- Intelligence
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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
- Aided
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- Nov 07, 2020
I recited Pi to 22,514 decimal points in five hours and nine minutes. I was able to do this because of weeks of study, aided by the unusual synaesthesic way my mind perceives numbers as complex multidimensional coloured and textured shapes.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad is a really cool guy, but he showed me 'The Shining,' and I was like, 'Hey, dad. I'm thirsty. Let's go get a Coke.' So we went to the vending machine, and he hid... and I turned back, and I was like, 'Dad? Dad?' And the elevator scene came to my mind.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sort of try to read the books when they come out impartially and not make up my mind, but the fact is when I was reading the sixth, 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince', there were bits in there where I was going, 'God, I would love to do that because it's so good'.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very rare that I get stopped or get asked for an autograph or anything - none of which I mind - but people don't really care that much.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
2014 is a year I'll remember for a long time - it was definitely a breakthrough in my mind as well. Standing on the top step of the podium a few times was icing on the cake.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
What sticks in my mind from seeing the Teletubbies is Tinky Winky's handbag and Tubby Custard. I always remember wanting to have a glass of Tubby Custard and some Tubby Toast in the morning.
- Losing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love playing really strung out characters, and characters that are really pushed to their limits and losing their mind.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love playing really strung out characters, and characters that are really pushed to their limits and losing their mind. I think that's wonderful. To be able to lose it, in many ways, is just great fun to do.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the 'sunken place' - that term is what I hear when I'm just casually living my life. People say it around me. Not because they're around me; they're saying it because it articulated a state of mind. Lil Wayne's rapped about it.
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Get Out' was born out of the genius mind of Jordan Peele, to whom I will be forever grateful for believing in me and allowing me to help him tell a story so dear to him.
- Conscious Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The conscious mind can only pay attention to about four things at once. If you've got these nagging voices in your head telling you to remember to pick up the laundry and call so-and-so, they're competing in your brain for neural resources with the stuff you're actually trying to do, like getting your work done.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020