It is hard living down the tempers we are born with. We all begin well, for in our youth there is nothing… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
I've always believed that the great strength of the Internet is that it allows us to communicate with each other, it allows… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
Life is [perceived as] a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The great characteristic of men of active genius is a sublime self-confidence, springing not from self-conceit, but from an intense identification of… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
As an actor, you want to be able to move your character forward into new ground, but also it's really interesting to… — Jesse Williams Copy Share Image
“In all tests of character, when two viewpoints are pitted against one another, in the final analysis the thing that will strike… — MIke Dooley Copy Share Image
“Imitation finds no place at all in morality, and examples serve only for encouragement, that is, they put beyond doubt the feasibility… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
One of the weapons Marvel used in its climb to comic-book dominance was a willingness to invent new characters at a dizzying… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Among the older records, we find chapter after chapter of which we can read the characters, and make out their meaning: and… — Adam Sedgwick Copy Share Image
The true guide of our conduct is no outward authority, but the voice of God, who comes down to dwell in our… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The virtues have gone mad because they have been isolated… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Definitely female MMA fighters, I'm a big mixed martial arts fan, and watching women's MMA grow was definitely an inspiration. We just… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
“The feelings of devotion, self-sacrifice for one's neighbor, the whole morality of self-denial must be questioned mercilessly and taken to court… There… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The wonder, especially about the 'New Mutants' is, they're all kids. They're all growing. They're changing, literally, from page to page in… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
“ The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
In order to get the things I want, it helps me to pretend I’m a figure in a daytime drama, a schemer.… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression and revelation of the whole character, is… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about Crystal in Mr. Sunshine is that she doesn't have any boundaries. She's not aware socially of what's correct… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
You've never seen anything in the Marvel universe that's as grounded, as gritty, as authentic, and as raw as what these guys… — Jon Bernthal Copy Share Image
I think it's necessary to identify with anything - with any character you play, there's got to be something in common, so… — Lizzy Caplan Copy Share Image
I like actors who just become that person and then react, and Adam [Driver] is completely reactive in that way. So every… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
[Maigret Sets a Trap] was always going to be the first film, and it seemed to be quite a nice story. But… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Justice in the individual is now defined analogously to justice in the state. The individual is wise and brave in virtue of… — Plato Copy Share Image
I think most of the movies, I have very little screen time, actually. So, it was like encouraging slash discouraging kind of… — Katy O'Brian Copy Share Image
“What then is the relation of law to morality? Law cannot prescribe morality, it can prescribe only external actions and therefore it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The character of the monkey just grew from something out of his face and my granddad's personality. They fused, and that's what… — Nina Conti Copy Share Image
Considering how much we are all given to discuss the characters of others, and discuss them often not in the strictest spirit… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I didn't realize that the idiosyncrasies of my mother's character had something to do with our culture.… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
Terrifying. . . . A Dark Matter is populated with vivid, sympathetic characters, and driven by terrors both human and supernatural. It's… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Modern biblical scholars have established that the bible is a wiki. It was compiled over half a millennium from writers with different… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The most serious point in the case is the disposition of the child." What on earth has that to do with it?"… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I was born to love - but none of you wanted to believe it, and that misunderstanding was crucial in forming my… — George Sand Copy Share Image
One day while studying a Yeats poem I decided to write poetry the rest of my life. I recognized that a single… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
To be honest, I didn't want to believe that Christianity could radically transform someone's character and values. It was much easier to… — Lee Strobel Copy Share Image
“Sorel's basic character flaws had all cemented by the age of fifteen, a fact which further elicited my sympathy. To have all… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
For [people] to be like "So what it's like dealing with female characters who are completely disgusting?" I don't think they are… — Leslye Headland Copy Share Image
Brisk and prompt to war, soft and not in the least able to resist calamity, fickle in catching at schemes, and always… — Frederick Rolfe Copy Share Image
I'm Irish and very proud of being Irish, but as an actor, your extraction should be secondary, really. You should be able… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
I wanted to start a website for teenaged girls that was not kind of this one-dimensional strong character empowerment thing, because one… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
That's the thing about acting - it does have the feeling of downhill skiing. When it's really all going right, you know… — Mira Sorvino Copy Share Image
![“Life is [perceived as] a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is…” quote by Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/rick-warren-230_character_life-is-perceived-as-a-series-of-problem_2336259.jpg)
![“You've never seen anything in the Marvel universe that's as grounded, as gritty, as authentic, and as raw as what these guys did last year [in Season 1 of Daredevil]. What an amazing place to bring this character into, to attempt to up the stakes and to make it more dangerous. Hopefully, we were…” quote by Jon Bernthal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4f/jon-bernthal-20837_able_you-ve-never-seen-anything-in-the-marvel_414173.jpg)
![“I like actors who just become that person and then react, and Adam [Driver] is completely reactive in that way. So every day working with him was really a pleasure. And he's in almost every scene in the film, so the poor guy had to work the - almost the entire 30 days of our film shoot. But, yeah…” quote by Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/jim-jarmusch-3256_actors_i-like-actors-who-just-become-that-perso_2138212.jpg)
![“[Maigret Sets a Trap] was always going to be the first film, and it seemed to be quite a nice story. But of course it meant that here I was playing this new character for the first time, in a place where he had been a relative failure, as all these people had been murdered and the pressure was on…” quote by Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/rowan-atkinson-3883_character_maigret-sets-a-trap-was-always-going-to_1839131.png)
![“For [people] to be like "So what it's like dealing with female characters who are completely disgusting?" I don't think they are - does that make me weird? I made a very intentional choice to not care about that stuff, and go like "I don't care about it, I'm just gonna tell my truth and see what…” quote by Leslye Headland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/leslye-headland-34776_care_for-people-to-be-like-so-what-it-s-like_283469.jpg)
