Arc Quotes

140 quotes by 129 authors

The arc of history is longer than human vision. It bends. We abolished slavery, we granted universal suffrage. We have done hard things before. And… — Barbara Kingsolver
You sometimes see a woman who would have made a Joan of Arc in another century and climate, threshing herself to pieces over all the… — Rudyard Kipling
The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A man who took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice — Barack Obama
I just did an arc with Warren Ellis - and no one else on the planet could get away with this, because I think this… — Kelly Sue DeConnick
Today is one of those excellent January partly cloudies in which light chooses an unexpected part of the landscape to trick out in gilt, and… — Annie Dillard
I am on the International Board of Best Buddies, and I am also working with Special Olympics, and with The Arc to help people with… — Lauren Potter
The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here… — Michael Pena
I find historical figures in general very tricky because you feel at times that you're serving two masters. Not only the arc and wonderful writing… — Vincent Piazza
In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good… — Garth Stein
I'd like to do the young cadet thing again for sure, but that's why I wanted to do this, to see if I could do… — Scott Speedman
It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character. — Sissy Spacek
For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character. — Mae Whitman
Joan of Arc should be played as a "pain in the ass" and how do I know she was a "pain in the ass"? ...… — Harold Clurman
A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are easy and bland to watch. You can… — Adam Baldwin
I wanted to create a heroine that was flawed. I wanted her to be a real person. She's selfish, she's childish, she's immature and because… — Amber Benson
I always wanted to play Joan of Arc. I've always wanted to do that. Now I'm thinking, 'Maybe there's a story in Joan of Arc's… — Ellen Burstyn
I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards. — Cary Elwes
Noah took much ridicule building his great arc, but after 40 days and 40 nights he was looking pretty smart. — Garth Brooks
What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film or TV, you… — Daniel Dae Kim

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