From a sequence of these individual patterns, whole buildings with the character of nature will form themselves within your thoughts, as easily… — Christopher Alexander Copy Share Image
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The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
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On the much revered family of North American mythology - and a metaphor for the Ruling Alliance: Sacred family! … The supposed… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
A lot of the characters I play have problems, they are marginalised, they have serious psychological problems, problems with relationships, with childhood.… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
When considering the stature of an athlete or for that matter any person, I set great store in certain qualities which I… — Donald Bradman Copy Share Image
As I travel the world, it seems that younger people identify me merely with some of the folklore in the 'Chuck Norris… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
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The Greek people have gone through some very difficult times and there's still a hard road ahead, but despite those hardships, Greece… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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Writing has made me rich-not in money but in a couple hundred characters out there, whose pursuits and anguish and triumphs I've… — Wright Morris Copy Share Image
“The Pali word parami refers to ten wholesome qualities in our minds and the accumulated power they bring to us: generosity, morality,… — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself… — Corin Nemec Copy Share Image
Spiritual formation is character formation. Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
When it's a real person, you want to be as honest as you can and approach it in a similar way as… — Lucy Boynton Copy Share Image
Harrison Ford comes on set, and he's very polite and says, 'Hello' to everyone. He cares about everything that's going on, on… — Liam Hemsworth Copy Share Image
Should any man tell you that a mountain had changed its place, you are at liberty to doubt it if you think… — Mehmed the Conqueror Copy Share Image
You could say mixed-race Eurasians have the exact same struggles as a character like Rachel Chu has had: not feeling at home… — Henry Golding Copy Share Image
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The business of life summons us away from useless grief, and calls us to the exercise of those virtues of which we… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If you are not yourself, if you surrender your personality, you have nothing left to give the world. You have no pleasure,… — Edward Wilmot Blyden Copy Share Image
I concluded that an active sexual relationship between two people of the same sex might therefore reflect the love of God in… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
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Life favors those who possess the powers of human strengths, such as a positive character, knowledge, diligence, determination and perseverance. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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