Aristotle Quotes
To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.
Quotes to Explore
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I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things.
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Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
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I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
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I'm a very private person, so obviously I don't enjoy talking about more personal matters.
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The thing about Precious, she's so far from a Hollywood character. She's so honest and real, I definitely felt like I knew her.
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I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.
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If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
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I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character, understand the story, and just play it to the fullest extent.
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Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.
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Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.
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2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of our nation.
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I thought some of Mrs. White's material was prophetic. I felt some of her insights were extremely helpful and I regarded her as a sister in the Lord. I wasn't out to attack Ellen White's character.
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As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to introduce some romance into the episodes, outside activities, horse riding and fencing and mountaineering.
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I'm proud that Della was sort of a prototype for TV secretaries. There really was no such established character on TV when 'Perry Mason' came along.
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My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.
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I will go to my grave being known as Marge Gunderson. It'll be on my gravestone if I have one. I don't mind that, because it was a great character.
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I am acquainted with a wife and mother who is chained securely at the present time to a life-style of murmuring and criticism. She is the first to point out faults in her husband or to repeat neighborhood gossip. How damaging is a habit that permits fault-finding, character assassination, and the sharing of malicious rumors! Gossip and caustic comments often create chains of contention. These chains may appear to be very small, but what misery and woe they can cause!
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All people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed.
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Mostly, cybercriminals are motivated to commit crime for financial gain.
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Thomas Jefferson despised newspapers, with considerable justification. They printed libels and slanders about him that persist to the present day. Yet he famously said that if he had to choose between government without newspapers and newspapers without government, he would cheerfully choose to live in a land with newspapers (even not very good ones) and no government.
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To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.
