I've got a reasonable ear, being a character isn't about an ear. It's about the whole… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
May your character not be a writing upon the sand, but an inscription upon the rock! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love it when a character requires me to look less than my red-carpet best. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
Fairy tales, which teach a moral lesson, are about ourselves. Myth deals with forces greater than ourselves. — James Lapine Copy Share Image
But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page? — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
“Virtue needs some cheaper thrills,’” Bobo said. Andy recognized the quote. “Calvin and Hobbes.” “Damn” — Tommy Wallach Copy Share Image
I feel it's very important to let individual writers' voices come through. But the character has to be consistent. — Paul Lieberstein Copy Share Image
In some ways, a novel isn't as structurally rigorous as a screenplay or a TV show, which have finite real estate. In… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
There are all these ways to write. All these ways to make a character funny... And it's been really exciting to feel… — Eva Victor Copy Share Image
I had a very hard time accepting myself as a character actress, because I wanted to be glamorous and a leading lady… — Beth Grant Copy Share Image
“If I am to choose between integrity and wealth, I will go for integrity because I believe that lack of integrity is… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I think the world is kind of catching on that gender roles aren't so necessary and becoming a lot less defined and… — Mia Goth Copy Share Image
Ultimately, if the character is interesting and you said that before: It doesn't matter if it's likable. That's really what it is.… — Christian Cooke Copy Share Image
What determines how much time and deliberate practice a child is willing to devote to achievement? Nothing less than her character. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
I think it's important that we have strong, female characters in movies now, which can really leave an impression on people -… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
The bureaucratic manager, the consuming aesthete, the therapist, the protester and their numerous kindred occupy almost all the available culturally recognizable roles,… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
Tis from high Life high Characters are drawn; A Saint in Crape is twice a Saint in Lawn: A Judge is just,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Well, on a personal level, I would never want to take on a character who didn’t have some redeemable qualities. Even the… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
Children are 25 percent of the population but 100 percent of the future. If we wish to renew society, we must raise… — Thomas Lickona Copy Share Image
Women deluded by these sentiments, sometimes boast of their weakness, cunningly obtaining power by playing on the weakness of men; and they… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Adventure,' then, is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit. Turning a difficult task or… — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
It's funny - for a long time, I didn't know I was writing a book. I was writing stories. For me, each… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
“To preach an altruistic morality appears to me somewhat useless, because it will appeal only to those who already have altruistic desires.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
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