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Character Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov
- The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.
- No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has.
- I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away…
- And he absolutely had to find her at once to tell her that he adored her, but the large audience before him separated him from…
- The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
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- One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships… — J. J. Abrams
- My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough. — Lance Armstrong
- Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. — Darren Aronofsky
- You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
- I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly… — Rowan Atkinson
- When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing… — Rowan Atkinson