“When you're a parent, then you still have to commit to this concept of, "Okay, I'm basically out of action now for three months."” StillsActionThreeParentMonthsConceptsOkayCommitThree Months Author:Thom Yorke
“If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer. Now if a joke is in bad taste or it's not funny, okay, that's awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer's job is, and I don't think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.” IfsThinkingGivingShouldLittlesDifferentJobsArtistBitsSubjectsPersonalityOughtTasteJokesConceptsOkayCreditTechniqueCraftsDifferent ThingsExcessIndulgeConstraintsEditorialsBad Taste Author:Bill Watterson
“Belief is a meaningless word. What does it mean? I believe something. Okay, now you have someone who is hearing voices and believes in these voices. It doesn't mean they have any necessary reality. Your whole concept of your "I" is an illusion. You have to give something called an "I" before you speak of what the "I" believes.” GivingBelieveMeanDoeWholeRealityBeliefSpeakI BelieveVoiceIllusionConceptsOkayHearingMeaninglessHearing Voices Author:William S. Burroughs
“Well, in the sense of the traditional notion of God, coming out of Christianity and Islam and the Abrahamic religions, I do not hold with that concept of a God or deity. In that concept, I'm agnostic. Okay, I don't know the answer, let's find the answer.” KnowsWellsAnswersChristianityConceptsOkayIslamNotionTraditionalComing OutAgnosticDeitiesChristianity And Islam Author:Edgar Mitchell
“I'm interested in the way the whole cultural landscape can shift over time. Okay, this will seem like a silly example, but look at the whole discourse around "selling out," a concept people say is irrelevant because there's no more distinction between mainstream and underground, inside and outside (which I don't really believe, but that's another issue).” PeopleWayBelieveLooksWholeSeemsIssuesExampleConceptsOkaySillySellingLandscapeDistinctionMainstreamDiscourseIrrelevantSelling OutInside And Outside Author:Astra Taylor
“"You are the actor, and I understand we already had our sit down, you explained your concept, your view," so I said, "Okay, I'm in your hands." That means that if you've got to nudge me a little bit to the right I move to the right, just from the pressure, weight, but you won't have to touch me at all. You can come and go "Okay, you want me over here a little bit more," so no pressure on us at all that's easy to do.” IfsWantMeanLittlesSaidHandsMovingActorsEasyBitsViewsLittle BitConceptsOkayWeightPressureWant MeComes And GoesYou Want MeTouch MeNudgeNo Pressure Author:Morgan Freeman
“The message of "The Winner Takes It All" is straightforward: It argues that the concept of relationships ending on mutual terms is an emotional fallacy. One person is inevitably okay and the other is inevitably devastated.” PersonsTermEmotionalMessagesConceptsOkayArguingWinnerMutualStraightforwardFallacyDevastatedRelationships Ending Book:Eating the Dinosaur Source: Eating the Dinosaur