“Maximus was my model for self-control, fixity of purpose, and cheerfulness under ill-health or other misfortunes. His character was an admirable combination… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“But recently I have learned from discussions with a variety of scientists and other non-philosophers (e.g., the scientists participating with me in… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
You would get some fantastic syntactical phenomena. You would hear people talking in Barbados in the exact melody as a minor character… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
In 'Waiting for Guffman,' the character I played, the Corky character, he's very serious about what he does, and it's not meant… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I read the script and I really liked it. It was high energy, crazy and it goes to any level to get… — Amy Smart Copy Share Image
This character feels so much like my brother. He has two children. He has a wife. He works with me. He chooses… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
I find the best way to make things real is to just put two characters into a space and let them talk… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Mead's anthropology had many other red, white and blue- blooded virtues. One was the common anthropological conceit, out of which she made… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Because the writer must be a participant in the scene, while he's writing it — or at least taping it, or even… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The Supreme Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the yoga of knowledge, charity, sense restraint, sacrifice, study of the scriptures,… — Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
With every character it's interesting. If you play Macbeth, people have seen and read Shakespeare and see dozens of actors play that… — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
When a director narrates a character, I find it normal to ask questions about the character's background, mood swings, eccentricities, behaviour... I… — Radha Ravi Copy Share Image
In terms of how I work with actors, having worked so heavily on the script I have a very clear idea of… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
“By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of… — James Allen Copy Share Image
As a dramatist, you have 200 choices at every fork in the road. But the audience will reject it if you make… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
You can take the high moral ground intellectually, but if it ever happens to you personally, I don't know that I could… — Richard LaGravenese Copy Share Image
“But you can't argue that the world isn't in an unhealthy moral state." "Wouldn't think of it dearest. People lie, cheat, rape,… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
It is a bit more challenging for the simple fact that now the stories I am writing are relying more on my… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
America, we weaken our ties when we allow our political dialogue to become so corrosive that people of good character aren't even… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“I'm one of the undeserving poor: that's what I am. Think of what that means to a man. It means that he's… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Most of this film, however, is about interpretation - are these people terrorists or freedom fighters? Are they good or bad? Is… — Marshall Curry Copy Share Image
The only way to change the world is to change the main character of our story - the one we believe that… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
You know, I don't talk about the characters that I play. Years ago, I was a little timid about it and I… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what I really enjoy. We all go to the movies, we all watch television, we know what they're about,… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
As a young filmmaker, I shot a lot of stuff because I wanted to make sure that I got everything, but now… — Storm Saulter Copy Share Image
Brave people don't hurt others. They take every pain in their stride. Forgiveness is their virtue. They neither hold anger or prejudice… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
I've always had some sort of affinity for the ends of things. It depends on the song, I try to explore it… — Chelsea Wolfe Copy Share Image
I didn't study writing in school, I studied biology as an undergraduate and graduate student. So I think that I write fiction… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
We have a lot of suspicion of robots in the West. But if you look cross-culturally, that isn't true. In Japan, in… — Cynthia Breazeal Copy Share Image
If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, we learned our history almost as lives of the saints. And it came as a shock, "Oh,… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
I decided to do philosophy at university, with a view to becoming a professional philosopher. Being a rather unstable character, at some… — Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra Copy Share Image
I am a professional actor and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor?… — Malcolm McDowell Copy Share Image
If you want to be free to serve Jesus, there’s no question—stay single. Marriage takes a lot of time. But if you… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
When I shoot, I try to feel the body and the face and the weight of the actor, because the character until… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
David Corbett has combined his unique talents as a gifted writer and an extraordinary teacher to create a superb resource on character… — Sheldon Siegel Copy Share Image
Health messages are simply overwhelmed, in volume and in effectiveness, by junk-food ads that often deploy celebrities or cartoon characters to great… — Michael Moss Copy Share Image
“You may take my purse; but I cannot have my moral Self annihilated. The purse is any Highwayman's who might meet me… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The whole gamut of good and evil is in every human being, certain notes, from stronger original quality or most frequent use,… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
At first, I thought 'this series is going to be all about death and desecration,' but instead became a more complex landscape… — Ralph Steadman Copy Share Image
