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“The puppet characters were combinations of people I had known and to some degree aspects of my own personality. Weird was based on someone I knew in Chicago. Dirty Dragon was based on a good friend I had in Indianapolis.”

People Character My Own Known Personality Degrees Aspect Combination Dirty Dragons Chicago Good Friend Puppets Indianapolis My Own Personality

Author:William Jackson

“If the United States haven't grown poets, on any scale of grandeur, it is certain that they import, print, and read more poetry than any equal number of people elsewhere -- probably more than the rest of the world combined. Poetry (like a grand personality) is a growth of many generations -- many rare combinations. To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Walt Whitman (Illustrated)

“The reader brings to the work personality traits, memories of past events, present needs and preoccupations, a particular mood of the moment and a particular physical condition. These and many other elements in a never-to-be-duplicated combination determine his response to the text.”

Needs Moments Past Memories Conditions Events Particular Personality Reader Elements Response Determine Mood Combination Traits Preoccupation Personality Traits Past Events

Book:Transactions with literature: a fifty-year perspective : for Louise M. Rosenblatt

Source: Transactions with literature: a fifty-year perspective : for Louise M. Rosenblatt

“I like girls that are down to earth, intelligent, and don't try to be anything that they're not. One thing that I fall for all the time is girls with blue eyes and brown hair. There's something about that combination that I find really sexy. It's all in the eyes...and the personality, but that's obvious.”

Trying Eye Earth Fall Girl One Thing Hair Personality Intelligent Blue Obvious Sexy Combination Brown Blue Eyes Down To Earth Brown Hair

Author:Devon Bostick

“Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero.”

World Known Personality Hero Athlete Around The World Combination Muhammad Great Hero

Author:Will McDonough

“Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.”

Decision Situation Personality Instinct Handle Combination Ministers Prime Prime Minister Good Decision

Author:John Key

“Where does a character come from? Because a character, at the end of the day, a character will be the combination of the writing of the character, the voicing of the character, the personality of the character, and what the character looks like.”

Writing Looks Doe Ends Character Personality Combination The End Of The Day

Author:Brian Henson

“People with antisocial personality disorders aren't automatically bad - they simply approach the world with a more ruthless set of lenses. The lack of empathy or very weak empathy and the ability to read other people's weak spots can be a flammable combination when you get in the way of something they want. But they aren't a different species. They're a part of our spectrum.”

“Early, when I first started wrestling, I wanted to be a combination of Sting and the Ultimate Warrior. The Ultimate Warrior's craziness and weird personality and Sting's coolness and the way he carried himself to the ring. But then later on, when it came to physicality and athleticism, Shawn Michaels topped the cake.”

Way Firsts Wanted Personality Ultimate Rings Warrior Combination Wrestling Cake Craziness Physicality Coolness Athleticism Shawn Michaels

Author:Jeff Hardy

“My life - my personality, my habits, even my speech - is a combination of the books I choose to read, the people I choose to listen to, and the thoughts I choose to tolerate in my mind”

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Book:The Young Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success

Source: The Young Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success