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If you handed [character] a glass that was 90% full, he'd tell you that the 10% empty part proved that no one really cared about water.
Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself. Time has become Death triumphant over all.
The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.
Anchorman' is my favorite movie of all time and Ron Burgundy is one of my favorite characters of all time. It's my 'Gone With the Wind.
Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.
Do I want a character who just has the best motives and the best intentions, zero flaws, and is doing things for the right reasons? No!
My feet are like something from another age - prehistoric and troll-like. I keep expecting them to talk, they have that much character.
The character wherewith we sink into the grave at death, is the very character wherewith we shall re-appear on the day of resurrection.
Good acting is about reacting, not tryingto express something, but reacting to a situation as the character.I don't like acting acting.
The guns on the walls that surround the prison accurately, though unwittingly, index the true character of the penitentiary in our day.
I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.
When you come out of the other end of a long process, working with a character [you realize] this character has really shaped my ideas.
There is more story in a minor character like Boba Fett than there is in all the clutter of various vampires in the Twilight franchise.
For 'Hercules,' I went for the demigod look: big and mean. When you're playing a character like the son of Zeus, you only get one shot.
The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character.
In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called the work a poem.
Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents.
If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness
You know you knit too much when ... You will check out a book from the library just because you heard that one of the characters knits.
The way I approach the character isn't about being gay or straight. It's just about who you love. Gender has very little to do with it.
I pity the Hindu who does not see the beauty in Jesus Christ's character. I pity the Christian who does not reverence the Hindu Christ.
If the mind loves solitude, it has thereby acquired a loftier character, and it becomes still more noble when the taste is indulged in.
I always think change is important in a character. The most dynamic choices that you can make for a character are always the best ones.
There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's character.
One of the beauties of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is the very delicate and strange relationship between the two main characters.
Ive never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didnt choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.
I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build.
I think there should be no occasion on which it is absolutely, as a point or rule of law, impossible for a man to redeem his character.
It was a nephilim.” “A nephi-what?” asked Hugh, startled. “Isn’t that a character on Sesame Street?” Peter spoke up for the first time.
Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.
When you are having a rough day... you think you are failing. But failure is a part of life. It's about building character and growing.
When you work on a character, you form in your mind an image of what he ought to look like. Then you go and find one who resembles him.
Slavery is not penal in character and planned by that law which commands the preservation of the natural order and forbids disturbance.
That's the great thing about the 'Sin City' movies. Each little slot is incredibly meaningful, and each character has their own moment.
Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. Its always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.
The supreme blossoming of character lies (or reside) in renounciation (or renuncement) and abnegation of self ("abnégation de soi", Fr.)
Whats fun for me is to try new things and push myself and not get stuck in one genre or another, or stuck with one character or another.
One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.
...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.
I think the greatest of all human virtues is loyalty. It embraces all the best of the human character: courage, faith, love and charity.
Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.
When you find theater writing like in the theater on film but it's realistic, it doesn't matter who the character is, you want to do it.
Come seeking to know Him, and I promise you will find Him and see Him in His true character as the risen, redeeming Savior of the world.
I mean I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it's being incredibly quiet and sometimes it's being loose and goofy.
I can't play anything until I find something that connects to my life, something I can carry as my secret map or code for the character.
I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what I was doing, but it worked and the character suited me.
When you play a real person, you feel a sense of responsibility that obviously you don't feel when you're playing a fictional character.
I'm always 100% committed to a character, a story and a director, and with Michael Mann it was 1,000%. I don't know how to explain this.
I always had a lot of confidence in my work and the unique flavor I like to bring to my characters, but you know I'm not a huge dreamer.
A person of character seeks true happiness in living a life of purpose and meaning, placing a higher value on significance than success.