And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It’s incredibly, mind numbingly slow. – Hugh Grant
One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t. – George Bernard Shaw The Apple Cart, Act 1.
If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a footrule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage. As it is, the political problem remains unsolved. – George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman, Maxims for Revolutionists.
The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect. – Henry Knox
The proof of a well-trained mind is that it rejoices in which is good and grieves at the opposite. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
I don’t share lots of the phobias that horror movies tap into. I don’t mind spiders or snakes or darkness. – Helen Mirren
When I’m directing films, I mostly try to create an environment on set that mimics what’s in my mind as to the tone and feel of things. I try to create a place where you feel that anything’s possible. – Harmony Korine
The most merciful thing in the world… is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. – H. P. Lovecraft
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle. – Helen Keller
The sheer magnitude of Speaker Pelosi’s spending spree is mind boggling. Most of us do not use the number 1,000,000,000,000 in our daily lives, so it is difficult to attach tangible value to the figure. – Geoff Davis
I am a professional sportswriter, among other things, and I take the games seriously. It is only one of my many powerful addictions, and I don’t mind admitting any of them. – Hunter S. Thompson
Every person has to keep in mind that they can grow up and reach the top, no matter where they are born, whether it’s in Russia, in Ukraine, in Europe; they’ve still got the opportunity to show their talent and the culture of their people. – Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
You write five different things, and none of them work, and then suddenly something does, and you ask yourself, ‘Why did that last one work?’ I think that’s the way the artistic mind works. All writers and artists of all kinds often don’t know why things work. – Gilbert Morris
You know, some of the good part of blog theory was that blogs would be like diaries that the world could read. They would be spontaneous, whatever pops into your mind, as a diary would be. – Gregg Easterbrook
I did feel pressure to look a certain way on ‘Hollyoaks.’ But I just had to stay strong and not let myself get into a state of mind that isn’t healthy. – Hannah Tointon
At the end of the day, it just means ‘curvy.’ That’s why I think the word ‘plus-size’ in the industry is very different from people’s mind view of what ‘plus-size’ really should mean. – Hayley Hasselhoff
Writing is a creative process, and you need to have the doors and windows of your mind open so that you have the possibility of change. – Hakan Nesser
What we really need is compassion of the mind – compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results. – Harry Browne
The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty. – Haile Gebrselassie
To the revolutionary mind the American vista must have been almost as incredible as Genghis Khan’s first view of China – so rich, so soft, so unaware. – Garet Garrett
I don’t putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I’m haunted by the notion that I’m sure it’s the best way to putt. – Gary McCord
One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential. – H. P. Lovecraft
In those days I was mortified, because I was a serious actor in my own mind, and then all of a sudden I’m this hunk. – Harry Hamlin
