Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the boundless egotism which pays no regard to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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• The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

  

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• I've never judged anybody by how they look or how they dress. I basically judge them on their character. And that's how I lead my own life.

  

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• Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

  

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• I have done theatre, and I enjoy the process of smaller films a lot more. When I do such films, there are certain things which I get to do which are untapped. The scenes give me the liberty to play and mould the character in accordance to the director's mindset.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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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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• I sort of fall in love with every character I do; you have to understand how they became what they've become, whether they're the ugly kind or the very beautiful kinds of characters.

  

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• My character and my behavior is not for politics. I say what I think. I'm too liberal.

  

  Naguib Sawiris
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• When we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code, but a character.

  

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• The idea is this: It's important to upset one's work habits, to topple the cart for each project.

  

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• You can't be funny for funny's sake. You try to get as outrageous situation as you can but it always has to be believable and based in real character motivations and what people would really do.

  

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• Stationery gets me excited because it has an individual character, unlike computers, which may be convenient but are generic and bland.

  

  Damon Galgut
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• I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on 'Episodes.' He just plays it so straight-faced. They never talk about the fact that he's such a huge gay person.

  

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• I've been acting my whole life. I have this huge imagination! I'm a dancer and my mom's a dance teacher, and I was always performing and entertaining people. I'd go to see live theatre or a movie, and I'd become the main character for a few days afterwards. I loved being somebody new for a temporary amount of time.

  

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• My character should not be ordinary, cliched, and if I feel that it's difficult to do this character, I take up that challenge to get into his character.

  

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• That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.

  

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• Look - I'm an African-American. I'm black. But I'm just looking at the character and trying to find his soul, his energy. If you can wipe away the blanket of skin and flesh that people tend to see, and look inside for the essence of the soul, then that's the work I'm doing. That's the work I always do.

  

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• The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized.

  

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• I think I present a different side of a male character: a side that is not John Wayne-like, a side that is, in fact, destructible. To some people, that is refreshing, and to other people, especially if they don't know me, it may be disturbing.

  

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• I'm a big believer in sort of sense memory, like using something that you've experienced in order to put yourself in the position that the character is in.

  

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• Jake from 'Two and a Half Men' means nothing. He is a non-existent character.

  

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• Everything characters say or do is a clue to their personalities, their histories, and the forces that motivate them.

  

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• There will come a time and place it will be appropriate for us to consider going public.

  

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• Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the boundless egotism which pays no regard to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself.

  

  Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Character
  • Habits
  • Guard