Charles Dickens Quotes, Father Quotes, Character Quotes

"Ecod, you may say what you like of my father, then, and so I give you leave," said Jonas. "I think it's liquid aggravation that circulates through his veins, and not regular blood..."

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Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed that when it is needful to be otherwise you may be able to change to the opposite qualities.

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Tags : Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes , Religious Quotes , Character Quotes

Reason must approach nature with the view, indeed, of receiving information from it, not, however, in the character of a pupil, who listens to all that his master chooses to tell him, but in that of a judge, who compels the witnesses to reply to those questions which he himself thinks fit to propose. To this single idea must the revolution be ascribed, by which, after groping in the dark for so many centuries, natural science was at length conducted into the path of certain progress.

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Tags : Immanuel Kant Quotes , Nature Quotes , Character Quotes

Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.

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Tags : Ovid Quotes , Art Quotes , Character Quotes

In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations! Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions. Nor is it necessary to portray many main characters. Let two people be the center of gravity in your story: he and she.

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Tags : Anton Chekhov Quotes , Hero Quotes , Character Quotes

... Herbert said of himself, with his eyes fixed on the fire, that he thought he must have committed a felony and forgotten the details of it, he felt so dejected and guilty.

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Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

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Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.

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Tags : Swami Vivekananda Quotes , Wall Quotes , Character Quotes

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

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Tags : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes , Character Quotes , Perfection Quotes

I think people are willing to take more of a risk on an indie film, about character, etc...but at the same time, when I work on projects that are substantially bigger, in a way they do feel small. Even though the catering is way better and we actually have someone shooting with real film.... The budgets are bigger but the story still feels small, like an indie film.

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Tags : Adam Driver Quotes , Real Quotes , Character Quotes

To define is to limit.

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Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Creativity Quotes , Character Quotes

I come from a theater background, so I always like to dissect the scene and try to get some hint about what the author was trying to get at. I still look up the meaning of the name of the character to see if there are any clues in that.

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Tags : Adina Porter Quotes , Character Quotes , Names Quotes

I am a very religious person, so it is the presence of God, the constant unwavering, unrelenting presence of God which continues to help me to keep a character which I am proud to show.

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Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Religious Quotes , Character Quotes

Those who think religion has nothing to do with politics understand neither religion or politics... The things that will destroy us are: politics without principles, pleasures without conscience, knowledge without character, business without morality.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Character Quotes , Thinking Quotes

If you act, you show character; if you sit still, you show it; if you sleep you show it.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Character Quotes , Sleep Quotes

In the tale proper--where there is no space for development of character or for great profusion and variety of incident--mere construction is, of course, far more imperatively demanded than in the novel.

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Tags : Edgar Allan Poe Quotes , Character Quotes , Space Quotes

Age, habits of business and experience have modified many characters.

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Tags : Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes , Character Quotes , Age Quotes

True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

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The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

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Tags : Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes , Leadership Quotes , Character Quotes

You cannot have a good character today and at the same time have a small mind and a little heart. You cannot have a good character today and be merely a petty reformer.

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Tags : A. Powell Davies Quotes , Heart Quotes , Character Quotes