Epictetus Quotes
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
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Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
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I like to think I'm a role model for women. But I also don't like to just limit it to women. I like to think I'm a role model for human beings in general.
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I hear a lot of 'Top Model' girls say they are dismissed by clients because they recognize them, but it never happened to me.
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This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
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What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in.
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars.
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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
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I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.
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Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.
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One would think that it would be very easy, with an iconic character like James Bond, to keep making the films, but it hasn't been. But, it sure has been entertaining and rewarding.
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I bought the rights to this book, 'The Ploughmen,' by a Montana writer named Kim Zupan, and I've written the screenplay, and I really feel pretty strong about it. It's really hauntingly beautiful. It's got some suspense and great drama, but it's a real character thing.
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Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
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Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.
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I think the Miss Universe title not only gives me the opportunity to become a role model for Latina girls around the world, but to show that beauty isn't just about the outside.
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I try genuinely, when I'm playing a character, to not judge them and just to inhabit someone as how one sees them. That being said, you also want to make sure that you don't blur the edges of people too much because humans are naughty and complicated beings.
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The past could liberate or imprison - it creates a nation's character, provides the nourishment or the poison a people imbibe in their very marrow.
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Actors are always identified with certain parts. To some, Marlon Brando will always be the Godfather. That's just how it is, whether the character happens to be your own personal favorite role or not. You can't ever get away from it.
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One of our jobs as screenwriters is to never lose sight of the character.
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…the future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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Conversion is a daily thing.
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Doctrine divides, but doctrine also unites. It binds together the hearts of God's people who celebrate the truth of God together.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
