The title of Christian is a reproach to us, if we estrange ourselves from Him after whom we are denominated. The name… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
My stand-up has always been very character-based. I'm not really the kind of person that's like, 'Hey, here's what's on my mind!… — Mary Lynn Rajskub Copy Share Image
There could never be enough rules so finely crafted as to anticipate and cover every situation, and even if there were, enforcement… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
I think what we want to do is - when we choreograph, when we design choreography, we try to take it from… — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
Music is a language by whose means messages are elaborated, that such messages can be understood by the many but sent out… — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
Of course I know my characters are unlikable sometimes or have prejudices. It's not as if I'm thinking they're so endearing all… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Contact with men who wield power and authority still leaves an intangible sense of repulsion. It's very like being in close proximity… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself to the… — Billy Mills Copy Share Image
[Having perosonal trainer for the movie 'The back-up plan'] I felt like I had just given birth. He was like, "You can't… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
Arthuriana has become a genre in itself, more like TV soap opera where people think they know the characters. All that's fair… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
When we come to the moral principles on which the government is to be administered, we come to what is proper for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
My father gave me that name because he said I used to take stuff and liked to bully kids when I was… — Deebo Samuel Copy Share Image
The other thing that I got back then - the Parker novels have never had much of anything to do with race.… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
The earliest influence on me was the movies of the thirties when I was growing up. Those were stories. If you look… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll be fifty, sixty pages into something and I'll still be calling a character "X." I don't have a very clear… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
The price of these failures has been a loss of moral consensus, a greater sense of helplessness about the human condition. ...… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Man is naturally more disposed to beneficent than selfish actions. This we learn even from the history of savages. The domestic virtues… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
If you look at most womens writing, women writers will describe women differently from the way male writers describe women. The details… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Then Bono arrived, and he meant to play the guitar, but he couldn't play very well, so he started to sing. He… — Larry Mullen, Jr Copy Share Image
“Armor and character work together. Character emphasizes the form rather than the content of a person's psychological defenses. It is a person's… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
I would love to do the whole 'Anonymous General Manager' storyline again. The way it was supposed to turn out was that… — Hornswoggle Copy Share Image
Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself. Love everything… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But this is my contentment, that I've lost what I never needed and what I need I can never lose: these two… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
I think it crucial to recognize that you can't straightforwardly "adapt" Douglas Adams. Douglas's genius was uniquely his own. What I've tried… — Arvind Ethan David Copy Share Image
“When it comes to specifying the values particular to paganism, people have generally listed features such as these: an eminently aristocratic conception… — Alain de Benoist Copy Share Image