- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will put oneself in a romantic frame of mind, one can admire their notions of chivalry and bravery and justice.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Running is very therapeutic for me. I tend to have a louder brain, so when my mind is moving, I go for a run. It's very calming.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's traditionally been a large disconnection in contemporary art between the audience and the artist. Generally, audiences are looking towards what they like, and I can tell you, that's the last thing on an artist's mind.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from L.A. where there's a sense of show. But that's not a bad word in my mind. We say art 'show,' don't we? 'Show' implies entertainment.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember one night, my parents were out at a function of some kind and I had just gotten cable in my room. That was a big deal, and I saw 'Blue Velvet' on HBO. It blew my mind in a way that I don't think children's minds are supposed to be blown, but they probably shouldn't be watching 'Blue Velvet.'
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Popular culture isn't a freeze-frame; it is images zapping by in rapid-fire succession, which is why collage is such an effective way of representing contemporary life. The blur between images creates a kind of motion in the mind.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
As physics students, we are taught that physicists are smart, that chemists are moderately acceptable, and that biologists are certainly not very intelligent. So I wasn't inclined to take a biology course. But my father insisted, and maybe what he had in mind was that, if there were no jobs in physics, I would end up being a doctor.
- Metal
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.
- Dwell
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far and ridding us of his presence altogether.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020