Actually, I get a little say in what my character would or wouldn't do.
Steve BurtonBy depriving the charged person of any defenses means that sexual dalliance, however voluntarily engaged in, becomes harassment whenever an employee sees fit, after the fact, so to characterise it.
Robert BorkTalent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheAlex Salmond has to show he is capable of and has the character to be the leader of a new government, if he is to form one
Jack McConnellAll endeavour calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must possess if we are to face the future as finishers.
Henry David ThoreauI hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
George WashingtonA spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
Spiro AgnewBig Trev will be missed when he goes back to Peterborough. He's a funny character to have around and a big strong lad - reminds me of an elephant seal
Richard MoneyThoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
Tyron EdwardsAlfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war.
Pierre CurieWhen you start writing the magic comes when the characters seem to take on a life of their own and write the words for themselves.
Alice HoffmanI remember one time that I was filming a scene in whych my character rides through Troy on a chariot. I just looked around at this incredible set thinking 'This is the life'.
Orlando BloomAlthough cyber attacks have caused billions of dollars in damage and affected the lives of millions, few if any can be characterised as acts of terrorism.
Dorothy DenningThis is something that I cannot get over - that a whole line could be written by half a man, that a work could be built on the quicksand of a character.
Karl KrausIn men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.
CiceroBefore there was any talk of a movie, people would sometimes ask me what actors I would imagine playing these characters. And the only thing I could ever say is: I have such a clear idea of these characters that they'd have to play themselves.
Michael CunninghamI usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there.
Chester GouldI am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the food chain and he is looking to knock me off. Mike's an arrogant imbecile. He sounds like a cartoon character.
Lennox LewisI have a dream, that one day all three of my children will one day, grow up in a society where they are not judged by their race, but by their character.
Martin Luther King JrPlaying the character of Irena is fantastic and I love playing this role.
Ida NowakowskaI loved making Rising Sun. I got into the psychology of why [the character] liked to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-esteem.
Tatjana PatitzPeople assume that for me to play a sexually open character like Samantha, I must have had fabulous sex for most of my life.
Kim CattrallIt is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
Jean De La BruyerePerhaps the most central characteristic of authentic leadership is the relinquishing of the impulse to dominate others.
David CooperI was delighted to get the role and particularly to play a character like this is in many ways something of a dream come true! [celeb TV mag interview]
Bill MaynardThey told me they wanted to try to do it and I said 'Well I enjoyed playing the character'
Mark WahlbergCharacter is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.
George SantayanaI may play the fool at times but I'm a little more than just a pretty blonde girl with an ass that won't quit. [on Friends character, Phoebe]
Lisa KudrowCharacter builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
Faith BaldwinEvery man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.
Alphonse KarrEver the characteristic manners of cowardice.
Edward EverettI think Graham Thorpe's a massive part of England's summer, especially coming up against Australia. He's the sort of character they are going to desperately need.
Rob KeyI feel I only have three quarters of the character [on turning up for a role]
Margi ClarkeI don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.
Christian BaleIn words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
PlutarchSome mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.
Tennessee WilliamsYour morals and general character are strictly inquired into; it is therefore expected that you will improve every leisure moment in the acquirement of knowledge of your profession and you will recollect that a good moral character is essential to your high standing in the Navy.
Franklin BuchananIn all the affairs of life, social as well as political, courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest to the grateful and appreciating heart.
Henry ClayCharacter is simply habit long continued.
PlutarchI would like any type of character that I could be creative with and totally delve into.
Noah HathawayDissatisfaction with the world in which we live and determination to realize one that shall be better, are the prevailing characteristics of the modern spirit. (The Greek View of Life)
Goldsworthy Lowes DickinsonSome men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; it seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEssentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters. [on the science, or art, of writing a book]
Elizabeth GeorgeCharacter is power.
Booker T WashingtonExample has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
Christian Nestell BoveeThe best of men cannot suspend their fate:
The good die early, and the bad die late. (Character of the late Dr S. Annesley)
Daniel DefoeIt's time to nip this one in the bud. [on retiring character Lily Savage]
Paul O'GradyCharacter is much easier kept than recovered.
Thomas PaineCharacter is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.
Friedrich NietzscheIn each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
Ambrose Bierce
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