There is no better rule to try a doctrine by than the question, Is it merciful, or is it unmerciful? If its… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
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I'm happy when people come up and say how they feel about what your character went through, you know, I went through… — Kimberly Elise Copy Share Image
“Greene calls “the Tragedy of Commonsense Morality” is shown by the fact that most intergroup conflicts on our planet ultimately are cultural… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
'The Sun' had a good relationship with Frank Bruno. We did lots of interviews. He was a great character, very friendly to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My character had been in the chair for seven years. He had gone through his anger, depression, drug and alcohol abuse. He… — Gregory Hines Copy Share Image
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Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
Blind obedience is itself an abuse of human morality. It is a misuse of the human soul in the name of religious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Third, and finally, the educated citizen has an obligation to uphold the law. This is the obligation of every citizen in a… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Indian audiences these days aren't really interested in watching a character on screen evolve. They don't want to see a young girl… — Nikita Dutta Copy Share Image
I was horribly shy all through grade school and high school. But somehow I got up the nerve to audition for one… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
Writers must be fair and remember even bad guys (most of them, anyway) see themselves as good—they are the heroes of their… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you're doing fantasy, that's the most important thing, is to be a blank space, because the last thing you want… — Wes Bentley Copy Share Image
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It's not as if the stories merge to a point where you think they are your life, but you do let them… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
A lot of people have always asked, is Penn Cage me? And I say no. There's an early character in an earlier… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
Preparation is definitely important, but it depends on the kinds of roles I do. Like, I completely identify with my character in… — Deepika Padukone Copy Share Image
I can't negotiate and collaborate with a character to create a distilled dramatic investigation of the raw material. I need to work… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
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I don't like the word "villain." It's too reductive. Calling someone a villain makes it too easy to ignore all the factors… — Bryce Pinkham Copy Share Image
Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Selfishness is the bedrock on which all moral behavior starts and it can be immoral only when it conflicts with a higher… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up… — Zhang Ziyi Copy Share Image
I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
With 'Nostromo', Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea. That's what we… — David Milch Copy Share Image
More of him came from my step-dad, who is now passed away. The initial creators of the show kind of based the… — Kurtwood Smith Copy Share Image
The literature of many lands is rich with the tributes that gratitude, admiration and love have paid to the great and honored… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Nothing ought to be more weighed than the nature of books recommended by public authority. So recommended, they soon form the character… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
In many ways, anti-anti-Trumpism mirrors Donald Trump himself because, at its core there are no fixed values, no respect for constitutional government… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
The thing is, even if you're playing sort of a heightened character and playing inside sort of a heightened reality, you can… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
When an actor decides to play a character, he must exude some sort of charisma and look relatable, even if he is… — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of characters in all fiction, the born and the synthetic. If the writer has to ask himself questions… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
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