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Mind Quotes


"It's one of the things that looks good written down, but the reality is that you think about the pieces you're doing and try to bear in mind everyone in the audience."



"I have to do something with my mind, or I'll get in trouble."


"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay."


"Wouldn't want to write the X-Men, and I suppose the X-Men is the ultimate Marvel comic, and I really wouldn't want to go anywhere near it at all, although on the other had I wouldn't mind having a crack at something like the Punisher."


"The highest heaven is not in the sky, it is in the human mind."


"When you spend time worrying, you're simply using your imagination to create things you don't want."


"As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it."


"When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you are writing is that you have to keep the characters down to a minimum."


"Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind."
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"But the mind travels far - and mysteriously - in sleep."


"One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind."
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"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few."


"I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it."


"Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence."



"If a lotus is to grow, it needs to be rooted in the mind."


"There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them."


"Have you ever wondered what your subconscious mind looks like? Well today, I can show you."



"I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are."



"I use my mind to solve problems and invent things."


"Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions."


"If the human brain is really capable of having 60,000 to 80,000 thoughts per day, Brent was living proof, because he never stopped thinking."


"A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations."
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"Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality."


"I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all fled my mind; and it didn't seem to matter."


"You need these experiences. Just know that sometimes, the director has a specific look in mind."
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"Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind."


"If you are going to judge others it is wisest to do so individually not collectively and on your own direct experience of them personally. But first - and throughout - examine yourself closely. Blurred vision can often occur due to the lens, perspective and perceptions of the viewer projected onto the object that it sees. Be wary of taking to the judges seat. Above all meet at treat yourself and everyone else mindfully, compassionately with humanity."



"So, as you do the practice, if you are connected with your consciousness, then the mind is just free. It is so free that everything that you have smelled, tasted, touched, heard and seen is all there. You don't have to try to remember anything; it is all simply there. You can just pull it back. Memory is not about remembering, memory is just about your ability to bring back the data, isn't it?"
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