Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his… — Horace Copy Share Image
The movement for equality and justice can only be a success if it has both a mass and militant character; the barriers… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
You don’t have the slightest idea of what it means to write a scene and a character in the English language, with… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“To achieve the ultimate Confucian objective—a virtuous society—America has favored the rule of laws over Confucian-style virtues.” — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
I love him who maketh his virtue his inclination and destiny: thus, for the sake of his virtue, he is willing to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I suppose it's really satisfying to play someone with secrets. It's really satisfying to decide how and when those things are going… — Henry Lloyd-Hughes Copy Share Image
I'd already rehearsed it [ Don't Kill It script ] for the first time it was supposed to happen and the second… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
I like diversity; I want one character to be very different from the next. I love to live with a character for… — Linda Cardellini Copy Share Image
Australia is one of the few places that I can think of where the cities, at least those I've been to, seem… — Michael Bierut Copy Share Image
Those traumas when it comes to the historical past generation to generation; our children, our grandchildren, our future grandchildren learn these behaviors.… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
Speak not of guilt, speak not of responsibility. When the Regiment of the Senses parades by, with music, and with banners; when… — C.P. Cavafy Copy Share Image
People tend to think of the quest as a sort of fanciful or fantastical form, but actually, I think it's pretty realistic.… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, it's all one version of telling a story. I treated this as if it was a… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
To me, feminism in literature deals with the female characters being in some way central to the thematic concerns of the book,… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
Christians often equate holiness with activism and spiritual disciplines. And while it's true that activism is often the outgrowth of holiness and… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred.… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Gentrification and consumerism... have destroyed the character of my favorite American haunts, like North Beach, Berkeley, Venice and Aspen. — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
If screenwriters have to kill off a female character, they love to give her cancer. We've seen so many great actresses go… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
I've done many body scans. Every time your character fights in a different look, they'll rescan you. Because my character has taken… — Chris Wood Copy Share Image
Each film and each character is a completely new set of challenges. It doesn't feel like you can rest on something you… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method . . . of obtaining money by false pretences [by] "reading character" in the wrinkles [of] the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
When I go to the movies, I'm expected to identify with all of the characters, and most of them are white. But… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
You don't teach morals and ethics and empathy and kindness in the schools. You teach that at home, and children learn by… — Judy Sheindlin Copy Share Image
Playing psychos is fun, they give you the license and freedom that you don't have when you play a normal person. Because,… — Famke Janssen Copy Share Image
My manager got the script for 'Under the Dome,' and I read it and just fell in love with the character. I… — Alexander Koch Copy Share Image
Where does a character come from? Because a character, at the end of the day, a character will be the combination of… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
As far as characters in fiction that I really admire - it's pretty strong to say you would wish that you had… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Businessmen are notable for a peculiarly stalwart character, which enables them to enjoy without loss of self-reliance the benefits of tariffs, franchises,… — Herbert J. Muller Copy Share Image
I do not think that when I write a female character, I intend to reflect my thoughts on gender equality, but I… — Sriram Raghavan Copy Share Image
“Character is how you treat people who can't do anything for you in return. Integrity is how you act when you think… — Thea Nishimori Copy Share Image
If I wasn't going through a thing where I was also being my characters offstage, uh, I'm much happier just wearing the… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
When I was cast in 'Batman v Superman,' I was sent a huge stack of comics. They provided a ton of information… — Ray Fisher Copy Share Image
If you're a fiction writer, though, I can tell you how to let people talk through you. Listen. Just be quiet, and… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Food is important in working out a character. How she eats is a window into her temperament. If I think she likes… — Maxine Peake Copy Share Image
Children are very strong and independent characters and can come up with more interesting things than Marlon Brando, and it's sometimes very… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
All I had, originally, were pages of Nolan's dialogue. I think his character serves the story in a nice way. He's a… — Gabriel Mann Copy Share Image
“It is for the reader to see in the book the nature of the motives of human actions and perhaps learn something… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion. — A. Powell Davies Copy Share Image
There weren't any villains though. The world was just complicated in various ways, and there weren't any obvious villains to be found.… — Tatsuhiko Takimoto Copy Share Image
Without making any moral judgements whatsoever, one can say that self-indulgence and excessive self-preoccupation are the antithesis of genuine awareness. — Ronald Rolheiser Copy Share Image
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