Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
Henry David ThoreauI don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.
Christian BaleCertain trifling flaws sit as disgracefully on a character of elegance as a ragged button on a court dress
Johann Lavater I believe the NME have deliberately tried to characterise me as a racist in a recent interview in order to boost their circulation. I abhor racism and cruelty of any kind and will not let this pass.
MorrisseyAs one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?
TocquevilleA man's character is his guardian divinity.
HeraclitusIt is very grand and sumptuous and awesome to look at but it was really about the characters for me.
Emmy RossumActually, I get a little say in what my character would or wouldn't do.
Steve BurtonKnowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.
Kahlil GibranThe best of men cannot suspend their fate:
The good die early, and the bad die late. (Character of the late Dr S. Annesley)
Daniel DefoeBy 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 BorkI 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 KeySome 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 EmersonThere are no moral blanks; there are no neutral characters.
Thomas ChalmersMen of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.
Max BeerbohmThoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
Tyron EdwardsA major character has to come somehow out of the unconscious.
Graham GreeneOverall his period in office can only be characterised as a decade of missed opportunities in which the hopes of the British people for a new kind of politics were shattered [on Tony Blair]
Sir Menzies CampbellWith all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in man, than any other association of men.
Clarence Darrow'some of the lines that I say on the show well I will say it or I think I know how to say it, then someone like James or someone else will come up to me and say you dont know what that means do you? For example the term walking your dog... not got a clue even my Dad knows I don't get it which is embarrassing' - Katie talking about how there are times when she doesn't know what her character's talking about!
Katie HolmesNearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham LincolnBy reading the characteristic features of any man's castles in the air you can make a shrewd guess as to his underlying desires which are frustrated.
John Dewey'I never act my characters - I am them.'
Drew BarrymoreYou can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
Ronald ReaganThis 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 KrausIf you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don't mind kicking sand in your face.
Michael EisnerA man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.
Jean Paul RichterIt is simply not consistent with either my character or my confidence in my God-given athletic ability to cheat in any way.
Justin GatlinDissatisfaction 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 DickinsonThis has been a very hard decision for me to make, because I'm so happy here on EastEnders, but it's been a long time without a proper break, and I just feel some time off would be good for me, and probably the character too. [on taking a break from Eastenders]
Barbara WindsorWe work with every one of them to see if their character wouldn't say a certain thing or if something is worded awkwardly - we work with them to rectify that.
Simon PeggEducation commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.
Hosea BallouMy character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.
Horatio NelsonIt's still fun to inhabit different characters and play different things, so it's all in that panoply of acting.
Don CheadleReputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
Thomas PaineA new actress is pretty commonly seen in the press, but you don't often see such mystery behind who the character really is.
Rachel RobertsI just want to do something risque for my debut, purely because I didn't want to make an entrance being the pretty, sweet type that I've been seen as for the last 3 years. - referring to her character Flick in Neighbours
Holly ValanceI would like any type of character that I could be creative with and totally delve into.
Noah HathawayThe ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.
Heywood BrounThe only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at.
Simone WeilSix characters in search of an author.
Luigi PirandelloA child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.
James S ColemanEven 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.
Francis ArinzeThe best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's a great outlet. I'm not really sure who I am-it seems I change every day.
Leonardo DicaprioI want people to say, 'Nicholas Brendon, he's supposedly the nicest guy in the world.' I want to do good work, but more than that, I want to stay a good human being. Thats more important than any character I play.
Nicholas BrendonIn men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.
CiceroIf I was a bad character that got away with murder like we see on other shows, I do not think I would like it because that sends a message that you can do these horrible things and never pay for it
Hunter TyloHard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
Sam EwigCharacter isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
Jim RohnOne character got a reprieve, but I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die
J K Rowling
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