#intentional

But to be perfectly frank, this childish idea that the author of a novel has some special insight into the characters in the novel...it's ridiculous. That novel was composed of scratches on a page, dear. The characters inhabiting it have no life outside of those scratches. What happened to them? They all ceased to exist the moment the novel ended. ↗

— John Green

#fiction #imagination #intentional-fallcy #ontology #art

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. ↗

— Xun Zi

#caused #evil #goodness #human #human nature

I believe all life has value, from conception to natural death. And I believe the intentional taking of human life, except to save lives, should be a capital offense, as it is in most states in America today. ↗

— Tom Coburn

#believe #capital #conception #death #except

I play characters. I don't think I really have a persona per se. I don't play the same guy every time. I show up, you don't know what I'm gonna do. I like it that way. I've intentionally tried to do it that way. I think that's what's interesting. ↗

— Laurence Fishburne

#every #every time #gonna #guy #i

I would say to young physicians that the more you intentionally improve the lives of the people in the community you serve the better your life will be and the greater your value will be to the community. ↗

— Samuel Wilson

#community #greater #i #improve #intentionally

I know I'm breaking a taboo by using the term antiwhite racism, but I do so intentionally, because it's the reality some of our fellow citizens live with, and remaining quiet about it only aggravates their trauma. ↗

— Jean-Francois Cope

#because #breaking #citizens #fellow #fellow citizens

I have intentionally not pursued musical theater. ↗

— Katharine McPhee

#intentionally #musical #musical theater #pursued #theater

For me, writing a novel is like having a dream. Writing a novel lets me intentionally dream while I'm still awake. I can continue yesterday's dream today, something you can't normally do in everyday life. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#continue #dream #everyday #everyday life #having

There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#days #i #i can #instance #intentionally

Well, I love Pink Floyd, so I wouldn't be offended by it. I only intentionally robbed them three or four times. ↗

— Josh Silver

#four #i #i love #intentionally #love