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Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
A man's character is his fate.
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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.
AFRICAN PROVERB
A man's character is his guardian divinity.
HERACLITUS
When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
Women's liberation is the liberation of the feminine in the man and the masculine in the woman.
CORITA KENT
The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.
CYRIL CONNOLLY
Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure.
SOURCE UNKNOWN
Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his chara...
HAL HOLBROOK
A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name...
WATKIN TUDOR JONES
If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to...
TANA FRENCH
I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
RONALD REAGAN
What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.
GEORGE JEAN NATHAN
A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
EVAN ESAR
Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the mann in which he behaves toward fools.
HENRI-FRéDéRIC AMIEL
The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothi...
CRISS JAMI
Some architects, such as John Lautner, never really did anything other than houses. His entire portf...
STEVEN HOLL
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Championing liberty begins at the local level. There is nothing more fundamental than the principle ...
MICHELLE MALKIN
The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation...
MINORU YAMASAKI
I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.
BUCHI EMECHETA
The Secret Revelation of John opens, again, in crisis. The disciple John, grieving Jesus' death,...
ELAINE PAGELS
There's nothing funnier than a giant, grown man rollerblading.
CHRIS PRATT
The Bible tells me that no greater love has a man than to lay down his life for his friends. John Ke...
MAX CLELAND
An ethical man doesn't need a consensus of his allies in order to act against something he finds...
JOSEPH BRODSKY
I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's wo...
CLARA BARTON
No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
HOSEA BALLOU
I never have really become accustomed to the 'John.' Nobody ever really calls me John... I&#...
JOHN WAYNE
Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.
POPE PAUL VI
There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.
MAHATMA GANDHI
There's nobody more opposite from John Shaft than a kid who worships a banana as his god.
RICHARD ROUNDTREE
I wouldn't be able to act like Al Pacino or play the piano like Dr. John, But I could probably a...
HUGH LAURIE
(All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON
Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even w...
ALPHONSUS LIGUORI
John Kerry's brother Cameron Kerry said Tuesday he wants to run for Secretary of State in Massachuse...
ARGUS HAMILTON
There's nothing more irresistible to a man than a woman who's in love with him.
ERNEST LEHMAN
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
To what better purpose can a man's energy be devoted, and his talents, than the resuscitation of...
GEORGE A. MOORE
There's nothing worse than having a very strong female character and then suddenly having it go ...
KHANDI ALEXANDER
A man's work and the conditions under which it is performed are tremendous factors in determinin...
CHARLES A. BEARD
A man's materialistic possesions don't define his character, when he has nothing then his substance ...
ZANE MASON
People have to liberate themselves, because liberation is not a single act. It's a question of e...
NORMAN FINKELSTEIN
There's no need for a female character that does things like a male character; that's not wh...
COLIN TREVORROW
There's nothing in the American dream about character. It's a serious flaw.
MIKE NICHOLS
The most elusive and ultimately impossible act of liberation is freedom from sin and self, and no do...
CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH
In 1949, Mao Tse-tung's Communists established the People's Republic of China, and the follo...
BARBARA DEMICK
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
MARCUS AURELIUS
For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chan...
IAN MCDIARMID
A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compe...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
Nothing is more acceptable to a man, than a friend in time of need.
UNKNOWN
Nothing represents a man better than his ideas.
ERALDO BANOVAC
Something is better than nothing. Doin' anything for a man, there's investments involved, th...
BROWNIE MCGHEE
Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even ...
MEISTER ECKHART
I've come to the conclusion that a man without a cause is nothing. He has nothing to look forward to...
HAZEL B. WEST
John Carter was also one of our first recognizable superhumans and there is little doubt that his ex...
JUNOT DIAZ
The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of ...
NELSON MANDELA
The truth is, it goes much further than that,
HOWARD SIMON
A rich man has no need of character.
PROVERB
A rich man has no need of character
YIDDISH PROVERB
Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is ...
LOUIS FARRAKHAN
Women's liberty", "women's independence" are words on everybody's lips these days, but they stay on ...
SARAT CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAY
I love to act. I need to act. It's the big itch I need to scratch.
CHRISTOPHER MELONI
I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking da...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
The character of a man determines his destiny.
ATTICA LUNDY
A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.
ALEXANDER SMITH
I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.
BUCHI EMECHETA
Might is a fine thing, and useful for many purposes; for "one goes further with a handful of might t...
MAX STIRNER
I think there's a tendency for modern man to become dominated by gadgets and machines, taking us...
ROBIN DAY
I love, love, love John Mayer. He's incredible. I love all of his records and even his John Maye...
SHANE HARPER
John Brown's body lies a mould'ring in the grave, His soul goes marching on.
THOMAS BRIGHAM BISHOP
If you tie a man's hands there is nothing moral about his not committing murder.
AUBERON HERBERT
Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation... none was more alarming, from a fem...
BARBARA EHRENREICH
Ignorance is the worst liberation. To know even a few is better than knowing nothing at all.
MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON
The fashion wears out more apparel than the man. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.
PLAUTUS
Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS
Man, anytime the ball goes through the basket. It doesn't matter if it's a jumper or a drive...
DWYANE WADE
If it were desired to reduce man to nothing, it would be necessary only to give his work a character...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achie...
ERIC BUTTERWORTH
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achie...
THOMAS CARLYLE
Vampires are so old that they don't need to impress anyone anymore. They're comfortable in t...
STEPHEN MOYER
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one pr...
MADAME DE STAEL
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one pra...
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.
JOHN BRAFORD
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.
JOHN BRADFORD
It's a sheer and an utter nonsense to even think or imagine that a person can gain and retain people...
ANUJ SOMANY
Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his...
HELEN ROWLAND
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little childre...
HOSEA BALLOU
Every person has a different view of another person's image. That's all perception. The char...
STEVE ALFORD
Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world ...
MOLIERE
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.
JEAN PAUL RICHTER
The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.
ROBERT FROST
My character on 'The Good Wife' is a smaller character, and his story arcs are typically sea...
GRAHAM PHILLIPS
John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage, and his service to...
KATHERINE JOHNSON
I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime.
LYNN SAMUELS
My character's kind of grown up with Katniss. The beginning of the story, they're more or le...
LIAM HEMSWORTH
All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know...
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Fortunately, the DC Universe is full enough and replete enough with every kind of character that you...
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He had his choice, and he liked the worst.
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Who complained that her parents both bossed her,
So...
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I have learned in fashion to be a little savage.
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My consultant keeps telling me sudden death could come at any moment.
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When California was wild, it was the floweriest part of the continent.
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Get off your butt and join the Marines!
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JOHN BOLTON
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
JOHN ACTON
My best tennis at my peak was when I played a lot of matches.
JOHN MCENROE
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the pre...
JOHN RUSKIN
There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.
JOHN ASHCROFT
If my leg falls off, I'll get a prosthetic. There'd be no deep sadness about. I'd just g...
JOHN LYDON
It's a challenge to grow professionally and move up the corporate ladder when you're not rec...
JOHN RAMPTON
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you reall...
JOHN WOODEN
I do not support raising the minimum wage, and the reason is as follows. When the minimum wage is ra...
JOHN SUNUNU
Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.
JOHN LENNON
We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are aro...
JOHN LOCKE
Love is the flower you've got to let grow.
JOHN LENNON
Do what you need to do and enjoy life as it happens.
JOHN SCALZI
Any tool can be used for good or bad. It's really the ethics of the artist using it.
JOHN KNOLL
I find that the best way to do things is to constantly move forward and to never doubt anything and ...
JOHN FRUSCIANTE
In this age of communications that span both distance and time, the only tool we have that approxima...
JOHN MCAFEE
My own personal popularity can have no influence over me when the dictates of my best judgment and t...
JOHN TYLER
Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make fr...
JOHN WOODEN
Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id.
JOHN BURDETT