- 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
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Stephen's carer was such a struggle, and it's a lonely job looking after a disabled person. Thinking back, I honestly wonder how I got through it.
- American Accent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually, certainly British singers, adopt an American accent when they sing and I think that usually people are thinking of somebody else, but I just think of very specific people.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I think of all the years in my 30s when I starved myself... but when I got the role of Lois, I stopped thinking about my looks and was just myself.
- Sad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist.
- Questions
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can get very philosophical and ask the questions Keats was asking as a young guy. What are we here for? What's a soul? What's it all about? What is thinking about, imagination?
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left my job as a feature writer on a newspaper to write a book, then sent it off to a number of agents thinking they would all reject me. Within a week, most had come back to say they loved what they had read, which then led to a bidding war for my first two novels.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am encouraged that there's going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean, I hope that's not wishful thinking.
- Nov 07, 2020
No one wakes up excited to see more advertising, no one goes to sleep thinking about the ads they'll see tomorrow.
- Necessity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny when you know you're playing two characters and you're aware of how you have to play each one into your performance of the other. You're constantly at the back of your mind thinking and it all gets a bit confusing.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for 'Ray,' I was just thinking about what a great project it would be.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember meeting President Obama and looking at him, thinking, 'Damn, this dude is really our president. He really went out and did it!' If you look at stories like that, and other stories that I'm sure you could compare to, it's just about freeing your mind and taking those guards down.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing worse than finishing your last take on a movie and thinking, 'God! I finally nailed who this guy was!'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I read out loud in class, it was a joy for everyone else because I would mispronounce things so badly. I used to try to count how many people were in front of me and then work out which paragraph I would have to read out and start trying to learn it. And I would sit there thinking, 'Please let the bell go so that it doesn't get round to me.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents started Party Pieces the same year I was born, so I have grown up with their entrepreneurial way of thinking, which, to me, became the norm.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020