But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each… — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
[We need] someone bold, to put himself at the head of the disaffected and rally them against the oppressor. Some great character… — Jean-Paul Marat Copy Share Image
The actual basis of colour is instability. Once you accept that in lieu of something which is stable, which is form, you… — Bridget Riley Copy Share Image
I'd love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn't really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
I surprised myself, that I was in the tissue of the character enough, that I could actually come up with something that… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
It is the task of several months and it is a fact that a girl, either while rehearsing or actually playing, may… — Florenz Ziegfeld Copy Share Image
I had a lot of fun [on The Voice] and I learned a whole lot about reality TV, for one, and how… — Curtis Grimes Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for people to not judge the people you're playing. You have to find a way to love… — Sarah Paulson Copy Share Image
“I'm not ambitious for a splendid fortune, a fashionable position, or a great name for my girls. If rank and money come… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
With Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward has written the best sort of novel-a beautiful, important book that's both unflinching and tender, heartbreaking… — Skip Horack Copy Share Image
Once you uncover the history of this pattern and trace its roots, you will see that your reaction in the present moment… — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
We can be reluctant to recognize how much of our culture was literary, particularly now that so many of the institutional purveyors… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
I actually take images of things and put them up around the wall and in a room. I set a room aside.… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
For He is in the midst of us day and night [in the Blessed Sacrament]; He dwells in us with the fullness… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
“All of us, I suppose, like to believe that in a moral emergency we will behave like the heroes of our youth,… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
God does not waste an ounce of our pain or a drop of our tears; suffering doesn't come our way for no… — Frank Peretti Copy Share Image
Pujara is not fashionable, he's very much old-fashioned - he's not great between the wickets and he's not a modern, extravagant, in-your-face… — Nasser Hussain Copy Share Image
The character we exhibit in the latter half of our life need not necessarily be, though it often is, our original character,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Playing Marcia was a double-edged sword; it always will be whenever you play a character like that. You will be known as… — Maureen McCormick Copy Share Image
People wanted me to become this cliched Keith Richards, Iggy Pop character. I wasn't expected to marry a beautiful wife and have… — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
Retire within thyself, and thou will discover how small a stock is there. [Lat., Tecum habita, et noris quam sit tibi curta… — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
Man can have strength of character only as he is capable of controlling his faculties; of choosing a rational end; and, in… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“As good surgical doctor works on a patient in the theater with varied kinds of surgical instruments, so a true leader also… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Our human landscape is overburdened with competitions and contests. Art need not be a contest. Art is a personal quest for quality.… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Humanity can be divided into madmen and cowards. My personal tragedy is in being born into a world where sanity is held… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The general idea of universal moral norms is ancient, widespread, and endorsed by practically every moral authority up until late in the… — Heath White Copy Share Image
As a writer you see the big picture and how you can tell as one character, how your storyline is going to… — Richard Dormer Copy Share Image
“A smart radiation researcher realizes that the unsavory characters that they encounter during their research are likely radiation affected zombies.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
On 'True Blood,' the character's name is Sookie Stackhouse, and my name is Suki Waterhouse. So, I get people saying, 'Oh, I… — Suki Waterhouse Copy Share Image
No one wants to see me struggling to get a horse under control because I can't ride it. And no one wants… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
The hero is changing in Bollywood, and I approach a hero's role like a character by focusing on its weaknesses. I feel… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
The psych up comes from knowing what I can both give and get from each role. I get a lot personally from… — Rachael Leigh Cook Copy Share Image
I kinda lose my mind in 'Fringe,' or at least my character does. Whenever I'm acting, I tend to accidentally become unable… — Natassia Malthe Copy Share Image
I know it sounds silly, but in auditions for film or TV, the words aren't as important - you need to get… — Morgan Saylor Copy Share Image
The higher education so much needed today is not given in the school, is not to be bought in the market place,… — William Osler Copy Share Image
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Keep everything in context, and try to have each line doing more than one thing - not just giving exposition but also… — Richard Bausch Copy Share Image
The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
I spent the whole time I've been in WWE trying to build this character who is unbreakable, who is not vulnerable, and… — Charlotte Flair Copy Share Image