Quotes about character
character patterns building
From a sequence of these individual patterns, whole buildings with the character of nature will form themselves within your thoughts, as easily as sentences. Christopher Alexander
character self-confidence years
You know, I don't talk about the characters that I play. Years ago, I was a little timid about it and I kind of squirmed when I was asked, 'Could you tell us something about your character.' Now with a little self-confidence that comes with the grey beard, I just flatly refuse. Christoph Waltz
character crazy-love-book main-characters
From start to finish, this movie is obviously about God. He is the main character. How is is possible that we live as though it is about us? Francis Chan
character men animal
Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level. Francis Arinze
character mean ends
A good character when established should not be rested in as an end, but only employed as a means of doing still further good. Francis Atterbury
character mean expression
So perhaps the correct conclusion is that Green was less attuned to how people sound when they speak - the actual words and expressions they employ - than to what they mean. This notion of dialogue as a pure expression of character that...transcends the specifics of time and place may be partly why the conversations in the works of writers such as Austen and Bronte often sound fresh and astonishingly contemporary... Francine Prose
character men mind
Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing. Francis Bacon
character play layers
The thing about the classics it that they are such great characters, they have a great deal of depth and different layers to them. I always find that very stimulating to play. Frances O'Connor
character trying smokers
I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation. Francesca Annis
character kids white
Sometimes she wore Levi's with white-suede fringe sewn down the legs and a feathered Indian headdress, sometimes old fifties' taffeta dresses covered with poetry written in glitter, or dresses made of kids' sheets printed with pink piglets or Disney characters. Francesca Lia Block
character writing cutting
Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't be afraid to make your characters suffer. Read what you love. Write what you love. Love.
character acting want
That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me. Fran Kranz
character home gone
I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home. Fran Drescher
character mirrors climbing
I try to serve the character all the time; this one took a lot of work and was consuming. It's like climbing up a ladder and sometimes you're afraid to face yourself so you make excuses; you avoid going to the top of the ladder and look in the mirror. Forest Whitaker
character human-condition grows
I'm just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about the human condition.
character thinking people
I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.
character tribes culture
I was pretty much consumed by this character. Even when I was off, I was continually searching to find something else new about [Idi] Amin, and to embed myself deeper into the culture to the point that, in the end, I was so entrenched that I could tell what tribe someone was from just by looking at them.
character stay-true projects
I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character.
character thinking uganda
I certainly don' think I could've played the character [Idi Amin] the same way without being in Uganda. I loved working in Uganda.
character play light
I like to play complex characters and the duality, and trying to reach for the light, it's more interesting really. I've gotten to play so many types of guys and I just try to find the humanity in each one of them the best I can.
character together connections
I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you.
character uganda trying
Trying to understand, inside, what it is to be Ugandan was crucial to the character, because there are Ugandan ways of doing things that I was trying to capture. Even if I had made this movie in South Africa, it would not have been the same, because it is so specific to Uganda.
character thinking gossip
People who are well-known, famous people, I think, make very poor characters for fiction. They make good characters for gossip columns. But not for fiction. Fran Lebowitz
character people literature
You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
character firsts individual
[T]he first transactions of a nation, like those of an individual upon his first entrance into life make the deepest impression, and are to form the leading traits in its character. George Washington
character government revolution
Even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror.
character would-be found
If there was the same propensity in mankind for investigating the motives, as there is for censuring the conduct, of public characters, it would be found that the censure so freely bestowed is oftentimes unmerited and uncharitable.
character greatness great-character
It is to be lamented that great characters are seldom without a blot.
character spy ambassadors
An ambassador has no need of spies; his character is always sacred.
character men important
To point out the importance of circumspection in your conduct, it may be proper to observe that a good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous.
character adversity liberty
The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity.
character men firsts
Good moral character is the first essential in a man.
character government office
In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to combine geographical situation, and sometimes other considerations, with abilities and fitness of known characters.