“I believe in you my friend, so much so, that if any of my ideas make you feel belittled in any manner,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
A life in Christ is a life of restfulness. There may be no ecstasy of feeling, but there should be an abiding… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
“[Faith] makes salvation dependent on itself, not on the fulfilment of common human duties. … [I]nwardly morality is subordinate to faith, so… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, so I'm interested in the pursuit of storytelling and character and challenging myself and expanding my craft. That's not… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
To play one of the main characters in it, it's not the kind of thing you don't do. Oh, I'd rather not… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
You're dealing with a character who is, at some points, quite insane. And I hope that any wicked, dark sense of humor… — Brandon Lee Copy Share Image
I don't feel the pressure to deliver an unrealistically great man to the screen; I just want to be honest to who… — Milo Ventimiglia Copy Share Image
I try to have a balance of things you like and things you don't like about a character. But once you start… — Jemaine Clement Copy Share Image
An initial impulse of mine was to portray the way in which a city is impacted by war. But this is vague,… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
To become a villain, you had to have become disillusioned, and in order to become disillusioned you had to have been passionate… — Matthew Davis Copy Share Image
I just want to portray a very honest character that displays traits that people can truly relate to and can help them… — Kristin Kreuk Copy Share Image
I tend to like strong female characters. It just interests me dramatically. A strong male character isn't interesting because it has been… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I think you may judge of a man’s character by the persons whose affection he seeks. If you find a man seeking… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Storytelling is more like a skin. You start with the outermost layer, what it's going to look like, then you kind of… — Charlie Jane Anders Copy Share Image
The hell of human suffering, evil and oppression is paved with good intentions. The men who have most injured and oppressed humanity,… — Robert Briffault Copy Share Image
I always think I know the way a novel will go. I write maps on oversized art pads like the kind I… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“All humans have their own morality, which is fluid between people, and, on a societal level, across space and time. That’s why… — David Silverman Copy Share Image
God's Word is not presented in Scripture in the form of a theological system, but it admits of being stated in that… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
There are so many different ways to develop a character - physically, mentally, spiritually and all of that - but the research… — Abbie Cornish Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about Hain is that he's not a very interesting character. He's not fabulously clever. He's not a great policeman.… — Robbie Coltraine Copy Share Image
Let us enquire. Who, then, shall challenge the words? Why are they challenged. And by whom? By those who call themselves the… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
We like layers of character and personality in our storytelling. We like very distinctive, unique personalities interacting with each other. And I… — Joe Russo Copy Share Image
There was a point where I was making four movies a year. I was always on a set. I had no stories… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
“Elinor made no answer. Her thoughts were silently fixed on the irreparable injury which too early an independence and its consequent habits… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Misanthropist’s manifesto: Do not tell a friend what your enemy ought not to know. Giving way neither to love nor hate is… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“[What is honor]—I suspect that if, after reading this book, you were to go and ask the question of your friends and… — Jack Whyte Copy Share Image
The story is the only thing that's important. Everything else will take care of itself. It's like what bowlers say. You hear… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I write - and read - for the sake of the story... My basic test for any story is: 'Would I want… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
In terms of the characters, I definitely do look for somebody that I think people can learn from and I can learn… — Emmy Rossum Copy Share Image
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
My advice would be to look at the things you do to make money as ways to inform your work in the… — Wilson Cruz Copy Share Image
To be ordinary is the greatest virtue - because when you are just ordinary, nothing to claim, of this world or that,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
One match that really sticks out for me, there's a bunch of matches with all the guys that I worked with. For… — Brock Lesnar Copy Share Image
It's true in the beginning I started playing villains, and I think that's pretty clear, because if you don't conventionally look a… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
If you're dealing with a character that actually exists, there's an awful lot of information there. So, you can put together, from… — Michael Fassbender Copy Share Image
There are technical tricks that may help you create more effective characters. My approach to characterization is not at all technical. I… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
In order to contract, It is necessary first to expand. In order to weaken, It is necessary first to strengthen. In order… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“You will live in a world of responsible beings, who will be as consistent and reliable as facts; the guarantee of their… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“On the basis of its ethical quality, the Buddha distinguishes kamma into two major categories: the unwholesome (akusala) and the wholesome (kusala).… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
Some say they are not bound by the doctrine which teaches that the Mystical Body of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image