Quotes about character
character differences choices
The future success of our nation depends on our ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and to have the strength of character to make the right choices. George W. Bush
character government community
What you do is as important as anything government does. I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.
character commitment compassion
Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
character stories ifs
The characters are telling you the story. I’m not telling you the story, they’re going to do it. If I do it right, you will get the whole story. George V. Higgins
character thinking reader
Show the reader what the character thinks about, and then the reader will think about it too.
character together stories
I just felt like, you know, I read a lot of scripts out in L.A., out here in the industry and I just felt like this film was just being genuine. I just felt like it had really great characters. And all the three different characters have completely different stories and they're all kind of intertwined together thematically. So I just thought it had great characters, great themes George Tillman, Jr.
character class three
If you ask any ordinary reader which of Dickens's proletarian characters he can remember, the three he is almost certain to mention are Bill Sykes, Sam Weller and Mrs. Gamp. A burglar, a valet and a drunken midwife-not exactly a representative cross-section of the English working class. George Orwell
character men belief
To a commonplace man of limited intellect, for instance, nothing is simpler than to imagine himself an original character, and to revel in that belief without the slightest misgiving. Fyodor Dostoevsky
character experience determined
Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had. Friedrich Nietzsche
character long suffering
So long as the spectator has to figure out the meaning of this or that person, or the presuppositions of this or that conflict of inclinations and purposes, he cannot become completely absorbed in the activities and sufferings of the chief characters or feel breathless pity and fear.
character men typical
If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs.
character reality men
When one speaks of humanity, the idea is fundamental that this is something which separates and distinguishes man from nature. In reality, however, there is no such separation: "natural" qualities and those called truly "human" are inseparably grown together. Man, in his highest and noblest capacities, is wholly nature and embodies its uncanny dual character. Those of his abilities which are terrifying and considered inhuman may even be the fertile soil out of which alone all humanity can grow in impulse, deed, and work.
character support lasts
Unconsciously we seek the principles and opinions which are suited to our temperament, so that at last it seems as if these principles and opinions had formed our character and given it support and stability.
character wind stupidity
The shortest route is not the most direct one, but rather the one where the most favorable winds swell our sails:Mthat is the lesson that seafarers teach. Not to abide by this lesson is to be obstinate: here, firmness of character is tainted with stupidity.
character race class
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 the historical development of races from different standpoints; and that the results of the three classifications are not comparable, because the historical facts do not affect the three classes of phenomena equally. A consideration of all these classes of facts is needed when we endeavour to reconstruct the early history of the races of mankind. Franz Boas
character ancestry determined
The behavior of an individual is determined not by his racial affiliation, but by the character of his ancestry and his cultural environment.
character thinking dare
It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is. Franz Grillparzer
character crowds mimicry
The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.
character poetry world
What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.
character spotlight
My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do get somewhere. Jeanette Winterson
character voice answers
A character has a distinctive voice - you should be able to hear them in your head and conduct a conversation with them while you're out walking. If the answers surprise you, you know it's the character speaking and not you.
character important fiction
It is important not to force a character into something. Fiction writers can be too controlling - usually that's a terror of our own unconscious processes.
character confusion literature
I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion.
character kids stuff
Christmas was really where I started coming into my own as a performer because I did all this stuff on my own, all this performing on my own, When other kids were outside playing, I was in my room conjuring characters and impressions and things like that. Jim Carrey
character slipping littles
I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while Jeri Ryan
character interesting perspective
That's what makes a character interesting from an actor's perspective - the more screwed up, the better
character imagination littles
The costume that I wear on the show is a little snug and doesn't leave a whole lot to the imagination. I don't have a problem with it because of the way this character's been written.
character ifs
If I was like some of the characters I played, I'd probably be dead by now. Jennifer Tilly
character forever kung-fu-panda
You're right, we both have been working on these films [Kung Fu Panda] forever and we know these characters so well that literally we will react to the same note in the same way. We will have the same answer most of the time. Jennifer Yuh Nelson
character loyal
My publisher feels that my readers are loyal to the voice of my stories, the characters I'm creating. Jennifer Weiner
character writing voice
Character is character and voice is voice, which translates nicely from writing novels to writing TV. But the process is different. You have a writer's room, people pitch you jokes and you collaborate.
character down-and matter
No matter who the characters are, you can strip them down and find small universal truths. Jena Malone
character people complexes
I'm interested in characters that are complex people. Jehane Noujaim