- 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
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real key is to live in an environment where the mind feels free to choose the right thing instead of being compelled by habit and inertia to choose the wrong thing.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've worked all my life on the subject of awareness, whether it's awareness of the body, awareness of the mind, awareness of your emotions, awareness of your relationships, or awareness of your environment. I think the key to transforming your life is to be aware of who you are.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's good to be slightly ambitious, but I believe one shouldn't be too calculative. It's good to be on the edge, but I have never followed my mind. I have always followed my heart. And it has yielded the right results.
- Mood
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, the mind and body are one. I'm very transparent, in a way, and people can very easily make out what mood I'm in.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess there's this mind shift that happens once you're on stage. I don't know, chemicals, something happens and you just... I just become completely in control of where I am. And it's all about trusting the people that you're on the stage with, listening... and it just falls into place really easily.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Retirement has never, ever crossed my mind. And I honestly can't imagine when or why it would. If you're doing the thing you love, why on earth would you want to stop doing it?
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I look in the mirror expecting to be 34 and see someone who is 58. What's that all about? I haven't even thought about turning 60 yet, but so many of my friends have celebrated it by now that it's lost its terror. And I don't mind being 58; it's just such a surprise when one doesn't feel it at all.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mind became agitated with the enquiry - why a nation, separated from us by an ocean more than three thousand miles in extent, should endeavor to enforce on us plans of subjugation, the most unnatural in themselves, unjust, inhuman in their operations, and unpractised even by the uncivilized savages of the wilderness?
- Thinking
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's kind of a test when you read a novel thinking about its potential for the screen: How does it play on your mind's screen?
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a miracle to be an actor and to know that you have a job to go to a year from now is a rare thing, so I think peace of mind and financial stability come with that. Hopefully I'm a little wiser and have a little more perspective in my life than I did then.
- Free Access
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- Nov 07, 2020
Books are mind reading devices; they allow us free access to the thoughts and dreams of people we have never met.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course I want to have a deliciously seductive story on the surface which will keep people engaged and amused, but primarily, I'm interested in other things. It's the texture of any given moment that fascinates me: what is really going on between people or in somebody's mind.
- Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020