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"One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand."
Edward Albee
"One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand."
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"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay."
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"I've got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it!"
Bert Kalmar
"I've got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it!"
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"The hankering of the mind is irresistible."
Adam Weishaupt
"The hankering of the mind is irresistible."
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"The mind is wired by society, the heart is wired by your deepest desires for a blissful life."
Steven Redhead
"The mind is wired by society, the heart is wired by your deepest desires for a blissful life."
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"I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind."
Beverly Cleary
"I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind."
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"I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all."
Pamela Stephenson
"I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all."
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"But there was nothing I could do to dim the supernovae exploding inside my brain, an endless chain of intra cranial firecrackers."
John Green
"But there was nothing I could do to dim the supernovae exploding inside my brain, an endless chain of intra cranial firecrackers."
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"Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own."
e. e. cummings
"Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own."
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"As soon as he thinks about the record, he's finished. The secret is to put it out of your mind."
Just Fontaine
"As soon as he thinks about the record, he's finished. The secret is to put it out of your mind."
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"Don't you ever think that your mind can never harm you just because it is your mind! Your mind can really kill you. From dawn to the time you retire, your mind can be a very good friend to you and your mind can also be your worst friend. What goes into your mind each day becomes your friend so mind your mind!"
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
"Don't you ever think that your mind can never harm you just because it is your mind! Your mind can really kill you. From dawn to the time you retire, your mind can be a very good friend to you and your mind can also be your worst friend. What goes into your mind each day becomes your friend so mind your mind!"
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"Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way."
Matthew Green
"Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way."
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"It is the childlike mind that finds the kingdom."
Charles Fillmore
"It is the childlike mind that finds the kingdom."
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"An unsolved problem bothers one's mind, just as a small stone in the shoe,until an idea for solving the problem comes to mind."
Eraldo Banovac
"An unsolved problem bothers one's mind, just as a small stone in the shoe,until an idea for solving the problem comes to mind."
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"The pen is the tongue of the mind."
Horace
"The pen is the tongue of the mind."
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"Insanity is catching."
Terry Pratchett
"Insanity is catching."
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"The highest heaven is not in the sky, it is in the human mind."
Abhijit Naskar
"The highest heaven is not in the sky, it is in the human mind."
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"I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it."
Warren G. Harding
"I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it."
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"This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And it can remain present because, even when related to this or that object, it does not cling to it by reflection and thus lose its original mobility."
Eugen Herrigel
"This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And it can remain present because, even when related to this or that object, it does not cling to it by reflection and thus lose its original mobility."
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"My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind."
Agnes Martin
"My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind."
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"I wouldn't mind getting emotionally involved with a woman."
Frank Bruno
"I wouldn't mind getting emotionally involved with a woman."
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"You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition."
W. Clement Stone
"You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition."
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"A contented mind is the best source for trouble."
Titus Maccius Plautus
"A contented mind is the best source for trouble."
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"My mind's my kingdom."
Francis Quarles
"My mind's my kingdom."
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"I have a magpie mind. I like anything that glitters."
Lord Thomson of Fleet
"I have a magpie mind. I like anything that glitters."
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"But, you know there's a lot of westerns - not that they were bad - it's just that they can be remade because they're great stories that aren't indelible in an audience's mind when it comes to both the cast and the story."
Tom Selleck
"But, you know there's a lot of westerns - not that they were bad - it's just that they can be remade because they're great stories that aren't indelible in an audience's mind when it comes to both the cast and the story."
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"I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are."
Robert Cormier
"I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are."
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"What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, for the moment realizes itself."
Anna Jameson
"What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, for the moment realizes itself."
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"I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles."
Mark Messier
"I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles."
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"I use my mind to solve problems and invent things."
Temple Grandin
"I use my mind to solve problems and invent things."
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"When we're onstage, it's like mind reading: we're on the same page."
Guy Picciotto
"When we're onstage, it's like mind reading: we're on the same page."
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"Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy."
Jacques Barzun
"Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy."
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"Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind."
Wolcott Gibbs
"Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind."
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"Problems only exist in the human mind."
Anthony de Mello
"Problems only exist in the human mind."
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"A thought comes when it will, not when I will."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"A thought comes when it will, not when I will."
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"It's a big shame, because 'Trixter' in my mind were what a real rock n' roll band is all about."
Steve Brown
"It's a big shame, because 'Trixter' in my mind were what a real rock n' roll band is all about."
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"Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already."
Marcus Aurelius
"Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already."
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"Singularity shows something wrong in the mind."
Erica Jong
"Singularity shows something wrong in the mind."
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"I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind."
Dizzy Dean
"I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind."
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"But I don't think of any particular viewer in mind other than myself."
Richard Serra
"But I don't think of any particular viewer in mind other than myself."
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"The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind."
F. H. Bradley
"The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind."
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"Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind."
Nafisa Joseph
"Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind."
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"The mind is just another muscle."
Ted Turner
"The mind is just another muscle."
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"I think somewhere in the back of my mind I've always wanted to make a whole swing album."
Suzy Bogguss
"I think somewhere in the back of my mind I've always wanted to make a whole swing album."
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"Get this in mind early: We never grow up."
Richard Bach
"Get this in mind early: We never grow up."
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"I still have the mentality of a 19-year-old mind."
Doyle Brunson
"I still have the mentality of a 19-year-old mind."
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"Passion and strife bow down the mind."
Virgil
"Passion and strife bow down the mind."
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"I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind."
Ednita Nazario
"I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind."
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"I refrained from writing another one, thinking to myself: Never mind, I will prove that I am able to become a greater scientist than some of you, even without the title of doctor."
Hermann Oberth
"I refrained from writing another one, thinking to myself: Never mind, I will prove that I am able to become a greater scientist than some of you, even without the title of doctor."
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"One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories."
Jean de la Bruyere
"One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories."
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