I Quotes
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“I felt, if I never did anything in my life but read scripts and synopsize them, I would be happy.”
“I felt, if I'm going to react I might as well over react.”
“I felt, if I'm going to take on some of the most overdone material, which is men and women and affairs and betrayal of friends, I had better have a new take on it. I think my films come from a desperation not to be boring.”
“I felt, implicitly, or not so implicitly, that subjects about women and other races were out of my jurisdiction as a creator. That if I moved too far from my own experience, and my own established identity, I would be criticized for taking even more of those wedding pies from others.”
“I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone.”
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel
“I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone. I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it? What's so horrible about being dead forever, and not feeling anything, and not even dreaming? What's so great about feeling and dreaming?”
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel
“I felt, this is what I want to be in my life. I want to be an actress.”
“I felt, you know, body and soul, as it were. But, of course, I mean, I - at that age, I didn't think in terms of being professional. I didn't know anything about it. That happened later.”
“I fervently believe in research as a necessity for good design, and I teach it that way.”
“I fervently believe that people shouldn't stay in bad relationships just because of some artificial rom-com notion of true love being "forever." In fact, I think that the pressure of conforming to that framework ruins-literally RUINS-a lot of people's lives.”
“I fervently believe that, as someone has said before, "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." I want to help change the way young people look at school, and hence, the way they look at their futures.”
“I fervently wish no misery ever came near anyone; yet it is that alone that gives us an insight into the depths of our lives, does it not? In our moments of anguish, gates barred forever seem to open and let in many a flood of light.”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“I fetched a pair of metal tweezers from my pack and carefully plucked a leaf from the frost. It was lovely, segmented like a maple and white as the trunk and boughs, though it also had a coating of short white hairs, like some sort of beast. I placed the leaf within a small metal box I habitually use to collect such samples, many of which have found their place in the Museum of Dryadology and Ethnofolklore at Cambridge.”
Source: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
“I fiercely protect my privacy. I just don't think it's everyone's business to know every little detail about my life. That's just the way I've handled myself.”
“I fight against the gluttony of time with so many very amusing weapons with gestures and with three attitudes and with charming phrases; with tears and with tinsel, and with sugar-coated pills, and with platitudes slightly regilded. Yes, and I fight him also with little mirrors wherein gleam confusedly the corruptions of lust, and ruddy loyalty, and a bit of moonshine, and the pure diamond of the heart's desire, and the opal cloudings of human compromise: but, above all, I fight that ravening dotard with the strength of my own folly.”
Source: The Witch-woman: A Trilogy about Her
“I fight AIDS because it's a killer disease, destroys the human race in all fields.”
“I fight authority and authority always wins.”
“I fight battles to help other people fight theirs.”
“I fight because international law recognises my right.”
“I fight because it allows me to face my fears head on, and conquer those fears one by one.”
“I fight cynicism. It`s too easy. It`s really boring. It`s much harder to be positive and see the wonder of everything. Cynicism is a bunch of people who aren`t as talented as other people, knocking them because they make them feel even more untalented.”
“I fight evil, and words are my weapons of choice.”
“I fight fairly, and in good faith.”
“I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.”
“I fight for perfection”
“I fight for the man next to me. It don't matter about me, what matters about me is sacrificing for you; for the ultimate goal which is us.”
“I fight for what I believe. If you are not willing to stand up for what you believe, your beliefs are not strong enough.”
“I fight for your right to religion, as madly as I fight for another's choice of not having religion.”
Source: The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology
“I fight myself. I don't fight to break Ali's record or Sugar Ray Robinson's record. I fight to please myself. I know in my heart where I'm rated. I didn't fight in Ali's era. This is my era.”
“I fight not for myself, I fight for the audience.”
“I fight pain, anxiety, and fear every day, and the only method I have found that relieves my illness is to keep creating art. I followed the thread of art and somehow discovered a path that would allow me to live.”
Source: Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama
“I fight so that all the fighting I've already done hasn't been for nothing.
I fight… because I must.”
“I fight terrorism as if there was no peace process, and I negotiate the peace process as if there was no terrorism.”
“I fight to keep my fingers from trembling. I have a sudden urge to lick him. That’s not part of the plan. Maybe I can take a bit of a detour, taste what’s on display, even though I probably shouldn’t. Going against the plan is never advisable. But maybe just a little peck – it’s harmless, right? I lean in, and my lips connect with his skin. The reasonable part of my brain reminds me, Not a good idea. The other needy and somewhat desperate parts counter with, Oh god. Best. Idea. Ever.”
Source: Sweet Bliss
“I fight to take a good photograph every single time.”
“I fight very strongly against libertarian influence within the Republican Party and the conservative movement. I don't think the libertarians have it right when it comes to what the Constitution's all about. I don't think they have it right as to what our history is.”
“I fight with emotion, but I don't fight with anger. I could be angry, but I'm not going to fight with anger because when you fight with anger you can make mistakes.”
“I fight with love and i laugh with rage....you gotta live light enough to see the humor, and long enough to see some change.”
“I fight with love and kindness as my weapons and compassion as my defense.”
“I fight with you because i care. Now, when i stop fighting with you, thats when you should really start worrying.”
“I fight, knock them out, have some sex and Monday I'm back to hitting bags and kicking ass.”
“I figure 1000 words a day, or four pages, and sometimes I'll write more, but I'll try not to. Because I think you don't want to exhaust what it is you're writing about, so the next day you would have to gear up for a brand new scene.”
“I figure a lot of folks are probably looking to find out if Moses Malone is into that stuff, but the closest I come to drugs is drinking a Coca-Cola. I don't want that cocaine; it's not for me.”
“I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.”
Source: Elvis: Inspirations
“I figure as an artist the best thing you can do is follow your heart - and if your heart is marketable, then you win.”
“I figure guys are like Whitman's Samplers. I like to take a little bite out of each and then move on before the whole box gets stale.”
Source: Kinsey Millhone: First Three Novels
“I figure I basically am a ghost. I think we all are.”
“I figure I just keep working and let the chips fall where they may, and if that means I end up having an eclectic career, so be it. For me to try to manipulate things or for me to try to tell people or the system how it should be...I'm just a kind of a more go-with-the-flow guy when it comes to my acting career.”
“I figure I write for people who are intelligent enough to do some labor. Lazy readers are not my ideal readers.”
“I figure I wrote 37 songs in 20 years, and that's not exactly a full-time job. It wasn't that I was writing and writing and writing and quit.”