I have not created any characters nor have I changed my name. The last time I did, the band turned 20, and… — Ruben Isaac Albarran Ortega Copy Share Image
Before I begin a novel I have a strong sense of at least one central character and how the story begins, and… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
I've always loved writing emotionally rich, character-driven novels that explore the way people fall in love and deal with life's triumphs and… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
Will Ferrell and I are teaming up again on a film called Daddy's Home. In the movie I play a Special-Ops soldier… — Mark Wahlberg Copy Share Image
Nor do piecemeal steps however well intended, even partially resolve problems that have reached a universal, global and catastrophic character. If anything,… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Here's my feeling: For everyone, men and women, it's important to be a feminist. It's important to have female characters. It's wonderful… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Independence of mind or strength of character is rarely found among those who cannot be confident that they will make their way… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
I want characters to have voices that feel authentic, unique, honest, fresh and original - all at once. Part of that authenticity… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
It is odd that a value/virtue that plays such a central role in dramatic literature has played such a small role in… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
“Your so-called morals are nothing but an excuse to act better than the rest of us. To treat us as though we… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
Upon this point all speculative politicians will agree, that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Interesting characters are troubled characters. The only problem I've had in my business is very few people - unfortunately, very vocal -… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
“A purposeless virtue is a contradiction in terms. Virtue, like harmony, cannot exist alone; a virtue must lead to harmony between one… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
It is likely that human beings will find fulfillment and will be rewarded for the same qualities that they have been rewarded… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
I did not find that writing a diary with a lead male character differed in any essential way from writing one with… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
People really do identify with the characters they see on the show, but these days, social media allows you to interact with… — Chris Carmack Copy Share Image
Super Saiyan' is a term from 'Dragonball Z,' the most important TV show ever. The main character, Goku, is a member of… — Spencer Dinwiddie Copy Share Image
I am intrigued by the basics of human life, by our vulnerability, our desires, our sexuality - as far as I am… — Thomas Koerfer Copy Share Image
If there is a reason I'm able to make unsympathetic characters human, it's because it's my desire to find what drives the… — Pablo Schreiber Copy Share Image
If you're going to play what-if --which, by the way, is a huge waste of time and energy, not to mention an… — Jefferson Bass Copy Share Image
If you're playing your character and you're running into all these people who know who you are and treat you in a… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
I can't always pick and choose, but I try very hard to take the roles where they are a bit more human.… — Blythe Danner Copy Share Image
To discover the true principles of morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods. They need but common… — Jean Meslier Copy Share Image
When I first started you would pitch a story because without a good story, you didn't really have a film. Later, once… — Henry Jenkins Copy Share Image
For character too is a process and an unfoldingamong our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Yet the same gradual decay to which, after a certain age, all the language of psychology seems liable, has been at work… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The most effective attitude to adopt is one of supreme acceptance. The world is full of people with different characters and temperaments.… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
As to the "traditional filler of twenty-first century realist fiction," maybe that is something I avoid. I don't relate to standard psychologizing… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
“People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't see me as a funny character because I don't usually get to play them. I'm usually cast… — Angie Harmon Copy Share Image
It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation to land can exist without love, respect, and admiration for land, and a… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Joker' is, of course, a character of my generation grew up with, and it's a character you know really well and have… — Hildur Gudnadottir Copy Share Image
If I'm creating a new superhero, it shouldn't be any different from other superheroes in terms of the qualities. Obviously the personality… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
Now we're living in a nuclear age, and the science that was supposed to be automatically for human welfare has become a… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
In comparing these two writers, he [Samuel Johnson] used this expression: "that there was as great a difference between them as between… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
I love musicals but it's very, very different. It's really just a different form than serious drama, and has very different rules… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
“I recently read in the Wall Street Journal an article by Jonathan Sacks, Britain’s chief rabbi. Among other things, he writes: …… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
I don't know if I will ever get sick of performing a song called 'Feels Like Loneliness' from Evolution. It's inspired by… — Sabrina Carpenter Copy Share Image
Every now and then we'd meet up and reminisce about the characters. At the beginning, shortly after we started shooting, someone sent… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
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