“In animation, you can throw away people's defense. You can go right to the center of things, right through inside someone's heart. The characters anyway, they do represent different aspects of all of us - and put them all together, you get a human being. And so it's got a wonderful purity, a real purity that's so moving, exiting, everything.” PeopleHumansHeartDifferentRealCharacterTogetherMovingHuman BeingsWonderfulAspectDefensePurityAnimation Author:Timothy Dalton
“People believe that if you're concerned about the clothes you're wearing and the larger aspects of your appearance, that it's anti-intellectual. I say "Hogwash!" The clothes we wear send a message about how the world perceives us.” PeopleIfsWorldBelieveMessagesClothesIntellectualConcernedAspectAppearancePerceiveHogwash Author:Tim Gunn
“Digital has really achieved a certain image quality for capture. There's also the way we view and exhibit films. It really touches all aspects of cinema.” WayFilmCertainViewsQualityAspectCinemaDigitalCaptureExhibits Author:Christopher Kenneally
“Horror movies in a sense are about the things that you cannot control, cannot define and the things that you are afraid of, and that is what the boogey man is. The boogey man doesn't have a backstory, he is just the thing you fear and I think it is important to celebrate that aspect of horror.” ThinkingMenImportantHorrorAspectCelebrate Author:Larry Fessenden
“You play a part in every aspect of your life going the way you want or not going the way that you want. It has very little to do with other people.” PeopleWayWantLittlesPlayAspect Author:Will Smith
“For me, listening to Beethoven and Tchaikovsky in particular, there's an emotional aspect - very different kinds of emotional aspects from those two composers, nonetheless, very strong emotional aspects from both of those composers.” KindTwoDifferentStrongEmotionalParticularListeningAspectComposerVery StrongDifferent KindsTchaikovskyStrong Emotional Author:Crispin Glover
“When I was a child I did engage in an arduous struggle to pass: learning English, getting rid of my accent, becoming conversant with the culture in all its large and small aspects.” ChildrenCultureStruggleBecomingAspectAccentsLearning English Author:Luc Sante
“Food is less important to me because I've learned to control my appetite to a great extent, simply by having my mind elsewhere. I find when I'm busy meditating on other aspects of my life I go without eating and I don't miss it.” MindImportantMissingEatingAspectBusyI've LearnedAppetiteElsewhereMeditating Author:George Harrison
“There is no one part of the brain which recognizes or responds emotionally to music. Instead, there are many different parts responding to different aspects of music: to pitch, to frequency, to timbre, to tonal intervals, to consonance, to dissonance, to rhythm, to melodic contour, to harmony.” DifferentBrainAspectHarmonyRhythmFrequencyRespondingIntervalsDissonanceTimbreConsonance Author:Oliver Sacks
“It seems a strange thing, but once I was able to get past that kind of self-image problem, I was able to open up in my comedy work and just go all out, take chances, and have fun with the performance aspect of that.” KindSelfProblemSeemsAblePastFunChanceComedyStrangeAspectPerformancesHaving FunTake A ChanceStrange Things Author:Amy Poehler
“In varying degrees and and upon different levels all gods and goddesses represent aspects of One God Which is both 'male' and 'female'.” DifferentLevelsDegreesFemaleAspectMalesGoddessPaganismDifferent LevelsGods And Goddesses Book:Applied Magic Source: Applied Magic
“We can carry the burden of hurt throughout our lives. We can make the hurt that we have experienced the defining aspect of our stories of ourselves. That means that somebody else gets to say who we are, somebody else gets to decide how we feel, and somebody else gets to decide how we see the world. Forgiveness not only frees us from the burden of someone else's opinion of us, but it allows us the opportunity to really write a story of ourselves that we can love, enjoy, relish, and live into.” WorldFeelsWritingMeanStoriesOpportunityEnjoyHurtOpinionOur LivesAspectBurdenWho We AreDefiningRelish Author:Desmond Tutu
“How we sit within the body is an extremely important part of the spiritual journey. The body itself is used either by the spirit within us, or by the fear-based mind. When it is used by the spirit, then it is a thing of holiness. How we dwell within it, how we treat it, and how we use it in relationship to other aspects of the planet is extremely important. When we use the body without reverence, we are destructive elements on the planet. We become destructive to ourselves, to other life forms, and to the earth.” MindImportantUseBodyEarthSpiritualFormUsedSpiritJourneyPlanetsElementsAspectTreatsHolinessDestructiveReverenceSpiritual Journey Author:Marianne Williamson
“Our own lives feel so disordered and confusing, so it's amazing to me that the filmmakers caught the personal, emotional high points and low points of my life and not just the public aspects.” FeelsEmotionalLowsAspectCaughtFilmmakerConfusingHigh PointsLow Points Author:Gloria Steinem
“You only get one shot in your life and you might as well push yourself and try things. There's so many interesting aspects of making a movie; the costume department, the set design, the casting itself, the locations. It's a great, great thing to be involved in if you have the headspace for it, and I do. Try anything once.” IfsTryingWellsMightInterestingDesignInvolvedShotsAspectGreat ThingsDepartmentLocationCostumesCastingPush Yourself Author:Jason Statham
“I like movies that interest me and stories that interest me, I don't think about how much money it's gonna [cost] to make the movie, I don't think about any of that. I think about certain aspects like who's making the movie and who's gonna tell a story that I wanna be involved in, but I don't have that choice and I never have.” ThinkingStoriesCertainChoicesInterestInvolvedCostAspect Author:Alex Pettyfer
“Most people think the Iraq war has increased the probability of an attack. However, it's difficult to put this aspect into financial terms.” PeopleThinkingWarDifficultTermAspectFinancialIraqProbabilityIraq War Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“I love the communication aspect with my athletes. I like the one on one time with my athletes but really its about making them better athletes and finding out what makes them tick.” CommunicationFindingsAspectAthleteOne TimeTickOne On One Author:Robin Farina
“I was in Paris last year, where there's a great appreciation of many different aspects of African culture and of black culture. The music... the art... whatever... And I kind of went with that.” YearsKindArtDifferentLastsCultureBlackAspectAppreciationParisLast YearBlack CultureAfrican Culture Author:Lenny Kravitz
“I don't affiliate myself with any specific religious group. I connect to different ritualistic aspects of different belief systems, and I see the connecting thread between all religious beliefs.” DifferentBeliefReligiousGroupsAspectThreadConnectingReligious BeliefBelief SystemsDifferent Beliefs Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Canon law pertains to Catholics. Jewish law pertains only to Jews. But the sharia dictates every basic aspect of human life, asserts its authority over non-Muslims, unlike Jewish law and unlike canon law, which is why they're slaughtering Christians, they're slaughtering secular Muslims across the Muslim world.” WorldHumansChristianLawAuthorityAspectCatholicJewHuman LifeSecularCanonMuslim WorldShariaJewish Law Author:Pamela Geller
“There are certain mystical belief systems that believe that taking pictures takes an aspect of the soul, but beyond that it's just the idea that once you're captured in a photograph, then a million presumptions are made of you, and you are forever frozen in that one moment, and you are perceived to be the embodiment of that moment, and that, of course, is an illusion.” BelieveMadeIdeasSoulMomentsCertainCoursesBeliefMillionsForeverIllusionAspectPhotographThat MomentMysticalFrozenCapturedEmbodimentBelief SystemsPresumptionTaking Pictures Author:Madonna Ciccone
“To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.” WorldLooksTurnsAspectRelationRationalMutual Book:Reading Hegel: The Introductions Source: Reading Hegel: The Introductions
“The Latina spirit translates to every aspect of our lives, from beauty to work to family. We're loving, we're loud, and we're beautiful in our essence.” BeautifulSpiritOur LivesAspectEssenceLoudTranslateLatina Author:Eva Longoria
“The pop culture has become more frenetic. There are more forces at work that are far more invasive. However, I think it would be perfectly doable to defend ones loved ones from some of the harsher aspects of public life. You’re not going to be a 100% successful. But you can see when it’s on purpose. It’s so blatantly easy to avoid at times and you can tell when it was unavoidable.” ThinkingWould BePurposeCultureForceEasySuccessfulAspectPopsLoved OnesPop CulturePublic Life Author:Mel Gibson
“I do what I can to sort of just stave off the clock - walk, swim, try and smoke an electric cigarette. I mean it's all bad for you. Life is bad. We're all dying. We're all in the process of oxidizing. Everyone of us is in the process of oxidizing so to sort of interrupt one aspect of that while everything else goes on, it's a freak show.” TryingMeanI CanShowsLife IsProcessWalksDyingGoes OnAspectSmokeClockSwimFreakElectricCigarette Author:Mel Gibson
“To have one's race brutally treated for so many years, even after the end of slavery and segregation, people are going to rise up with violence to attain what they believe is rightfully theirs. The most important thing at this time is raising the awareness of everyone; people need to be educated everywhere about all aspects of racism and how it affects people still today.” PeopleNeedsYearsBelieveStillsImportantEndsTodayRaceViolenceAwarenessRacismAspectSlaveryImportant ThingsTreatedEducatedSegregation Author:Assata Shakur
“I think that spirituality is important for all people to develop. I don't mean there necessarily has to be a religious aspect to spirituality. Some people are spiritual in a religious way, other people are spiritual in their work and in their art and in their treatment of other people.” PeopleThinkingWayMeanArtImportantSpiritualSpiritualityReligiousAspectTreatment Author:Assata Shakur
“I just love film making; all aspects of it. I love the idea of writing but I just don't feel like I could really do it. I didn't even graduate from school.” FeelsWritingIdeasSchoolFilmAspectGraduatesLove Films Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“If you're smart enough you realise that your possessions possess you in their turn. Collecting has a neurotic aspect. I find it boring when collectors found their own private museums or try to establish a memorial to themselves in the form of their collections, it's part of the old aristocratic mentality. I think a collection ought to be dismantled after the collector's death.” IfsThinkingTryingEnoughFormTurnsFoundOughtSmartAspectPossessionBoringCollectionsMuseumsRealisingMentalityMemorialCollectingNeuroticCollectorsAristocratic Author:Thomas Koerfer
“Everything that is observed in the physical world has as its source that which is invisible. This means we must surrender to the Spirit and to the invisible part of ourselves. Then learning to manifest is really nothing more than learning to manifest another aspect of ourselves.” WorldMeanSpiritSourceAspectSurrenderInvisibleManifest Author:Wayne Dyer
“I like to tell untold true stories, or the lesser-known aspects of larger, familiar stories. I think people or topics that are slightly on the edge or outside the mainstream often reveal more than better-known stories.” PeopleThinkingStoriesKnownAspectEdgesFamiliarMainstreamTopicsTrue StoryLesser Known Author:Nancy Kates
“Also, worldbuilding touches all aspects of your story. It touches plot and character as well. If you don't know the culture your character comes from, how can you know what he's really like? You must know your characters on a much deeper level than you would if you just shrugged your way into a cookie cutter fantasy world.” IfsKnowsWorldWayWellsCharacterStoriesCultureLevelsFantasyLike YouAspectDeeperPlotCookiesFantasy WorldsCuttersReally Like YouCookie Cutters Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“The author can always delve into his own personality and find aspects of himself with which he can dress his characters.” CharacterPersonalityAspectDresses Author:Terry Pratchett
“What surprised me about directing is how much I loved it and how happy I am to be on the set. I love coming to work in the morning. What I realized is that I never loved acting. I don't love being in the hair and makeup chair. I don't [love] being in costume. To me the strangest thing is that I've just spent the majority of my life in one aspect of this business, and because I was fortunate enough to become successful I never questioned whether I felt at home and found out later in life that I'm much happier directing.” EnoughHomeFoundFeltLove IsActingMorningSuccessfulHairAspectMajorityI RealizedFortunateChairsMakeupCostumesBecoming SuccessfulLater In LifeHair And Makeup Author:Angelina Jolie
“Competition is great for everyone. Sports can teach you so much at an early age, including camaraderie and sportsmanship. Competition aspect is something I've always been big on - I always wanted to compete in something. It was swimming for many years, then I moved on to basketball. I had to find a way to channel my competitive energy, so I'm lucky that basketball worked out for me.” WayYearsBigsAgeWantedEnergySportsTeachLuckyBasketballAspectMovedCompetitionIncludingSwimmingInspirational SportsInspirational BasketballMoved OnCompetitivenessSportsmanshipCamaraderieI Moved On Author:Tim Duncan
“I like the aspect of technology. For me to spin the way I do, I would have to carry five crates of records with me everywhere I go, which in this day and age would be like two hundred extra dollars in baggage fees. All I need now is a hard drive and a computer and I can rock anywhere in the world.” WorldWayNeedsI CanTwoHardWould BeAgeTechnologyRecordsFiveRocksComputerHundredAspectDollarsExtrasThis DayBaggageFees Author:Neil Armstrong
“The spirit for me is the eternal self. And when one incarnates, an aspect comes with that incarnation, that's called the soul. And together the mind, the emotional body, and the soul form the energy field that lives within this thing called the human body.” MindHumansSoulSelfBodyTogetherFormSpiritEnergyFieldsEmotionalEternalAspectHuman BodyIncarnationEnergy Fields Author:Caroline Myss
“I don't have an image of myself, when I'm walking down the street, like I'm a rock star or something. I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I do play electric guitar and all of that but in the end I'm just a person. I really don't live like a rock star, economically or socially. I still live a pretty simple life beside the traveling aspect of it.” HumansPersonsStillsEndsPlayArtistStarsHuman BeingsSimpleStreetsRocksMomWalkingAspectGuitarElectricRock StarSimple LifeElectric Guitar Author:Patti Smith
“Whenever you try to work through the things that we're trying to work through, that we're addressing, it ends up looking negative. Our goal is nonjudgment, nonfiltered acceptance of everything. So much of our background collectively, especially in the United States, is denying and suppressing and disowning a lot of negativity and the darker areas. You can become swallowed up in it. It's cancerous. The goal should be to define acceptance for everything. To try and consider every aspect. To try to look into the shadows, as well as the light.” ShouldTryingWellsLooksEndsStatesLightGoalUnitedUnited StatesAcceptanceShadowAreasNegativeAspectBackgroundsNegativitySuppressingDisowning Author:Maynard James Keenan
“We have lost faith in ourselves. Therefore to preach the Advaita aspect of the Vedanta is necessary to rouse up the hearts of men, to show them the glory of their souls. It is therefore that I preach this Advaita, and I do so not as a sectarian, but upon universal and widely acceptable grounds.” MenHeartSoulShowsFaithLostGloryAspectUniversalAcceptableVedantaLost Faith Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard. What you’ve really got to do is focus on learning as much about life, and about various aspects of it first.” FirstsHardFilmEasyFocusAspectVarious Author:George Lucas
“We really didn't devote a lot of time to investigating the scariest aspects of our flight. It was more challenging and productive to concentrate on the remedies, and leave things that couldn't be solved to happen without thinking about them. There is a morbid human curiosity associated with tragic death-producing events. Though naturally, this needs to be kept in perspective.” ThinkingNeedsHumansHappensChallengesEventsPerspectiveAspectCuriosityFlightProductiveTragicRemedyMorbidInvestigating Author:Buzz Aldrin
“In general, advertising isn't a "creative" atmosphere. It's a business atmosphere and your job is puzzle solving. My favorite aspect of the business, I guess, was presenting to clients. What I enjoyed least were the clients. Worried corporate brand managers, trying to dumb-down their ads for the stupid American population. I hated the disrespect that these people had for "consumers."” PeopleTryingJobsCreativeStupidAspectMy FavoritePopulationAdvertisingBrandsManagersEnjoyedDumbConsumersWorriedCorporateAtmosphereHatedAdsClientsPuzzlesDisrespectPresenting Author:Augusten Burroughs
“Country fans are the best fans out there because of the loyalty, and the way that they apply your music to every aspect of their life.” WayCountryFansAspectLoyalty Author:Eric Church
“The key to attempting to create art in some aspect is also knowing that it will turn some people off.” PeopleArtTurnsKnowingKeysAspectAttempting Author:Dane Cook
“And I'm sort of deconstructing the process of what marks came first, what came later. Every aspect of the image is interesting to me to dissect and understand.” FirstsProcessInterestingAspectMark Author:Robert Longo
“I tell personal stories associated with aspects of the theory, and I hope they are interesting and compelling. I don't feel you're going to change a grownup's mind in one reading. People have to be exposed to scientific ideas over and over again for years. It's also not a textbook.” PeopleFeelsYearsMindIdeasStoriesReadingInterestingTheoryAspectExposedCompellingTextbooksGrownupsPersonal Stories Author:Bill Nye
“Sales is the most important aspect of a company, which in turn is about how well you treat your customer and stay ahead of your customer's requirements.” WellsImportantTurnsCompanyAspectTreatsCustomersRequirements Author:Mark Cuban
“I don't think the soul is immortal, or at least not immortal in individuals, but it may be immortal as an aspect of the human personality because when I talk about what literature nourishes, it would be silly of me or reductionist to say that it nourishes the brain.” ThinkingHumansMaySoulWould BeLiteratureIndividualBrainPersonalityAspectSillyImmortalBeing SillyHuman Personality Author:Christopher Hitchens