Arcs Quotes

• Because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be filled with huge ups and downs. So people pretend there is drama where there is none.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Movie, Drama, Book

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• I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

  Theodore Parker

  Long, Justice, Oval

  Theodore Parker (1895). “Ten Sermons of Religion and Prayers”

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• On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.

  Robert Browning

  Broken Heart, Perfect, Heaven

  'Abt Vogler' (1864) st. 9

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• Change isn't optional, and creation isn't something that happened a long time ago and then ended. It's ongoing, and we are invited to be a part of it. The question for us is 'what will we create in this new day?' How will we make it count? How will we nourish the things that matter, and stand in the way of injustice in the small ways that add up to the arc of history? You are invited to participate in the creation of this day.

  David LaMotte

  Change, Creativity, New Day

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• The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Sad, Justice, Elbows

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• I definitely have character arcs in mind for each character unless I kill them.

  Robert Kirkman

  Character, Mind

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• I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight, I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

  Theodore Parker

  Atheist, Eye, Curves

  Theodore Parker (1908). “Centenary Edition [of the Writings of Theodore Parker]”

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• I saw myself as Joan of Arc.

  Maureen O'Hara

  Saws

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• As an artist, you don't think about the parabola or the arc you're describing or where you're going to ultimately end up, you're just kind of crawling around, seeing what's out there.

  Michael Nesmith

  Artist, Thinking, Kind

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• Joan of Arc had style. Jesus had style.

  Charles Bukowski

  Jesus, Style

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• When Joan D' Arc was asked by her judges why as a Christian she did not love the British, she answered that she did love them, but she loved British in their country. In the same way, we do not hate the Turks, we love them, but in their country.

  Jean-Marie Le Pen

  Christian, Country, Hate

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• Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character's personal life, you don't have to worry about it getting too crazy. People don't have to worry about character arcs. Each episode is a self-contained unit.

  Christopher Meloni

  Crazy, Character, Self

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• A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are easy and bland to watch. You can tune in at any time and know exactly where you are in the story arc because it's pretty much the same every week.

  Adam Baldwin

  Watches, Cookies, Stories

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• The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle.

  Nicolaus Copernicus

  Moon, Circles, Perfect

  Nicolaus Copernicus (1978). “On the revolutions”

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• Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body, I would not say anything more. If I did say anything, afterwards I would always declare that you made me say it by force!

  Joan of Arc

  Soul, Tears, Say Anything

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• Whatever thing men call great, look for it in Joan of Arc, and there you will find it.

  Mark Twain

  Men, Looks

  Mark Twain (2016). “Joan of Arc”, p.192, Ignatius Press

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• For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character. I love being able to see a character go through something and to learn.

  Mae Whitman

  Character, Love Is, Things I Love

  "Mae Whitman,'The Perks Of Being A Wallflower' Star, On Being Cast In 'Arrested Development'" by Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 21, 2012.

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• I love drama. I love to play an arc.

  Dee Wallace

  Drama, Play, Love Drama

  Interview with James Wood, gojimmygo.net. April 13, 2012.

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• When our days become dreary with low hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dark, Power, Night

  "Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?". Book by Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967.

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• We must move forward in the days ahead with audacious faith. The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Moving, Long, Justice

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• I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women's movement. And I wasn't at all. It put a lot of unnecessary pressure on me.

  Bea Arthur

  Roles, Movement, Pressure

  TV Legends, August 6, 2005.

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• I always wanted to play Joan of Arc. I've always wanted to do that. Now I'm thinking, 'Maybe there's a story in Joan of Arc's mother!' If I don't hurry up, her grandmother!

  Ellen Burstyn

  Mother, Thinking, Play

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• If my career continues along its current arc, people will probably look at me and see a writer who is obsessed with the relationship between rich and poor and with how the rich somehow or other always manage to betray the poor, even when they don't mean to.

  Richard Russo

  Betrayal, Mean, Careers

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• I'd like to do the young cadet thing again for sure, but that's why I wanted to do this, to see if I could do it. I took the scenes out of the script and put them together and read them as one little arc, story and that seemed to work.

  Scott Speedman

  Together, Cadets, Stories

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Mean, Doe, Chastity

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