- Nov 07, 2020
Thinking Quotes
How different minds work through doubt, bias, and possibility.
These quotes trace thinking through several angles: imaginative military leadership, the swing between doubt and optimism about humanity, and a writer's fear of losing the ability to work. For quotes centered on inner dialogue and identity, see Myself quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up thinking that I could be anything I wanted to be in this world because my mom told me that every single night.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began thinking I would do musical theater because in high school that was really the only sort of curriculum they had as far as getting onstage and doing anything that anybody would see. So that's what I did.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a writer because I want to make money. I'm a writer because I'm a very slow thinker, but I do care about thinking, and the only way I know how to think with any kind of finesse is by telling stories.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, with 'The Room,' I wasn't on set thinking 'I'm going to be Daniel Day Lewis' playing Mark, but explaining how I even got involved in the movie shows how we all get stuck in situations as actors - and this one ended up being one of the craziest.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
With everything that I design, from a church to a plate to skyscraper to a spoon. I am always thinking about voluptuous volumes and spaces.
- Ride
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you only get one roller-coaster ride, you don't want to be thinking about the second one when you're on it.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really looking forward to getting back and winning some matches but I'm not thinking about the U.S. Open yet, just getting through my first match.
- Evaluating
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ideas are things that happen at any time because you're constantly thinking and evaluating life as if it were an eternally unsolvable math problem, which it is.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can look at the state of California, which is on a pathway to destruction because they expanded government too much, thinking that there would always be someone to pay for it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been a great place to get in touch with what people are really thinking. And to make contact with readers and other writers. Egalitarian, wide open, like the Wild West!
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can remember when there were storylines with gay characters on shows like 'Family' and 'Dynasty' and thinking, I have something in common with that person. This was way before the Internet and all the visibility that has brought with it.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was keenly aware when I was drafted, when I signed my first contract; immediately, I was thinking about the end.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of the job involves thinking about things and eliminating them. You spend a lot of time coming up with ideas that are terrible and hating them and hating yourself.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.
- Nov 07, 2020