I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because… — George Will Copy Share Image
In fact, the underlying principle of the baroque is the idea of transformation, of movement, and animals becoming man, and man becoming… — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Making up characters and places and plots, unlike fixing your plumbing or doing dishes, is anything but practical or rational. I write… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
This is pity,” he thought, and then he lifted his head in wonder. He thought that there must be something terribly wrong… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My instinct is to absolutely recoil when talking about writing in a mechanistic way. Nothing could be dumber than writing a film… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
My purpose is to create a mirror for the reader to see themselves, to create a light for people to see themselves… — Kadir Nelson Copy Share Image
But we did see the process develop. I remember going to the Rocket Pictures base and they had something like 40 people… — Matt Lucas Copy Share Image
The "stage" on which you perform in film and TV is much smaller. Moving your eyes across the frame is equivalent to… — Bryce Pinkham Copy Share Image
I'm not a person that thinks back in the first place. I think forward. And it's always been less that people didn't… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
When we talk about adversity, this is the moment when character really gets tested. When things aren't going the way you want… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Music directly imitates the passions or states of the soul...when one listens to music that imitates a certain passion, he becomes imbued… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Augustus gradually increased his powers, taking over those of the senate, the executives and the laws. The aristocracy received wealth and position… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television… — Jenna Elfman Copy Share Image
I remember once seeing a guy in the grocery store who looked so much like my character the Archangel Gabriel, I wanted… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
The thing about Hitchcock which is quite extraordinary for a director of that time, he had a very strong sense of his… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
The Big Bang Theory: When geeky scientists can be main characters in a hit prime time series, you know there's hope for… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I literally fell into this business. I never came down one day and said, "Atticus' thought of the day...I want to be… — Atticus Shaffer Copy Share Image
We can have the final word on hate, neglect, disease and all the other insidious characters that still script their way into… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
If morality had naturally no influence on human passions and actions, it were in vain to take such pains to inculcate it;… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I have never done a show based on whether it will work or not. I took up all my shows because I… — Mouni Roy Copy Share Image
I look at characters to see if they have some contrasts to play with; I think that's always what I'm looking for… — Joel Kinnaman Copy Share Image
One must never assume that a character is sympathetic because of either the actor playing them or the fact that they're a… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
'Divorce' was kind of strange because I was going in and out of doing it while doing different movies! So, I kept… — Alex Wolff Copy Share Image
I have women coming up to me and saying: 'I love your character! She's so empowered. She takes control; she gets what… — Christina Hendricks Copy Share Image
I know I have a first-rate mind, but that's no source of pride to me. Intelligent people are a dime a dozen.… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality... Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man, which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he converses… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Just because you can tear something down does not mean you can rebuild it. There is a great deal of difference between… — Randy Vader Copy Share Image
What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust because we know their… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I definitely feel like when I write a book it's not my job to police or guide the readers. The book and… — Danzy Senna Copy Share Image
“And from what we know, he truly saw each and every one of these obstacles as an opportunity to practice some virtue:… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Women are strong. We are strong because we are used to the pain which comes every month. It forms character. I want… — Alessandra Mussolini Copy Share Image
I feel really comfortable with going for the reality of the drama, but I'm not much for the comedy of it. You… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
I usually don't find myself reacting to my characters. I just create them ... And let the audience decide whether they're empathetic… — Doug Hutchison Copy Share Image
In 'The Prophet' I really fell in love with those characters, there was an emotional connection there that I don't think I've… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
I do feel there's certainly some films where you can feel that the directors don't care about the genre and they don't… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
“There are few people who are mature enough to uphold moral and ethical values; who have a remarkable character; who are honest… — Sandeep N. Tripathi Copy Share Image
Forms of government are forged mainly in the fire of practice, not in the vacuum of theory. They respond to national character… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
