The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Character is ethical and moral strength. People of good character have the moral awareness and strength to know the good, love the… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
It was intimidating to play a deaf character. There's a whole culture in the deaf community and I really wanted to know… — Piper Perabo Copy Share Image
I think there's something really positive about getting to explore a character for a long time on a TV show and live… — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
I think it would be a great challenge to work on a military game which featured a female lead character. Since female… — Rhianna Pratchett Copy Share Image
But I don't think that it's a form of family that I would be comfortable in. I've found a way to this… — Jeanne Tripplehorn Copy Share Image
As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people. As you overcome adversity in your life, you will become… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
In fiction, I have a residual guilt when I focus on story over language or mood or whatever - the more "literary"… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
No strict schedule, but I write nearly daily in my journal. Sometimes I go back and pull out things to give to… — Marie Bradby Copy Share Image
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
What comes from the heart always reaches the heart. When I come in there, I'm giving my heart because I studied to… — Brely Evans Copy Share Image
In a 22-page comic, figuring an average of four to five panels a page and a couple of full-page shots, a writer… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
We all suffer alone in the real world. True empathy's impossible. But if a piece of fiction can alow us imaginatively to… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“Again, of all the things that come to us by nature we first acquire the potentiality and later exhibit the activity (this… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Mrs. Lammle's manner changed under the poor silly girl's embraces, and she turned extremely pale: directing one appealing look, first to Mrs.… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot of my work on stage, I've gotten to play a wider range of characters than I have… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor, so I don't take the hit if the movie's bad, the lead does. So, I don't want to… — Brion James Copy Share Image
Villains have to be passionate enough to say to themselves, 'I will do anything.' It's a certain type of personality that in… — Mark Pellegrino Copy Share Image
You have the wookie character, which is one of the biggest aliens in 'Defiance.' These guys are just walking about with these… — Tony Curran Copy Share Image
Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It has become apparent that art can have a startling impact without really being or saying anything startling — or new. The… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
Acting is a bigger step into modelling in a way. Modelling is easier when you don't look like yourself. When you look… — Liberty Ross Copy Share Image
I hadn't thought about that before, this passionate following, with fan fiction and artwork. At first it felt like an invasion of… — Alycia Debnam-Carey Copy Share Image
The idea of science fiction, mythology, and creating a world is my favourite thing. I do love the reality of dramas and… — Hannah John-Kamen Copy Share Image
Theosophy has no code of morals, being itself the embodiment of the highest morality; it presents to its students the highest moral… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
There is something in the character of every man which cannot be broken in--the skeleton of his character; and to try to… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“Of all the virtues we can learn no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
For me it's important to get the origin of the character like in the Richard Donner superman. We saw him became slowly… — Xavier Gens Copy Share Image
When you're on screen with Mads, there's some real fireworks because your character is his intellectual equal. In a way, maybe your… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
There's a fashion, or maybe you could call it a necessity, in French cinema to make social films, which is to say… — Louis Garrel Copy Share Image
“As we step into the character’s shoes we experience his or her motivations — including the search for rewards of the tribe,… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
I would never, for the sake of the story or a twist, have a character do something that they just wouldn't do.… — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
Lot of stories in deceit, how characters deceive other people, but most of all, I think, how they deceive themselves. We're not… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
We try to find the information, the clues, to unlock the play or the story or our characters, especially when they're based… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
No not pigeon holed me as an actor, or as a character, or as to what I could do - but what… — Dabney Coleman Copy Share Image
If you're playing a historical character that's in the public consciousness, then obviously you've got to make an effort to look like… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
Ultimately, if you look at the characters in my films, you'll see a lot of similarities going all the way back to… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
In some ways, it's easier to be the lead. Week after week, scene after scene, the rhythms of filming force you to… — Corey Stoll Copy Share Image
