Accents are very tangible, blessedly, and if you have to do one, it's a way of getting into character. I can read… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
We are under a moral obligation to do our best to realize the best that human beings can be. To neglect that… — Charles Murray Copy Share Image
“ONE OF THE most pernicious effects of religion is that it tends to divorce morality from the reality of human and animal… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
My interest is always to get as deeply as I can into the minds and spirits of the characters and let the… — Adam Haslett Copy Share Image
Most characters are composed of snippets here and there of people I've known, and all rolled into the character I've created. They… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
And at NYU, I went to the Atlantic Theater Company, and they have two main points. One of them is to always… — Elizabeth Olsen Copy Share Image
For every generation, there is a destiny. For some, history decides. For this generation, the choice must be our own. [...] Our… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
If you have never wept bitter tears because a wonderful story has come to an end and you must take your leave… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
I did a film called The Jesuit, which was an independent film. I did that shortly after Mistresses. I was still feeling… — Shannyn Sossamon Copy Share Image
The writer must always leave room for the characters to grow and change. If you move your characters from plot point to… — Richard North Patterson Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of actress that goes home with the character. I mean, you're thinking about the work or the next… — Natasha Richardson Copy Share Image
“Mere instruction in morality is not sufficient to nurture the virtues. It might even backfire, especially when the presentation is heavily exhortative… — Vigen Guroian Copy Share Image
In honoring the Wright Brothers, it is customary and proper to recognize their contribution to scientific progress. But I believe it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The biggest misconception is that I only write about shitty people. Or that I'm trying to be shocking. I just think people… — Leslye Headland Copy Share Image
Religion is the only solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man… — Gouverneur Morris Copy Share Image
When you rely on incentives, you undermine virtues. Then when you discover that you actually need people who want to do the… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
My characters are all "just people" - people you might know - and the things that happen are things that anybody might… — Nathan Lowell Copy Share Image
Somebody's values and their morals are shown best in the way they treat others and their children, and the world in general.… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“Virtue, mindfulness, and wisdom are the pillars of everyday well-being, personal growth, and spiritual practice; they draw on the three fundamental neural… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“a good man does what is right and not what is convenient, he doesn't take a quick shortcut but takes the road… — Manuel Corazzari Copy Share Image
The morality of a society is not judged by the behaviour of an oppressed class but by the rules and laws made… — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
They said that Seven was a former Borg who had been human and had been assimilated. She was regaining her humanity. I… — Jeri Ryan Copy Share Image
“Do you think people are born villains, or do they live long enough to fight for those they care for, those they… — Eric Dulin Copy Share Image
Life appears in a vast variety and innumerable succession of individual forms, since the most salient character of the universe is just… — Joseph Alexander Leighton Copy Share Image
A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
It was a nephilim.” “A nephi-what?” asked Hugh, startled. “Isn’t that a character on Sesame Street?” Peter spoke up for the first… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“We have to embrace the values of morality and proper education in order to gain respect from the majority of the people… — Saaif Alam Copy Share Image
So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses… That proves something - that a gang of wild animals… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
The vices of which we are full we carefully hide from others, and we flatter ourselves with the notion that they are… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Before you judge me by my life my past or my character Walk in my shoes walk the path I have traveled… — Hamza Irshad Butt Copy Share Image
When you hire Sam Jackson, he'll figure out the character, and he'll figure out the character's look, and he'll provide it to… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
The villains that I play, I always think that they are grounded, wonderful people with enormous intellects who are very exciting to… — Malcolm McDowell Copy Share Image
Sterling Holloway, the actor who had originally voiced Pooh, decided to retire in the mid-1980s. Disney decided that they wanted to continue… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
A truly moral nation enacts policies that encourage personal responsibility and discourage self-destructive behavior by not subsidizing people who live irresponsibly and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and it's been something I've been trying to do if I… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
“All too often people pretend to be professional. "Professionalism" is sometimes a facade for fraud. Be pro, but be real. Honesty and… — Richie Norton Copy Share Image
As you live with a character longer, you claim more ownership over it. You become more defensive of it. It becomes like… — Cameron Monaghan Copy Share Image
I think I enjoy working obviously as a lead, but also you know I feel I'm also a character actor as well,… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
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