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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never... it's a hard thing: when I think about projects, I don't come off something and go, 'I really want to make a sci-fi film next,' or 'I really want to do a political thriller next.' It's really coming across - I'm really fascinated, partly by world building, but also about the character and what the journey is.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
My job is to allow the character to live and breathe - and become as real to the reader as he or she is to me.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To see my brother, see my friends, I think it builds character for me, just being accountable for myself.
- Smoke
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's like real life: We don't get a preview of what's coming up, thank God, and we don't build our own character from what we're going to be informed with in the future.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leadership flows from inner character and integrity of ambition, which inspires others to lend themselves to your organization's mission.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
A risk for a poet-novelist is imbalance: The poems can flatten into prose or lose their intensity of focus; the novels can stall amid lofty writing or literary preciousness and ignore the engine of plot and character.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stay true because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. It's the thing that connects him to me and to everybody else. So, the search is the same. It's to unveil the truth, and that's how I stay true, because my purpose isn't altered.
- Fiance
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- Nov 07, 2020