I Quotes
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“I discovered that the most dangerous mask is the one worn by intelligent people because they are clever at their disguise.”
“I discovered that the most interesting music of all was made by simply lining the loops in unison, and letting them slowly shift out of phase with other.”
Source: Writings on Music, 1965-2000
“I discovered that the people of the North are different and there's no way you can make a person from the North similar to a Southerner. They're two different worlds.”
“I discovered that the real meaning of Christmas has nothing to do with you at all. It is about a very special gift. I want to you tell you about this gift.”
Source: It's Not About You Mr. Santa Claus: A Love Letter About the True Meaning of Christmas
“I discovered that the study of past philosophers is of little use unless our own reality enters into it. Our reality alone allows the thinker's questions to become comprehensible.”
“I discovered that this camera was the technical means in photography of communicating what the world looks like in a state of heightened awareness. And it's that awareness of really looking at the everyday world with clear and focused attention that I'm interested in.”
“I discovered that those who seldom dwell on their emotions know better than anyone else just what an emotion is.”
“I discovered that what most people call creepy, scary, and spooky, I call comfy, cozy, and home.”
“I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment.”
Source: Who Would You Be Without Your Story? (Large Print 16pt)
“I discovered that when one follows the artist's eye one sees unexpected treasures in so many seemingly ordinary scenes.”
Source: My Life in France
“I discovered the 7th art at home when I was kid, through Charlie Chaplin's movies and those of my father who shot documentaries. He was my biggest influence. So I took his camera and started shooting.”
“I discovered the Clash, the Pistols, obviously the Ramones, Blondie.”
“I discovered the joys of having a four-legged friend. I liked it, except when he ran off.”
Source: Happy People Read and Drink Coffee
“I discovered the miracle that all things that sound are music, including the dishes and silverware in the dishwasher, as long as they fulfill the illusion of showing us where life is heading.”
“I discovered the profound impact of music as a tool for navigating through my grief.”
“I discovered the same thing Gram Parsons did, that soul music and country music are practically identical. Based off of the same chord structures, and the songs are of heartache and loss. The main connection is they both came up in church.”
“I discovered the secret of the sea in meditation upon a dewdrop.”
“I discovered the treasure I have within and now I am richer than any king or a queen.”
“I discovered the wife's got asthma. Thank God - I thought she was hissing at me.”
Source: Les Dawson's Joke Book
“I discovered the writing of Kirsty Eagar and was blown away. Everyone needs to read her now.”
“I discovered then that the only way I was going to heal was to let the emotions come, embrace them and keep going.”
“I discovered there are some messages, left by other artists. I've just started to draw, say, to share the visions with them, or to start my own. Which will probably be transformed soon by others.”
“I discovered there was an endless source of robust enjoyment in trifling with psychiatrists.”
Source: Lolita
“I discovered there was something else I had never considered-Plan C- don't turn to mush, don't leave, stay and resist. Tango's entire point.”
Source: Black Swans
“I discovered Twitter, as I remember, and the idea of watching a global conversation go by immediately struck me as a fantastic thing. So I suppose it's not TwitterVision per se that excited me, but Twitter itself and its implications.”
“I discovered very early on that if you wanted a thing, you went for it - and you got it. Most people never go anywhere, or want anything - so they never get anything.”
“I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.”
“I discovered very quickly that criticism is a form of optimism, and that when you are silent about the shortcomings of your society, you're very pessimistic about that society. And it's only when you speak truthfully about it that you show your faith in that society.”
“I discovered very soon, especially for movies, because I started in theater, that every director has his own universe. You have to be free enough to try to understand what he wants from you. Especially when that director has a tremendous personality. And I'm talking about people like Pedro Almodovar and Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino and Woody Allen. And you have to adapt. If you don't adapt to them, you are off the thing.”
“I discovered what I call the Bill Gates effect. That is, the more successful you are, the uglier you get.”
“I discovered what is and isn't important to me. I decided I really wanted to enjoy life with someone fun, who can make the best out of any situation - whatever it is we're doing.”
“I discovered when I had a child of my own that I had become a biased observer of small children. Instead of looking at them with affectionate but nonpartisan eyes, I saw each of them as older or younger, bigger or smaller, more or less graceful, intelligent, or skilled than my own child.”
“I discovered when I went all out, when I put 100 percent of my energy into some intense, impossible task - when my heart was jack-hammering, when lactic acid was sizzling through my muscles - that's when I felt good, normal, balanced.”
Source: The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
“I discovered when we suffer, we suffer as equals. And in their capacity to suffer, a dog is a pig, is a bear...is a boy.”
“I discovered writing a great story is the same high as reading one! I have been hooked ever since!”
“I discovered years ago that the best results in this respect could be gained by running 100 miles weekly at my near best aerobic efforts and that, supplementary to this, running as many easy miles as I could”
“I discovered you can get closer to a characters thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.”
“I discovered, quite early in motherhood, that the longest and most painful deliveries occur when you give birth to stepchildren.”
Source: The memoirs of Bambi Goldbloom, or, Growing up in New Jersey
“I discovered, though, that once having given a pig an enema there is no turning back, no chance of resuming one of life's more stereotyped roles.”
Source: Essays of E. B. White
“I discovered, to my amazement, that all through history there had been resistance ... and bitter, exaggerated, last-stitch resistance ... to every significant technological change that had taken place on earth. Usually the resistance came from those groups who stood to lose influence, status, money...as a result of the change. Although they never advanced this as their reason for resisting it. It was always the good of humanity that rested upon their hearts.”
“I discuss humanity and not races.”
“I discuss my beliefs less because I bed my atheist, who cannot believe in much more sacred than our kisses.”
Source: Pagan Standard Times: Essays on the Craft
“I discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to followany idea, wise or mad that may present itself. My ideas are my harlots.”
“I discussed in detail what to expect over the next couple of days: what the surgery entailed; how we'd shave only a small strip of her hair to keep it cosmetically appealing; how her arm would likely get a little weaker afterward but then stronger again; that if all went well, she'd be out of the hospital in three days; that this was just the first step in a marathon; that getting rest was important; and that I didn't expect them to retain anything I had just said and we'd go over everything again.”
Source: When Breath Becomes Air
“I dish the dirt out and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it?”
“I dished up a big plate of longsilog---longganisa (the delicious sausages I loved so much I'd named my adorable dachshund after them), sinangag (garlic fried rice), and itlog (fried egg). Traditional Filipino breakfasts typically included sinangag and itlog, as well as some form of protein you chose---tocilog, tapsilog, spamsilog, bangsilog, etc. It sounded intense, but this hearty meal was the only real way to start the day. No bowls of cereal or skipping meals in the Macapagal household. We worked long, hard hours and needed the delicious fuel to get us through the day.”
Source: Homicide and Halo-Halo
“I dislike a great deal of contemporary poetry - all of the past you read is usually quite great - but it is a useful thorn to have in one's side.”
Source: The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara
“I dislike a picture that is too suave or too skilfully done. But, contrariwise, I also dislike a picture that looks too inept or blundering.”
“I dislike allegory wherever I smell it.”
“I dislike and despise groups of people, but I love individuals. Every person you look at, you can see the universe in their eyes, if you're really looking...”