Alan Sepinwall Quotes, Character Quotes, Watches Quotes

When I watch medical shows or other shows where characters die, it kind of bums me out.

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A tender young cork, however, would have had no more chance against a pair of corkscrews, or a tender young tooth against a pair of dentists, or a little shuttlecock against two battledores, than I had against Uriah and Mrs. Heep. They did just what they liked with me; and wormed things out of me that I had no desire to tell, with a certainty I blush to think of.

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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Character Quotes , Thinking Quotes

What I like doing is being a different person. Every character is kind of different. So being able to be that person and then when you leave you're yourself again. So it's kind of weird to be like two different people, and I think that's kind of fun.

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SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as... the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt.

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Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Religious Quotes , Character Quotes

... for this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves.

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If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

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It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past

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What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances.

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Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Character Quotes , Men Quotes

Our virtues are voluntary (and in fact we are in a sense ourselves partly the cause of our moral dispositions, and it is our having a certain character that makes us set up an end of a certain kind), it follows that our vices are voluntary also; they are voluntary in the same manner as our virtues.

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I cannot conceive why people will always mix up my own character and opinions with those of the imaginary beings which, as a poet, I have the right and liberty to draw.

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Tags : Lord Byron Quotes , Character Quotes , People 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

I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters.

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To carry feelings of childhood into the powers of adulthood, to combine the child's sense of wonder and novelty with the appearances which every day for years has rendered familiar, this is the character and privilege of genius, and one of the marks which distinguish it from talent.

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Tags : Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes , Children 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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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Character Quotes , Eye Quotes

My ability to adapt has always stood out. I've been immersed in many worlds and have had the influence of many things in my upbringing so I'm familiar with so many styles of living, so many characters, so many life paths and its just easy to simulate for me.

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It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

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

When we deal in generalities, we shall never succeed. When we deal in specifics, we shall rarely have a failure. When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of performance accelerates.

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The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.

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

Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life.

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Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Failure Quotes , Character Quotes

We are bound by ideals that teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these ideals. Every citizen must uphold them.... I ask you to be citizens. Citizens, not spectators. Citizens, not subjects. Responsible citizens building communities of service and a nation of character.

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