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"Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries."
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"I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it."
"It is better to be gentle than rude."
"Developing a true and solid character and finding unique traits that belong to only you is a foundational thing."
"The kindest mind is the most beautiful mind!"
"Character that is fruit-producing can be summed up in the mastery of these 5 qualities: morals, but a sense of humor; love, but respect for criticism; intelligence without pretense; humility without self-loathing; and a mind open, but with solid convictions."
"Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call 'humble' nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is nobody.Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him.If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all."
"A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents."
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"The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality."
"Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of creative expression."
"An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it."
"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home."
"If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life."
"For this is the journey that men and women make, to find themselves. If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much else what they find."
"I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains."
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