The classical scholars have kept alive the tradition of the superiority of the ancient languages -- a kaleidoscopic mass of suffixes and… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
We must raise the salaries of our operators or they will all be taken from us, that is, all that are good… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
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Nature has written a letter of credit upon some men's faces that is honored wherever presented. You cannot help trusting such men.… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
"The Diagnosis" had ten drafts of very significant changing, where I went through the whole book, wholesale and changed everything. Then the… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
We can cooperate more easily with those who more easily intelligible to us, who are more familiar to us. But the advantages… — David Wong Copy Share Image
the heart of religion is not altered states but altered traits of character. For me, then, the test of a substance's religious… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
A lot of directors are great and they are fine but you know I think that Harry really takes a special point… — Will Estes Copy Share Image
Starting in my 20s, I couldn't wait to look like Anna Magnani or Isabelle Huppert, all these great European actresses - Charlotte… — Justine Bateman Copy Share Image
I came from the stage so it was a different kind of acting, or a different arena of acting, and I just… — Freddy Rodriguez Copy Share Image
It's always an interesting experience with the 'Saw' films, when a sequel comes out that I didn't have anything to do with,… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
Passion, intellect, moral activity - these three have never been satisfied in a woman. In this cold and oppressive conventional atmosphere, they… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
I hear therefore with joy whatever is beginning to be said of the dignity and necessity of labor to every citizen. There… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Because I'm a woman, because I'm a character actress, because I'm over 40, I'll be very interested to see, not just for… — Kathy Bates Copy Share Image
I like to believe that everyone is born with the same skill set, and that it is the influences that one comes… — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue.… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
The black experience, which has nothing to do with my play 'Angels in America,' allowed me to understand the Mormon character. He… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
“The 10 ever greatest misplacements in life: 1. Leadership without character. 2. Followership without servant-being. 3. Brotherhood without integrity. 4. Affluence without… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I think about everything first. I think about the scenario: the story and the characters, what I'm trying to say and I'll… — Graham Russell Copy Share Image
Style to me is a mix between rock star chic-quirky-sexy and expressive. I always dress for my body type, as it's important… — Jiah Khan Copy Share Image
I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I've had to play characters who I absolutely disagree with, as far as their politics, as far as their religion, and their… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
We need to be more grateful. I think there is no true character without gratitude. It is one of the marks of… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Take a bunch of little kids to the beach and they all make art. Adults are too stupid to call it art,… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
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I'm a huge fan, and I didn't grow up with it, I didn't grow up reading 'X-Men' comics. I became a huge… — Lauren Shuler Donner Copy Share Image
Empathy and fellow feeling form the very basis of morality. The capacities for empathy, for feeling responsibility toward others and for reaching… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
I'm truly grateful to the writers of Fringe for giving me that because, over the years, when I've spoken about the character… — John Noble Copy Share Image
In film, the camera can get an array of shots so the audience can see the emotion the character is giving off.… — Alice Eve Copy Share Image
I'm always going with my visceral reaction when I read a script. I am more drawn to characters who are conflicted, and… — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
Perhaps that old-time character I knew through my life who once told a kid I knew that no matter what you get… — Teddy Atlas Copy Share Image
To instruct the mass of our citizens in these, their rights, interests and duties, as men and citizens...this brings us to the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In 'Tintin,' it's like a live-action role. You're living and breathing and making decisions for that character from page 1 to page… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Music and writing do fold together in the sense that you have to have a certain level of skill in order to… — James McBride Copy Share Image
I have songs that define characters from each film of mine. It can be a song from that particular film or something… — Sushant Singh Rajput Copy Share Image
Guilt, though it may attain temporal splendor, can never confer real happiness; the evil consequences of our crimes long survive their commission,… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“Learn humility, while there's yet time--': those were the last of the abbot's words he had waited to hear. All very well,… — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
I feel my fuller-bodied characters are all in the independent films I do, and in the studio productions, I have to work… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
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