Quotes of: Different-characters Keyword

I want to read about a character doing something fairly quiet where I can picture who the character is, and what their attitude towards the world is - which I'm a lot more interested in than what they do under the pressure of a gunfight.

Samuel R. Delany

To start your life as a character of 120 years when you are in your late thirties, and then go back in time about 20 years later to play the same character who is your own age then, its very complicated, but very interesting.

Ian McDiarmid

The effectiveness of a leader is best judged by the actions of those he guides.

Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love

Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will make the best of the physique it is given.

The Republic

We are primarily the products of thinking that happens below the level of awareness.

The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

Shall I compare thee to a Shoggoth?

Shakespeare vs. Lovecraft: A Horror Comedy Mash-Up featuring Shakespeare's Characters and Lovecraft's Creatures

No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them

Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles

There is a defined gulf Between credit and character If you doubt this, ask any banker; He will advise that character is nice But it is not collateral.

Poems from the Ledge

Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.

Waiting and Dating

Struggle shapes our character. And character dictates what we will become.

Wrecked: When a Broken World Slams into your Comfortable Life

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

Charles Spurgeon

I'm a huge fan of BioWare games. I think they do some of the best character-building. I mean, I have a relationship with Thane from 'Mass Effect' that is as vivid as any crush that I've had on a TV-show character.

Felicia Day

The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that ...

Haley Joel Osment

I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot. But a lot of effective and interesting radio is based on one character who reacts to the ...

Ira Glass

The best characters are the ones that somehow manage to be both attractive and repulsive at the same time. If you do that, you're at the center of the universe - if you can find characters who are more ambiguous and can raise more questions than answ...

Nicolas Cage

At the beginning, everything's possible and everybody gets equal time, all the characters, all the ideas. You don't know who's going to be the main characters; they're all fighting it out. It's like kind of the best time in a way.

Stephen Gaghan

America has always welcomed anyone willing to assimilate to its national character. But radical Islam rejects assimilation and is bent on the conquest of our national character.

Nancy Pearcey

When you're playing a character in a book, there's already a lot of pressure because all of the millions of people who have read the series have been able to envision and become very attached to the characters.

Nikki Reed

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

Nicholas Sparks

Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate with the background of the social situation that people can recognize.

Oliver Stone

I always see myself as a character actor, but Remington Steele was me. I gave up on trying to be any character. I just put myself as me in this world of Remington Steele and the grand pretender.

Pierce Brosnan