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“I often have trouble falling asleep at night, so when I'm lying in bed I think up stories. That's where I do a lot of my thinking. I also get a lot of ideas while I'm reading - sometimes reading someone else's stories will make me think of one of my own.”

Thinking Ideas Sometimes Stories Lying Night Fall Reading My Own Trouble Bed Falling Asleep

Author:Linda Sue Park

“But surely "Argh" is the sound of a sort of strangulated scream. "Aargh" is the sound of a stabbing, or a falling off a cliff. "Arr" is, I think, the noise you're looking for. It's the noise pirates make when they don't have anything better to do. "Arr, Jim Lad" = Pirate noise. "Aargh, Jim Lad" = sound of pirate falling off a cliff.”

Thinking Fall Sound Noise Scream Cliffs Pirate Lad Stabbing Falling Off Falling Off A Cliff

Author:Neil Gaiman

“It's a good thing babies don't give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.”

Thinking Giving Life Is Fall Realizing Simple Love You Baby Good Things Falling In Love Time To Think

Author:Anita Diament

“Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things but yeah I can imagine that you can kind of - I think it depends on one's psychological state. I think there are some people who are on the internet and can fall in love and seem to be in a certain psychological state and other people who are - who couldn't quite do that.”

People Thinking Kind I Can Two Different States Seems Certain Fall Imagine Depends Internet Yeah Falling In Love Psychological Different Things Imagine That Two Different Things

Author:Keanu Reeves

“Writers will see your work and want to try you in different things but I think you have to stay true to your vehicle. We all have a vehicle. Whether it's a thug, or a school child or the babyface or the sex siren or the video vin, whatever it is ride that until the wheels fall off and eventually, if you build your foundation then you can branch off.”

Ifs Thinking Want Trying Children Different School Fall Sex Foundation Video Wheels Branches Different Things Vehicle Stay True Thug Sirens

Author:Michael K. Williams

“I realized that if I went snowboarding, you can't think of anything else when you're snowboarding. You can't hesitate or think about anything other than not falling off and breaking your neck. If you want a holiday where you're not gonna think about work and you're not gonna think about anything, snowboarding is the best way to do it. Or skiing, I guess. I don't ski, so I don't know.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Way Want Fall I Realized Best Way Necks Holiday Skis Skiing Snowboarding Falling Off

Author:Simon Pegg

“I grew up in an era of thinking of travel as escape. The idea that you could conceivably have a new life, go somewhere, fall in love, have little children under the palm trees.”

Thinking Children Littles Ideas Fall Tree Grew Grew Up Falling In Love Eras New Life Palms Palm Trees

Author:Paul Theroux

“I think there's a difference between making comedy and reporting comedy. When you're a joke teller you can easily fall into the second, you can show up and just say the jokes.”

Thinking Shows Fall Differences Comedy Jokes

Author:Demetri Martin

“I fell in love. It felt exactly like a fall, a head-over-heels tumble into a state of unbearable lightness. The earth tilted on its axis. I did not believe in romantic love at the time, thinking it a human construct, an invention of fourteenth century Italian poets. I was as unprepared for love as I had been for goodness and beauty. Suddenly, my heart seemed swollen, too large for my chest.”

Source: What's So Amazing about Grace?

“I think we fall in love and become adults and become citizens in a way by writing stories about ourselves.”

Thinking Way Writing Stories Fall Citizens Adults Falling In Love Writing Stories

Author:Mary Karr

“That happened when I was a freshman in high school. The guy reading it [the Bible] was dating my older sister. I thought he was the cutest thing that had ever happened in Nashville. He was nine years older than me and I thought, 'Mimi, I hate to do this to you, but I'm going to steal this guy away.' So I went to this Bible study thinking I was going to make this guy fall in love with me. I was fourteen. Hey, you know. But I was so overwhelmed by what they were talking about at this Bible study. I became a very serious, committed Christian.”

“I want to fall in love, I think. I've never. I know. Everyone I know's been in love or in relationships now and... There's only ever been... there's been people telling me they love me, but it freaks me out and I just run, run. I think I'm a bad girlfriend.”

People Thinking Knows Want Running Fall Falling In Love Girlfriend Freak Been In Love Bad Girl Wanting To Fall In Love I Want To Fall In Love

Author:Cara Delevingne

“Everybody thinks that 2-D is Damon, but none of the characters are based on any of us. 2-D is the classic stupid pretty boy singer. He's the fall guy, the stooge. Everyone takes the piss out of him. He had a car accident where he went through the windscreen and ended up with two bumps on his head. It knocked some cool into him”

Thinking Two Character Guy Fall Boys Car Stupid Accidents Singers Classic Bumps Car Accident Damon Stooges Pretty Boy

Author:Jamie Hewlett

“I think hallucinations need to be discussed. There are all sorts of hallucinations, and then many sorts which are okay, like the ones I think which most of us have in bed at night before we fall asleep, when we can see all sorts of patterns or faces and scenes.”

Thinking Needs Faces Night Fall Scene Bed Okay Patterns Hallucinations

Author:Oliver Sacks

“I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.”

Thinking Believe Fall Cases Wonderful Characteristics Flats Architect

Author:Rafael Vinoly

“Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you dont fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.”

Thinking Knows Way Firsts Has Beens Fall Architecture Abstract Traps Abstraction Constructive

Author:Rafael Vinoly

“I think that sometimes, romantic comedies have to be really broad, and that the plot of people falling in and out of love or whatever is not enough. Enough Said had that stuff, but I wanted it to be fun and funny while also grounded in reality.”

People Thinking Said Sometimes Enough Reality Wanted Fall Fun Stuff Comedy Plot Broads Grounded Enough Said

Author:Nicole Holofcener

“You need to try to find a way to humanize your villains. Genuine villains, in real life, still have mothers and daughters and sisters, and they fall in love. They don't walk around with a big sign saying, "Bad guy," on their head. They think they're good guys. If you can play that, I think it makes it more interesting.”

Ifs Thinking Way Needs Trying Stills Real Play Bigs Mother Guy Fall Walks Interesting Daughter Falling In Love Real Life Genuine Villain Bad Guys Good Guy Mother And Daughter Sign Sayings

Author:Mark Strong

“We have seen some of the greatest athletes fall because they have tried to take shortcuts. I'm not going to call any names but we talk about guys that was like at the top of their game that people just idolized. They looked in awe and all of a sudden you see them just come tumbling down because they want to take shortcuts. I think it's more rewarding when you do it the old fashioned way.”

People Thinking Way Want Guy Fall Games Names Athlete Awe Old Fashioned Shortcuts Tumbling Greatest Athlete Idolized Tumbling Down

Author:Jerry Rice

“I think a good movie is a good movie whether that falls into a genre or not.”

Thinking Fall Genre Good Movie

Author:Nicolas Cage

“Don't fall into the trap of thinking about politics in your workplace too much. Just work hard, be cheerful, ignore distractions.”

Thinking Hard Fall Too Much Hard Work Distraction Traps Workplace Cheerful

Author:Mindy Kaling

“Sometimes [people] say the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. In my case, I am pretty fortunate. [ My kids]'re pretty balanced, cool kids, going through pretty much the same thing all the other kids go through. There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do. I don't think they know a lot about what I do, other than that I am in this crazy band, Mötley Crüe.”

People Thinking Knows Sometimes Kids Fall Parent Can Do Cases Tree Crazy Band Unique Fortunate Apples Balanced Do The Best I Am Pretty Cool Kid

Author:Nikki Sixx

“I think some parents fall into a trap, teaching their kids that everything is always perfect and everyone is always a winner.”

Thinking Kids Fall Parent Perfect Teaching Winner Traps

Author:Summer Sanders

“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

“I do not think any reasonable person can doubt that in India, China and Japan, if the knowledge of birth control existed, the birthrate would fall very rapidly”

Ifs Thinking Persons Fall Doubt Birth India China Reasonable Japan Birth Control China And Japan

Book:The basic writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959

Source: The basic writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959

“1. It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning. 2. Get mad, then get over it. 3. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. 4. It can be done! 5. Be careful what you choose. You may get it. 6. Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision. 7. You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours. 8. Check small things. 9. Share credit. 10. Remain calm. Be kind.”

Source: My American Journey

“Stereotypes fall in the face of humanity. You toodle along, thinking that all gay men wear leather after dark and should never, ever be permitted around a Little League field. And then one day your best friend from college, the one your kids adore, comes out to you.”

Thinking Men Should Littles Kids Faces Humanity Fall Dark Fields College Gay One Day League Bigotry Homosexuality Stereotype Adore Leather Homophobia Your Best Friend Gay Men Little League

Book:Loud and Clear

Source: Loud and Clear

“The last song I recorded with [Hank Williams, Sr.] was "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive." I remember thinking, "Hoss, you're not just jivin'," because he was so weak that all he could do was sing a few lines and then just fall in the chair.”

Thinking World Country Lasts Remember Song Fall Lines Alive This World Weak Chairs Last Song Hank Williams

Author:Chet Atkins

“Missionaries, whether of philosophy or religion, rarely make rapid way, unless their preachings fall in with the prepossessions ofthe multitude of shallow thinkers, or can be made to serve as a stalking-horse for the promotion of the practical aims of the still larger multitude, who do not profess to think much, but are quite certain they want a great deal.”

Thinking Way Want Made Stills Philosophy Certain Fall Deals Horse Aim Practicals Thinker Preaching Multitudes Shallow Rapids Promotion Stalking

Author:Thomas Huxley

“Usually, when special effects get in the way, it's because the story isn't strong enough. If you don't start with a strong screenplay, it's easy to fall back on special effects, thinking it's going to carry you. But it never works. It's just tiresome.”

Ifs Thinking Way Enough Stories Fall Strong Easy Special Effects Working It Strong Enough Screenplays Fall Back Special Effects Tiresome

Author:Ridley Scott

“I think that's deeply rooted in Muslim consciousness, the idea of not submitting to anything other than God. "You can abuse me, but you're not going to win me over. But if you treat me with respect and dignity, I'm going to fall in love with you. I'm going to sing your praises all over the world because you're powerful and you treated me with human dignity."”

Ifs Thinking World Humans Ideas Fall Winning Powerful Consciousness Love You Dignity Treats Abuse Praise Falling In Love Treated Rooted Human Dignity Dignity And Respect

Author:Hamza Yusuf

“But I just don't think it's an abyss of nothingness [after death] and that we fall off and that our journey stops. I think it's circular and we go and we go and we go. I know that there are civilizations that I think are way more sophisticated than we are and I think more sophisticated civilizations lived before us.”

Thinking Knows Way Fall Journey Civilization Sophisticated Nothingness Abyss After Death

Author:Halle Berry

“I think one of the lessons we learn in life - and it's an old lesson, but each of us has to learn it, if he does, individually - and that is that, in human relations, particularly sexual relations and so on, the person you might most trust and feel most comfortable and easy with isn't necessarily the person your heart is going to fall for.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Humans Heart Persons Doe Might Fall Easy Lessons Comfortable Relation Human Relations

Author:Robert MacNeil

“As deaths have accumulated I have begun to think of life and death as a set of balance scales. When one is young, the scale is heavily tipped toward the living. With the first death, the first consciousness of death, the counter scale begins to fall. Death by death, the scales shift weight until what was unthinkable becomes merely a matter of gravity and the fall into death becomes an easy step.”

Thinking Firsts Matter Young Death Fall Easy Consciousness Steps Balance Weight Scales Life And Death Gravity Unthinkable

Book:Temporary Homelands

Source: Temporary Homelands

“I think one of the greatest losses to humanity was the domination of women. I think every religious system has found ways to be kind to them in a kind of subordinate way. Very patronizing, very colonial. But if you start looking at the fabric of society, even religious systems, they would fall apart if it wasn't for the embedded ability of the women who are involved.”

Ifs Thinking Way Kind Humanity Fall Found Women Religious Loss Ability Involved Be Kind Fabric Domination Falling Apart Subordinates Embedded Patronizing

Author:William P. Young

“Despondency is not a state of humility; on the contrary, it is the vexation and despair of a cowardly pride--nothing is worse; whether we stumble or whether we fall, we must only think of rising again and going on in our course.”

Thinking States Fall Courses Humility Pride Despair Contrary Rising Cowardly Vexation Despondency Rising Again

Author:Francois Fenelon

“Workers develop routines when they do the same job for a while. They lose their edge, falling into habits not just in what they do but in how they think. Habits turn into routines. Routines into ruts.”

Thinking Jobs Turns Fall Loses Habit Workers Edges Ruts

Author:Robert J Kriegel

“I like to think of The Falls as my own personal encyclopedia Greenaway-ensis.”

Thinking Fall My Own Encyclopedia

Author:Peter Greenaway

“Nantucket is a place where some kind of magic happens, it's where I met my husband 32 years ago, and we've been together since the day we met. It's the kind of place that when people come here, they think they'll be happy. I see people falling in love or recovering from some conflict here, and I wanted to capture that.”

People Thinking Love Years Kind Happens Wanted Together Fall Magic Mets Husband Conflict Years Ago Falling In Love My Husband Capture Recovering Nantucket

Author:Nancy Thayer

“This thing about you that you think is your flaw - it's the reason I'm falling in love with you.”

Thinking Reason Fall Love You Falling In Love Flaws I Love You Been In Love I Fall In Love Falling For You Falling In Love With You

Book:This Girl

Source: This Girl

“In general when you fall in love with an artist and their music, the plan is a fairly simple one. .. get people to go and see them, and make a record that you think properly presents their music to the public and some of which you can get on the radio.”

People Thinking Artist Fall Simple Records Plans Falling In Love Radio

Author:Peter Asher

“In the desktop world, you could build a successful business where a consumer only came back to you once or maybe twice a year. I don't think you can build that kind of business on mobile. You need higher frequency, or otherwise you fall off the home screen and the user never comes back.”

Thinking World Needs Years Kind Home Fall Successful Higher Screens Consumers Users Mobile Frequency Successful Business Desktop

Author:John Collison

“I think that everyone has the right to fall in love at any age. But in life you have to learn how to control your emotions. You must know self-discipline.”

Thinking Knows Self Age Fall Emotion Discipline Falling In Love Self Discipline

Author:Giorgio Armani

“I'm definitely one of those people that what comes into my head falls out of my mouth. That's a way for me to be even more creative, to sort of get the ball rolling and start parlaying off of somebody and interacting. That charge or that friction sometimes - if it's positive or negative - is inspiring, and it gets people to be I think creative, maybe.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Sometimes Fall Creative Mouths Negative Balls Rolling Interacting Friction

Author:Giovanni Ribisi

“Once you fall into habits, I think, you're dead as an artist. You have to challenge yourself and never rest on your laurels, never think about what you've done in the past.”

Thinking Done Past Artist Fall Challenges Habit Laurels Challenge Yourself

Author:Jonathan Lethem

“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

“I think in a lot of romantic comedies it ends with a kiss, and I feel like in modern day relationships, and maybe just my own experience, it starts with a kiss and then all sort of falls apart and then comes together.”

Thinking Feels Ends Together Fall My Own Comedy Modern Kissing Falling Apart Modern Day

Author:Elizabeth Meriwether

“I can't watch iceskating because the whole time I think they're going to fall! I get so uncomfortable.”

Thinking I Can Whole Fall Watches Uncomfortable

Author:Angela Kinsey

“I think what life experience has brought to my poems is compassion. When you work hard to make a living, raise a child up into the world, fail at marriage and try again, teach and fail, travel and fall, become ill, well again, weak but grateful, you learn patience, forbearance.”

Thinking World Trying Wells Children Hard Fall Compassion Teach Failing Hard Work Weak Raises Grateful Ill Life Experience Try Again Forbearance

Author:Dorianne Laux

“You can be careful as far as you can, but you never know when you're going to fall over and break your ankle. It's like when you drive a car, you don't think about crashing, do you?”

Thinking Knows Fall Break Car Careful Be Careful Ankles

Author:Andy Murray

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