- Finest
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things Quotes
The little word that covers everything.
"Things" is a catch-all, and the quotes collected here reflect that — a former mathematician recalling early academic interests, artists describing what inspires them, and honest admissions about not knowing what you want to become. For more on that last theme, see Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Generosity
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we're talking about friendships, generosity and fairness and equanimity and sharing and all those things are super-important to me.
- Every
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one.
- Orderly
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like things to be orderly.
- Nov 07, 2020
Some things we forget. But many things we remember on the mental screen, which is the biggest screen of all.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the energy of doing things fast. We shot 'Starred Up' in just four weeks, and we edited it in four weeks.
- Creativity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very antischedule. Except for board meetings, I don't really schedule things or keep a calendar. I think appointments are caustic to creativity.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
As you get older, you really need to be much more dialed in to the things you eat.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, it's easier to like more things than to dislike them; I'm not a critic in that sense. I find it easier to like more, to be more open and enjoy more things, which has given me more opportunities.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Intelligence services exist to do things that are illegal abroad. They exist to tell lies.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things felt pretty crazy on earth in 1969, but the cosmos was friendly. Astronauts had round-trip tickets; they got home.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When historians look at the Obama presidency, they're likely to credit him especially for doing the politically unpopular things that were needed in 2009 to salvage the financial wreckage.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever the Klitschkos pick opponents who punch back, things go pear-shaped for them.
- Genial
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Spectator Books' is presented by the genial Sam Leith. Leith has a little catch in his delivery that quickly becomes addictive. It's things like this that give podcasts their charm.
- Pleasure
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- Nov 07, 2020