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“I don't tend to listen to music in training, except maybe the radio in the gym. I do use music prior to racing though; it helps to fire me up plus it's good for blocking out the distractions around me.”

Helping Use Fire Training Radio Block Plus Gym Racing Distraction Listening To Music

Author:Chris Hoy

“I don't tend to look at myself through the rearview mirror where dates are concerned. I have blinders on the past and try to look forward.”

Trying Past Concerned Rearview Mirror

Author:Russell Mael

“I don't tend to question things that much. If it feels right, I go for it.”

Ifs Feels Feels Right

Author:Sarah McLachlan

“I don't tend to redraft, I will try to tidy it up, but basically I feel what I write down first has got the impetus, it may be clumsy, it may be repetitive, but a good editor can take that out. That first writing bit is the best thing you will do.”

Feels Writing Trying Firsts May Bits Best Things Editors Clumsy Tidy Repetitive Impetus

Author:Gerald Seymour

“I don't tend to say it's time for one of this or that genre. Things flow to you in a strange way, and why you bump into a certain kind of thing in one moment is...it's hard to explain.”

Way Kind Hard Moments Certain Strange Flow Genre Bumps

Author:Edward Norton

“I don't tend to spend the whole day in the personality of the person I'm playing.”

Personality

Author:Olivia Williams

“I don't tend to stand still for very long.”

Long Stills

Author:Robin Trower

“I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in terms of what feels right.”

Thinking Feels Term Moral Boys Authority Good Things Feels Right Good Boy Moral Authority

Author:John Cusack

“I don't tend to think of the characters i play as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way.”

People Thinking Way Feels Stills Play Character Feelings Struggle Fit Loser

Author:Steve Buscemi

“I don't tend to use technology all that much. Of course, I can't avoid it - it's called the telephone nowadays. And I do a certain amount of email, work-related primarily, on it. But I don't do a lot of looking for things online.”

I Can Use Certain Courses Technology Amount Related Online Telephones Email Work Related

Author:Melissa Leo

“I don't tend to work directly from life, except in trying to mimic or match the outlines of its insanity. In other words, when I live through something, I just try to say to myself, "OK, remember this - life is really this crazy or scary or beautiful or surprising - so try to 'get at' that in your stories.”

Trying Stories Beautiful Remember Life Is Crazy Scary This Life Insanity Surprising Outlines

Author:George Saunders

“I don't text, I don't have a Blackberry. Literally, I just have a cell phone that I haven't programmed and the whole Bluetooth. No. I don't even have an earpiece for my cell phone.”

Whole Havens Phones Cells Cell Phone Blackberries Bluetooth

Author:Steve Carell

“I don't therefore know how to write for the big papers. It must be kids - students - and retired people. And the reality is they are overwhelmed with people sending in their holiday stories and bits and pieces and so on.”

People Knows Writing Stories Bigs Reality Kids Bits Know How Pieces Students Paper Holiday Papers Overwhelmed Retired Bits And Pieces

Author:John Gimlette

“I don't think "I'm going to publish this as fiction" but I think "I'm going to tell this story to a friend" and then I start telling the story in my mind as the experience transpires as a way of pretending it's already happened.”

Thinking Way Mind Stories Fiction Happened Pretending Publish

Author:Ben Lerner

“I don't think "Reganomics" will ever fully end. I mean, Reaganomics, to put it simply, was trying to get low taxes for wealthy people. And wealthy people are still there pushing for low taxes.”

People Thinking Trying Mean Taxes Wealthy

Author:Dean Baker

“I don't think '90s music was as significant as '60s music in terms of changing the world, but it was significant, and I think it was similarly disillusioning when you realize the mainstream just views it as like a curiosity.”

Thinking World Term Realizing Significant Changing The World Mainstream

Author:Billy Corgan

“I don't think 'Dark Heart' has to be malevolent. It conveys a sense of depth. There is a sense of questioning turmoil.”

Thinking Heart Dark Depth Questioning Turmoil

Author:Patricia Piccinini

“I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.”

Thinking Should Mean Talent Pops

Author:Grace Jones

“I don't think 'Survivor' really changed me.”

Thinking Changed Survivor

Author:Ethan Zohn

“I don't think 'Twilight' should be approached like 'Batman.' Because it is an invented kind of world, especially this one, I think it's got to be done with a sense of enjoyment to it I guess more than anything. So I never thought of anything as making fun of it, but kind of reveling in the melodrama of it. It's a melodrama.”

Thinking World Should Kind Done Fun Enjoyment Twilight Melodrama

Author:Bill Condon

“I don't think 50-50 relationships exist. Men have an incredibly variety of options. It's much harder for a woman to do both things. I think traditional relationships work best.”

Thinking Men Harder Traditional Variety

Author:Carrie Fisher

“I don't think [being monogamous] is a natural instinct for human beings, but it doesn't mean I don't believe in monogamy or true love. I believe in finding a soul mate. Monogamy can be hard work for some people. I don't think it applies to everybody, and I don't think a lot of people can do it.”

People Thinking Believe Humans Mean Soul Hard I Believe Can Do Natural Human Beings Hard Work Findings Instinct Don't Believe I Believe In Mates Soul Mate Monogamy Natural Instinct

Author:Scarlett Johansson

“I don't think [Bill Clinton] does anything - I don't think it's ill will. I don't think he's evil in the sense that he hates the Bill of Rights. He does what he figures will help him politically.”

Thinking Doe Helping Hate Evil Rights Figures Bills Clinton Ill Bill Of Rights Ill Will

Author:Nat Hentoff

“I don't think [Donald] Trump was playing rope-a-dope. He probably said, "Look, I've done these. How many debates did we do in the primaries? I know what's happening."”

Thinking Knows Looks Said Done Trump Happenings Debate Primaries Rope Dope

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“I don't think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn't really escape the influence.”

Thinking Powerful Influence Inevitable Dylan

Author:Paul Simon

“I don't think [Fifty Shades of Grey is] a model for anything. Except maybe in bed.”

Thinking Bed Models Fifty Shade Grey Fifty Shades Shades Of Grey

Author:E. L. James

“I don't think [governments] use [religious repression ] as a weapon, they use it as a as a means of - of oppression. To stifle opposition. To mute resistance.”

Thinking Mean Use Government Religious Weapons Resistance Oppression Opposition Repression Mute

Author:Elie Wiesel

“I don't think [Mitt] Romney can sit there and wait to win because perhaps people are disappointed with President [Barack] Obama.”

People Thinking Winning Waiting President Barack Disappointed Romney President Barack Obama

Author:William Kristol

“I don't think [Parkinson's] is Gothic nastiness. There's nothing on the surface that's horrible about someone with a shaky hand. There's nothing horrible about someone in their life saying, "God, I'm really tired of this shaky hand thing" and me saying, "Me, too." That's our reality. We have no control over it.”

Thinking Hands Reality Tired Surface Horrible Over It Gothic Parkinson Parkinson's Nastiness

Author:Michael J. Fox

“I don't think [pot] is more dangerous than alcohol.”

Thinking Dangerous Alcohol Pot Weed Marijuana Medical Marijuana Funny Weed

Author:Barack Obama

“I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.”

Ifs Thinking Artist Nervous Good Art Good Artist

Author:Ai Weiwei

“I don't think [Russell T Davies] sits up at night worrying about canonicity, except for the times when I'm pretty sure he does.”

Thinking Doe Night Worry

Author:Paul Cornell

“I don't think a baby will change my career because I don't plan to go about my career any differently. I'm gonna work hard because I love to work, and I love what I do. I think a baby will just add more happiness to it.”

Thinking Hard Careers Plans Hard Work Baby Add

Author:Tamar Braxton

“I don't think a baker reads an awful lot about bread.”

Thinking Bread Awful Bakers

Author:Terry Pratchett

“I don't think a celebrity endorsement gets you a vote, but it opens the door for you to hear the appeal of the candidate.”

Thinking Vote

Author:Susan Page

“I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.”

Thinking Winning Coaches Championship

Author:Kobe Bryant

“I don't think a comedian should even be concerned with being cool or sexy, as soon as you do, you aren't a comedian any more. Looks are still the most important thing for women when it comes to meeting a partner. And that's fair enough, but a sense of humour is really important too. For starters, it's a great indicator of whether you are going to get on. If the first time you go on a date you don't find each other funny, there's a fundamental problem.”

“I don't think a day has gone past in 10 years where someone hasn't said, 'What did you do with those guns from Lock, Stock?' And there's pretty much not a week that's gone by where someone hasn't got me to say, 'It's a deal, it's a steal, it's the sale of the f**king century.' Apart from that I get, 'You were brilliant in Notting Hill,' because I look vaguely like Rhys Ifans.”

Thinking Years Looks Said Past Deals Gone Week Century Kings Gun Brilliant Stealing Hills Locks Notting Hill Lock Stock

Author:Jason Flemyng

“I don't think a decent person has to choose between being pro-Israel and pro-Palestine. I think you have to be pro-Peace.”

Thinking Persons Israel Decent Palestine

Author:Amos Oz

“I don't think a director should have any kids. I don't even think it's good for your physical health. Even guys in their 30s look exhausted because directors never get enough sleep. What I do is stressful enough”

Thinking Should Looks Enough Kids Guy Sleep Directors Should Have Exhausted Stressful Physical Health Enough Sleep

Author:Tom Berenger

“I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man.”

Thinking Men Problem Running House Feminism Broken Female Notion Broken Heart Broken Family

Author:Toni Morrison

Source: Conversations with Toni Morrison

“I don't think a guy that really has no understanding about people, or has no interest in understanding people would make a good film composer.”

People Thinking Film Guy Understanding Interest Composer Good Films Film Composers

Author:Stanley Clarke

“I don't think a Hollywood actor is safe from acting in the rain: it all depends on the film.”

Thinking Film Actors Acting Depends Safe Rain Hollywood

Author:Isabella Rossellini

“I don't think a living being should suffer for the sake of fashion, period. End of story. You don't have to kill an animal just because you want to be hot and fly. And I really stand by that.”

Thinking Want Should Ends Stories Suffering Animal Fashion Periods Hot Sake

Author:Taraji P. Henson

“I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.”

Thinking Character Actors Process Diesel

Author:Vin Diesel

“I don't think a lot of people are like, "I'm just quirky!" Or if they are, it's a stage they're going through as they figure out who they are. I never felt like I was choosing roles that were quirky.”

People Thinking Quirky

Author:Zoe Kazan

“I don't think a lot of people have been privy to understanding that there's this talent in hip-hop all over the earth that's just as good. It's just that everything out of the U.S. proclaims to be the best, especially L.A. and New York, being that they're the nerve centers and media capitals of the most predominantly media-emitting country in the world.”

People Thinking World Country Earth Understanding Talent Being The Best

Author:Chuck D

“I don't think a lot of people in America understand what Indians are. And that's our fault, a little. We tend to forget our roots a bit. As kids we think, If I'm too Indian, I'll be put in a box, and people will think of me as different. They'll think I'm weird, because I eat Indian food or my name is difficult to pronounce.”

People Thinking Different Kids Difficult Forget Think Of Me

Author:Priyanka Chopra

“I don't think a lot of people know that I can sing. It's not common knowledge.”

People Thinking Knows I Can Common Common Knowledge

Author:Luke Evans

“I don't think a lot of people listen to their old stuff, do they? I spent a long time making it, so I don't really want to spend much time listening to it again.”

People Thinking Want Long Stuff Listening Long Time Old Stuff

Author:Kate Bush

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