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“As someone with a novelistic background, I just didn't have much interest in creating stories by committee. I don't think you necessarily get the best story through that approach.”

Thinking Stories Interest Approach Creating Backgrounds Committees Creating Stories

Author:Nic Pizzolatto

“I think being an activist and an artist is an interesting contradiction, because so often they are at odds with one another. When you write as an artist you have to clean the palate of your own politics in creating characters and activism is kind of the exact opposite.”

Thinking Writing Kind Character Artist Interesting Creating Opposites Clean Activism Contradiction Activist Odds Palate Creating Characters

Author:Eve Ensler

“The economy is very different in the world that we're living in. And I think Americans are looking for executive leadership that actually has some experience of creating jobs.”

Thinking World Different Jobs Economy Creating Executives Creating Jobs

Author:Rick Perry

“Starbucks being an extension of peoples home and work. The sense of community, human connection. That appears to be as relevant in Turkey, China, Japan and Spain as it is here in America. And Starbucks I think is creating something for people all over the world that has not existed before.”

People Thinking World Humans Home America Community Creating Connections China Japan Relevant Extensions Spain Turkeys Starbucks Creating Something Human Connection

Author:Howard Schultz

“I think you have to be very secure as an actor to escape yourself - to revisit someones past, whether youre portraying another person or creating someone, and then to come back to who you are and not bring those emotions with you.”

Thinking Persons Past Actors Emotion Creating Who You Are Secure Portraying

Author:Alex Pettyfer

“Oh, I'm all about small business. I think what we've learned from big business and big Wall Street is that unchecked greed and the creation of false value gets us all in trouble. If we look at the American economy, who's really creating value? It's the small businesses.”

Ifs Thinking Looks Bigs Values Economy Trouble Streets Creation Wall Creating Greed Small Business Big Business American Economy Creating Value

Author:Robert Herjavec

“I hope to be making television shows and films, and creating content that captivates Latinos. I try not to think about it too much, though. I'm more focused in the present.”

Thinking Trying Shows Film Too Much Television Creating Focused Latino Television Shows

Author:Jon Huertas

“When creating an album, one of the first things you have to think about is what you want your production style to be.”

Thinking Want Firsts Style Creating Albums Productions What You Want

Author:Laura Bell Bundy

“I love creating stories, dreaming up characters and breathing life into them. From several generations of Irish storytellers, I think that's what I was born to do.”

Thinking Character Stories Dream Born Generations Creating Breathing Storyteller Breathing Life Creating Stories

Author:Linda Conrad

“Transcendentalism is, we might say, an early form of anarchism. The Transcendentalists also did not call themselves anarchists, but there are anarchist ideas in their thinking and in their literature. They were all suspicious of authority. We might say that the Transcendentalism played a role in creating an atmosphere of skepticism towards authority, towards government.”

Thinking Ideas Government Might Form Literature Roles Authority Creating Atmosphere Skepticism Suspicious Anarchism Anarchist Transcendentalism

Author:Howard Zinn

“Men are thinking, writing, and creating, because women were pouring their energy into those men; women are not creating culture because they are occupied with love.”

Thinking Men Writing Culture Energy Creating Men Women Pouring

Book:THE DIALECTIC OF SEX

Source: THE DIALECTIC OF SEX

“...start thinking of yourself as an artist and your life as a work-in-progress. Works-in-progress are never perfect. But changes can be made...Art evolves. So does life. Art is never stagnant. Neither is life. The beautiful, authentic life you are creating for yourself is your art. It's the highest art.”

Thinking Doe Art Made Beautiful Artist Perfect Progress Creating Highest Art Is Evolve Stagnant Work In Progress Thinking Of You Authentic Life Thinking Of Yourself

Author:Sarah Ban Breathnach

“I'm in favor of free trade, but I think if you had to make a choice between having technological progress versus free trade, you had one or the other, you should always pick technological progress. I think it's an incredibly important variable for creating more prosperity.”

Ifs Thinking Should Important Choices Progress Creating Picks Trade Prosperity Favors Technological Versus Variables Free Trade Technological Progress

Author:Peter Thiel

“One of the reasons I think people are increasingly nervous about U.S. debt is because they think that we are not actually digging ourselves out of the hole, but instead are digging ourselves into a deeper and deeper hole and will not be able to pay it back because we're not actually creating the new technologies that will enable us to pay back and the money somehow is not really being invested in the future or in progress.”

People Thinking Reason Able Pay Technology Progress Creating Deeper Debt Holes Nervous Digging New Technology

Author:Peter Thiel

“If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into a concentration that you keep alive throughout the day. Then what you say, what you think, and what you do will then be in the light of that wisdom and you will avoid making mistakes and creating suffering.”

Ifs Thinking Should Self Light Suffering Mistake Alive Creating Insight Making Mistakes Concentration Impermanence

Author:Nhat Hanh

“Autumn is the American season. In Europe the leaves turn yellow or brown, and fall. Here they take fire on the trees and hang there flaming. We think this frost-fire is a portent somehow: a promise that the continent has given us. Life, too, we think, is capable of taking fire in this country; of creating beauty never seen.”

Thinking Country Turns Fall Given Fire Tree Promise Creating Capable Europe Seasons Brown Autumn Yellow Continents Frost Creating Beauty Portents

Author:Archibald MacLeish

“Apart from letters, it is the vulgar custom of the moment to deride the thinkers of the Victorian and Edwardian eras; yet there has not been, in all history, another agewhen so much sheer mental energy was directed toward creating a fairer social order.”

Thinking Moments Order Energy Social Justice History Creating Letters Social Justice Eras Thoughtful Customs Thinker Sheer Vulgar Victorian Social Order

Author:Ellen Glasgow

“I think leadership is creating a state of mind in others.”

Thinking Mind States Creating State Of Mind

Author:Barbara Mikulski

“You just have to do the thing that you feel is true to your vision, and then the audience will make the decision. But as soon as you feel like you're creating a product to just cater to what you think they want, it never works. It always feels phony. And the audience can tell immediately.”

Thinking Want Feels Decision Vision Audience Products Like You Creating Working It Phony

Author:Rob Zombie

“As an actor you bring some of your own experiences which can make things easier. You build off of it, but your imagination is always the best thing you have as far as creating things I think specifically for what that character is going through. But you're definitely drawing obviously upon things that you can connect to, and then you kind of mold the change that you're making into something that's right for the character.”

Thinking Kind Character Actors Imagination Easier Creating Drawing Best Things Mold Creating Things

Author:Vince Vaughn

“Every day on the set, things change. You move things around. The actors are creating the roles and bringing them to life, and bringing the moments to life, as they happen. That's the best thing about television. I think it gets misunderstood, when there's one credit that says, "Written by," because that's certainly not the way it happens, in real life.”

Thinking Way Real Moments Happens Moving Actors Roles Written Television Creating Credit Real Life Best Things Things Change Misunderstood

Author:Summer Glau

“I think one of the most interesting things about automation isn't on the practical side. I think it's about creating magic and wonder and moments of splendor.”

Thinking Moments Sides Interesting Wonder Magic Creating Practicals Most Interesting Interesting Things Splendor Automation

Author:Genevieve Bell

“When we think with love, we are literally co-creating with God.”

Thinking Love Creating God Love

Book:A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

Source: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

“Active management strategies demand uninstitutional behavior from institutions, creating a paradox that few can unravel. Establishing and maintaining an unconventional investment profile requires acceptance of uncomfortably idiosyncratic portfolios, which frequently appear downright imprudent in the eyes of conventional wisdom.”

Source: Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment, Fully Revised and Updated

“He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will then satisfy.”

Thinking Want Giving Television Pride Demand Creating Lows Standards

Author:John Reith, 1st Baron Reith

“A big part of filmmaking, and a big part of the power of filmmaking, is creating characters that people fall in love with. So, those things, like the bloopers, create more reality and dimension, and the sense that these are not drawings or shadows, but they are living, breathing, thinking characters. That's the illusion.”

People Thinking Character Bigs Reality Fall Creating Illusion Shadow Falling In Love Drawing Breathing Dimensions Filmmaking Bloopers Creating Characters

Author:Rob Minkoff

“The person is a mystery. What I'm playing is the person so I really get to tell you and show you and communicate to you who I think the real person is and that real person is me. The most important thing is to play the human being you are creating, which is my job.”

Thinking Humans Persons Important Real Play Shows Jobs Human Beings Mystery Creating Important Things Communicate Real Person

Author:James Cromwell

“When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other. If you're listening to a record and it's really hot, then you'll be looking for something that feels like that, or that has a version of it.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Trying Records Listening Creating Hot Hip Hop Stealing Versions Hips Hops Creating Music

Author:Curtis Jackson

“I think the thing about capitalism is it's an evil necessity, capitalism. Communism has been tried and failed, and socialism, that doesn't work very well. Capitalism works, but the problem about capitalism is it does mean that a few individuals become very wealthy. Therefore, I think those individuals have enormous responsibility to redistribute that wealth either by creating new businesses or creating new jobs and making sure that money just doesn't lie in a bank account for future generations.”

“I think television has become such an interesting place for characters and for incredible storytelling. Half of what I watch are television shows that I've become obsessed with. I just think that it's opened up so much, to be such an interesting and creative medium, and so many wonderful directors and actors are moving to television because it is a great medium for telling stories and for creating a character over a long period of time.”

“Many kids only think about the present moment and don't realize that they are creating a digital footprint, which will follow you forever! You have to be careful about what you put on the Internet. It can even prevent you from getting a job! Other kids... especially girls... give in to peer pressure and take racy photos for boys because they think it will make the boy like them more. This NEVER works. Girls, let him like you with your clothes on.”

Thinking Giving Moments Kids Jobs Girl Realizing Boys Forever Like You Internet Creating Clothes Pressure Careful Digital Present Moment Be Careful Peers Footprint Peer Pressure

Author:Tyra Banks

“Most of us think that decisions such as where shall I live, with whom shall I partner, what shall I pick as a career for my life are the most important decisions that we make. But from the point of view of the universe these decisions are not that important. Within you, you have already made decisions about who you are, what the universe is and how you will relate to other people and how you will relate to the universe and these decisions are creating consequences in your life moment by moment.”

People Thinking Made Important Moments Universe Decision Views Careers Creating Picks Consequence Who You Are Point Of View Partners Relate Within You Important Decisions

Author:Gary Zukav

“I think time management and dedication are the main factors along with being an organized person. To say I was highly ambitious would be an understatement. I'm never one to sit around, I always have to be creating in various facets to keep myself entertained.”

Thinking Persons Would Be Creating Management Various Factors Organized Time Management Dedication Ambitious Facets Understatement

Author:Ashley Purdy

“I don't listen to a lot of music at all. I think that's very bizarre too, because it was such a comfort zone for me. But I don't know if I had my fill, but I don't listen to a lot of music, because I'm creating it.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Comfort Creating Music Is Zone Comfort Zone Bizarre

Author:Lauryn Hill

“I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.”

Thinking World Firsts States United United States Policy Creating Around The World Allies Befriending

Author:Al Sharpton

“One problem with politics is that it is a zero sum game, i.e. politicians argue how to cut the pie smaller and smaller, by reshuffling pieces of the pie. I think this is destructive. Instead, we should be creating a bigger pie, i.e. funding the science that is the source of all our prosperity. Science is not a zero sum game.”

Thinking Should Problem Games Pieces Cutting Source Politician Creating Bigger Prosperity Arguing Destructive Zero Pie Funding Zero Sum Game

Author:Michio Kaku

“I think what everyone can do is start creating spaces and forums, talk to peers, friends and family, and start deconstructing these things we take for granted, unpack these old systems, in order to understand ourselves more deeply, to understand why we do the things we do and how our privileges affect other people's lack of privilege.”

People Thinking Order Can Do Space Creating Privilege Granted Peers Family And Friends Forums Things We Take For Granted

Author:Antony Hegarty

“I think one of the thing that makes a Kubrick film a great experience is the fact that he bends reality to his will and is so confident that he ends up creating something that is the island in the stream of pop culture and he takes a stand that's so firm and so confident and unyielding that it can't be ignored and I appreciate that.”

Thinking Ends Facts Reality Film Culture Creating Appreciate Pops Firm Islands Streams Ignored Pop Culture Great Experiences Creating Something Unyielding

Author:Barry Ptolemy

“Being an entrepreneur I love to help people, and I think through the products that we develop in my company, we will be able to help a lot of people. Whether it's help them to get over the difficulties of a technology and use it. Or helping employees, creating new jobs, new opportunities for people that work in my company.”

People Thinking Helping Use Able Jobs Opportunity Company Technology Products Creating Difficulty Entrepreneur Employee Get Over New Job New Opportunity

Author:Anousheh Ansari

“Being an entrepreneur is really exciting for me. Whether it's creating something or just building a company and giving others the opportunity to build a career, I think it's exciting to be at the helm of these types of activities.”

Thinking Giving Opportunity Company Careers Building Type Activity Creating Exciting Entrepreneur Creating Something Helm

Author:Anousheh Ansari

“I think human beings have a basic instinct to be free and explore their world in their own way. I've always been driven to look at life as something which we should try to plunge into rather than sit back. You have to be able to have fun and keep creating a sense of excitement to how you approach the world.”

Thinking World Way Should Trying Humans Looks Able Fun Human Beings Approach Creating Instinct Driven Having Fun Excitement Plunge

Author:Jack Nicholson

“I think the idea that people walk around to music is very interesting. They are actually creating the soundtrack to their lives as they walk around to it.”

People Thinking Ideas Walks Interesting Creating Music Is Very Interesting Soundtracks

Author:Brian Eno

“I don't think music can be held. I don't think artists can be put into boxes or places. It's all about creating and making the best music you can.”

Thinking Artist Creating Boxes

Author:Trey Songz

“Thought is constantly creating problems that way and then trying to solve them. But as it tries to solve them it makes it worse because it doesn't notice that it's creating them, and the more it thinks, the more problems it creates.”

Thinking Way Trying Problem Creating Solve

Book:The Essential David Bohm

Source: The Essential David Bohm

“I find the past so fascinating. Photographs are strange, almost surreal, almost here yet gone. I slip into thinking what the past must have been like and I enjoy creating that ambience and atmosphere - 1730 to around 1870 is the most interesting period.”

Thinking Has Beens Past Enjoy Interesting Gone Strange Periods Creating Photograph Atmosphere Fascinating Slips Surreal Most Interesting Ambience

Author:Kate Atkinson

“I think escapism is very important, certainly in my life. I love nothing more than escaping into the world of a film or a novel. To be involved in creating that for other people is a privilege.”

People Thinking World Important Film Novel Involved Creating Privilege Escaping Escapism

Author:Ben Barnes

“Define the space horizontally rather than vertically in movie widescreen, 2.35:1 just having that rectangular shape and when you think of great horror movies like Halloween and Jaws that just really exploit the space so well and I just think we would have so many more opportunities in creating suspense and shocks.”

Thinking Wells Opportunity Space Horror Shapes Creating Suspense Shock Halloween Exploits

Author:David Kirschner

“If something gets under my own skin, and keeps reoccurring, it starts to take on a certain weight and value, and I think, "I have to put this in the song. I have no choice but to mention Greek Cypriots in this song." It's a little internal challenge to myself. Like creating little imaginary rituals in yourself to help the song go from nonexisting to existing.”

Ifs Thinking Littles Helping Certain Values Song Choices Challenges My Own Creating Skins Weight Greek Internals Ritual Imaginary Cypriots

Author:Andrew Bird

“I believe we've been given free will, and we can take responsibility for our own lives and for creating our own environments - which I think at times can be a little much for people to deal with.”

People Thinking Believe Littles Given I Believe Deals Responsibility Environment Creating Free Will Taking Responsibility

Author:Alanis Morissette

“It's the ground that we walk on, it's where we sit, it's the language that we use. It's a difficult undertaking, but I think without healing that and creating more of a balance between the sexes, we will never have balance globally. I feel like I am going deeper and deeper into this space where I came from that I barely understood.”

Thinking Feels Use Language Sex Difficult Space Walks Healing Balance Creating Understood Deeper Undertakings

Author:Ani DiFranco

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