- Heart
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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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for contradictions.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I am composing, I try to clear my mind of having to publish, or having to sell a book or find readers. That kind of thinking gets in the way.
- Dinner
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm working on a poem, it's at the forefront of my mind; I'm working on it when I'm cooking dinner or stretched out on the sofa. But if I don't really have it by the 10th draft, I know it just isn't going to jell.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
We tend to think that when we're awake, we're on, and when we're sleeping our mind is off, but actually, we're not off. There's a lot going on!
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't usually sleep if I'm listening to music. It seems to fire up my mind, and I keep engaging with it to see what it's doing.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you are a bit weak in your head, maybe you can train your mind, but it will never be your strong point.
- Doors
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try and open a few doors to the mind, encourage people to embrace change and to stretch their capabilities.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assumption that only a finite portion of this reality constitutes the object of scientific investigation, and that only it is 'important' in the sense of being 'worthy of being known.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What it comes down to is I don't mind if Superman kills people because he has no reason not to kill people. I know that one of the tenets of the character is that he doesn't, but the reason that he doesn't is because having that much power makes you responsible for weaker people.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
The artist writes, paints, sings or dances the burden of some idea or feeling off his mind.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.
- Choice
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- Nov 07, 2020