Struggles are a part of the sacred sanctification process. There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point… — L. Lionel Kendrick Copy Share Image
If we betake ourselves to the statistical method, we do so confessing that we are unable to follow the details of each… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
My stories usually begin with the characters and some elements of how power (personal, political, magical) functions in the world. The rest… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“It had formerly been my endeavor to study all sides of his character: to take the bad with the good; and from… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Think of anger as a muscle. The way you express anger isn't the way that I do, or you. If you have… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
It is the business of thought to define things, to find the boundaries; thought, indeed, is a ceaseless process of definition. It… — Vance Palmer Copy Share Image
Both gentleness and meekness are born of power, not weakness. There is a pseudo-gentlene ss that is effeminate, and there is a… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
The first film that really knocked me out was Alien by Ridley Scott. This is a great movie because no matter how… — Nicholas Ozeki Copy Share Image
I was lucky I guess. My main job was done when I finally found Ben Whishaw and knew that there was someone… — Tom Tykwer Copy Share Image
The purpose of this is not show that I can do it better, because I think Superman is perfect. The original creation… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
“We live in a world filled with evil and moral confusion. There is only one way out: affirmation of a God Whose… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
The ideal of having a real job that you risk your soul in and make good or be damned, belongs to the… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
When the Spirit fills us, we are transformed, and by beholding God we become mirrors. You can always tell when someone has… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Playing what Hollywood determines is a hero, it immediately sets actors up to feel like they just can't explore the dark parts… — Jordan Gavaris Copy Share Image
We just assume all the great actors are in New York first and then L.A. second, and it's so not true. There's… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
You have to expose part of yourself to create a character deep enough for readers to care about. You try not to… — Adam Haslett Copy Share Image
Robert McKee says humans naturally seek comfort and stability. Without an inciting incident that disrupts their comfort, they won’t enter into a… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Oddly, I think if you look at comic books, you look at the shelves in the store, it's predominantly male characters, historically.… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
... my father loved to take photographs of me. When I was nine I made my own costumes for a school play… — Mariko Mori Copy Share Image
The same thing will happen in China that happened in Chile. Political freedom will ultimately break out of its shackles. Tiananmen Square… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Human beings are not inevitable, and our brief existence is not preordained to be extended into the distant future. If Homo sapiens… — Jeff Schweitzer Copy Share Image
According to great masters, there is no sin and there is no virtue. There is only one thing: that is awareness. If… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
It's the character identification people remember, it's not so much remembering the movie; they just know that I'm a badass. I was… — Fred Williamson Copy Share Image
“Why does Joe Normie think it’s a litmus test for morality if one returns one’s shopping cart? Big-box stores put out of… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Talking about morality can be offensive. Morality is a politically incorrect subject. Many people are genuinely offended if someone speaks of morality… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
It is organized as a fellowship of men, a system of morals, a philosophy taught by degrees through the use of symbol,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
There is no telling what a human character is. Until the test comes. To most of us the test comes early in… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I'm not playing a character. What I'm doing though is taking the worst, most shameful, peculiar, or troubling aspects of my personality.… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I firmly believe in and support everyone's right to freedom of artistic expression. STEEL MAGNOLIAS is my artistic expression, and it is… — Robert Harling Copy Share Image
At the end, what I like is that it's the girl's decision to go back in the room. She needs a hug,… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
The thought of the novelist lies not in the remarks of his characters or even in their introspection but in the plight… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
All women are brought up from the very earliest years in the belief that their ideal of character is the very opposite… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Blessed be the inventor of photography! I set him above even the inventor of chloroform! It has given more positive pleasure to… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological… — Uta Hagen Copy Share Image
We can assume that most people, most of the time, are moral creatures. But imagine that this morality is like a gearshift… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
It is rather more noble to help people purely out of concern for their suffering than it is to help them because… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
In liberal society we claim that freedom of speech is sacred and therefore has an absolute character. But we know (or should… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
A dream inspiring a story is different than placing a description of a dream in a story. When you describe a character's… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
I have watched how steadily the general feeling, as shown at elections, has been rising against Slavery. What a proud thing for… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
