#mould

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice. ↗

— Quintilian

#contemplation #exercised #matter #mind #moulded

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking? ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#entirely #expect #how #liking #mould

Ideas any one can mould as he wishes. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#ideas #mould #wishes

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#conventional #go #go home #home #more

The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations. ↗

— Joseph Pulitzer

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Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was off making something blow up and filming it, or making a mould of my sister's head using alginating plaster. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#blow #chosen #filming #head #i

I always thought models had to fit a certain mould. I never thought I had what it takes. I'm too small and my look's pretty weird. ↗

— Devon Aoki

#certain #fit #had #i #i always

You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#barbie #been #bit #children #dolls

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did it. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#did #different #majority #merit #mould

It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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