“I think it's the source material. 27 Dresses was a famous book, and Devil Wears Prada was also a wonderful book, so it's coming out of the novelists who are really creating these wonderful female characters that we want to see on the big screen.” ThinkingWantBookCharacterBigsWonderfulMaterialsSourceCreatingDevilFemaleDressesScreensNovelistsComing OutFemale CharactersBig ScreenPradaFamous BookDevil Wears Prada Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“In the military it was camouflage for the desert or the winter. And now it's the duck hunting colors - I think it's "real tree." It's comfortable. It's stuff that's made out of comfortable material, OK, and I'm comfortable in it.” ThinkingMadeRealStuffTreeMilitaryColorMaterialsComfortableWinterDesertHuntingDucksCamouflageDuck Hunting Author:Si Robertson
“You can be highly concentrated on a person, on a problem, and be so good at excluding all other material that that becomes not just the focus of your experience, but practically the sole content of your experience, everything else falling by the wayside.” PersonsProblemFallFocusMaterialsSole Author:Antonio Damasio
“People who are great thinkers, in science or in art, people who are great performers, have to have that kind of capacity. Without that kind of capacity, it's extremely difficult to manage a high level of performance because you're going to get a lot of extraneous material chipping away at the finery of your thinking or the finery of your motor execution.” PeopleThinkingKindArtDifficultLevelsMaterialsCapacityPerformancesManagePerformersThinkerExecutionMotorHigh LevelGreat ThinkersChipping Away Author:Antonio Damasio
“Mental illness is a real thing. It has real material consequences for people who suffer from it and at the time even the most biological finding reflects social context in very important ways, and so I think psychiatry is better off looking both at biology and at social context and really trying to think of the relationship between these and I think doctors and patients are better off that way.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingImportantRealSufferingSocialMaterialsFindingsConsequenceDoctorsPatientIllnessMental IllnessBiologyBetter OffPsychiatryReal ThingsDoctors And Patients Author:Jonathan Michel Metzl
“We have Borna virus genes. We're part Borna virus, which is weird, but apparently our cells and our genomes in a weird way might actually be grabbing these viruses, grabbing genetic material from the viruses that are infecting it and pulling them into their own genome.” WayMightMaterialsCellsGenesPullingVirusesGrabbingGenome Author:Carl Zimmer
“I've always loved plastics and rubber, and it's such a specifically unique material that you have to have the manufacturing abilities to make it.” AbilityMaterialsUniquePlasticManufacturingRubber Author:Jeremy Scott
“The process of growth is obviously critical to my understanding of the land and myself. So the process is far more unpredictable with far more compromises with the day, the weather, the material.” ProcessUnderstandingGrowthLandMaterialsCriticalWeatherCompromiseUnpredictable Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“I have to understand the nature of change. And I cannot just work with stone or the more permanent materials. I need to work with leaves and ice and snow and mud and clay and water and the rising tide and the wind and all these.” NeedsWaterWindMaterialsStonesSnowIcePermanentRisingTidesMudClayIce And Snow Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“It's something that people who read my materials have asked me in the past. If you don't have principles - the last chapter of the book ["Win"] is all about winning with principles. It's all about applying words to good things, good people, good efforts. Without that inherent accuracy, then even the best words will still fail.” PeopleIfsStillsBookLastsPastWinningEffortPrinciplesFailingMaterialsGood ThingsGood PeopleChaptersInherentAccuracy Author:Frank Luntz
“The fabric of my life is under my skin; [but] it's definitely not something that comes up in a conscious way when I read material. I have an incredible relationship with my mom, so I'm fascinated by mothers who do not have that. But I've never done anything that resembled my life. People always jump to that conclusion, and I wish life were that simple, but it's not.” PeopleWayDoneLife IsMotherWishSimpleMaterialsMomConsciousSkinsIncrediblesCome UpMy MomConclusionFascinatedFabric Author:Charlize Theron
“What I made depended on what I found on the street. At least in the beginning, my materials came from the street.” MadeFoundStreetsMaterials Author:Carl Andre
“Success doesn't bring happiness. Only material stuff like money, cars and iPods can do that. And I've already got all that. So I have to find other ways to amuse myself.” WayStuffCan DoCarMaterialsIpods Author:Murdoc Niccals
“The final goal of world revolution is not socialism, or even communism, it is not a change in the present economic system, it is not the destruction of civilization in a material sense. The revolution desired by the leaders is moral and spiritual, it is an anarchy of ideas in which all the bases established nineteen centuries ago shall be overthrown, all the honored traditions trodden under foot, and, above all, the Christian ideal finally obliterated.” WorldIdeasChristianSpiritualGoalLeaderMoralFeetEconomicCenturyMaterialsRevolutionCivilizationIdealsTraditionDestructionBasesFinalsJewSocialismCommunismAnarchyHonoredEconomic SystemsNineteen Author:Leon V. DePoncins
“Diligence means to be keen in matters of virtue and justice, but worldly people use diligence to solve their economic difficulties. Frugality means to have little desire for material goods, but worldly people use frugality as a cover for stinginess. Thus do watchwords of enlightened life turn into tools for the private business of small people. What a pity!” PeopleMeanLittlesMatterUseDesireTurnsJusticeVirtueEconomicMaterialsToolsDifficultySolvePityEnlightenedTaoismGoodsWorldlyDiligenceFrugalityStinginess Author:Zicheng Hong
“I'm trying to steal from everybody. So yeah, there's cats that I'm personally affiliated with - Carl Franklin, Paul Thomas Anderson - and others that I don't know personally but their work I'm a big admirer of, like Martin Scorsese. But I'm hoping to come up with a language that is mine, that's specific to my take on this material.” KnowsTryingBigsLanguageMinesMaterialsCatYeahCome UpStealingFranklinAdmirerScorsese Author:Don Cheadle
“It was a great challenge to reconstruct Gypsy Rose Lee life, and my interviews with her sister [June Havoc] proved invaluable. It's not often that writers have access to living primary source material; this was the only person who experienced life on the vaudeville circuit with Gypsy during the 1920s, and who saw her perform at Minsky's Burlesque in the 1930s. She knew things that no one else could ever possibly know.” KnowsPersonsChallengesSawsMaterialsSourceRoseAccessPrimariesInterviewsJuneGypsyCircuits1930sInvaluableHavocVaudevilleBurlesquePrimary Source Author:Karen Abbott
“I told myself I'd do well by using the experience I gained during my seven years as Big Bang. In my mind, the executive producer is the person that is in charge of everything up to the point that the album comes out. So not just the music but also the music video, album artwork, photographs, and even the material the album itself would be made out of.” YearsMindWellsPersonsMadeBigsWould BeMaterialsSevenPhotographAlbumsVideoProducersExecutivesSeven YearsBangsArtwork Author:Seungri
“I have a lot of stuff. Slowly I'm getting all my materials organized.” StuffMaterialsOrganized Author:Ian MacKaye
“Getting your letters or pictures digitized. I don't think it's that important. The more you spend on your materials, you're given the sense that those things are more important due to the total amount spent. You'd probably be better off giving that money to a soup kitchen.” ThinkingGivingImportantGivenMaterialsAmountLettersDuesKitchenSoupBetter OffSoup Kitchens Author:Ian MacKaye
“My parents both renounced their material lives and were living as monks at an ashram in L.A. when they met each other. So we were always raised in this environment and when we moved to the ashram in Florida it was just like, "Oh, wow, now all of a sudden there's more people like us," because we were growing up in the middle of Texas with our parents, always being the weirdos.” PeopleParentGrowing UpEnvironmentGrowingMiddleMaterialsMetsMovedRaisedTexasWowFloridaMonkWeirdo Author:Taraka Larson
“If you repeat something enough it can literally physically change the air particles around you and it can infuse the air with this sacred sound vibration, or it can change your material body, like transform your flesh to spirit. These are all beliefs within the Hare Krishna philosophy we were brought up with.” IfsEnoughPhilosophyBodySpiritBeliefSoundAirMaterialsSacredFleshRepeatsParticlesVibrationsKrishnaHaresHare Krishna Author:Taraka Larson
“A big part of making an album is that you want to have enough material - you want to have enough stuff for people to hear and know that it represents you. So it does sometimes turn into a situation where you're saying to the person you're working with, "Well, what do you want?" But then there are other times when I work with people and they'll turn to me and say, "How do you want to do this?" And that's actually when I work best.” PeopleKnowsWantWellsPersonsDoeSometimesEnoughBigsTurnsStuffSituationMaterialsAlbums Author:Steven Soderbergh
“It is quite easy to understand what China would need from the African continent with regards to its own economy, raw materials, oil and a market for manufactured goods. As I say it is not difficulty to understand and perfectly legitimate. There is nothing wrong with that.” NeedsEasyDifficultEconomyMaterialsRegardChinaOilGoodsContinentsRaw MaterialsAfrican Continent Author:Thabo Mbeki
“I like film because it brings you very close to the absurd reality that you might spend a day shooting and not get a single image that you like or works, and you won't really know for a few days at least as you wait. It connects you and grounds you to a material reality and a patience that seems lost with digital. I also think the grain texture remains forever different, and in my opinion, what I find to be more beautiful.” ThinkingKnowsDifferentRealitySeemsMightBeautifulFilmLostWaitingOpinionForeverMaterialsRemainsAbsurdShootingDigitalGrainTexture Author:Anton Yelchin
“The notion of a thing, materiality, was something that I think was something very in peoples' minds when they were dealing with earth and metal and different kinds of metals and the interaction of different sorts of material.” ThinkingMindKindDifferentEarthMaterialsNotionMetalsDifferent KindsInteractionMateriality Author:Robert Barry
“There's a kind of poetic aspect to inert gas. And remember, first of all, they were completely unknown a hundred years earlier. We just didn't know about them. And then when they were discovered in the atmosphere, the idea that this is a material that would breathe in and exhale and becomes part of us for a while made it even more intriguing. The names, the Greek names, are interesting, too - if you translate neon, xenon and so forth are kind of interesting.” IfsKnowsYearsFirstsKindMadeIdeasRememberNamesInterestingMaterialsHundredAspectBreatheMade ItAtmosphereGreekGasPoeticTranslateIntriguingNeonXenon Author:Robert Barry
“One of the things I've been talking about with my critical writing and my own work is that these movies are seen differently in a theatrical space. It's very important to me. I edit films to be seen theatrically, like fiction material I've worked on like Listen Up Phillip or other documentaries.” WritingImportantFilmMy OwnSpaceFictionTalkingMaterialsCriticalDocumentariesEditsTheatrical Author:Robert Greene
“It [Hancock] happens to be a big budget film and big star like Will Smith, but it actually has a lot of weight to it. But it was very smart and very intelligent and had this kind of historical element to it that I was fascinated by. It's not silly. It's not stupid. It's fun, but I think it's smart. I think Akiva [Goldsman] writes really interesting material and there you have it.” ThinkingWritingKindBigsHappensFilmFunStarsInterestingStupidMaterialsElementsSmartWeightIntelligentHistoricalSillyBudgetsFascinatedReally InterestingVery SmartNot Stupid Author:Charlize Theron
“I find that biographical material holds me back, hampers my creative process, cramps my imagination.” ProcessImaginationCreativeMaterialsCreative ProcessMy ImaginationHold MeCrampsHamper Author:Yuriy Tarnawsky
“Because I was familiar with Taika's Watiti work and there's a very subversive, funny streak amongst all of them. I don't think he turned [Hunt for the Wilderpeople] into a sort of drama, there's too much dark material underneath it for it to be a comedy; it wasn't designed to be a comedy. I think it's a comedy... I think it's a drama that's funny; which is different.” ThinkingDifferentDarkComedyToo MuchMaterialsDramaFamiliarHuntsSubversiveStreaks Author:Sam Neill
“I needed a huge amount of energy to cope with my life. I had a huge amount of energy where stuff was concerned: it was as if all this unconscious material had been unleashed.” IfsEnergyStuffMaterialsHugeAmountNeededConcernedUnconsciousUnleashed Author:David Toop
“I don't think that governments should permit speculation in raw materials, because they're what the economy basically needs.” ThinkingNeedsShouldGovernmentEconomyMaterialsPermitSpeculationRaw Materials Author:Michael Hudson
“The one thing that Jessica [Johnson] and Miles[Morales] have in common is that there's a great many people in the audience who were desperate for that kind of material. They didn't say anything, didn't tell anybody.” PeopleKindCommonAudienceOne ThingMaterialsMilesDesperateGreat MenSay AnythingJohnsonMoraleJessica Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“I think meditation became truly a means to a deeper connection as I was searching for a deeper truth within myself. Meditation became almost more spiritual than material in nature over the last two or three years and it has deepened a lot as a result of that.” ThinkingYearsMeanTwoLastsSpiritualThreeResultsMeditationMaterialsConnectionsDeeperThree Years Author:Karan Bajaj
“The United States is looking at a way to launch peace with a disarmed Iraq. And so we are studying the declaration that Iraq submitted. Other members of the security council are studying the declaration, as is Unmovic and IAEA, and I would not make a judgment as to whether or not the declaration will be found deficient and whether or not that might lead to a material breach and whether or not, if it did, that would lead to action on the part of the United Nations.” IfsWayStatesMightActionFoundNationsUnitedUnited StatesStudySecurityMaterialsMembersJudgmentIraqDeclarationUnited NationsCouncilBreachSecurity Council Author:Colin Powell
“I always thought the story [Anthem] would work in three dimensions - and studying that cut material was very useful.” StoriesThreeStudyCuttingMaterialsDimensionsAnthemThree Dimensions Author:Jeff Britting
“My love of classical hit pretty early. I was 13 when it occurred, and that was really the only music I listened to for many, many years. I went to a conservatory, but I always knew I would be in the pop world, because A) it was more fun and B) you didn't have to practice as much and you could go out more. But I immediately saw this opportunity to inject my material with these sounds that most members of my generation really didn't know about, so it was a great way to differentiate myself from the pack.” KnowsWorldWayYearsWould BeOpportunityFunSoundPracticeSawsGenerationsMaterialsMembersPopsPacksMy GenerationDifferentiateConservatory Author:Rufus Wainwright
“Collaboration is necessary for making great art. Everybody has a perspective on what they think or feel the material should ultimately look like when it hits the screen.” ThinkingFeelsShouldLooksArtMaterialsPerspectiveScreensCollaborationGreat Art Author:Nia Long
“In technological development, in production of material goods and creature comforts, we've challenged the very gods, but psychologically, emotionally, we're scarcely more than chimpanzees with bulldozers, baboons with big bombs.” BigsMaterialsDevelopmentComfortCreaturesProductionsBombsGoodsTechnologicalChimpanzeesBaboonsBulldozersTechnological DevelopmentCreature Comforts Author:Tom Robbins
“When I read the book [The Adderall Diaries] I loved it, and I maybe had an inkling that there was a lot of good material in there. I didn't quite know at the time how to adapt it into a film, but I hoped I would figure it out one day.” KnowsBookFilmFiguresMaterialsOne DayDiariesAdderall Author:James Franco
“Our deepest human need is not material at all. Our deepest need is to be seen.” NeedsHumansMaterialsHuman Needs Author:Marianne Williamson
“Looking back, I see that I was born with the subtle sense that material treasures alone, no matter how grand, would never be enough to satisfy the longing in my heart to see the light, to know the truth.” KnowsHeartMatterEnoughLightBornMaterialsMy HeartLongingTreasureSubtleLooking Back Author:Rod Stryker
“I am working on current material, a new album, and that is all still my main motivation of going out and working. We haven't gotten rid of all the new stuff in favor of the old.” StillsMotivationStuffHavensMaterialsCurrentsAlbumsFavorsGoing OutNew Stuff Author:David Gilmour
“Most of my material is , it doesn't necessarily involve a lot of editing. So even the show with the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, I don't have to worry about some of the material being inappropriate.” WorldShowsWorryMaterialsMeetingsEditingPhiladelphiaInappropriate Author:Jim Gaffigan
“What does "living your best life" mean to you? Does it mean accumulating wealth and fulfilling all your material wants? Or, does it mean turning away from the material world in order to fully realize the gift of spirit? We often tend to think of these objectives as being mutually exclusive: material fulfillment or spiritual fulfillment, not both together.” ThinkingWorldWantMeanDoeTogetherSpiritualSpiritOrderRealizingWealthMaterialsObjectivesFulfillmentFulfillingExclusiveMaterial WorldLife MeansAccumulating Wealth Author:Rod Stryker
“A little exposure to the philosophy of many Eastern spiritual traditions - including yoga - could easily lead you to conclude that if you aspire to achieve goals in the material world you cannot fulfill yourself spiritually, or vice versa. However, since all of us, at some level, long for fulfillment in all aspects of our life, it is essential to understand that these two aims are not mutually exclusive.” IfsWorldLittlesLongTwoPhilosophySpiritualGoalLevelsOur LivesAchieveMaterialsEssentialsYogaAspectTraditionAimIncludingVicesFulfillmentAspireEasternExposureExclusiveVice VersaMaterial WorldAchieving Goals Author:Rod Stryker
“The abuse of food, alcohol, or drugs is essentially a material response to a need that isn't really physical at its foundation.. What we are looking for is pure joy rather than mere sensation, or even oblivion of sensation. Addiction is unrecognized spiritual craving.” NeedsSpiritualJoyMaterialsDrugPureAbuseFoundationMereResponseAddictionAlcoholSensationsOblivionCravingPure Joy Author:Deepak Chopra
“We have military bases all over the world, and that's purely to protect our portfolio abroad.Our investments, and our production, our exploitation of cheap labor and raw materials. We're on the scene to do that, and the military is there to see that it happens.” WorldHappensMilitaryMaterialsSceneProtectLaborBasesInvestmentProductionsExploitationRaw MaterialsPortfoliosCheap LaborMilitary Bases Author:Philip Berrigan
“I think China's view of freedom has to do with material wealth and modernity, and the Dalai's Lama view of freedom is liberation in the Buddhist sense, which is freedom from ignorance and freedom from suffering.” ThinkingSufferingWealthViewsIgnoranceMaterialsChinaBuddhistLiberationModernityLamaDalaiMaterial Wealth Author:Pico Iyer