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Mind Quotes
What occupies the mind, for better or worse.
Quotes about the "mind" here range widely — a lifelong search for hidden meaning sits alongside a startlingly honest admission that resentment has occupied more mental space than friendship ever did. For related reflection, see Body quotes.
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For me it's more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her mind. I don't care if readers change their minds, but I would like readers to ask themselves why their opinion is what it is.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm quite an untidy person in a lot of ways. But order makes me happy. I have to have a clear desk and a tidy desktop, with as few visual distractions as possible. I don't mind sound distractions, but visual ones freak me out.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a temperament that doesn't adapt well to politics. It's because I speak my mind so much.
- Life
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There's a lot of weight on the shoulders of a single parent, and that's taken a lot of energy away from me. It was always in the back of my mind that I had to do it, and I couldn't count on anybody. There was no one around to pay for me to get through life.
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- Nov 07, 2020
A few years ago, I realized I was decorating and designing my house around what was beautiful rather than practical for my family. When I made that realization, everything kind of clicked for me. I started being intentional about designing spaces with my kids in mind rather than picture-perfect rooms.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely am afraid of the dark. Somehow, in my mind I can always come up with some horrific stuff to worry about.
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I like to speak my mind.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is instead of going to the gym.
- Society
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really think the mind of someone who hasn't been welded into place by their work or studios or actors or this whole society is a wonderful mind to work with, so I'd like to do a big picture with an unknown director.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels dance on the head of a pin, and you will be asked in return to never mind the angels, tell me who controls the production of pins.
- Philosophy
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, Buddhism is a psychology and a philosophy that provides a means, upayas, for working with the mind.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor I can't think of what my daughter will think when she grows up. I will never do certain kinds of roles that I have in my mind. And for that I'm sure my daughters are going to be proud of me.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just focus on my character and how pivotal it is to the narrative. I don't mind even a 10-minute role, if it's important to the script.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I read a script I respond to it like an audience member. At the end of the film, if I'm there in the audience's mind, I have done my job.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an actor and I do not have to relate to whatever I play on screen them at a personal level. What is important is to understand the character, do enough homework to know the frame of mind of the character or his back story.
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