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- Nov 07, 2020
Character Quotes
Character shows up in fiction, politics and physics.
"Character" is used two distinct ways in this collection — as a literary term about how a fictional character carries moral weight, and as a description of personal integrity tied to one's politics and work. For traits and personality more broadly, see Personality quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The success of those doctrines would also subvert the Federal Constitution, change the character of the Federal Government, and destroy our rights in respect to slavery.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am still bowled over by this great young adult novel by David Levithan called 'Every Day,' which is about a character with no gender or body who wakes up every day in the body of a different person. It's a really impressive execution of a really great premise.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always thought a novelist only has one character, and that is himself or herself. In my case, me.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny, I used to do a character that was just a baby - just an adult baby. I would get up onstage and complain about adult stuff, but as a baby. I was in a diaper, and I would require hugs from the audience and reassurance and stuff.
- Nov 07, 2020
To me, Shakespeare uses the supernatural elements to reveal his character's inner desires and fears.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have more creative freedom with writing, in certain ways, because you can create everything that happens. But, as an actor you also have creative freedom because you don't so much focus on what has to move the story along, and only on how your character is reacting to situations.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
It all goes back to 'Wow, I never knew this about Marco Polo.' This is an incredible story and an incredible character, and such a rich world of Mongolian and Chinese culture.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those with less of a sense of service to the nation never understand it when men and women of character step forward to look danger and adversity straight in the eye, refusing to blink, or give ground, even to their own deaths. The protected can't begin to understand the price paid so they and their families can sleep safe and free at night.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is a great leader, possesses the highest possible character, and also happens to be a Browns fan.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the time you find that elements of a character are brought out by the actors playing them.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do like a healthy dose of adrenalin, but my character is more rounded. I am not timid; I like excitement.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I considered several names, but Titania, a character from Shakespeare's 'Midsummer Night's Dream', was best able to portray the image I wanted for what is a fantastically elegant and sexy yacht.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I may have become an actor to hide from myself. You can escape into a character.
- Nov 07, 2020