Maya Angelou Quotes, Brother Quotes, Character Quotes

The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself. It is said that some people are born great, others achieve it, some have it thrust upon them. In truth, the ways in which your character is built have to do with all three of those. Those around you, those you choose, and those who choose you.

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The Canteen Boy, the reason you feel bad for him and you can laugh is because he, and I guess a lot of my characters, they don't notice they're getting made fun of. So they'll say something back that's not that great a quip, but in their mind they won the argument.

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Tags : Adam Sandler Quotes , Fun Quotes , Character Quotes

That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.

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

Surely the test of a novel's characters is that you feel a strong interest in them and their affairs the good to be successful, the bad to suffer failure. Well, in John Ward, you feel no divided interest, no discriminating interest you want them all to land in hell together, and right away.

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Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Strong Quotes , Character 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

There is a spectacle more grand than the sea; it is heaven; there is a spectacle more grand than heaven; it is the conscience.

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Tags : Victor Hugo Quotes , Character Quotes , Sea Quotes

In fiction writing ideas have to be handled extremely carefully. You can't let your characters just be mouthpieces for your ideas. They have to live and breathe on their own.

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Tags : Alan Lightman Quotes , Writing Quotes , Character Quotes

You silly Arthur! If you knew anything about...anything, which you don't, you would know that I adore you. Everyone in London knows it except you. It is a public scandal the way I adore you. I have been going about for the last six months telling the whole of society that I adore you. I wonder you consent to have anything to say to me. I have no character left at all. At least, I feel so happy that I am quite sure I have no character left at all.

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Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Silly Quotes , Character Quotes

Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.

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Tags : Alexander Pope Quotes , Character Quotes , Pride Quotes

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

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Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Character Quotes , Funny Relationship Quotes

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

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Tags : Confucius Quotes , Inspirational Quotes , Character Quotes

Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

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Tags : Woodrow Wilson Quotes , Character Quotes , Habit Quotes

Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He's hardcore to play because he's displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at the beginning, and, well, then everything else happens.

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Tags : Alan Cumming Quotes , Character Quotes , Thinking Quotes

PHYSIOGNOMY, n. The art of determining the character of another by the resemblances and differences between his face and our own, which is the standard of excellence.

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Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Art Quotes , Character Quotes

Try to distill the character of your subject. Understand how he moves, thinks, acts. It's difficult to put into words. Consider each drawing as a problem that did not exist before, and then try to solve that problem to the best of your ability. That i what caricature is all about

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Tags : Al Hirschfeld Quotes , Moving Quotes , Character Quotes