In 'Garden Party' or '40 Days and 40 Nights,' I played characters who people don't necessarily like; I just find some humanity… — Vinessa Shaw Copy Share Image
The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I… — Joshua Leonard Copy Share Image
A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Schools provide safe spaces to talk about controversial issues, and literature presents characters portraying human experience in all its richness and contradictoriness. — Julia Alvarez Copy Share Image
I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for… — Dalia Mogahed Copy Share Image
The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man… — Confucius Copy Share Image
'Kanchana' is not exactly a sequel. Only the character played by me is the same as in the original but the storyline… — Raghava Lawrence Copy Share Image
I've never done coke or anything, and I've never played a character who has, so I don't know whether I would actually… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
We love a girl for very different qualities than understanding. We love her for her beauty, her youth, her mirth, her confidingness,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Rather than thinking about exceptional moral rules for exceptional moral situations,” Harvard’s Dr. Lachlan Forrow, who is also a palliative care specialist,… — Sheri Fink Copy Share Image
From the apparent usefulness of the social virtues, it has readily been inferred by sceptics, both ancient and modern, that all moral… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I'm not one for doing the children's party version: "Hi, I'm a character in a movie and now I'm in reality!" I… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I never think in terms of alienation; it's the others who do. Alienation means one thing to Hegel, another to Marx and… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
“Not only is [a mother] entrusted with the guardianship of the intellect and character of the world's statesmen and philosophers, but her… — C.E. Sargent Copy Share Image
What we need is something, a definition of a human, starting from the ground up, so that the suitable moral structure that… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
What is the subject matter of this apparently very personal world? It has been suggested that these shapes and images are underworld… — Aaron Siskind Copy Share Image
For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chance to really act emotionally, because… — Ian McDiarmid Copy Share Image
All of our boys are willing to fight for the shirt every week and having that character is important to being a… — Andrea Radrizzani Copy Share Image
Back when I was an idealistic 18-year-old on my way to Chicago, I might have believed that being on the side of… — John W. Henry Copy Share Image
“You instinctively display the greatest virtue, or rather the chief defect, of us eccentric Parisians- that is, you assume the vices you… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
I want to play a character which is as far away from myself as possible and a character that isn't even human,… — Joivan Wade Copy Share Image
Middle-class Pakistani cultural life is what I've seen, what I know - they're not all screaming faceless mullahs. It's disturbing that in… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
“One's character is set at an early age, son. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more… — Norman Jewison Copy Share Image
My favourite character was the Marquis de Carabas from Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere.' I love that character because he's so flamboyant but also… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
You know when you see a play and there is a character whom you know so well that you hate them and… — LaChanze Copy Share Image
Even the finest actors will have great difficulty showing somebody's loneliness. To put an actor on a chair and ask him to… — Manoj Bajpayee Copy Share Image
You don't bring in a gay character as a way of commenting on gay issues. You have one there because he's real,… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I loved being on stage. I was in elementary school when I started, so I couldn't say that it was about the… — Katie Cassidy Copy Share Image
Noble characters and pure affections and happy scenes are very comforting things. They're a refuge from life's disillusionments. — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
I don't feel I'm taking the moral high ground, telling people to stop eating animals because I've done it. It just works… — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
Acting is not that far from mental disease: An actor works on splitting his character into others. It is like a kind… — Vittorio Gassman Copy Share Image
Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although… — Lauren Myracle Copy Share Image
It is only in romances that people undergo a sudden metamorphosis. In real life, even after the most terrible experiences, the main… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
As we age, there are different things that become important to us and that means that different aspects of our character come… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
The supernatural virtue of justice consists of behaving exactly as though there were equality when one is the stronger in an unequal… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
When they do bring on new people, it's good for the show. It's like getting a new toy. The writers enjoy it… — Mark-Paul Gosselaar Copy Share Image
The best story about Berta is my audition. I think they wanted her to be the ethnic character. They asked me to… — Conchata Ferrell Copy Share Image
I don't take trouble at all to conform a screenplay to my iconography. I don't say, "We can't do that - the… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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