“I don't want to be thought of as somebody who's spiritually ambiguous, but the reality is there's unknown things happening. I'm not ready to point at what they are or what the reason is, but I know they exist.” KnowsWantReasonRealityReadyHappeningsThings HappenNot ReadyAmbiguousUnknown Things Author:Shane Carruth
“As a viewer, that's work I respond to - work that I know is singular in some way. If I'm being challenged by something on screen, if I don't quite know why it's happening, I want to know I can do the work of pulling it apart and that there'll be something satisfactory about it. If the architecture is sound, you can be lyrical in execution.” IfsKnowsWayWantI CanSoundCan DoHappeningsArchitectureScreensExecutionPullingViewersLyrical Author:Shane Carruth
“I think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over.” ThinkingKnowsHappenings Author:Noah Baumbach
“Amanda [Bynes] and I are the same age so I grew up watching her and really looking up to her and for me, to see this path that's happening and to watch it, is kind of really affecting me in ways that I didn't think it would. It's weird to be in a situation where you can't help. I obviously don't know her at all but I want to bring her back and I want to make her happy and healthy for some reason and she's not there and we can't do anything to help so it kind of sucks. All we're doing is hurting it.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantKindReasonHelpingAgeHurtSituationWatchesPathGrewHealthyGrew UpHappeningsAmanda Author:Chrissy Teigen
“I don't love horror movies with something surreal happening. That doesn't work for me. What's terrifying is something that could actually happen to me and what I would do. I don't know how to throw a punch, and I've never had to do it.” KnowsHappensKnow HowHorrorHappeningsSurreal Author:Katie Aselton
“I got my shot at the movies. I love doing standup live. I didn't know what I wanted to do. I wanted to try movies, so I gave it a shot. I had two shots and I didn't really do it. That wasn't really happening for me. On the second movie I got to meet the girl that would be my wife. So I got to hang out with her and get engaged, and get the whole wedding thing. It was really great.” KnowsTryingTwoWholeWould BeWantedGirlWifeHappeningsShotsMy WifeEngagedHanging OutReally Great Author:Jimmy Fallon
“To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you.” KnowsMeanHomeHappensCareKnow HowHappeningsTake Care Author:Nhat Hanh
“The paradox of publicity is that even as we do it, we know it's killing off the chance of another reader happening across our book in the ideal state of innocence.” KnowsBookStatesChanceReaderHappeningsIdealsKillingInnocenceParadoxPublicity Author:Emma Donoghue
“What we know is smartphones are everywhere and they are rich in data. What we know is that there are apps once downloaded by the consumer that will also in turn download the consumers' contact book. Most consumers don't want that to happen and don't know it's happening.” KnowsWantBookHappensTurnsRichHappeningsContactDataConsumersAppsDownloadsSmartphones Author:Kamala Harris
“Anyone who thinks designers don't talk to editors, and editors don't talk to stores doesn't know what's happening...It's called crossover, sampling all references in music, art and fashion.” ThinkingKnowsArtFashionHappeningsStoresDesignerEditorsCrossoverSampling Author:Marc Jacobs
“There are so many people with all kinds of lucky things happening to them, and they don't know how to use it.” PeopleKnowsKindUseKnow HowLuckyHappeningsThings HappenAll Kinds Author:Hiroaki Aoki
“I always felt, and I still feel, that the media doesn't belong in a public official's private life. It's a very difficult balance, because if you are elected to public office, people have a right to know a great deal about you, and the press has an absolute obligation to report all of that. But the reality is that there are times in which the reporting is really happening for almost voyeuristic reasons, in the gossip columns. Maybe half of it is wrong, and half of it is correct, and a lot of it is exaggerated. You've just got to get used to that if you're in public life.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsStillsReasonRealityUsedFeltDifficultDealsHalfMediaBalanceOfficeHappeningsAbsolutesPressesObligationOfficialsReportsGossipPrivate LifeColumnsPublic LifeExaggeratedPublic OfficePublic Officials Author:Rudy Giuliani
“You know, I'm not really any good at working out when people are flirting with me. And I think I'm too flirtatious with people I'm trying not to flirt with! What I am good at is making people feel uncomfortable. I don't want to but it always ends up happening!” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantFeelsTryingEndsHappeningsWork OutUncomfortableFlirtingFlirtatious Author:Josh Hartnett
“There are folks who will equivocate. They'll say, 'You know, I'm not a scientist.' Well, I'm not either. But the best scientists in the world know that climate change is happening.” KnowsWorldWellsChangeHappeningsScientistClimateClimate ChangeFolks Author:Barack Obama
“I think the world is always improving and always not improving. I think that both are simultaneously happening all the time. I don't think it's one motion unfortunately - I wish we could say it's better, better, better - but I think it's better, bad, better, bad - you know?” ThinkingKnowsWorldWishHappeningsImprovingAlways Improving Author:Eve Ensler
“You're not supposed to totally know what's happening. The songs are supposed to give you clues so you can fill in the blanks.” KnowsGivingSongHappeningsClue Author:Neko Case
“Because of what I experienced when I was a kid, I want kids to have that kind of an epiphany moment, that little jolt, that little spark that they see when Dusty ['Planes'] flies higher than he has before. That scene where he flies straight up, and he's starting to get dizzy, and then finally it comes together. We forget as adults. We get jaded and we think that's kids' stuff, but for a kid who doesn't know about anything technical or how a movie is made, they're just going to see this and hear this beautiful score and see this dynamic, fantastical thing happening in front of them.” ThinkingKnowsWantKindLittlesMadeMomentsKidsTogetherBeautifulStuffForgetFrontsHigherSceneHappeningsAdultsStartingThings HappenPlanesScoreSparksEpiphanyDizzyJadedStraight Up Author:Dane Cook
“My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?” KnowsRealHumorFunnyComedyHeroHappeningsPantsBeltsLoopsReal Heroes Author:Mitch Hedberg
“In this day and age, you gotta be a profiler to really know who people are, which most of us are not. So, we need time and life to start happening for people to really show their trust colors.” PeopleKnowsNeedsShowsAgeColorHappeningsThis DayTime Of NeedLife And Time Author:Joe Budden
“There are so many things happening nowadays that you've seen in films from years ago, like cloning and all of those things are actually happening now, so we can kind of visualize it a lot more, and I think our generation particularly know that we're going to be a big part of that, we we're kind of fascinated with how human beings will fare in the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldYearsHumansKindBigsFilmHuman BeingsGenerationsHappeningsYears AgoThings HappenFascinatedOur GenerationCloning Author:Kaya Scodelario
“I always think of it you know building a business, building a brand, a friend of mine gave me a metaphor for it which I think is really true it's like building coral, you don't see it happening it's just little little little and when you step back you think wow.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesStepsBuildingMinesHappeningsMetaphorBrandsWowReally TrueBuilding A BusinessBuilding A Brand Author:Karen Walker
“I know that when I think of myself as being utterly worn out, when I think that somehow I have nothing more to write, then something is happening within me. And, in due course, it bubbles up; it comes to the surface, and then I do my best to listen. But there's nothing mystical about all this. I suppose all writers do the same.” ThinkingKnowsWritingCoursesHappeningsDuesSurfaceBubblesWornMysticalWorn Out Author:Jorge Luis Borges
“What is happening in Detroit is not good so I don't even want to be a part of that, but there is something on the other side that I may want to be a part of so I don't know yet.” KnowsWantMaySidesHappeningsDetroit Author:Kwame Kilpatrick
“I know musicians who think that drumming and guitaring can be very meditative, but singing is different because when you think about things, you put words to them. So I try to just stay present most of the time, I try not to let my mind wander and I also try not to clear my mind. I like to still have thought and be aware of people and whatever that's happening, but I also like to just focus on the words that I'm saying.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingMindStillsDifferentClearFocusMusicianSingingHappeningsWanderDrumming Author:Brett Dennen
“Basically, you're still sitting there using just the muscles of your hand, really. Of one hand, actually. It's another example of the transfer of literacy to making music because the assumption is that everything important is happening in your head; the muscles are there simply to serve the head. But that isn't how traditional players work at all; musicians know that their muscles have a lot of stuff going on as well. They're using their whole body to make music, in fact.” KnowsWellsStillsImportantWholeFactsBodyHandsStuffPlayerExampleMusicianMusic IsHappeningsSittingTraditionalAssumptionMusclesLiteracyTransfers Author:Brian Eno
“For as long as I've been making movies, I really don't know a lot of the technical side. I mean, I've actively and consciously tried to avoid learning that stuff. I just want to be open and receptive to what's happening in the moment, and I don't want to force anything.” KnowsWantMeanLongMomentsForceStuffSidesHappeningsReceptive Author:Joaquin Phoenix
“I don't like talking about my work at all. I find it very difficult. I never know what to say. It's too close to me, and there's so many things happening unconsciously while I'm working that I'm not aware of, and people will point these things out to me, and I'll say, "That's interesting." But I don't know what to make of it.” PeopleKnowsDifficultInterestingTalkingHappeningsThings Happen Author:Paul Auster
“They are possibly the dumbest people on the planet... We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don't know about anything that's happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing.” PeopleKnowsCountrySufferingIgnorancePlanetsHappeningsStupidityOur CountrySarcasticEmbarrassing Author:Michael Moore
“It's the difference between hunting a lion and hunting a deer. If someone hunts a lion, it's like: "Wow, they're brave!" But if they're hunting a deer it's like: "That poor deer!" I know that. I know that guys getting killed is horrible but people have seen it before. You've seen The Evil Dead. With girls, it's like: "I don't want to see that happening..." I know that.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantGuyGirlEvilDifferencesPoorHappeningsBraveHorribleLionsWowHuntingHuntsThat GuyDeerEvil Dead Author:Eli Roth
“Everyone seems to think they know what acting techniques are. Techniques just help you get to a certain place, but if the thing is happening just by itself you don't need those techniques.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsHelpingSeemsCertainActingHappeningsTechnique Author:Richard Gere
“You really hope that people who want to be politically active aren't so disillusioned at this point. I do feel positive about what's happening. I think that with all of these movements, and this growing collective voice that's emerging, people are starting to come out of the kind of dazed state that they were in for so many years. But it's tough to know the best way to effect change now. Campaigning alone no longer seems to be the answer.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantFeelsYearsKindStatesSeemsVoiceAnswersGrowingEffectsMovementHappeningsToughStartingActiveBest WayCollectivesEmergingDisillusionedCampaigningDazed Author:Scarlett Johansson
“I used to watch a lot of documentaries about Satanic possession - and I don't know if this is racist or not - but in the documentaries, it never happened to Americans! It was always happening in Central America or South America; that's where the priest was always going down to exorcise possessed people. So I didn't have a lot of fear of being possessed by the devil.” PeopleIfsKnowsAmericaUsedWatchesHappenedHappeningsDevilSouthPossessionRacistPriestsPossessedDocumentariesSatanicSouth AmericaCentral America Author:Chuck Klosterman
“Suppose there were an experience machine that would give you any experience you desired. Superduper neuropsychologists could stimulate your brain so that you would think and feel you were writing a great novel, or making a friend, or reading an interesting book. All the time you would be floating in a tank, with electrodes attached to your brain. Should you plug into this machine for life, preprogramming your life experiences?...Of course, while in the tank you won't know that you're there; you'll think that it's all actually happening...Would you plug in?” ThinkingKnowsGivingFeelsShouldWritingBookWould BeCoursesReadingInterestingBrainNovelHappeningsMachinesLife ExperienceFloatingTanksPlugsGreat NovelsInteresting Book Book:Anarchy, state, and utopia Source: Anarchy, state, and utopia
“Elephants don't know anything about the world of ants; the peaks of mountains are oblivious of what is happening on the plains!” KnowsWorldMountainHappeningsElephantsAntsOblivious Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I think what's so great about TV is I don't know if all these things were planned at first, or if they see the fans' reactions to things. They really do listen to what the fans want, and feel strongly about, and push for, so all these things are happening organically.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantFeelsFirstsFansTvsHappeningsReactions Author:Charlotte Ross
“We're a terribly lonesome society. For all I know, all societies are. You can make a few new friends, that's all. You can't change history. History is happening to us now.” KnowsHappeningsCan't ChangeNew FriendsLonesome Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“We know there are states, like Alaska, where there are not a lot of providers. How do we work on issues like that? How do we work on making sure that the small-business part of this works better?... And if people have [alternate] plans, let's compare them and see. Access, affordability, and quality - that's what this is about. [But] "repeal" is a symbol of something that I don't think is connected to the substance of what's happening. Do you want to take away care from people who have preexisting conditions? [Repeal] takes you backward.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantStatesCareQualityIssuesPlansConditionsHappeningsConnectedAccessSymbolsSubstanceCompareSmall BusinessAlaskaProvidersAffordability Author:Sylvia Mathews Burwell
“I found myself with a wife and kids, and some of my friends weren't around as much. They weren't calling as much, and I didn't quite know what it was. Someone said, "Yeah, I recently lost one of my closest friends. He got his finger stuck in a wedding ring." And I thought, "Oh, that's what's happening! We're all going off and making our own families."” KnowsSaidKidsFoundLostWifeCallingHappeningsMy FriendsYeahFingersRingsStuckClosestClosest FriendsLost OnesWedding Ring Author:Scott Foley
“Interesting thing that is happening in American society is that people are starting to talk about money. I don't know how you feel about this, but for a long time, nobody was talking about money. It was a secret. And it's kind of very interesting because we do lots of stuff to portray to people about how much money we have, the clothes we wear and the cars we have and the house - they all kind of depict to other people, signal how much money we make, but we don't talk about it specifically.” PeopleKnowsFeelsKindLongHouseStuffInterestingSecretTalkingKnow HowCarClothesLong TimeHappeningsStartingAll KindsSignalsVery InterestingInteresting ThingsHow You FeelAmerican SocietyTalking About Money Author:Dan Ariely
“There was this big skiffle craze happening for a while in England.... Everybody was in a skiffle group..All you needed was an acoustic Guitar, a washboard with thimbles for percussion, and a tea-chest- you know, the ones they used to ship tea from India- and you just put a broom handle on it and a bit of string, and you had a bass..you only needed two chords; Jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing. And I think that's basically where i've always been at. I'm just a skiffler, you know. Now I do posh skiffle, that's all it is.” ThinkingKnowsTwoBigsUsedBitsGroupsNeededHappeningsIndiaEnglandGuitarHandleShipsTeaStringsChestsChordsBassAcousticsBroomsAcoustic GuitarPoshPercussionCraze Author:George Harrison
“Humans don't see what they don't want to see. No one wants to be put down. That's why people do nothing even when they do know something is happening.” PeopleKnowsWantHumansHappenings Author:Kohta Hirano
“It is not right, my fellow-countrymen, you who know very well all the crimes committed in our name. It's not at all right that you do not breathe a word about them to anyone, not even to your own soul, for fear of having to stand in judgment of yourself. I am willing to believe that at the beginning you did not realize what was happening; later, you doubted whether such things could be true; but now you know, and still you hold your tongues.” KnowsBelieveWellsStillsSoulNamesRealizingCrimeWillingJudgmentHappeningsFellowsCommittedTongueBreatheBeing TrueDoubtedCountrymen Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“You don't know what's happening the next moment, in anybody's life, and you just have to pick up and move on and try to learn from the experience and make the best of it.” KnowsTryingMomentsMovingNextHappeningsPicksMake The Best Of It Author:Stephen Nathan
“And consequently, you have this rich looking film, which gives it this kind of muscular feel, deep focus, soft focus look. I'm not that great on development. I can see where things go wrong, but Beau, Carl and Mike Finch, they worked on it relentlessly. And then I would see the material and I would say, "Well, that just doesn't ring true. I don't quite know why that's happening."” KnowsGivingFeelsWellsLooksKindI CanFilmRichFocusMaterialsDevelopmentHappeningsRingsMikeFinches Author:Pierce Brosnan
“When I watch shows, what I gravitate to is serial. You need to come back, you need to know what's happening.” KnowsNeedsShowsWatchesHappeningsSerials Author:Krysten Ritter
“I understand the opposite side of the camera. I have a profound respect for that. I have worked with people who, when you hit that mark, are doing 50 percent of your work for you. So, you know, it's a balance. When you walk into a mark and you're lit a certain way or something's happening so often you don't know what's behind you... And that's what's so strange about being a movie actor.” PeopleKnowsWayCertainActorsSidesWalksBehindsStrangeBalanceHappeningsPercentOppositesMarkCamerasProfoundLitBehind YouMovie Actors Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“You cannot force spiritual things. A testimony is not thrust upon you; it grows. And a testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large. We become taller in our testimony like we grow in physical stature and hardly know it is happening, because it comes by growth.” KnowsShouldSpiritualForceGrowsGrowthHappeningsTestimonyThrustStature Author:Boyd K. Packer
“Dear God...I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me.” KnowsGivingGirlHappeningsGive MeDearDear GodGood Girl Book:El color púrpura Source: El color púrpura
“One of the tricks is to have the exposition conveyed in a scene of conflict, so that a character is forced to say things you want the audience to know - as, for example, if he is defending himself against somebody's attack, his words of defense seem Justified even though his words are actually expository words. Something appears to be happening, so the audience believes it is witnessing a scene (which it is), not listening to expository speeches. Humor is another way of getting exposition across.” IfsKnowsWayWantBelieveCharacterSeemsAudienceExampleListeningSceneConflictSpeechHappeningsDefenseTricksJustifiedAnother Way Author:Ernest Lehman
“Every day is amazing, even when it's awful, because everything is for a reason. I know that this horrible thing that's happening today is going to bring something so amazing.” KnowsReasonTodayHappeningsHorribleAwfulHorrible Things Author:Sandra Bullock