“I think predictability is built into any good novel in some way - you begin reading Anna Karenina and you know pretty much what's going to happen at the end. But that doesn't mean you know what's going to happen in the middle. For me, it's that sense of what happens in the middle that's important.” ThinkingKnowsWayMeanImportantEndsHappensReadingNovelMiddleBuiltAnnaPredictability Author:Scarlett Thomas
“Part of my function as a writer is to dream awake. And that usually happens. If I sit down to write in the morning, in the beginning of that writing session and the ending of that session, I'm aware that I'm writing. I'm aware of my surroundings. It's like shallow sleep on both ends, when you go to bed and when you wake up. But in the middle, the world is gone and I'm able to see better.” IfsWorldWritingEndsDreamHappensAbleSleepMorningGoneMiddleBedFunctionWake UpAwakeShallowSurroundingsSession Author:Stephen King
“And in the middle of one of those scenes, I suddenly felt my heart just open: it was overwhelming, to the point where I got teary-eyed. Never would I have thought anything like that could happen in a love scene.” HeartHappensFeltMiddleMy HeartSceneOverwhelming Author:Sheryl Lee
“I have a thing - I call it magic - but I feel like I can write stuff down in the middle of the night and wake up and it happens. I write what I want in my journal.” WantFeelsWritingI CanHappensNightStuffMagicMiddleWake UpJournalMiddle Of The Night Author:Ester Dean
“Some people say we're (Coldplay) talented and some say we're the worst thing ever to happen to music, and it's a bit confusing being in the middle of that.” PeopleHappensBitsMiddleWorstWorst ThingsConfusing Author:Chris Martin
“I think everyone's dream is to be an actress, but I never really thought it was going to happen. Now that it's happening, it's incredible. I do a lot of other things, too. I'm not stuck in this little world. I'm aware that we're in the middle of an economic crisis in the U.S. There's a lot going on in the world, and I'm really happy and excited about what I have and I don't take it for granted. I'm pretty lucky.” ThinkingWorldLittlesDreamHappensEconomicMiddleLuckyHappeningsCrisisIncrediblesExcitedActressesStuckGrantedReally HappyEconomic Crisis Author:Nina Dobrev
“I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do. I hope to be about 120 when that happens.” HappensAgeDeathSongDiesMiddleStage Author:Dolly Parton
“No, I happen to be one of those people whose memory shuts down under pressure. The answers would come to me in the middle of the night in my sleep! Besides, I am a millionaire.” PeopleHappensNightMemoriesSleepAnswersMiddlePressureMillionaireMiddle Of The NightUnder Pressure Author:Terry Pratchett
“I have more dumb luck thank anybody I know. There must be a convey of guardian angels working twenty-four hours a day looking after me[...] Like the night I first got to Nashville that I laid down in the middle of Broadway, waiting to get run over. It didn't happen [...] I could swear they were keeping me alive just to see what I'd get next, I'm glad they feel that way. I'm trying to help them a little more this days.” KnowsWayFeelsTryingFirstsLittlesHelpingHappensRunningNightNextWaitingHoursFourAliveMiddleAngelTwentiesLuckGladDumbOver ItThis DaySwearBroadwayGuardianNashvilleGuardian AngelDumb Luck Author:Willie Nelson
“This used to be about sex. The literature of my people was pornography, filled with cries for mercy, drama enacted on people without prolonged negotiation, partners engaged in a dance in the middle of a bonfire. Now, it's 300-page manuals about how to make sure nothing bad will happen.” PeopleHappensUsedLiteratureSexMiddleCryDramaPagesMercyFilledPartnersUsed To BeEngagedNegotiationPornographyManualsBonfire Author:Laura Antoniou
“If I hurt somebody's feelings, I go right to them and talk to them and explain what happens. Sometimes I'm mad at myself because I left a pitch in the middle. It's big when you leave a pitch in the middle. When I make that mistake, it's frustrating for me. I have to think about what I did wrong and go to the next step.” IfsThinkingSometimesFeelingsBigsHappensNextLeftHurtMistakeStepsMiddleMadFrustratingNext Steps Author:Carlos Zambrano
“We will stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power. We will stop that nuclear arms race that could happen in the Middle East. We will also make that Putin knows we have brigades in eastern Europe to make sure we deter his aggression. Peace through strength works.” KnowsHappensRaceMiddleArmsBecomingEuropeEastNuclearIranMiddle EastAggressionEasternPutinNuclear PowerArms RaceEastern EuropeNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms RacePeace Through Strength Author:Bobby Jindal
“That's not going to happen, because I don't want it to happen. I don't want a movie about me until I'm very, very old - when I'm very, very old, everybody that wants to play me will be middle-aged.” WantPlayHappensMiddleMiddle Aged Author:Stevie Nicks
“We have to make the first move ourselves rather than expecting it to come from the phenomenal world or from other people. If we are meditating at home and we happen to live in the middle of the High Street, we cannot stop the traffic just because we want peace and quiet. But we can stop ourselves, we can accept the noise. The noise also contains silence. We must put ourselves into it and expect nothing from outside, just as Buddha did. And we must accept whatever situation arises.” PeopleIfsWorldWantFirstsHomeHappensMovingPeaceSilenceSituationAcceptingStreetsMiddleQuietRoseAriseNoiseExpectingTrafficPhenomenalMeditatingExpect NothingPeace And Quiet Author:Chogyam Trungpa
“Being in Nirvana was amazing an experience that will never happen again for me. And I look on them as some of the best and worst times of my life. But we're in this band, the Foo Fighters, making music for the love of music. We all came from bands that had disbanded, and we were drawn to each other because we missed playing - we missed getting in the van, loading our equipment, and watching it break down in the middle of a show. And that feeling hasn't gone away. There's nothing I'd rather do than make music. It's the love of my life.” LooksShowsFeelingsHappensBreakGoneMiddleWorstBandFighterEquipmentBreaking DownVansMusic LoveLove Of My LifeTime Of My LifeGone AwayWorst TimesFoo FightersDisbanded Author:Dave Grohl