Character Quotes · Page 763

“All of us - all who knew her - felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful…

— Toni Morrison

I don't know what the misconceptions are, but I approach a small budget, artsy, independent movie in the same way as a…

— Olga Kurylenko

Many Christians have what we might call a 'cultural holiness.' They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them...But…

— Jerry Bridges

“In spiritual issues--(by "spiritual" I mean: "pertaining to man's consciousness")--a trader is a man who does not seek to be loved for…

— Ayn Rand

“In the wake of his new division of ascetic opinion, Nietzsche not only stumbles upon the fundamental meaning of the practising life…

— Peter Sloterdijk

Alexander said: Sacrifice is greater than Love, Character is greater than Beauty, Humanity is greater than Wealth¦! But Nothing is greater than…

— AaRon CcHan

Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman…

— Anne Hathaway

Even if national peculiarities in character and in laws occasion differences in the curve which the woman movement describes in the different…

— Ellen Key

An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it…

— Albert Einstein

Freedom is essentially a condition of inequality, not equality. It recognizes as a fact of nature the structural differences inherent in man…

— Frank Chodorov

In 'Burrraah,' I play a teacher whose aim is to reform a bunch of rowdy boys. My character is very interesting and…

— Mukul Dev

“To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, censured,…

— Anonymous

The same thing will happen in China that happened in Chile. Political freedom will ultimately break out of its shackles. Tiananmen Square…

— Milton Friedman

The usual marriage in traditional cultures was arranged for by the families. It wasn't a person-to-person decision at all. . . .…

— Joseph Campbell

You know, the best-laid plans of mice and men... I like playing bad guys, and I don't have a problem doing that.…

— Tobin Bell

Because Christian morality leaves animals out of account, they are at once outlawed in philosophical morals; they are mere 'things,' mere means…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The reason it's called 'The Heart of Robin Hood' is that he starts off not having a heart - or certainly not…

— David Farr

I never wanted to do a regular sitcom, because I'd be incredibly bored doing the same character week in, week out. But…

— Harry Shearer

Without the Holy Spirit, Christian discipleship would be inconceivable, even impossible. There can be no life without the life-giver, no understanding without…

— John Stott

Take myself as a good-will ambassador. I'm great - I'm taking myself as a character - for the intellectuals and the man…

— Orson Welles

“There must be a limit to that kind of lifestyle, though," she says. "You can’t use that strength as a protective wall…

— Haruki Murakami

The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy is sorrow. Happiness lives where sorrow is not. When sorrow arrives, happiness…

— Anonymous

While a forgery illegally exploits the elitist taste for rarity, a kitsch object insists on its anti elitist availability. The deceptive character…

— Matei Calinescu

We shot some stuff for 'Sex and the City' on the street outside of Tiffany's, which was always crazy. We were doing…

— Kyle MacLachlan

Everyone knows that weeds eat out the life of the garden and of the productive fields. It's like that in the building…

— George Matthew Adams

Hathi Ram's journey intrigued me. He is a very vulnerable character. I was never offered such a role of a man who…

— Jaideep Ahlawat

I test the movies a lot, and if the audience says they love the movie, we know we're on the right track.…

— Judd Apatow

The sad thing about our society is that women are put in one of two categories. You're either in the beautiful category…

— Amber Heard

Happiness, sadness, being mean and being nice. They're all very close to one another. My goal in my career is to do…

— Topher Grace

Technology companies must constantly weigh ethical decisions: Where should Facebook set its privacy defaults, and should it tolerate glimpses of nudity? Should…

— Nicholas Kristof

So the fact that there's someone who's planning what happens to the characters, writing it down, means that the characters always have…

— Daniel Kehlmann

What we set out to do with this movie [Leaves of Grass] was to create something that was funny and serious and…

— Edward Norton

Playing what Hollywood determines is a hero, it immediately sets actors up to feel like they just can't explore the dark parts…

— Jordan Gavaris

I know the difference between someone coming up to you on the street and saying, 'Hey, you're that dude, right. Yes, that's…

— Timothy Olyphant

Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable. A journalist is someone who looks at…

— Marguerite Duras

The cognitive therapy that takes place in the film Antichrist is a form of therapy that I have used for some time,…

— Lars von Trier

I loved all fantasy, and I always thought that the ideal job as a performer and an entertainer would be to take…

— Erica Cerra

To keep any great nation up to a high standard of civilization there must be enough superior characters to hold the balance…

— Christian D. Larson

I'm not going to do anything out my way to try to get somebody to watch me because I want to act…

— Demetrius Andrade

I have decided to keep a record of my inmost real-self thoughts. Perhaps it will help me to find out what I…

— Rosamond Lehmann