You don't want to be ungenerous toward people who give you prizes, but it is never the social or political message that… — John Irving Copy Share Image
If we can develop the character and work with God, then let him develop the character of Christ in us, we're going… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid… — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
“a man who is well brought-up may read anything. The only people who boggle at what is perfectly natural are those who… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
“People should know better than to be an ass in front of writers. We immortalize things. Lots of things. And we take… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
As an actor, I think the experience and the portrayal of the character is exactly the same. It doesn't make any difference… — Barun Sobti Copy Share Image
I've known Emma Watson since she was 9, we've watched each other grow up, formed this sort of brother/sister bond, and suddenly… — Rupert Grint Copy Share Image
Spider-Man's probably my favorite. You see, Batman is a billionaire and there's nothing really cool about a billionaire saving the world. But… — Zac Efron Copy Share Image
Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
When I do an Asian character or an Asian voice I'm doing one because that's my heritage and my family and where… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Ever since I became a Muslim, I've had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
I usually have a location and then I put the character there. I love place names. I think I'm tricking myself by… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
Despite what they tell you, there are simply no moral absolutes in a complex world. — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
I started with [Leo] Tolstoy and I was overwhelmed. Tolstoy writes like an ocean, in huge, rolling waves, and it doesn't look… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I can easily come up with ten really iconic stories/trade paperbacks for Superman, Batman, others... name me ten equally big, iconic Wonder… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
For it is not true, as some treatise-mongers lay down in their systems, of the probity of the speaker, that it contributes… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A great man, who was convinced that the truths of political and moral science are capable of the same certainty as those… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
Every element contributes to building a character and I'm especially fascinated when it comes to recreating period looks. — Shriya Pilgaonkar Copy Share Image
When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I just love doing broader work - I always get asked to do fairly heavy-duty, intense dramas and interesting, psychologically intense characters.… — Julian Sands Copy Share Image
Too often character assassination has replaced debate in principle here in Washington. Destroy someone's reputation, and you don't have to talk about… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I was never interested in acting on film or in television, but I was always more inclined to writing and directing, and… — Sam Levinson Copy Share Image
From a writer's standpoint, each character and story presents its own unique challenges and delights. I'm deeply curious about all of my… — Tina St. John Copy Share Image
It's always incredible though when you feel like the writer knows the character intimately and can see their life sprawling away outside… — Charlotte Ritchie Copy Share Image
“Comey had turned away from his upbringing and embraced various kinds of evangelism. He wrote his thesis on how the evangelist teacher… — Luke Harding Copy Share Image
With 'Nostromo', Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea. That's what we… — David Milch Copy Share Image
You cannot hide any secret. If the artist succor his flagging spirits by opium or wine, his work will characterize itself as… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When I was fifteen, I got a Tiffany's necklace from the producers of 'Game of Thrones' with my character's name Sansa engraved… — Sophie Turner Copy Share Image
I don't regret anything. I feel like I've made what I would call mistakes. I picked the wrong movie, or I didn't… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I began to analyze the movie [The Day the Earth Stood Still] and said it was really made out of these two… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
Going back is a nice way to give definition to each of the characters because they are so vastly different. I would… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Oh, there are plenty of people," the Duc used to observe, "who never misbehave save when passion spurs them to ill; later,… — Donatien Alphonse François de Sade Copy Share Image
Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Writing, for me, is a little like wood carving. You find the lump of tree (the big central theme that gets you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Every country is a battlefield for the struggle between honest and dishonest, between honourable and honourless people! At the end, the character… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“Morality is more dependent on the state of one's stomach than of one's nation.” — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I started out on the stage, then I had a great career in television for quite a few years. The good news… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
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