Characters Quotes

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The fault with all religions like Christianity is that they have one set of rules for all. But Hindu religion is suited to all grades… — Swami Vivekananda
Though, technically, I'm shooting on location, my films are actually based inside a woman's heart. I think women are more emotional than men, and that's… — Yash Chopra
A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt [the… — George Washington
Now is the seedtime of continental union, faith and honor. The least fracture now, will be like a name engraved with the point of a… — Thomas Paine
The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the chances of ambition, will be a never failing bait to all such influential characters in… — Alexander Hamilton
The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of… — James Madison
The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular provisions, though not… — Alexander Hamilton
The awful discretion, which a court of impeachments must necessarily have, to doom to honor or to infamy the most confidential and the most distinguished… — Alexander Hamilton
It is clear, from these considerations, that the three methods of classifying mankind-that according to physical characters, according to language, and according to culture-all reflect… — Franz Boas
The men in this book are fictitious characters but their counterparts can be found in cockpits all over the world. Now they are flying a… — Ernest K. Gann
The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men. — Samuel Adams
[Regarding legislative assemblies,] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and intemperance of a… — James Madison
The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon . . . has ever been justly deemed… — James Madison
It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do… — Margaret Haddix
Throughout my career, I've always portrayed characters that were humorous, but also weren't afraid to speak their minds, especially when it came to racy or… — Betty White
Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct.... — Joel Achenbach
Ask Anthony Hopkins how he makes his characters come to life and he just shrugs. I don't know. If I knew, I wouldn't be able… — Larry Eisenberg
The thing I'm writing now, I have various characters, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere, this couple dies. And they have a daughter.… — Sandra Dallas
Whether your characters journey daily to a distant moon or just down the street to the corner bar, what matters to the reader is the… — Peter Selgin
All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ. — Christian Nestell Bovee

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