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291 My Character quotes by 254 unique authors
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As I entered this world, I would leave behind the nurturing of my family and my home, but in another sense I would take their…
— Sidney Poitier
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It is one of the defects of my character that I cannot altogether dislike anyone who makes me laugh.
— W. Somerset Maugham
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My character is self-important, poorly informed, well-intentioned but an idiot, ... So we said, `Let's give him a promotion.
— Stephen Colbert
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My interest in this pack of failures betrays my character.
— Leonard Cohen
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There were definitely parts of my character I didn’t approve of, and maybe from time to time I had moments when I didn’t like myself…
— Charlaine Harris
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My love of pleasure seems to be the only consistent side of my character. Is it because I have not read enough?
— Francoise Sagan
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I have undertaken, you see, to write not only my life, but my opinions also; hoping and expecting that your knowledge of my character, and…
— Laurence Sterne
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I was born to love - but none of you wanted to believe it, and that misunderstanding was crucial in forming my character. It's true…
— George Sand
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Joie est mon caractere, C'est la faute a Voltaire; Misere est mon trousseau C'est la faute a Rousseau. [Joy is my character, 'Tis the fault…
— Victor Hugo
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My writing has gone to bits - like my character. I am simply a self-conscious nerve in pain.
— Oscar Wilde
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For the future, I shall rely only upon those elements of my character which I have tested. Who would ever have said that I should…
— Stendhal
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Griffin leaned across the desk, his arms braced on the now-clear top, and stared into Wakefield’s outraged eyes. “We seem to be under a confusion…
— Elizabeth Hoyt
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How would I behave in a situation that caused me to summon the essence of my character? The tragedy inspired me to test myself. I…
— Aron Ralston
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People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't possibly be…
— Veronica Roth
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…I'm sorry, and a little dissatisfied as well. Miss Stacy told me long ago that by the time I was twenty my character would be…
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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As bad a dresser as I am, anything beats being judged by my character.
— David Sedaris
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Though I still turn up my coat-collar in a lonely way and am always looking at myself in mirrors, they’re only habits and give no…
— Angela Carter
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Where they couldn't pick holes in our arguments they would drive horses and carriages through my character.
— Julian Assange
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The more I think about myself, the more I'm persuaded that, as a person, I really don't exist. That is one of the reasons why…
— Christopher Isherwood
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I struggle in these situations not to let my madness govern me, and to let the positive aspects of my character define my life.
— Russell Brand
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Over and over in the play my character says, "I'm thirty-two years old," as if that should explain everything that's wrong in her life. I…
— Lauren Graham
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I was still afraid of him, I knew, but in a different way - I was no longer a child, afraid of the threat my…
— Veronica Roth
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I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes…
— Walter Inglis Anderson
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I did a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, and his skill level was eons ahead of mine. It was really more like an abattoir - he…
— John C. Reilly
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When I get cast, I always flip to the end of the script to see if my character gets beaten up or killed.
— Steve Buscemi
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