I picked up 'On Moral Fiction' in the bookstore and looked up myself in the index, but I didn't read it through.… — John Updike Copy Share Image
An honest, sincerely stated compliment helps to build character; criticism destroys it. — Nathan Eldon Tanner Copy Share Image
My character in 'Casa de mi Padre' is an ambitious woman. I had never played that kind of character before. — Genesis Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Elderly people are like plants. Whereas some go to seed, or to pot, others blossom in the most wonderful ways. I believe… — James Simpson Copy Share Image
If misery be the effect of virtue, it ought to be reverenced; if of ill-fortune, to be pitied; and if of vice,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
I always say that the characters in Jane Austen's original books are rather like zombies because they live in this bubble of… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
Morals and criticism are not so properly objects of the understanding as of taste and sentiment. — David Hume Copy Share Image
It was nice to see someone who appreciated her for her character, no matter how disgusted Christian was by the idea of… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
The ethical debates are like stones in a stream. The water runs around them. You haven't seen any biological technologies held up… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
The great pleasure that comes from reading poets such as Mark Doty and Marianne Moore is the realisation that the essential virtues… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
The characters are not allowed to change if you write a sitcom; they're not allowed to learn anything. There's all these sorts… — Alice Lowe Copy Share Image
No value is higher than self-esteem, but you've invested it in counterfeit securities-and now your morality has caught you in a trap… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I think there's an initial shedding of the skin of a character when you've played them for so long, almost like a… — Milo Ventimiglia Copy Share Image
The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Guys play characters that won't grow up and something catastrophic happens and they have to grow up to save the day -… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
“Success must be approached from an ethical viewpoint. Success is your duty, obligation, and responsibility!” — Grant Cardone 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
I'm a big fan of the 70's action films. Where there is a lot of character and a lot of great action,… — George Tillman, Jr Copy Share Image
I had a plot connection that nobody understood for this fourth character, and decided, Oh, nobody gets it, that's all. I'll write… — Richard Greenberg Copy Share Image
Jesus is humble, and His servants must not be proud; but Jesus was never mean or cowardly, nor must His servants be.… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Music does help me a lot with my character, with the fact that I have to have a really good theme song,… — Rhea Ripley Copy Share Image
“In their school of life it was taught to consider courage an honorable virtue and cowardice the most disgraceful failing. Loving their… — J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean Copy Share Image
I get a lot of scripts, but they're all for the same type of character. — David Faustino Copy Share Image
“If an imaginative boy has a sufficiently rich mother who has intelligence, personal grace, dignity of character without harshness, and a cultivated… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Learning, like love, death and eating, are fundamental human activities. It's at the core of human existence and its character has a… — Leon Botstein Copy Share Image
Psychological man may be going nowhere, but he aims to achieve a certain speed and certainty in going. Like his predecessor, the… — Philip Rieff Copy Share Image
Beauty is more than just looks... It's about how you present yourself, how you speak, how you interact with people.. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Still, I never heard him say that he hated or wanted to hurt or kill someone for all the horrific things that… — Savo Heleta Copy Share Image
A pretty face attracts the eye. But a good character catches the heart. Don't be busy fixing your face, be busy fixing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Personally, I love going to see a film when you can really watch a character. If you've just read some article about… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
A trustee is held to something stricter than the morals of the market place. Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an… — Benjamin N. Cardozo Copy Share Image
Melissa [ Rosenberg] really has mastered coming from character. Everything radiates from the characters in this work. You don't feel like anything's imposed. — Jane Espenson Copy Share Image
“It is said that there is a part of us in our characters. But I also believe there is a part of… — Lisa Wakely Copy Share Image
I think if you make a show where you try to make a character look good, not only is it kind of… — Ramy Youssef Copy Share Image
“My scars tell a story. They are a reminder of times when life tried to break me, but failed. They are markings… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
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