“I was aware of the possible biases you could get as a commercial director, like being too concerned about the technical aspects of the form rather than anything of substance. If you keep working in commercials, you can get trapped in a very superficial way of thinking. I always used commercials as an exercise for filmmaking, like going to the gym.” IfsThinkingWayFormUsedExerciseDirectorsConcernedAspectSubstanceGymTrappedFilmmakingSuperficialWay Of Thinking Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“It's a piece that is so interactive, and relies so much on these five men in the room, that I think will appeal to the life experiences every person has, in some small way. Every aspect of the play will in some way touch somebody or they'll know someone that has a likeness... very representative of real life.” ThinkingKnowsMenWayPersonsRealPlayRoomsFivePiecesAspectReal LifeAppealsRelyLife ExperienceRepresentativesInteractive Author:Sean Mahon
“I think my style is very eclectic, because I love so many different things. And, that's true, too, in almost every aspect of my life. I can go from really edgy to tailored and professional, and I just love to change things up.” ThinkingI CanDifferentStyleAspectDifferent ThingsEdgyEclecticTailored Author:Evangeline Lilly
“I kind of - you learn it, you master it, and then you make sure that it just disappears. You know, like if I could have invisible lights, I would, and invisible cameras. I'm just really trying to get at my subject and I respect the technical aspect, but it is not anything that I think about at this point.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingKindLightSubjectsMastersAspectCamerasDisappearInvisibleIf I Could Author:Carol Friedman
“A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some aspect of our mysterious selves. A myth, in this way of thinking, is not an untruth but a way of reaching a profound truth.” ThinkingWayHumansSelfHelpingMysteryAspectProfoundMetaphorMythMysteriousReachingComparisonWay Of ThinkingComprehensionAnalogiesUntruthProfound Truth Author:Christopher Vogler
“I think in every character there are aspects of yourself that you bring to it. But then it would be really boring to just play yourself.” ThinkingPlayCharacterWould BeAspectBoring Author:Felicity Jones
“I think we have reached a stage now where we need to find solutions to economic injustice in the same place and in the same ways that we find solutions to sustainability. Sustainability on environmental grounds and justice in terms of everyone having a place in the production and consumption system - these are two aspects of the same issue. They have been artificially separated and have to be put back again in the Western way of thinking.” ThinkingWayNeedsHas BeensTwoTermJusticeIssuesEconomicStageSolutionsAspectEnvironmentalWesternInjusticeProductionsSustainabilityConsumptionWay Of ThinkingBack AgainEconomic Injustice Author:Vandana Shiva
“My prediction is that in the same way that Google is an intent revealing service that can be monetized that way, I would think that if I were at Twitter, I would focus on the search aspect of Twitter, because people are revealing intents when they do a search.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFocusAspectGooglePredictionsRevealing Author:Jason Kilar
“I think it's difficult to be honest about certain aspects of my work without acknowledging that I have experienced or felt or questioned certain of the themes in the books.” ThinkingBookCertainFeltDifficultHonestAspectBeing HonestTheme Author:J. K. Rowling
“I think a lot of the time people assume that their values are universal. And they don't understand which aspects of their values are actually universal and which aspects are very specific.” PeopleThinkingValuesAspectUniversalAssuming Author:Andrew Solomon
“Now, I think of my writing as having two foundations: entertainment and meaning. The meaning portion is really me trying to answer my questions. The entertainment aspect of it is how I make a story that can make people turn the pages.” PeopleThinkingWritingTryingTwoStoriesTurnsAnswersPagesAspectFoundationEntertainmentPortions Author:Karan Bajaj
“I tried to change the conventional paradigm, for example, by insisting on the reality of mind-body interaction, by stressing the importance of natural therapies, by focusing attention on lifestyle issues, by looking at worthwhile aspects of alternative medicine. Many people have been threatened by that. Doctors especially tend to think that they know everything about the human body, and don't realize that medical education has really omitted many very important subjects.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMindHumansHas BeensImportantBodyRealityRealizingNaturalAttentionIssuesSubjectsExampleAspectDoctorsImportanceStressMedicineMedicalLifestyleAlternativesTherapyWorthwhileInteractionConventionalThreatenedHuman BodyParadigmInsistingMind BodyAlternative MedicineMedical Education Author:Andrew Weil
“I don't think that it would make the slightest difference to life and to the aspects of life that interest me if we could go to the moon tomorrow, because I think what really makes life interesting is the big question "Why?"” IfsThinkingBigsInterestDifferencesInterestingTomorrowMoonAspectBig QuestionsAspects Of Life Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“I believe that simple, consistent shifts in our thinking and actions can lead to the miraculous in all aspects of our daily lives, including our relationships, finances, bodies, and self-image.” ThinkingBelieveSelfBodyActionI BelieveSimpleAspectIncludingFinanceConsistentDaily LifeOur RelationshipMiraculous Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“I think I'm probably going to have more luck on tour, on the road, than I am at home, because as hectic as traveling can be, I have a little bit more control, for life situations out there on the road. It's the one aspect of my life I feel like I do have some control of. I can wake up in my hotel room, I'm alone and I can ease into the day and do what I need to do. It's not like I've got to get up and drive the kids to school, feed the dog, get to the gym, go to practice, go pay a bill, you know what I mean?” ThinkingKnowsNeedsFeelsMeanLittlesI CanHomeKidsSchoolBitsRoomsPaySituationPracticeDogLittle BitAspectWake UpLuckBillsGet UpEaseHotelGymHotel RoomsHectic Author:Mike Ness
“Some other people think that awakened consciousness is really about fullness or presence, being completely present for every moment, but these experiences are only one of the dimensions of awakened consciousness. Understanding these different dimensions as facets of awakening can help with the confusion surrounding the different spiritual paths. They're not leading to different places, but rather reflect the luminous and liberated aspects of consciousness itself. These qualities are not far away; in fact, they are right here.” PeopleThinkingDifferentMomentsFactsHelpingSpiritualUnderstandingConsciousnessQualityPathAspectAwakeningConfusionDimensionsFar AwayFullnessAwakenedLiberatedDifferent PlaceLuminousSpiritual PathFacetsDifferent Dimensions Author:Jack Kornfield
“It's really good to talk about it [ hydraulic penises and prosthetic butts], and it's very gratifying when people ask us about the other aspects of the film [Swiss Army Man], but [those things] are part of the movie and they're important and hilarious, a very fun part of the movie, so there's no sense from us of not wanting to talk about that. I think it's exciting that those things exist in a film that is also very heartfelt and emotional and profound.” PeopleThinkingMenImportantFilmAsksFunEmotionalAspectExcitingArmyProfoundHeartfeltSwissProsthetics Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I love directing my music videos and writing video treatments, and I think it's all just because I love the visual aspect of it as well.” ThinkingWritingWellsAspectVideoVisualsTreatment Author:Melanie Martinez
“I think everybody really responds to the secret society aspect. This idea that you have to remain anonymous, and yet at the same time, you're kind of saving the world.” ThinkingWorldKindIdeasSecretAspectSavingSave The WorldSecret Society Author:Abby Brammell
“I dream of a collaboration that will become so complete that, often, the poet will think as musician and the musician as poet, so that the work resulting from this union will not be the random conclusion of a series of approximations and concessions, but the harmonious synthesis of two aspects of the same thought.” ThinkingTwoDreamPoetMusicianAspectUnionsSeriesConclusionCollaborationHarmoniousConcessionsSynthesisApproximation Author:Arthur Honegger
“I think what's really interesting and useful about this question is that ultimately all art is a type of self-portraiture. And so in the act of identifying yourself, you're using others to get to that point. And so you're parsing out different aspects of different people in the world. You're choosing not only from America but increasingly globally different aspects of what's out there.” PeopleThinkingWorldArtDifferentSelfAmericaInterestingTypeArt IsAspectDifferent PeoplesReally InterestingIdentifyingPortraitureIdentifying Yourself Author:Kehinde Wiley
“A lot of addiction actually ends by age 30 - something like 50 percent of all addictions with the exception of tobacco - and I think a lot of what's going on there is that the self-control areas of the brain are finally developed enough to be able to stop yourself from relapsing or just continuing. There is a maturational aspect to it as well.” ThinkingWellsEndsSelfEnoughAgeAbleBrainPercentAreasAspectAddictionExceptionSelf ControlContinuingTobaccoAge 30 Author:Maia Szalavitz
“I canÂ’t think of any negative [aspects of working in the wrestling industry]. The positive are the money, the comradery, the prestige, the notoriety. A lot of pluses.” ThinkingI CanIndustryNegativeAspectWrestlingPrestigeNotorietyComradery Author:Ric Flair
“Someday I want to go back and maybe write another book on those seven sayings. I just think they are kind of like a table of contents to the Christian hope. They invite us to go into all the aspects of the heart of Jesus. Everything about them from the drama, the setting, the passion around them - I think the seven sayings of the cross are powerful.” ThinkingWantWritingHeartKindBookChristianPassionJesusPowerfulDramaAspectCrossesTablesSevenSettingSettingsSomedayInvitesChristian HopeTable Of Contents Author:Max Lucado
“The colonial experience all Muslim countrieswent through may be a factor in the fight against Western domination, British, French or whatever. They were until recently largely rural societies with land owning governing elites in most of them. I think they are certainly moving toward urbanization and much more pluralistic political systems. In almost every Muslim country, that is occurring. Obviously they are increasing their involvement with non-Muslim societies. One peak aspect of this, of course, is the migration of Muslims into Europe.” ThinkingMayCountryMovingPoliticalFightingCoursesLandEuropeAspectWesternBritishFactorsElitesDominationInvolvementGoverningPolitical SystemsMigrationUrbanization Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“We don't save our soul and leave our emotions and our feelings and our body and all the rest of it out. That's just a way of talking that emphasizes the soul is so fundamental that we can, in some cases, treat it as the whole person because it actually is the thing that integrates all of these aspects of the self and makes them work together. Now, I don't think we can find a passage in the Bible that says that. We have to read and study how it addresses the soul, and we then see that it is the deepest, most vital part of the human self.” ThinkingWayHumansPersonsSoulSelfWholeFeelingsBodyTogetherEmotionTalkingCasesStudyAspectTreatsFundamentalsAddressesWorking TogetherPassagesIntegratingWhole PersonWay Of Talking Author:Dallas Willard
“I think we all have those particular pieces of clothes that we really like, because it ages well, because it fits you well, because you feel comfortable, and you feel confident in those clothes. All those aspects of good design are what I'm interested in.” ThinkingFeelsWellsAgePiecesDesignParticularFitComfortableClothesAspectGood Design Author:Christophe Lemaire
“It's interesting to look at all the aspects where everyday Americans, many of whom are not college educated, are thinking deeply now about our economic structure.” ThinkingLooksInterestingEconomicCollegeAspectStructureEverydayEducatedThinking Deeply Author:Bell Hooks
“It's going to open up us to our galactic neighbors, to the energies and the life force energies that exist within the universes that we are all a part of - and they all are here, of course, supporting us in this transition for this aspect of our awakening. I think that is going to be a big shift.” ThinkingBigsUniverseCoursesEnergyForceAspectAwakeningNeighborTransition Author:Christine McCormick Day
“I think every person has a unique story to tell and we each have the different life events that happen to us and sometimes we may feel sympathetic toward a certain aspect of that life event.” ThinkingFeelsMayPersonsDifferentSometimesStoriesHappensCertainEventsUniqueAspectSympatheticDifferent Life Author:Chath Piersath
“Mary's [Hamill] working from an outsider perspective and I'm working from an insider-outside perspective. In this case, it will bring an added dimension to the visual aspects of the work. Also the processes and approaches that I'm thinking are about learning. I'm playing it by ear to experiment and see what happens.” ThinkingHappensProcessCasesPerspectiveApproachAspectEarsExperimentsVisualsDimensionsMaryOutsidersInsiders Author:Chath Piersath
“It's Steven's [Sebring] view of what he saw in traveling and working with me. But on another scale, I think the film [Dream of Life] is very humanistic: It touches on motherhood, death, birth, art, laundry, anger against the Bush administration... While I don't think it's the kind of film where one goes to find some of the darker, edgier aspects of life, the film was born of grief.” ThinkingKindArtDreamFilmLife IsBornViewsGriefSawsBirthAspectMotherhoodScalesAdministrationLaundryAspects Of LifeHumanistic Author:Patti Smith
“I think that there is an air of experience and aesthetic sophistication that weaves in with the amateur aspects of the film [Dream of Life]; it gives the film a certain elegance.” ThinkingGivingDreamFilmCertainAirAspectAestheticEleganceSophistication Author:Patti Smith
“On the question of opposition, I think there are - when you want to send a signal if you're on the Democratic side that this is a very right wing cabinet at odds with so much of what [Donald] Trump said. And it's also going to be fascinating to see if your Republican Party in the congress actually goes along with those aspects of the Trump plan that are designed to raise wages.” IfsThinkingWantSaidSidesPartyPlansTrumpRepublicanAspectRaisesWingsDemocraticCongressOppositionFascinatingOddsWagesRepublican PartySignalsRight WingCabinets Author:E. J. Dionne
“I think that there is a certain schizophrenic aspect to my own relation to the Bible.” ThinkingCertainMy OwnAspectRelationSchizophrenic Author:Hershel Shanks
“I think that my films are westerns only in their exterior aspects. Within them are some of my truths, which happily, I see, belong to lots of parts of the world. Not just America.” ThinkingWorldAmericaFilmAspectExteriorMy Truth Author:Sergio Leone
“I think that Donald Trump successfully mobilized a big chunk of America to vote for him and he's going to win. He has won. He's going to be the next president and regardless of what experience or assumptions he brought to the office, this office has a way of waking you up and those - those aspects of his positions or predispositions that don't match up with reality, he will find shaken up pretty quick because reality has a way of asserting itself.” ThinkingWayBigsRealityAmericaNextWinningPresidentPositionTrumpOfficeAspectVoteAssumptionWakingChunks Author:Barack Obama
“I do think there's some aspect of being a novelist that is a little crazy making.” ThinkingLittlesCrazyAspectNovelists Author:Anna Quindlen
“Some trans people thought that in claiming that gender is performative that I was saying that it is all a fiction, and that a person's felt sense of gender was therefore "unreal." That was never my intention. I sought to expand our sense of what gender realities could be. But I think I needed to pay more attention to what people feel, how the primary experience of the body is registered, and the quite urgent and legitimate demand to have those aspects of sex recognized and supported.” PeopleThinkingFeelsPersonsBodyRealitySexFeltPayAttentionFictionNeededDemandAspectIntentionGenderPrimariesUrgentUnrealTrans Author:Judith Butler
“I love my career, but I feel like you've got to babysit a lot of aspects of things. Assuming that things will be handled properly is just naive. But I think that's anyone's life, right? Even if you're running a construction site, it doesn't matter if you've been doing it for 20 years, you're still going to be blindsided by someone's incompetence or indifference.” IfsThinkingFeelsYearsStillsMatterRunningCareersLike YouAspectAssumingIndifferenceConstructionSiteNaiveIncompetenceConstruction Sites Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I've never written a song about DNA or anything that I work on. But I just think that DIY aspect, and the creativity and the belonging and acceptance is what drew me in.” ThinkingSongCreativityWrittenAcceptanceAspectBelongingDnaDiy Author:Milo Aukerman
“Most bands, when they sign with a major, are from an indie. They usually start off with a big dilemma. They think they're selling a part of their souls or they're losing control over an aspect of their lives or something.” ThinkingSoulBigsBandMajorsLosingAspectSellingDilemmaLosing Control Author:James Dean Bradfield
“I think the thriller aspect of this film [Fifty Shades Darker] is what excited me most.” ThinkingFilmAspectExcitedFiftyShadeThrillersFifty Shades Author:Bella Heathcote
“I would say except when I have been attacked the black community has seldom seen fit to even mention the gay aspect. And since when I have been attacked I have usually been defended by the black community, I would say that the black newspapers have played it very straight. If I was attacked they simply published that I was attacked, if I was defended they simply said I had been defended. But I don't think they have taken any effort at maligning me or maligning gays or making any effort to give to people anything that wasn't news.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingHas BeensSaidBlackCommunityEffortTakenFitGayNewsAspectNewspapersBlack CommunitySimply Said Author:Bayard Rustin
“I, for one, despite being a pretty solid climate hawk, I am extremely sympathetic to West Virginia and its coal-country needs. I lived there for a year. I've seen it. And the same for Wyoming, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky. They all have parts of their state where that really matters. And I think that home-state constituency issue is a pretty constant one. And I think the problem of extreme lobbying by the corporate sector, which runs about $30-to-$1 compared to everybody else in the world, and the constituent aspect combines to give those industries a consistent advantage.” ThinkingWorldNeedsGivingYearsCountryMatterStatesProblemHomeRunningIssuesIndustryAdvantageAspectConstantWestClimateExtremesDespiteCorporateConsistentCoalSympatheticVirginiaOhioConstituentsHawksPennsylvaniaKentuckyLobbyingWest VirginiaWyomingHome State Author:Sheldon Whitehouse
“We are living in an inspiring and unimaginably large universe. Contemplating the immensity of our cosmos can make you feel very small and insignificant. But think about it. You have 37.2 trillion cells in your body. There is vastness outside you and vastness inside you. You are connected to this mystery, you are a microcosm of the universe, and every aspect of your life benefits from the universe's provision.” ThinkingFeelsBodyUniverseMysteryBenefitsAspectConnectedYour BodyCellsCosmosContemplatingInsignificantProvisionVastnessImmensityMicrocosm Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“The record business is changing a lot, and I don't think to the detriment of music - I think, if anything, it's helping music. It's to the detriment of the business in some aspects. In many ways, you might say this is not the time to be going back to the majors, it's the time to be leaving them, which is a good point.” IfsThinkingWayHelpingMightRecordsMajorsAspectLeaving Author:Steve Winwood
“I write a lot of children's verse and I think it delights in the language. It pleases people. It's very musical. It's very lyrical and that's certainly a very important aspect of poetry. But I think that a lot of it is verse. I write well-wrought verse.” PeopleThinkingWritingWellsChildrenImportantLanguagePleaseAspectMusicalDelightVersesLyrical Author:Mary Ann Hoberman
“We think of the romance novel as a lesser form of literature, but I don't think that's true. Love is a very important aspect of human life and worth exploring.” ThinkingHumansImportantRomanceFormLiteratureLove IsNovelAspectHuman LifeExploringRomance NovelTrue Love Is Author:Mohsin Hamid