When I say 'yes' to a movie it's usually because, to a greater or lesser extent, it's because I'm enthusiastic about the… — John Travolta Copy Share Image
Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
In liberal society we claim that freedom of speech is sacred and therefore has an absolute character. But we know (or should… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
From the beginning it was drilled into me that a golf course was a place where character fully reveals itself -- both… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“So why bother investing in one’s memory in an age of externalized memories? The best answer I can give is the one… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
I believe our task is to develop a moral and aesthetic imagination deep enough and wide enough to encompass the contradictions of… — Richard Tarnas Copy Share Image
What censorship accomplishes, creating an unreal and hypocritical mythology, fomenting an attraction for forbidden fruit, inhibiting the creative minds among us and… — Judith Crist Copy Share Image
Do unto others…’ is a good rule of thumb. I live by that. Forgiveness is probably the greatest virtue there is. But… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
“War, not peace, produces virtue. War, not peace, purges vice. War, and preparation for war, call forth all that is noble and… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
After 'The Wonder Years,' I ended up having a voiceover career, which was something I never even knew was possible. But after… — Daniel Stern Copy Share Image
I am very ambitious and have set goals for myself. I really don't keep a tab on what my contemporaries are doing.… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
I am a stronger follower of Veganism by principle, not just because of moral and aesthetic reasons. I truly believe in a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number of people several months to make it… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
I've found that when I'm having trouble solidifying a character or a scene, that music will often free my subconscious just that… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
The way I see the job, my definition of it, is to create characters to the best of your ability and then… — Anton Yelchin Copy Share Image
John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone - those guys are consummate filmmakers. They believe that you don't talk it,… — George Hamilton Copy Share Image
I love Doctor Who and I remember the first one, which was wonderful in its low-tech quality. I also loved the theme… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Voting in particular is an embarrassment, being a public display of weak character and low intelligence. Let us face the truth: Democracy,… — Fred Reed Copy Share Image
In the garden of the soul, the virtues of faith, hope, and love form the centerpiece. Traditionally called theological virtues, they come… — Robert Morneau Copy Share Image
History has different yardsticks for the cruelty of the Northerners and the cruelty of the Southerners in the Civil War. A slave-owner… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
People need a moral code, to help them make decisions. All this bio-yogurt virtue and financial self-righteousness are just filling the gap… — Tana French Copy Share Image
Novels institutionalize the ruse of eros. It becomes a narrative texture of sustained incongruence, emotional and cognitive. It permits the reader to… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
Occasionally, very occasionally, say at four o’clock in the afternoon on a wet Sunday, she feels panic-stricken and almost breathless with loneliness.… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
“It had formerly been my endeavor to study all sides of his character: to take the bad with the good; and from… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
The ones I love most are the people who the flaws show. I like doing characters that we see the total person.… — Alfre Woodard Copy Share Image
In societies like the American and West European where the dynamics of energy come from freedom and where the climate and the… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
Every director is always directing around the play. If you have an actor who really doesn't get the character well enough, you… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I learned to write from reading. I had no writing classes. It's part of my thinking as the writer-author, reading, but then… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
I'm actually reading 'World War Z' again! It's incredibly realistic and it's written as an oral history through interviews with different characters.… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
We have all been brought up with an ethical system of 2,000 years ago, an industrial-managerial system of 200-300 years ago, a… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
“One morning when he was about thirteen, Den and I were in the barn doing the before-breakfast chores. I was in the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“The duties, which a man performs as a friend or parent, do not seem merely owing to his benefactor or children; nor… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It's the interaction between those characters that really makes that movie as special as it is, and I'm proud to say, as… — Jeph Loeb Copy Share Image
It is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest rank among all things and, in comparison with other… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I always had a struggle, which I still do, when you're playing a character and it's not necessarily your morals or your… — Katey Sagal Copy Share Image
“The character traits which you do not appreciate about another person are also the very same tools that person has used to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
No [movie is really worth watching] which does not either impart valuable knowledge; or set before us some ideal of beauty, strength,… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
There are a lot of female characters out there that, when they fall on hard times, they sort of stew in their… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
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