I especially object to having my character assassinated by reference to events from my past which bear absolutely no relationship to the… — Steven Hatfill Copy Share Image
I would say I locked into my persona pretty early; I wouldn't say it's how I am naturally, but it's how I… — Dan Mintz Copy Share Image
Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favorable to virtue. Remember that the solitary mortal is certainly luxurious, probably superstitious, and possibly… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm really excited to bring everything that I had learned from NXT and put that into the character on 'SmackDown Live' and… — Eva Marie Copy Share Image
In some ways, every character we write, especially the protagonist, is some version of ourselves, as a writer/director, even if they aren't… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
I'm always in awe at how fast television is and how quickly you're called upon to be 100 percent invested in a… — LaTanya Richardson Copy Share Image
The entitlement mentality so carefully cultivated by liberal academics, politicians, clergymen, and journalists continues to corrode the self-sufficiency that once defined the… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
I do not look on self-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
One of the things that we have to change in this country is the idea that people can't disagree without challenging each… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“What is the ethical or philosophical justification for a basic income? A fundamental claim is that it is an instrument of social… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
My favorite artists from comics were early ones like Jack Kirby or Steve Ditko who had a real heavy ink style. Captain… — Marcel Dzama Copy Share Image
Your normal Wall Street big-swinging Richard has enough of a lingering moral compass to at least tell himself that his wizardry benefits… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
Now for the hitch in Jane's character,' he said at last, speaking more calmly than from his look I had expected him… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
For me, as I've said many times, the story is not research. The story is how the characters relate with each other… — Uwem Akpan Copy Share Image
One of the reasons they [the Japanese] have bad eyesight is probably these microscopic characters [furigana] which have many lines and strokes… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
My writing isn't actually guided by issues. I know it seems that way, but I don't sit down and think, Oh, there's… — Paula Vogel Copy Share Image
Usually I'm frustrated when I look at my films and I don't believe that I've made a real transformation beyond my usual… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
Big dreams bring all sorts of challenges. To meet them, you have to have character, courage and a commitment to contribute to… — Rudy Ruettiger Copy Share Image
Sometimes in L.A., we get accused of being superficial. I feel like Portland's the opposite, in that there's a greater depth of… — Ruben Fleischer Copy Share Image
I never think about my face. I actually just care about what I'm doing - my voice and my character. I don't… — Sammo Hung Copy Share Image
We get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when, and only when, we… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
How in the end can one possibly hold anyone responsible for our own underdeveloped visions, or undeveloped strength of character? — Ruth St. Denis Copy Share Image
The character can never be static from book to book. People might think you just come up with a new plot and… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
[W]hen a group of people make something sacred, the members of the cult lose the ability to think clearly about it. Morality… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
I don't know how to play myself. I'm not interested enough in myself. That's just not how I was educated. That's not… — Corey Stoll Copy Share Image
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
It may seem that I am doing films in different languages, which of course I am, but more importantly, I am performing… — Wamiqa Gabbi Copy Share Image
If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he… — Gouverneur Morris Copy Share Image
Even if a story has nothing to do with my life, if I can recognise something of myself in the character and… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Why are those who are notoriously undisciplined and unmoral also most contemptuous of religion and morality? They are trying to solace their… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
You know, it's hard as a writer to lose characters (and actors) you like. You really don't want them to die because… — Michael Loceff Copy Share Image
“The true measure of a person’s character is revealed when they learn of another’s darkest fears. It is in that moment the… — John C. Stipa Copy Share Image
An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on… — Arthur Lowe Copy Share Image
I have no 'dream role.' It just comes to me; it's very intuitive, and I say, 'OK, I have to do this… — Sebastian Koch Copy Share Image
Innocence is not virtue. Virtue demands the active employment of an ardent mind in the promotion of the general good. No man… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise. The rich harp on the value of thrift, the idle… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The notion of this universe, its heavens, hells, and everything within it, as a great dream dreamed by a single being in… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The keys to success, in business and in life, are truthfulness, the ability to take and give, honest and well-intended feedback, strength… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
In ten years, or certainly before then, I'd like to not only be continuously busy as an actor playing tormented, playful characters… — Kyle Cassie Copy Share Image
Well, in the '80s and '70s, with the exception of Sidney Poitier and Brock Peters, maybe Ivan Dixon, if you were as… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image