I Quotes
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“I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.”
“I find that the old Roman baths of this quarter, were found covered by an old burying ground, belonging to the Abbey; through which, in all probability, the water drains in its passage; so that as we drink the decoction of the living bodies at the Pump-room, we swallow the strainings of rotten bones and carcasses at the private bath - I vow to God, the very idea turns my stomach!”
Source: The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett: Sir Launcelot Greaves. Humphry Clinker
“I find that the older you get, the more helpful eyeliner is.”
“I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality.”
“I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine how people would react to my death. Mr Dunthorne's quavering voice as he makes the announcement. The shocked faces of my classmates. A playground bedecked with flowers. The empty stillness of a school corridor. Local news analysis. . . . The steady stoicism of my parents. . . . Candlelit vigils. . . . And finally, my glorious resurrection.”
“I find that the people who don't eat as much candy are really into heavy protein, like steak. I don't eat that.”
“I find that the quest to be perfect and make perfect music is like a black whole. I realize that you can come with the intention to capture a vibe and use a formula, but you have to accept that most of the time its not going to be what you envisioned and you might manifest something better. I think that's been the hardest thing to wrap my head around that most ideas we go for ends up sounding different. I think art in general should be about enjoying the process and the experience. All that matters is if you feel the music and it captures the element your going for.”
“I find that the rhythm of going on long walks will suggest melodies.”
Source: Shape of My Heart
“I find that the sensation of myself as an ego inside a bag of skin is really a hallucination.”
“I find that the standard of living does not go up in proportion with the cost of living. The trick in life is to do things that are fun all the time.”
“I find that the things that really, you know, get us fired up, tend to be things that, for example, things that you talk about tonight, what we see in the news.”
“I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni and parking for the faculty.”
“I find that the three truly great times for thinking thoughts are when I am standing in the shower, sitting on the john, or walking. And the greatest of these, by far, is walking.”
Source: The Complete Walker IV
“I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.”
“I find that the vast majority of people who are judging are just fearful or insecure.”
“I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.”
“I find that the whole weight of relieving human misery and distress falls on the shoulders of those Heretics and Infidels; and though great part of this distress has been occasioned by those ravening wolves' hopeful converts.”
“I find that the world is changing much, much faster than I can even bitch about it.”
Source: The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass
“I find that there are a lot of similarities between French and Japanese food. I think they're two countries that have really systemized their cuisine and codified it.”
“I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists.”
“I find that there is no speech that is not soliloquy. And yet, always, I sense an audience.”
Source: Tourmaline
“I find that things don't bother me as much. If I had a bad day on set, it sort of just rolls of my back in a way that it didn't before. So that's where the biggest difference is, stuff that used to get under my skin or that I would worry about or be anxious about just isn't a problem. So in some ways, having a child has been very liberating. I found it very liberating.”
“I find that those men who are personally most polite to women, who call them angels and all that, cherish in secret the greatest contempt for them.”
Source: the female eunuch
“I find that those who have the most to lose are the most motivated”
“I find that those who voted for George W. Bush are less offended by his religious references, and those who voted for Bill Clinton did not seem offended at all when people prayed at his inauguration.”
“I find that through the sad times, work is what made my continuing, not breaking down, possible. In work, I was always someone else and I subconsciously reveled in that.”
Source: By Myself and Then Some
“I find that through the study of women, you get to the heart - the truth - of the culture.”
“I find that time constraints actually make me more productive, and "real world" experiences provide a lot of inspiration to write.”
“I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.”
Source: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, the Journal of John Woolman, Fruits of Solitude by William Penn
“I find that truly heartbreaking that, like, it's such a common, constant thing in people's lives - a brutal abuse of people by other people, and it's just accepted.”
“I find that usually when I watch something like horror film, I'm constantly thinking no, it's not going to happen.”
“I find that vegetables like butternut squash, which I feel unexcited about as a side dish, I'm thrilled to eat in a soup.”
“I find that we are all such sinners that it is better to leave the judging to God.”
“I find that we must be careful not to judge or weigh in on anything other than ourselves. I am living and learning this still!”
“I find that what doubt does, or fear, is it makes you come up with as many ideas as you possibly can. And on film that works 'cause you're then handing over that fear to the director, who has to make sense of all those options!”
“I find that when I am actually writing, I enter a zone of concentration too small to admit my troubles.”
Source: Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert
“I find that when I am gossiping about my friends, as well as my enemies, I am deeply conscious of performing a social duty. But when I hear they are gossiping about me, I am rightfully filled with righteous indignation.”
“I find that when I am involved in the business of life, when I'm working with people, particularly with children, I feel better. A kind of strength and energy comes with that.”
“I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.”
“I find that when I do not think of myself I do not think at all.”
“I find that when I get casual in my relationships with divinity and when it seems that no divine ear is listening and no divine voice is speaking, that I am far, far away. If I immerse myself in the scriptures the distance narrows and the spirituality returns. I find myself loving more intensely those whom I must love with all my heart and mind and strength, and loving them more, I find it easier to abide their counsel.”
“I find that when I have any appointment, even an afternoon one, it changes the whole quality of time. I feel overcharged. There is no space for what wells up from the subconscious; those dreams and images live in deep still water and simply submerge when the day gets scattered.”
Source: Journal of a Solitude
“I find that when I play reality-based characters, it is only as fun for me if I have a lot of time to do research. If I don't it just isn't exciting but if I do, it can be fun because I can learn about that person and the world that they live in and I can become somebody else”
“I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems.”
“I find that when I tell lawyer jokes to a mixed audience, the lawyers don't think they're funny and the non-lawyers don't think they're jokes.”
“I find that when I think I am asking God to forgive me I am often in reality. . . asking Him not to forgive me but to excuse me.”
“I find that when I'm ready for something to end, I transition quickly. But when something ends before its time, I find it hard to move on.”
“I find that when I've seen a certain number of people my mind becomes like an old match box -- the part one strikes on, I mean.”
Source: The letters of Virginia Woolf
“I find that when my plays are going well, they seem to resemble pieces of music. But if I had to go into specifics about it, I wouldn't be able to. It's merely something that I feel.”
Source: Conversations with Edward Albee
“I find that when one has worked long enough, technical know-how becomes almost irrelevant. In photography, it's not difficult to reach a technical level where you don't need to think about the technique any more. I think there is far too much literature and far too much emphasis upon the techniques of photography. The make of camera and type of film we happen to use has little bearing on the results.”