- 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
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back. I went to college and thought I'd study law.
- Deliberately
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've deliberately studied many things that I know, going in, I won't be able to assimilate. I read Plato, St. Thomas, the mystics, to exercise my mind.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are directors you never, ever want to get close to. Lubitsch was one. Outside of the work, I don't think I ever said five words to him. Mamet was pretty much the same thing. His mind is working all the time.
- Listen
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honest, I listen to classical mostly. It keeps my mind fresh to write rock songs.
- Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020
On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't mind to speak about myself until a certain point, but I think there's also stuff which is for myself that nobody has to know.
- Dozens
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I distinctly remember watching Daniel Day Lewis in 'My Left Foot,' and my parents were discussing the fact that he's an actor. To me, it was a foreign concept. I was like, 'Someone is pretending to do that? That's so awesome!' After that, it just stayed in the back of my mind.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't mind sacrifice. I don't mind discipline. But a good coach allows people to blossom. I've seen that. I didn't have it.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 50 greatest players don't matter when you're in the Hall of Fame. We all know that I was not one of the 50 greatest, I was one of the 25 greatest - in my mind.
- Nov 07, 2020
I try to keep the martial arts up. It's a good thing, not just physically but also for your mind.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mind is never stopping. I think, if you stop, you die. Maybe it is a problem for me - I have to talk to myself and say, 'Please stop. Switch off.'
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a pessimist by nature, so it's always the worst things that come to mind first whenever you make a decision or have a decision to make.
- Makes
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- Nov 07, 2020