Quotes about character
character pity-love feelings
The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened. Lin Yutang
character tuesday actors
I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday. Liam Neeson
character best-kept-secrets people
Northern Ireland is the world’s best kept secret, both in the character of its people and its scenery. Liam Neeson
character people matter
I know that some people work differently, but I have to work from the inside out. It doesn't matter how big the character is, there has to be a truthful core. Lesley Ann Warren
character television tvs
I've worked in the theater, television, and films. A five-hour TV series is certainly more time than a character I'd be playing in a film. Lennie James
character interesting trying
Everyone is complicated one way or another. But it's interesting to dig into a complicated character, to try to find that within yourself. Lena Olin
character boxing cartoon
I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the food chain and he is looking to knock me off. Mike's an arrogant imbecile. He sounds like a cartoon character. Lennox Lewis
character love-is creating
When it comes to acting, it's about creating a character and bringing forth a director's vision. It's a weird feeling, because with acting, it's just not about me. I love being in that position, because with the music, it's always about me. Lenny Kravitz
character writing exercise
When I'm in the studio, I write the music, I play the different instruments, I produce it, I arrange it, and it's a self-indulgent exercise. It's the way I make my music. And when I'm acting, I get to leave myself behind, which is a relief. I get to collaborate with a director; I respect the director's medium and all the actors and actresses. So at the end of the day, it's about a character and it's about a director's vision. It's a really good balance for being so intense and alone in my personal process of making music. Lenny Kravitz
character parenting people
The true test of a person's character is how they treat the people in life that they don't need. Lee Corso
character towns growing
Bluffton is growing. But we must hold on to that small-town character. Laura Bush
character play moral-high-ground
And while I might not always agree with the viewpoint I have to portray, because I play a district attorney, as an actress I can always tell myself that my character is trying to take the moral high ground. Lara Flynn Boyle
character winning mad
One of the reasons they [the Japanese] have bad eyesight is probably these microscopic characters [furigana] which have many lines and strokes to them.& We wonder why they went mad and bombed Pearl Harbor when they knew they couldn't win. That [the Japanese language] would be a reason. L. Ron Hubbard
character mean angel
Angels can help us understand what intuition means in a personal way. Angels are actually in charge of a large part of our intuitive self. Viewing intuition from the perspective of angel consciousness, we can say that intuition is our way of tapping into a higher power for guidance and awareness. Terry Taylor
character fate two
To avert the danger [posed by theory] to life, Nietzsche could choose one of two ways: he could insist on the strictly esoteric character of the theoretical analysis of life that is, restore the Platonic notion of the noble delusion or else he could deny the possibility of theory proper and so conceive of thought as essentially subservient to, or dependent on, life or fate... If not Nietzsche himself, at any rate his successors [Heidegger] adopted the second alternative. Leo Strauss
character fighting people
What it made me realize was that a show like this makes people look inside themselves. Because this crew guy isn't sitting there wishing the character would fight back. He's hoping that he would fight back. Lee Tergesen
character mean men
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 don't know what it's like to be thirty-two, but I can imagine. I imagine she means she's stuck in an in-between time, she's at an age that isn't a milestone but more of a no-man's-land, an age where she's feeling like her hopes are fading. Lauren Graham
character self flames
Some people ask who they are and expect their feelings to tell them. But feelings are flickering flames that fade after every fitful stimulus. Some people ask who they are and expect their achievements to tell them. But the things we accomplish always leave a core of character unrevealed. Some people ask who they are and expect visions of their ideal self to tell them. But our visions can only tell us what we want to be, not what we are Lewis B. Smedes
character google age
Here is a humanist proposition for the age of Google: The processing of information is not the highest aim to which the human spirit can aspire, and neither is competitiveness in a global economy. The character of our society cannot be determined by engineers. Leon Wieseltier
character use benefits
The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of general benefit to the states. If it be purely local, congress cannot constitutionally appropriate money for the object. But, if the benefit be general, it matters not, whether in point of locality it be in one state, or several; whether it be of large, or of small extent. Joseph Story
character destiny ifs
If character is destiny, the good are damned. Joseph Heller
character humility justice
It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character. Joseph Heller
character goes-on evoke
Our life evokes our character and you find out more about yourself as you go on. Joseph Campbell
character goes-on evoke
Our life evokes our character. You find out more about yourself as you go on. That's why it's good to put yourself in situations that will evoke your higher nature rather than your lower. Joseph Campbell
character blue stories
I've got a New Zealand film coming out here called Out of the Blue. It's a very heavy story, and it's the first time I've played a character who is alive. Karl Urban
character decision outcomes
When you appoint someone, you appoint somebody because of their character, their convictions, their abilities. And not because you have a belief, a confidence, in a foreordained outcome in any given decision. Karl Rove
character criticism experts
The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
character voice different
I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices. Karen Gillan
character journey impact
Each of my novels features a protagonist undertaking a difficult personal journey. On the way, each of these characters - mostly female - discovers something about herself and at the same time makes an impact on other people's lives. Juliet Marillier
character journey stories
First person allows deeper insight into the protagonist's character. It allows the reader to identify more fully with the protagonist and to share her world quite intimately. So it suits a story focused on one character's personal journey. However, first person shuts out insights into other characters. Juliet Marillier
character writing thinking
There are technical tricks that may help you create more effective characters. My approach to characterization is not at all technical. I can't really analyze how I do it, but I am sure of one thing. To write convincing characters, you must possess the ability to think yourself into someone else's skin. Juliet Marillier
character being-sad tragedy
Ive never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didnt choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them. Juliette Binoche
character doors
Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life. Juliette Binoche