“My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest.” KnowsLooksSeemsWindowMy FavoriteForestsParksHotelFavorite PlacesCentral Park Author:Haley Joel Osment
“I know that the writers I read and admire all have an influence on my work, but trying to determine to what degree any particular piece of input changes the way I think about writing seems counterproductive.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingTryingSeemsPiecesInfluenceParticularDegreesDetermineAdmireInputCounterproductive Author:Kevin Powers
“Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.” KnowsFirstsSeemsWould BeAmericaNationsPerfectLeaderClassImagineStudentsCollegeCitizensCreatingNotionAbsurdSupposed To BeSatDiverseCompositionFilling Author:Eric Liu
“The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture.” KnowsWorldKindCountrySeemsCultureSpeakLanguageSocialGraceHeardOur CountrySpeaks FrenchSocial Graces Author:Bernard Pivot
“I don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that people know you from.” PeopleKnowsWantWritingDifferentShowsSeemsUniqueGenreDifferent Genres Author:Shawn Ryan
“I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.” ThinkingKnowsBookIdeasSeemsReadingTechnologicalAdvancementTechnological Advancement Author:Garth Stein
“I don't especially like to travel, not the way many people do. I know many people that love to go to far-off and different places, and I've never been like that. I seem to get homesick as quickly as a child.” PeopleKnowsWayChildrenDifferentSeemsDifferent PlaceHomesick Author:Elizabeth Strout
“Early on, a story's meaning and rationale seem pretty obvious, but then, as I write it, I realize that I know the meaning/rationale too well, which means that the reader will also know it - and so things have to be ramped up.” KnowsWritingWellsMeanStoriesSeemsRealizingReaderObviousRationale Book:Tenth of December Source: Tenth of December
“I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.” KnowsLittlesSeemsSpiritualParentUnderstandingMy OwnGenerationsFitFulfillmentSearch For Meaning Author:Radhanath Swami
“It's just different today. Nobody seems to last too long these days. I wouldn't know how to get started today.” KnowsLongDifferentSeemsTodayLastsKnow HowThese Days Author:Bobby Vinton
“I think Mitt Romney has demonstrated repeatedly he has a penchant for - for secrecy, doesn't seem to have any interest in actually showing the American people his - his finances, decision - important decisions about his investments, refuses to come clean on his time at Bain Capital and when he was really there, and, you know, be held accountable for the outsourcing of jobs and the off-shoring of jobs and shipping jobs overseas.” PeopleThinkingKnowsImportantSeemsJobsInterestDecisionCleanInvestmentRefuseFinanceSecrecyRomneyImportant DecisionsShippingOutsourcing Author:Mitt Romney
“Liberalism, contrary to popular belief, is facing backward in considering the injustice of its ancestors. Conservatism, contrary to popular belief, is facing forward in considering the psychology of its descendants. Definitively, it seems in the modern world that neither side really knows which direction it's facing, and men of the sharpest judgment are simply turned off from picking either of the poisons.” KnowsMenWorldSeemsBeliefSidesPsychologyModernJudgmentInjusticeContraryPoisonLiberalismAncestorConsideringModern WorldConservatismDescendantsTurned OffContrary To Popular Belief Author:Criss Jami
“We can sit around and go, okay, is there really a plan, does somebody really know what's happening, is it all planned out, because sometimes it just seems too remarkable to me the things that have happened to me.” KnowsDoeSometimesSeemsPlansHappenedHappeningsOkayRemarkable Author:Andie MacDowell
“You know, 'Peepshow,' in retrospect that seems like a good fit for me, but in the beginning, I'm sure you remember, nobody was sure if the show was going to last. Everybody was like, 'What are you doing? You can't sing, and you can't dance. What are you doing in this show?” IfsKnowsShowsSeemsLastsRememberFitDoing YouRetrospect Author:Holly Madison
“In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin. It is a blessing that we do not know what is really going to happen. Could we foresee it, there are times when children might seem like innocent prisoners, condemned, not to death, but to life, and as yet all unconscious of what their sentence means.” KnowsMeanChildrenPlaySeemsMightHappensSpiritWaitingYouthBlessingSittingRaisedSentencesTheatreInnocentUnconsciousPrisonerContemplatingCurtains Book:Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga Source: Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga
“I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors.” PeopleThinkingKnowsSeemsCoursesActorsWonderfulGroupsCornersAwardsOutstandingNominations Author:Morgan Freeman
“On both 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette,' it seems like proposing marriage is equivalent to saying, 'Let's date.' Everyone knows those aren't the same things.” KnowsSeemsBachelorsBachelorette Author:Patti Stanger
“I don't really know what an adverb is. A dangling participle? That sounds really rude. I don't know what character is, really. Plot seems vaguely juvenile to me. It's all about language, it's all about how you apply it to the page.” KnowsCharacterSeemsLanguageSoundPagesPlotRudeJuvenileAdverbs Author:Colum McCann
“I don't know if I'm a Twitter addict. That seems kind of harsh. I would say it's more that I'm seriously involved. That it's a long-term relationship - like a girlfriend, which my actual girlfriend loves to hear.” IfsKnowsKindLongSeemsTermInvolvedLong TermGirlfriendHarshAddictLong Term Relationship Author:Chris Hardwick
“The stories we sit up late to hear are love stories. It seems that we cannot know enough about this riddle of our lives. We go back and back to the same scenes, the same words, trying to scrape out the meaning. Nothing could be more familiar than love. Nothing else eludes us so completely.” KnowsTryingEnoughStoriesSeemsOur LivesSceneLateLove StoryFamiliarRiddleEludeElude UsMeaning Nothing Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Seems like everything people oughta know they just don't want to hear. I guess that's the big trouble with the world.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantBigsSeemsTrouble Author:Daniel Mainwaring