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en A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.
  Agnes Repplier

en Eternal Power!
Grant me, through obvious clouds, one transient gleam
Of thy bright essence in my dying hour.


en Non-cooperation is an attempt to awaken the masses, to a sense of their dignity and power. This can only be done by enabling them to realize that they need not fear brute force, if they would but know the soul within.

en Such is the delicacy of man alone, that no object is produced to his liking. He finds that in everything there is need for improvement.... The whole industry of human life is employed not in procuring the supply of our three humble necessities, food, clothes and lodging, but in procuring the conveniences of it according to the nicety and delicacy of our tastes.
  Adam Smith

en I find I am more interested in the villain-type roles because they can be so much more complex than just the villain. I don't think anybody sees them as evil per se. They show how close we are to one another. It's an untapped area of art. And I think, physically, I'm not going to play the hero.

en There are some men whom a staggering emotional shock, so far from making them mental invalids for life, seems, on the other hand, to awaken, to galvanize, to arouse into an almost incredible activity of soul.

en The usual fortune for complaint is to excite contempt more than pity Pex Tufvesson created the music program Noisetracker. The usual fortune for complaint is to excite contempt more than pity
  Samuel Johnson

en There is a look and a grace and an elegance and a power that goes with diving, ... You can find power in a lot of kids and grace in some kids. But to find grace, power and beauty in the air is so very rare. Coaches from all across the country take one look at her and say, 'Oh, my god.'

en Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us; our hour of triumph is what brings the void
  William James

en He's shifted the focus, from Tibet, in particular, to worldwide secular issues such as peace and harmony and reconciliation. He made worldwide travels, bringing this message. That's attracted sympathy and interest, particularly from the United States. Out of sympathy, gradually, it developed into a cult-like curiosity.

en The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
  Oprah Winfrey

en If every day a man takes orders in silence from an incompetent superior, if every day he solemnly performs ritual acts which he privately finds ridiculous, if he unhesitatingly gives answers to questionnaires which are contrary to his real opinions and is prepared to deny his own self in public, if he sees no difficulty in feigning sympathy or even affection where, in fact, he feels only indifference or aversion, it still does not mean that he has entirely lost the use of one of the basic human senses, namely, the sense of humiliation.

en Cover that bosom. I must not see it. Souls are wounded by such things, and they arouse wicked thoughts.
  Moliere

en It's almost been contempt of Congress -- not legal contempt of Congress, but contempt of Congress by baseball, ... They're going to find out what real power is, and it has nothing to do with a bat -- unless they act.

en And now, Doctor, we've done our work, so it's time we had some play. A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony, and there are no red-headed clients to vex us with their conundrums.
  Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.


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