The morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed. — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
Many times - especially when I'm playing an historical character - I want to be really on target with how I create… — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
The people I see be the most successful are the people who have an inner confidence and an inner strength that comes… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
I love to design for women, it's really open and very free. I always think of my friends. I think of both… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
I am certain that a solution of the general problem of peace must rest on broad and basic understanding on the part… — George C. Marshall Copy Share Image
We're so obsessed with, 'Is Michael Cohen going to jail or not? Is Rod Rosenstein going to be fired? What did Trump… — Daniel Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
I was having to go out there and be this happy pop character when, in reality, I was processing this unaddressed trauma… — Raye Copy Share Image
Everyone has two faces but often we see only one side of them so never judge anyone by there looks because the… — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
If you're reading a book that I've written in the first person, without named characters, you will periodically perhaps as a reader… — Douglas A. Martin Copy Share Image
The beauty of performance for me is finding details with which to betray character. — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
“I was beginning to think that Simon just had a bad case of OCD, ADD, and PMS. With a little BS and… — Dannika Dark Copy Share Image
“I wanted to show how humans can have ugly feelings that they might prefer not to acknowledge; how we’re all caught up… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
The skill of a gifted actor, their ability to interpret and develop a character and truly bring her or him to life,… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
“Ballot papers don’t determine who leads; they determine who takes which position. As to whether that person occupying the position will lead… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Essential to the attainment of these national goals is the moral imperative of ensuring social justice and respect for human dignity. The… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
There is indeed something deeply wrong with a person who lacks principles, who has no moral core. There are, likewise, certainly values… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
By the time [John Adams] came to write his Defence of the Constitutions of the United States in 1787 he had as… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
The so-called incorrigibles were not the way people said they were. I found a lot of character in some of these people. — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
I don't see black people as victims even though we are exploited. Victims are flat, one- dimensional characters, someone rolled over by… — Kristin Hunter Copy Share Image
Great leaders have no need for reputation. Reputation is what you are in public. Character is who you are in private. ª — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you play a character, you can feel it in your body. And I felt like I had characteristics of my… — Calista Flockhart Copy Share Image
I surrendered my moral conscience to the fact that I was a soldier, and therefore a cog in a relatively low position… — Otto Ohlendorf Copy Share Image
I'm a great believer in the character of a club. To me, character has a lot to do with how you compete.… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
I have nothing against these big CGI movies, but there are not enough of the other ones - the ones with stories… — James Caan Copy Share Image
The last thing a director needs is an actress who feels an ownership towards a particular character. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
No writer besides Shakespeare has created more memorable characters attached to vices and virtues. In even their least sympathetic characters, one senses… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners. — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
The syndicates take the strip and sell it to newspapers and split the income with the cartoonists. Syndicates are essentially agents. Now,… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“There are few people who are mature enough to uphold moral and ethical values; who have a remarkable character; who are honest… — Sandeep N. Tripathi Copy Share Image
I went through about 40 different hats until we found one that fit. It had to fit me and fit the character,… — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
“I am tired of people saying that poor character is the only reason people do wrong things. Actually, circumstances cause people to… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
"Vell," said Mr. Weller, "Now I s'pose he'll want to call some witnesses to speak to his character, or p'raps to prove… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Camp is a solvent of morality. It neutralizes moral indignation, sponsors playfulness. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
My character on 'Orange is the New Black' is not one that requires being absolutely shredded with 5% body fat. But I… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
“Virtue does not consist in whether you face towards the East or the West; virtue means believing in God, the Last Day,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was not interested in doing the plot of OEDIPUS in blackface. I did wonder, what would these people have been like… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
What defines someone as a 'man' should not be the clothes they wear or how deep their voice is. It should be… — Karamo Brown Copy Share Image
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