In his scintillating new novel, Matt Bondurant explores a crucial period in the history of Virginia and of his family. His gorgeous,… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
When the first emperor wanted to unify the country, one of the major policies was to create one system of written signs.… — Ha Jin Copy Share Image
The influence of woman is the same everywhere. Her condition influences the morals, manners, and character of the people of all countries.… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The rapt pupil will be forgiven for assuming the Tsar of Death to be wicked and the Tsar of Life to be… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“Science has therefore been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Marvel has this tradition, and I think that Sony has this tradition too, of hiring directors for Spider-Man who are dramatic directors.… — Amy Pascal Copy Share Image
“If not as a true human, let me tell you as a Biologist, color of the skin does not define an individual’s… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
To my way of thinking, whether it's a superhero movie or a romance or a comedy or whatever, the most important thing… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
“today we read of Don Quixote with a bitter taste in the mouth, it is almost an ordeal, which would make us… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
In the Confucian tradition is a simple formula that appeals to me deeply: 'If there is righteousness in the heart, there will… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
I would make a huge distinction between theater improvisation and film improvisation. There isn't much improvisation in film - there's virtually none.… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
Phyllis is one of the tunnel boring machines for Crossrail and one of the most extraordinary characters I met, visiting some of… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
The great events of history are often due to secular changes in the growth of population and other fundamental economic causes, which,… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Carol Burnett probably had the biggest influence on me as kid. Although I was very young and watched her a lot in… — Christine Lakin Copy Share Image
The thing with Superman is that he's completely emotionally open to the reader. Meaning what he tells you is what he's feeling;… — Scott Snyder Copy Share Image
The point here is not just that an image represents God as having body and parts, whereas in reality he has neither.… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Our Lord's miracles were all essential parts of His one consistent life. They were wrought as evidences not only of His power,… — James McCosh Copy Share Image
The question is...whether we shall, by whatever means, succeed in reconstituting the natural world as the true terrain of politics, rehabilitating the… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
I like as much time as I can get and I'll do whatever I think is helpful to prepare for a role.… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
To me that's part of my working day, and I would never refuse a job where I'm under several hours of makeup,… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
I always start drawing any job by planning out to some degree the locales and trying to nail the characters. If they're… — Dave Gibbons Copy Share Image
“Sentiment would undo her - each of its ties were a tether that would hold her from her purpose. Men, perhaps, might… — Rachel Kadish Copy Share Image
You have to make a choice, and you have to commit to a character. You're either a babyface or a character that… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
But, it takes some of the characters to some very dark places, and they start doing things that they might not do,… — Kyra Zagorsky Copy Share Image
Suffering in life can uncover untold depths of character and unknown strength for service. People who go through life unscathed by sorrow… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm perverse, but the question of "rooting" for a character, or setting out to write a character for whom other people… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
In a novel, I think you have a contract with the reader to make the character representative - of a moment in… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
It is not eminent talent that is required to ensure success in any pursuit, so much as purpose-not merely the power to… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
“(Patrick) Henry rightly understood that the moral condition of the American people was a direct product of their religious faith, and that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Acting is about giving yourself away, like the U2 song 'With or Without You.' You just don't stay behind a character and… — Catherine Hicks Copy Share Image
Hamlet 's character is the prevalence of the abstracting and generalizing habit over the practical. He does not want courage, skill, will,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Filmmaking in general is about feeling and not about theory. You need to know a lot of rules about filmmaking: character development,… — Hany Abu-Assad Copy Share Image
“The poor man retains the prejudices of his forefathers without their faith, and their ignorance without their virtues; he has adopted the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
When people laugh and applaud as characters are killing each other, and you never see the body that's lying there, or you… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Although our moral conscience is a part of our consciousness, we do not feel ourselves on an equality with it. In this… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
I feel really proud of my work on 'Sullivan & Son.' It's a really different character for me. I was excited to… — Valerie Azlynn Copy Share Image
Penguin is this interesting figure within the city of Gotham. He's this guy who has worked in the shadows and publicly. He's… — Cameron Monaghan Copy Share Image
I watched as Humphrey Bogart’s character used beans as a metaphor for the relative unimportance in the wider world of his relationship… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
Cale is my signature character in the Forgotten Realms. The most popular character I've written. He's a thief, an assassin, and eventually,… — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
We always joke now like, you know, the more experienced we get making stuff, we're like, "Never leave set without a shot… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
