“By reading Huckleberry Finn I felt I was able to justify my act of going into the mountain forest at night and sleeping among the trees with a sense of security which I could never find indoors.” AbleNightReadingFeltSleepTreeSecurityMountainForestsJustifyHuckleberry Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“In my paper the fact the XY was not equal to YX was very disagreeable to me. I felt this was the only point of difficulty in the whole scheme...and I was not able to solve it.” WholeFactsAbleFeltEqualPaperLogicDifficultySolveCertaintyUncertaintyReasoningSchemesDisagreeableOntology Author:Werner Heisenberg
“I'm from Naples. I was born in a poor neighborhood and I always, in my heart, felt like it would be amazing to be able to adopt a child from Naples. I could give someone the opportunity I had. I would love to give back in that way and pay it forward.” WayGivingHeartChildrenWould BeAbleOpportunityFeltBornPoorPayMy HeartNeighborhoodGiving BackNaplesPay It ForwardHeart FeltPoor NeighborhoodsAlways In My Heart Author:Giuliana Rancic
“I get my drive and determination from just winning and playing tennis. I know if I don't work, I won't get rewarded. It was a life long dream to win a Grand Slam so when I was able to do that it felt so good and I wanted to do it again. It's not that hard to stay motivated.” IfsKnowsLongHardDreamAbleWantedWinningFeltDeterminationTennisMotivatedLong LifeSlamStay MotivatedDrive And Determination Author:Samantha Stosur
“Nashville has always felt perfect. I don't think Third Man Records could exist in any other town that I know of in America. Anything smaller or larger than the size of Nashville, and also the music - the attention that's paid to music in that town is sort of the right kind. It's not too hipster and it's not too fake; it's something in the middle, which is really good ground for a place like Third Man Records, that aims to be genre-less. It's great to be able to have that kind of access.” ThinkingKnowsMenKindAbleAmericaFeltPerfectAttentionRecordsMiddleThirdsPaidTownsAimSizeAccessGenreFakeHipsterNashville Author:Jack White
“I understood that there would be some backlash, and that scared me, honestly. But deep down, I felt like it was the right thing to do. And if I was to run away from what I felt in my soul was the right thing to do, that would make me a coward. I can’t live with that. God wouldn’t be able to put me where I am today, and as far as I’ve come in life, if I was a coward.” IfsI CanSoulRunningTodayAbleFeltUnderstoodScaredHonestlyMy SoulThings To DoRight ThingCowardRunning AwayDeep DownBacklash Author:Andrew Hawkins
“I had given up magic, because it had reached a state of perfection. I felt that I was able to transform men into animals. I did not make use of this capability, because I believed I could not justify an intervention of this kind in the life of another person.” MenKindPersonsStatesUseAbleGivenFeltAnimalMagicPerfectionJustifyCapabilityInterventionGiven Up Author:Wolfgang Hildesheimer
“When I moved to New York, I felt very strong emotionally and mentally. Aside from touring, I'd spent a couple of years alone and because of that, I was able to go out in the world again.” WorldYearsAbleStrongFeltNew YorkCoupleMovedVery StrongTouring Author:Marketa Irglova
“I first fell in love with music when I was a little boy. When I first heard music, I felt the beauty in it. Then, being able to tap along on a table top and box was great, but my favorite thing to do was to watch records spin. I would almost get hypnotized by it. These things are what drew me in initially.” FirstsLittlesAbleFeltBoysWatchesRecordsHeardTablesMy FavoriteBoxesThings To DoLittle BoysFavorites Things Author:Narada Michael Walden
“Getting ahead in a difficult profession - singing, acting, writing, whatever requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows and unfair reversals. When I think back to those first couple of years in Rome, those endless rejections, without a glimmer of encouragement from anyone, all those failed screen tests, and yet I never let my desire slide away from me, my belief in myself and what I felt I could achieve.” ThinkingWritingYearsFirstsAbleDesireBeliefFeltDifficultActingAchieveCoupleSingingTestsEncouragementBlowProfessionScreensEndlessRejectionRomeUnfairSlidesFaith In YourselfStaggeringAvidReversal Author:Sophia Loren
“You'll have games where you're out there a long time. Being able to go through that and not get stiff was a good thing for me, ... As I went along, it felt better, and on that last play [a nifty move to his right and a throw across his body for the final out in the seventh] had a lot of body torque to it, and no problems.” LongPlayProblemBodyAbleLastsMovingGamesFeltLong TimeGood ThingsFinalsNo ProblemTorque Author:Nomar Garciaparra
“Once I started working, it became better and better. I really felt that I was back into the work. I was glad I was alive. Just being able to draw and paint - even if I can't walk - is worth living for.” IfsI CanAbleFeltWalksAliveGratitudeDrawsPaintGladWorking ItJust BeingWorth Living Author:John Newman
“My goal from the very beginning was just to write good songs that don't require any production to be felt or understood. I wanted to be able to sit in a room with a guitar and play the song from beginning to end and have it be as impactful as if you heard the studio version with all the bells and whistles.” IfsWritingEndsPlayAbleWantedSongFeltGoalRoomsHeardUnderstoodGuitarProductionsStudiosVersionsBells Author:Madonna Ciccone
“It usually takes me at least ten days and a number of snacks to go from feeling something to being able to articulate what I felt.” FeelingsAbleFeltNumbersTenTake MeSnacks Author:Paul Ford
“As the mental endowment of a man varies with the organisation of his accumulated experiences, the better endowed he is, the more readily will he be able to remember his whole past, everything that he has ever thought or heard, seen or done, perceived or felt, the more completely in fact will he be able to reproduce his whole life. Universal remembrance of all its experiences, therefore, is the surest, most general, and most easily proved mark of a genius.” MenDoneWholeFactsAblePastRememberFeltHeardGeniusUniversalMarkWhole LifeRemembranceVaryOrganisationEndowment Book:Sex & Character Source: Sex & Character
“I might be better able to help parents of dying children, but for quite a while I felt less able, too emotionally involved. And from that time on, I could rarely discuss the death of a child without tears welling up into my eyes.” ChildrenHelpingMightEyeAbleFeltParentDyingTearsInvolved Author:C. Everett Koop
“Opinion in all parts of the world would agree that Rachmaninoff is the most complete of living masters of the instrument; his technique is comprehensive, and he is, of course, musical to his bone's marrow. Most important of all, he is a composer, and for this reason he is able to approach a work as none of his pianist contemporaries can approach one - that is, from the inside, as an organic and felt creative process.” WorldImportantReasonAbleCoursesFeltProcessOpinionCreativeMastersApproachAgreeInstrumentsMusicalBonesTechniqueComposerCreative ProcessComprehensivePianistMarrowRachmaninoff Author:Sergei Rachmaninoff
“When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out there and win any match. But it wasn't the case. I struggled. It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors. It was three years between the junior ranks and reaching the Australian Open, and even then, having reached the final against Hingis, I wasn't really realising what it would take to go higher.” YearsHappensWould BeAbleThreeWinningFeltSportsHalfCasesHigherFinalsFinishedReachingRealisingThree YearsJuniorsAustralian Author:Amelie Mauresmo
“I definitely felt that I was put at a very high place to be able to be a part of such a wonderful franchise in cinema history, so I was definitely very driven at doing a great job and having my body look the way it should and just being a part of the creative process.” WayShouldLooksBodyAbleJobsFeltProcessCreativeWonderfulDrivenCinemaCreative ProcessJust BeingGreat JobHigh Places Author:Kristanna Loken
“I have never for a minute felt in was my stock picking abilities. I feel that my stock picking abilities aided- I was able to pick out which are the good stocks in the good market, but I have been blessed with a great market.” FeelsHas BeensAbleFeltAbilityEconomyMinutesPicksBlessed Author:Jim Cramer
“This was one of the greatest test of his faith he had ever experienced. The thought of deceiving the kind and faithful wife of his youth... was more than he felt able to bear.... his sorrow and misery were increased by the thought of my mother hearing it from some other source, which would no doubt separate them, and he shrank from the thought of such a thing, or of causing her any unhappiness.” KindAbleMotherFeltDoubtWifeYouthSourceBearsSorrowTestsMiseryHearingFaithfulNo DoubtUnhappinessDeceivingPolygamyFaithful Wife Author:Orson F. Whitney
“I always felt blessed that I was able to make a living in a profession [acting] that not a lot of people can make a living at, and I was able to do something I liked, rather than be in a job that I hated.” PeopleAbleJobsFeltActingBlessedProfessionHated Author:Clint Eastwood
“I have that need in me, I want everyone to love me, but I'm embarrassed by that need, so I wanted to cover it up in my persona. I felt like I wouldn't be able to do stand-up for a career if I was needy. I didn't want to be complaining or whining onstage. I wanted to be cool and do exactly what I wanted to do. That way I would never have to change for anybody.” IfsWayWantNeedsAbleWantedFeltCareersComplainingEmbarrassedPersonaNeedyBeing CoolWhining Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I've not been able to avoid periods of time where I felt super-lonely. Luckily, I have a side that is able to always see the glass as half-full.” AbleFeltSidesHalfPeriodsLonelyGlassesHalf Full Author:Will Ferrell
“In the past, when I'd recorded during a break in a tour, it was so easy to sing, because I felt strong. Also, like so many new mothers, I wasn't getting a lot of sleep, and sleeping is such a huge part of being able to sing.” AblePastMotherStrongFeltEasySleepInspiringBreakHugeMothers DayNew Mother Author:Amy Grant
“Somehow I felt that if Fox Talbot had had more time and more drawing talent, he would have filled in the interval between his two drawings and made a complete panorama. Now, 163 years later, I was able to use his great invention to elaborate on his youthful dream of capturing and fixing the fleeting image. In doing so, I may also have added another little bit to the soul of this extraordinary place.” IfsYearsMayLittlesMadeTwoSoulUseDreamAbleFeltBitsTalentLittle BitFilledExtraordinaryPhotographerDrawingInventionMore TimeFoxesFleetingFixingIntervalsPanoramaGreat InventionsFilled In Book:Permutations on the picturesque Source: Permutations on the picturesque
“And I think about my cell at the Pawiak prison. During the first week I felt I would not be able to endure a day without a book, without the circle of light under the parafin lamp in the evening, without a sheet of paper, without you. . . .” ThinkingFirstsBookLightAbleFeltWeekPaperPrisonEndureCirclesEveningCellsSheetsLampsWithout You Author:Tadeusz Borowski