One line of dialogue that rings true reveals character in a way that pages of description can't. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Even water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.” — Hugh B. Brown Copy Share Image
If vanity does not entirely overthrow the virtues, at least it makes them all totter. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Every generous action loves the public view; yet no theatre for virtue is equal to a consciousness of it. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I longed for people to forget Parvathy and remember my character. That has finally happened in Malayalam. — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess. — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
Condemnation campaigns can and do work, even in conditions where one thinks there are no morals left. — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
We have a legal and moral obligation to rid our world of nuclear tests and nuclear weapons. — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
I did 'Narnia' because it was a good opportunity and all that, but really? I wanted to play Mr. Tumnus because he's… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you're playing a very intense character, a disturbed character, you find other layers. That's much more interesting to me, rather… — Irrfan Khan Copy Share Image
“What is important is to try to develop insights and wisdom rather than mere knowledge, respect someone's character rather than his learning,… — Inazo Nitobe Copy Share Image
To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Up until the Depression, recession had a moral character: it was supposed to purge the body economic of the greed and excess… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
In some of my works I take away other elements of the world - normalcy, sex drive, sense of time, memory, a… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I like it when characters are some combination of appealing and maybe flawed or self-interested. I think in terms of scenes, and… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I like - it's not that I want to be someone different from me, but I suppose it partly is that. I… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
“The errors caused by temperament are not to be corrected, because our temperament is perfectly independent of our strength: it is not… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
I can remember the time I would get my scripts and spent the entire weekend breaking them down and playing with them,… — James Scott Copy Share Image
I've played a different type of character in a different type of thing, for the most part. It's not like you can't… — Lizzy Caplan Copy Share Image
“The value of autonomy … lies in the scheme of responsibility it creates: autonomy makes each of us responsible for shaping his own… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
“We see here that Plato recognizes only one ultimate standard, the interest of the state. Everything that furthers it is good and… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
I don't make a habit of watching my parents' films, because it is a little strange. But I will say that I… — Dylan Frances Penn Copy Share Image
In a movie, a book, or a play, a character doesn't live in a vacuum. She is subject to pressures from the… — James Franco Copy Share Image
There should always be that leeway because if you think of your character as sort of absolutely fixed, then you just try… — Lenny Abrahamson Copy Share Image
