Mr. J.S. Mill speaks, in his celebrated work, "Utilitarianism," of the social feelings as a "powerful natural sentiment," and as "the natural… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“[I]t is the writer's duty to write fiction which promotes virtue, the good, the beautiful, and above all, the true. ... It… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The civil magistrate cannot function without some ethical guidance, without some standard of good and evil. If that standard is not to… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
'Friends With Benefits': it feels like a two-hander to me, but it is a big movie, and this is the first straightforward… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
The characters created cannot just be a mouthpiece for the writer. When you look at a piece of writing, and it's genuine… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Do not all theists insist that there can be no morality, no justice, honesty or fidelity without the belief in a Divine… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Crossing your fingers, Neville? Knocking on wood? He ignored that, beginning to suspect his mind of harboring an alien. Once he might… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
I have played several characters that are crabby and cranky. I don't know if I'm just not a very well-developed human being… — Judy Greer Copy Share Image
I realise there are situations where I camp it up, make myself into a sort of novelty character to ease things along.… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
Aristotle writes that persuasion is based on three things: the ethos, or personal character of the speaker; the pathos, or getting the… — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
The best thing about acting is when you're playing a scene and you actually become your character and lose yourself in that… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
“Does character develop over time? In novels, of course it does:otherwise there wouldn't be much of a story. But in life? I… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Margaret realized the chaotic nature of our daily life, and its difference from the orderly sequence that has been fabricated by historians.… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
I'm really trying to just keep this internal, and be faithful to the story and the characters, and keep 99.9% of my… — Veena Sud Copy Share Image
For Rousseau and Mandeville the absence of a moral instinct meant the laws of society had no moral validity, they were nothing… — Gertrude Himmelfarb Copy Share Image
From the time of the North Briton of the unprincipled Wilkes , a notion has been entertained that the moral spine in… — John Galt Copy Share Image
I love what I do. And in the true sense, from my training, I try to create a character each time. It… — William Forsythe Copy Share Image
Don't go overboard in praising required behavior: 'We have only done our duty' (Luke 17:10). But do go overboard when your child… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
"Someone": I understood that this was a character who in her own life her voice hadn't much been heard and in literature… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
I really like the Chris-R scene and of course the "you are tearing me apart Lisa" scene. The reason I love the… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
We were doing this close-up of my character on a cell phone, and the director's just like "Cut! Can we get somebody… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
We brainstorm an idea and then we do flesh it out a little bit - we come up with a script, mostly… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Remember to build each other up, to strengthen and sustain, to keep companionship lovely and alive. Remember dignity and respect; understanding; not… — Richard L. Evans Copy Share Image
The Argentinians provoke and are always whingeing to the referee to try and change his opinion. It starts before the match. You… — Bastian Schweinsteiger Copy Share Image
What you hear mostly people gripe about adaptations is, 'They took out this scene,' or, 'They had to condense these characters.' I… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
The sea has been called deceitful and treacherous, but there lies in this trait only the character of a great natural power,… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
“The plea for ethical veganism, which rejects the treatment of birds and other animals as a food source or other commodity, is… — Karen Davis Copy Share Image
Age, style, where you come from, where you were born, it's different every time, which, to me, is refreshing because it says… — Alan King Copy Share Image
Soaps are great. You learn to work very fast - some say superficially, but that's not really true. You do some very… — Charles Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
'Divergent' was my utopian world. I mean, that wasn't the plan. I never even set out to write dystopian fiction, that's just… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Is the whole thing a folly and a mockery? Am I no better than a eunuch or is the proper man—the man… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments. This is both historically and logically true. Of course the government can help… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I can easily come up with ten really iconic stories/trade paperbacks for Superman, Batman, others... name me ten equally big, iconic Wonder… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Love and happiness inextricably combined? I wanted love stories to coincide with war stories, I wanted hope for my characters, I wanted… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
The only real reason for self-referencing is the fun factor. It's fun for the writer, getting little peeks at what old characters… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Some think the only way to get even, to get attention or advantage, or to win is to bash people. This kind… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
No system can long command the loyalties of men and women which does not expect of them certain measures of discipline, and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
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