I often find myself writing about people taking care of each other, or trying to. And often seem to write about situations… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know.… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
When I look back at my childhood on the Ayrshire coast, I recall a basic devotion to the idea that human nature… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
I know of a number of people who are successfully earning to give. That isn't for everyone but for those with the… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Oh, I'm developing a beautiful character! It droops a bit under cold and frost, but it does grow fast when the sun… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
When you play a character, you get to see the world through their eyes. Whether it's a fictional world or a real… — Faran Tahir Copy Share Image
Discipline is the highest of all virtues. Only so may strength and desire be counterbalanced and the endeavors of man bear fruit. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
People define gay cinema solely by content: if there are gay characters in it, it’s a gay film... Heterosexuality to me is… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
If the bible were published as fiction, no reviewer would give it a passing grade. There are some vivid scenes and quotable… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
If you don't have obsessions, don't write. my characters are obsessed. — Marguerite Young Copy Share Image
Having a place means that you know what a place means...what it means in a storied sense of myth, character and presence… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
... nothing is more human than substituting the quantity of words and actions for their character. But using imprecise words is very… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character. — David Levithan Copy Share Image
A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think the Trump thing is particularly egregious, and I think he's as much a product of the GOP lie machine in… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I also want to raise the possibility that there are, in the very long term, "virtue effects" in economics- for instance that… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
All knowledge attains its ethical value and its human significance only by the human sense with which it is employed. Only a… — Hermann Nothnagel Copy Share Image
The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not without influence on a scientific studies… — Edward Thorndike Copy Share Image
I think writers can get too attached to these worlds they create, these characters they make real, so that, instead of ending… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
Among the fearless soldiers that fight for your victory in life, character has no equal. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Not only has wilderness been a force in molding our character as a people, but its influence continues, and will, if we… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home. — Henry Drummond Copy Share Image
Working on camera is a different ballgame in the sense that it's far more intimate work, but the basics and the foundations… — Rose Leslie Copy Share Image
All the events that have made up the character and fabric of British culture and everything that has happened to make up… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
There are characters in some short stories who exist as people, and there are other characters in different short stories who exist… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The more we grow in Love, Virtue and Holiness, the more we see Love, Virtue and Holiness outside. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I bring so much of myself to each character that there's always a worrying point when I think: 'Oh no, I'm really… — Michelle Gomez Copy Share Image
Of course, no religious test for the presidency - every faith adds to our national character. — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Theatre is something that keeps me very alert, and I am actively creating whether I am on stage or directing. In films,… — Kalki Koechlin Copy Share Image
What I do when I create a character is put in details from all the people I know who might be like… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
While doing 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' with Abhishek, I never thought about my dad's and Amitabhji's hit 'Jodi.' I just play my character… — Bobby Deol Copy Share Image
My favorite characters are people who think they're normal but they're not. I live in Baltimore, and it's full of people like… — John Waters Copy Share Image
“If we lived long enough to see the results of our actions, it may be that those who call themselves good would… — Oscar Wilde - The Critic as Artist Copy Share Image
[The main character] is in a forever-growing process. I feel the movie [everybody Loves Somebody] did that very well and not finishing… — Karla Souza Copy Share Image
“Great words, golden promises, built up exploits plus lack of character equals low down dirty fraud.” — Jayce O'Neal Copy Share Image
Dialogue is what a character's willing to share and reveal to another character, and the 90% they aren't willing to share is… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
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