Quotes about character
character democracy communism
We know that communism is the right hypothesis. All those who abandon this hypothesis immediately resign themselves to the market economy, to parliamentary democracy-the form of state suited to capitalism-and to the inevitable and 'natural' character of the most monstrous inequalities. Alain Badiou
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I tend to enunciate pretty well. It's always seemed that my voice is one of those voices that people can recognize pretty easily - which has been a bit of a drawback for some characters because you're supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go "Oh, it's 'Weird Al.'" Al Yankovic
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As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents. Alain de Botton
character opportunity expression
As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second the symbol for "opportunity." Al Gore
character waiting scene
When you do a play, you have all this time to rehearse and grow into the character. In television, even though you're waiting and waiting and waiting, once you're actually on set engaging in the scene with another actor, time is of the essence.
character play trying
In every character I play, I try to imbibe something. Every film is a learning process for me. Ajay Naidu
character order discipline
Discipline is training that corrects and perfects our mental faculties or molds our moral character. Discipline is control gained by enforced obedience. It is the deliberate cultivation of inner order. Charles R. Swindoll
character hard-times talking
You see, when we talk about perfect trust, we're talking about what gives us roots, character, the stability to handle the hard times. Trusting God doesn't alter our circumstances. Perfect trust in Him changes us. Charles R. Swindoll
character heart secret
How important is the heart! It is there that character is formed. It alone holds the secrets of true success. It's treasures are priceless - but they can be stolen. Charles R. Swindoll
character blue littles
How many serious family quarrels, marriages out of spite, and alterations of wills, might have been prevented by a gentle dose of blue pill!-What awful instances of chronic dyspepsia in the characters of Hamlet and Othello! Banish dyspepsia and spirituous liquors from society, and you have no crime, or at least so little that you would not consider it worth mentioning. Charles Kingsley
character men effort
How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! how short his time! and consequently how poor will his products be, compared with those accumulated by nature during whole geological periods. Can we wonder, then, that nature's productions should be far 'truer' in character than man's productions; that they should be infinitely better adapted to the most complex conditions of life, and should plainly bear the stamp of far higher workmanship? Charles Darwin
character fundamentals extinction
This fundamental subject of Natural Selection will be treated at some length in the fourth chapter; and we shall then see how Natural Selection almost inevitably causes much Extinction of the less improved forms of life and induces what I have called Divergence of Character. Charles Darwin
character men animal
The explanation of types of structure in classes - as resulting from the will of the Deity, to create animals on certain plans - is no explanation. It has not the character of a physical law and is therefore utterly useless. It foretells nothing because we know nothing of the will of the Deity, how it acts and whether constant or inconstant like that of man. Charles Darwin
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It may be doubted whether any character can be named which is distinctive of a race and is constant. Charles Darwin
character loss emotional
The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional part of our nature. Charles Darwin
character two tests
The two great tests of character are wealth and poverty. Charles A. Beard
character conference far guys showing week
Our guys showed some character today, but can't do anything in the conference showing up once a week. We're not going to get very far showing up once a week and that's about what we're doing.
character good guys half locker plays
Our guys showed a lot of character and heart. It wasn't going to real good there at the beginning. But we made some plays at the end of the half to give us some momentum, a little feel-good going into the locker room.
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Overpopulated fiction can be so confusing that readers put the story down. Under-populated novels can seem claustrophobic or boring. You want the right number of characters for your particular work. Nancy Kress
character either various
Over the years you either keep your character for various reasons, or you let them go.
character control group ready special team
Our team is going to be ready to play. You are going to be amazed. It is a special group with character and pride. We are going to control what we can control. Chris Scelfo
character girls second
Our girls made the adjustments and showed a lot of character in the second half.
character guys top
Our top guys are character guys, and they never quit. It's contagious.
character complex deserved grape reveals special tremendous
Our Zinfandel is so complex I thought it deserved special treatment. It's a grape that reveals tremendous character in the right hands.
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People look at Marvel movies as epic in scope, but if you look back at the comics, you realise that Marvel heroes were often a reaction to the square-jawed DC characters like Superman, who were flawless and beyond reproach. Jon Favreau
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People often say that even if you're playing a character who's not redemptive, you have to like the character, which I disagree. Ryan Phillippe
character endurance hope produces suffering
Suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope (Romans 5:3-4).
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Steadily, smoking has gotten to be known to be such a killer. It makes it difficult to put your lead character with a cigarette in his mouth. David Irving
character stuff
Some of the stuff he would tell us was really out of character. Martin Brodeur
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Some of the kids may have dropped out right away because they didn't understand how it works. Grooming the horses teaches you character and it teaches you fortitude.
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National Quarries is threatening the very nature of the rural and equestrian character that has been preserved in Twin Oaks Valley for decades. National Quarries has not been a good neighbor, and I'm putting that lightly. Michael Taylor
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I was watching the last season of 'Mad Men,' and they're now so in their characters and they're so comfortable in their characters, and they're doing such good work. That can only happen from doing it over and over, and developing a character over seven years. James Frain
character method scenes straight value
I went straight method for my part, ... My character and Morgan's character go through an interesting arc. A lot of my scenes are with Morgan, and what I value and look up to are his subtleties. Justin Timberlake