Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children.
The Bible nowhere enters into an argument to prove the person and being of God. It assumes His being and reveals His person and character.
One of the surest signs of the estimated changes in the consciousness of the American proletariat is to be found in the character of the demands now being put forward by the leadership.
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far.
Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are.
The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
I just kind of understood it, and I threw my love for others and love for life into the character, and was having a blast. I loved playing Dharma. I loved it!
Nudes are the greatest to paint. Everything you can find in a landscape or a still life or anything else is there: darkness and light, character dimension, texture. I painted heads too, of course.
Tennessee Williams was so adept at portraying characters who are both fallible and vulnerable. Women were a huge influence in his life, his mother and sister in particular.
My only goal is to stay focused on my craft and make sure my life is as sharp as it can be to attack any character that is given to me.
I think the ultimate thing in some ways for any writer is to work on a character who's going to have a life for a long time.
That's true, you don't want to let anybody down and here are millions of people who've been waiting for their favorite characters to be brought to life and you don't want to disappoint.
That character called 'Robin Wright' in the movie called 'The Congress' has nothing to do with me... I've never felt that way about life choices, career, etc.
I love complex characters - strong females who are vulnerable but have a life and soul. That's what I'm drawn to and what I enjoy most.
I've never really played everyday people. I've played realist roles, but not mere daily life. There was always something incredible happening to my characters.
The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character.
It's so hard for me to kind of fall in love with comedy, but if something comes my way... I mean, I loved 'Weird,' I thought that was a really fun character.
I love acting... I really do. I love crawling into another character's skin. That's something that I've always, always, always, always wanted.
