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character
You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing. Carlos Ghosn
character long shapes
At 50 I find there is a long line of characters and shapes demanding words just outside my window. Carlos Fuentes
character civilization games
The contract between the author and the reader is a game. And the game . . . is one of the greatest invetions of Western civilization: the game of telling stories, inventing characters, and creating the imaginary paradise of the individual, from whence no one can be expelled because, in a novel, no one owns the truth and everyone has the right to be heard and understood.
character warrior men
Malicious acts are performed by people for personal gain … Sorcerers, though, have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing to do with personal gain. The fact that they enjoy their acts does not count as gain. Rather, it is a condition of their character. The average man acts only if there is a chance for profit. Warriors say they act not for profit but for the spirit. Carlos Castaneda
character differences faces
There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face. Carl Barks
character clinton
Religion is one of the fundaments of Hillary Clinton's character and politics. Carl Bernstein
character simple profound
A great part of its [higher arithmetic] theories derives an additional charm from the peculiarity that important propositions, with the impress of simplicity on them, are often easily discovered by induction, and yet are of so profound a character that we cannot find the demonstrations till after many vain attempts; and even then, when we do succeed, it is often by some tedious and artificial process, while the simple methods may long remain concealed. Carl Friedrich Gauss
character eye vegetables
Death and resurrection are what the story is about and had we but eyes to see it, this has been hinted on every page, met us, in some disguise, at every turn, and even been muttered in conversations between such minor characters (if they are minor characters) as the vegetables. C. S. Lewis
character play plot
But how can the characters in a play guess the plot? We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage. To play well the scenes in which we are "on" concerns us much more than to guess about the scenes that follow it.
honor integrity means mission necessary white willing
When your mission is to "restore honor and integrity to the White House, you've got to be willing to use any means necessary Paul Begala
honor
One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none. Charles de Lint
honor fickle opinion
Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food. Charles Caleb Colton
honored idols people work
The real idols . . . are the people who work for Polk Works. I'm honored by this. Larry Miller
honor period realized university wear widely
Ultimately, he was widely outvoted. We had to wear him down over a period of time. Finally, I think he realized there wasn't a whole lot he could say about that if that was the way the university wanted to honor him. John Swofford
honor sacred noble
To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. David McCullough
honor lost memory seven
We are here to honor the memory of seven lost explorers, Dick Cheney
honor albums robotics
I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics. Alan Parsons
honor
Honors to me now are not what they once were. Chester A. Arthur
height moral scales
We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations. Agnes Repplier
height influence reader
I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader. Caitlin Flanagan
height scared
I'm scared shitless of heights. Mark Cuban
height stills terrified
I'm still pretty terrified of heights. Jamie Bell
height shots reaching
Reaching the height of 6 ft. 5 in.; I never expected to be that tall. I just shot up. Calvin Harris
height would-be folly
To take my work seriously would be the height of folly. Edward Gorey
height depth literature
You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God. Edwin Louis Cole
height fifth-grade growing
I don't like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade. Billy Crystal
height heaviness
My heaviness comes from the heights. Antonio Porchia