William Carleton Quotes

Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.

William Carleton

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• I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.

  

  Larry Bird
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• It is not the strong who are dangerous to the world and to themselves. It is the weak and the inadequate who threaten - and sometimes destroy - mankind's peace and prosperity.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • World
  • Strong
  • Peace

• With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
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  • You
  • Camera

• I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.

  

  Fran Drescher
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  • Me

• Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.

  

  Natalie Dormer
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  • Intriguing

• I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.

  

  Harland Williams
  • People
  • Character
  • Think

• I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • Character
  • Theatre
  • Transformation

• Some people are born strong or stretchy, or with a tungsten will.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • People
  • Strong
  • Born

• For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.

  

  Xenophon
  • Strong
  • Water
  • Beer

• We live in a world where it's difficult to be a woman who is strong and confident, so I like to surround myself with friends that embody that same principle and idea.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • World
  • Live
  • Friends

• Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays.

  

  Ian McShane
  • Character
  • Actor
  • Plays

• I make it a point to study the character I do, and if the story demands that I wear a particular outfit, I'm game.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Character
  • Game
  • Study

• Returning to your family and where you came from, and your history... this is what makes you strong. It's not looking out that's going to do that - it's looking in.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Family
  • History
  • Strong

• I guess I really always wanted to act. When I was seven, I actually had the opportunity to come out to California. I've always really loved playing a part, playing a character and being someone else.

  

  Madison Davenport
  • Character
  • Opportunity
  • California

• Greene is a Jekyll and Hyde character, who has not succeeded in fusing the two sides of himself into any kind of harmony. There is conflict within him, and therefore he is liable to pursue conflict without.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
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• 'Now, boy, now...' he said bewilderedly, 'what is all this talk of glory? Have you caught the sickness, too? Curse me for a blind beggar, I should have seen. This fever has cankered even your simple heart, hasn’t it, Simon? I’m sorry. It takes a strong will or practiced eye to see through the glitter to the rotten core.'

  

  Tad Williams
  • Heart
  • Strong
  • Simple

• Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.

  

  Laurence Housman
  • Life
  • Character
  • Sun

• It seems everyone wants to know if I have an eating disorder, and playing an anorexic character on 'Make it or Break It' probably didn't help much. To set the record straight, I certainly do not have an eating disorder. I think as anyone can gather, I love food, and it is not just a front to cover up the fact that I don't eat any.

  

  Alice Greczyn
  • Up
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  • Help

• In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm playing.

  

  Pauley Perrette
  • Character
  • Science

• I believe how a character eventually turns out is completely attributable to an actor. Even with a meaty role, if I am enacting it as an accessory, I will look like an accessory.

  

  Mawra Hocane
  • Believe
  • Character

• You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

  

  William J. H. Boetcker
  • Strong
  • Strength
  • Weak

• There is much suffering in the world - physical, material, mental. The suffering of some can be blamed on the greed of others. The material and physical suffering is suffering from hunger, from homelessness, from all kinds of diseases. But the greatest suffering is being lonely, feeling unloved, having no one. I have come more and more to realize that it is being unwanted that is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • World
  • Suffering
  • Feelings

• Those who claim that they need cash because they are unable to pay labourers are those who are not paying minimum wages.

  

  Arundhati Bhattacharya

• Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.

  

  William Carleton
  • Character
  • Strong
  • Feelings