“I think this is pretty clear, but maybe not to everybody: Despite the fact that the work is personal or taken from life, it's not about me telling my personal story.” ThinkingFactsStoriesTakenClearDespitePersonal Stories Author:Frances Stark
“Women in Thai society have been placed in the space of the home. It is possible that women have assuredly taken up that place without thinking too critically about it.” ThinkingHas BeensHomeSpaceTakenThai Author:Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
“I think people are finally realising that women are interesting and more interesting the older they get. But it's taken a while for that realisation to happen.” PeopleThinkingHappensInterestingTakenRealisingRealisation Author:Christine Bottomley
“Frame is a good enough piece of software that there are actually rewards to taking an intelligent and formal approach to your problem. But if you want to be stupid, you can think of Frame as a version of Microsoft Word with most of the bugs taken out.” IfsThinkingWantEnoughProblemTakenPiecesStupidApproachIntelligentRewardsVersionsGood EnoughSoftwareFormalBugsMicrosoftMicrosoft Word Author:Philip Greenspun
“Every time I would give a talk, someone would say, 'You ought to go into politics.' I prefer to call it government leadership. My life has taken me to places where I have experiences that I think I can share. A lot of times, we see people who are career politicians. I'm not the conventional candidate, nor do I want to be.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingI CanGovernmentCareersTakenShareOughtPoliticianCandidatesConventionalCareer Politicians Author:Brad Wenstrup
“How much we have to hydrate out here in this kind of heat and humidity. I think the most I have ever taken down in one day of fluids is five gallons - a gallon per match. If we didn't replace our fluids, we would probably keel over and die.” IfsThinkingKindDiesTakenFiveOne DayHeatFluidGallonsKeelHumidityHeat And Humidity Author:Karch Kiraly
“Narration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood.... storytelling is intrinsic to biological time, which we cannot escape. Life, Pascal said, is like living in a prison from which every day fellow prisoners are taken away to be executed. We are all, like Scheherazade, under sentence of death, and we all think of our lives as narratives, with beginnings, middles and ends.” ThinkingHumansSaidEndsTakenOur LivesBloodHuman NatureBreathsFellowsPrisonSentencesStorytellingNarrativePrisonerCirculationNarrationPascal Author:A. S. Byatt
“Statistically, 2012 was the safest year to travel on a plane, in the history of aviation. Not one major passenger plane crashed. It's pretty amazing. And when you see them being taken apart and you see the work that goes into keeping those things in the air, you think, "Wow!"” ThinkingYearsTakenAirMajorsPlanesAviationWowPassengers Author:Dallas Campbell
“I think film should be interactive. But at the same time, it's also great to go see a big popcorn movie and be taken to a complete fantasy world.” ThinkingWorldShouldBigsFilmFantasyTakenPopcornInteractiveFantasy Worlds Author:Juno Temple
“If and when a horror turns up you will then be given Grace to help you. I don't think one is usually given it in advance. "Give us our daily bread" (not an annuity for life) applies to spiritual gifts too; the little daily support for the daily trial. Life has to be taken day by day and hour by hour.” IfsThinkingGivingLittlesHelpingSpiritualTurnsGivenHoursSupportTakenGraceHorrorTrialsBreadIfs AndDaily BreadSpiritual GiftsOur Daily Bread Author:C. S. Lewis
“We need to reflect with great seriousness about why many young people don't feel like getting married... For fear of failure, many do not want to even think about it... Many people believe the change that has taken place in recent decades was set in motion by the emancipation of women. But this argument is not valid, it is an insult, a form of misogyny.” PeopleThinkingWantNeedsFeelsBelieveFormYoungTakenMarriedArgumentDecadesInsultMisogynySeriousnessFear Of FailureEmancipationGetting Married Author:Pope Francis
“I think living is serious. Living well, accepting yourself, using your talents to the fullest, enjoying yourself, that's all serious and important...But I think makeup and fashion should not be taken that seriously...You should have fun making up for a party. You should have fun wearing a sexy dress. When you're beautiful it should give you pleasure.” ThinkingGivingShouldWellsImportantBeautifulFunEnjoyPleasurePartyAcceptingTakenTalentFashionSeriousShould HaveDressesSexyHaving FunMakeupLive WellMaking UpAccepting YourselfYou Re BeautifulUsing Your Talents Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“In People magazine, Madonna said her life has been exhausting since she started her world tour. She said there isn't a second of her life that isn't taken up looking after her family or thinking of her show - her day is filled with problems of work and family. Someone should tell her, everyone else calls that, life.” PeopleThinkingWorldShouldHas BeensSaidShowsProblemTakenFilledMagazinesExhaustingThinking Of Her Author:Jay Leno
“Also, to get to work with serious filmmakers on this kind of a movie, has elevated these movies. We were so lucky, as actors, that the crew of directors that we've gotten to work with are totally really super high-end filmmakers. But, Bill Condon had a vision and it was so specific. He's really passionate. I think he's taken the story to another level.” ThinkingKindEndsStoriesActorsLevelsVisionTakenSeriousLuckyDirectorsBillsPassionateFilmmakerCrewSo Lucky Author:Elizabeth Reaser
“I think Barack Obama 'll talk about the actions that we've taken, not just since 9/11, but since Paris, to help keep the American people and American interests safe.” PeopleThinkingHelpingActionInterestTakenSafeBarackParis Author:Barack Obama
“You've no idea how wonderful toilet paper is until it's taken away from you by an unfeeling universe. I think it's the defining characteristic of human civilization, the ability to manufacture something decent to wipe your ass on.” ThinkingHumansIdeasUniverseAbilityTakenWonderfulCivilizationPaperAssNo IdeaCharacteristicsDecentToiletsDefiningWipeAway From YouToilet PaperHuman CivilizationUnfeeling Book:Judas Unchained Source: Judas Unchained
“You have to let individuals make their own choices and respect that, even if it's your own child. And that's what was taken away from me. My father passed away thinking I still had to go back to his way of believing.” IfsThinkingWayBelieveChildrenStillsChoicesFatherIndividualTakenPassed AwayFather Passed Away Author:Ayaan Hirsi Ali
“Because you think an explosion has taken place and you're looking at the shards and you say, 'Well, can we put this back together?' And by God, maybe you can put it back together. And maybe it won't be the same, but maybe it will be different, and maybe it can even be better in a different way.” ThinkingWayWellsDifferentTogetherTakenDifferent WaysExplosionsBack Together Author:David Letterman
“I'm such a jerk; it had never occurred to me that when we look at a photo from the front, the eyes reproduce exactly the position and the vision of the lens; it's these things that are taken for granted and it never occurs to anyone to think about them.” ThinkingLooksEyeVisionTakenFrontsPositionGrantedLensesJerkTaken For Granted Book:Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much Source: Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much
“They took 3-D digital photographs of my entire body. I had to pose stark naked, assuming a kind of Spider-Man position. After a minute, one of the technicians pointed to my genitals and said, Um, we're not getting enough data there ... It wasn't what you think. It turns out that the fancy digital camera doesn't pick up dark areas too well, and they were having trouble because of the hair down there. I actually had to spray on this highlighter stuff. (On having digital photos taken for the invisible man role in the film Hollow Man)” ThinkingMenWellsKindSaidEnoughBodyFilmTurnsStuffDarkRolesTakenTroubleMinutesPositionHairPicksAreasCamerasAssumingPhotographInvisibleNakedDataFancyDigitalSpidersHollowStarksSpraySpider ManTechniciansDigital CamerasHollow Man Author:Kevin Bacon
“I think we get into all kinds of difficulty by saying photographs should be taken in a certain way which guarantees their veracity. I think that's a slippery slope to hell.” ThinkingWayShouldKindCertainHellTakenDifficultyPhotographAll KindsGuaranteesSlipperySlopesVeracitySlippery Slope Author:Errol Morris
“As a director, your job is to make sure no one for any reason is taken out of the film. Sometimes it's impossible and sometimes things don't come out the way you want them to, but I think you have to work really hard at making the world engrossing and details are a major part of that.” ThinkingWorldWayWantSometimesHardReasonJobsFilmTakenImpossibleDirectorsMajorsDetails Author:Cary Fukunaga
“From what type of software could help us make a movie faster to everything else regarding the textures. Some might think, "It's probably very easy to make a film with those textures," but it's much more difficult than what it appears to be. We had to discover a faster process because otherwise it could have taken us 10 years to make it.” ThinkingYearsHelpingMightFilmEasyProcessDifficultTakenTypeFasterSoftwareTexture Author:Alex Abreu
“There are certainly a lot of sins to be taken on. To take on smoking and movies is a weighty enough thing, I think, and it's one I've experienced, and it's what's caused me to live in-with my voice maimed for the rest of my life.” ThinkingEnoughVoiceSinTakenSmoking Author:Joe Eszterhas
“It's funny, because it's like the fight when you watch it, it's probably going to be like five minutes, but it's taken us like a month to shoot it so I think what was really interesting was that instead of going through an entire fight sequence, you're doing one or two moves over and over and over, so I'd say it's less exhausting than actually training, because you're not really constantly going over the choreography, like the whole entire thing with everybody. You're just doing that one part that they need in the shot.” ThinkingNeedsTwoWholeMovingFightingInterestingWatchesTakenFiveMinutesMonthsTrainingShotsFive MinutesSequenceReally InterestingExhaustingChoreography Author:Ellen Wong
“I don't think it's necessary to worry too much about being authentic. I think a picture taken on an iPhone and then filtered through something to make it look like it was taken on a Super 8 camera can be just as authentic as something taken on a Super 8 camera, if it's capturing something real or beautiful.” IfsThinkingLooksRealBeautifulWorryTakenToo MuchCamerasIphoneSomething RealPicture TakenBeing Authentic Author:Andrew VanWyngarden
“A gentleman who for reasons of chivalry I shall not mention, but who occupied grand office, and who had taken grandly of wine and allowed veritas to overcome him, went up to the Prime Minister and told her he had always fancied her, to which the Prime Minister replied, "Quite right - you have very good taste but I just don't think you would make it at the moment.” ThinkingReasonMomentsTakenTasteOfficeOvercomingWineVery GoodMinistersGentlemanPrimePrime MinisterGood TasteChivalryFlirtation Author:Nicholas Fairbairn
“I think the best war photos I have taken have always been made when a battle was actually taking place - when people were confused and scared and courageous and stupid and showed all these things. When you look at people right at the very moment of truth, everything is quite human. You take a picture at this moment with all the mistakes in it, with everything that might be confusing to the reader, but that's the right combat photo.” PeopleThinkingHumansLooksMadeWarMomentsMightMistakeTakenStupidReaderBattleScaredConfusedCourageousCombatConfusingMoment Of Truth Author:Horst Faas
“I think you can photograph a certain sliver of human presence in its absence... images taken in the empty rooms, the marks left on the walls, disappearing shadows, etc.” ThinkingHumansCertainLeftRoomsTakenWallShadowEmptyMarkPhotographDisappearAbsenceEtcEmpty Rooms Author:Mona Kuhn
“I believe that photographs should be simple technically, and easy to look at. They shouldn't be directed at other photographers; their point is to make ordinary people react - to laugh, or to see something they hadn't taken in before, or to be touched. But not to wince, I think.” PeopleThinkingShouldBelieveLooksI BelieveEasySimpleLaughingTakenOrdinaryPhotographerPhotographTouchedOrdinary PeopleWince Author:Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
“The pressure to conform to 'politically correct' speech is primarily a pressure not to use certain expressions. But when our freedom to use certain expressions is taken away, then our ability to think in certain ways is also curtailed.” ThinkingWayUseCertainAbilityTakenExpressionSpeechPressureConformPolitically Correct Book:The TNIV and the Gender-neutral Bible Controversy Source: The TNIV and the Gender-neutral Bible Controversy
“I think we are isolating ourselves, and in so isolating ourselves, I think we're minimizing ourselves, I don't think we are taken as seriously today as we were a few years ago.” ThinkingYearsTodayTakenYears AgoMinimizing Author:Tom Daschle
“I get female groupies, but I don't get male groupies. I have women who offer to sleep with me all the time. But not men. They're all talk and nay action -- as we'd say in Scotland. If I go anywhere near most of our male following, they are freaked. Absolutely freaked. I think my height has got a lot to do with it. I'm really tall. I'm five-eight, and with heels, I'm six foot, so people are like. 'Whoa, Amazon!' People are a wee taken aback by that 'cause I think people expect me to be small.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenActionCausesSleepTakenFiveFeetOffersSixFemaleMalesFollowingEightHeightTallHeelsScotlandAmazonGroupie Author:Shirley Manson
“But I think I know just as many creative people who've never taken drugs in their life as I do who have taken a lot of drugs.” PeopleThinkingKnowsCreativeTakenDrugCreative People Author:John Frusciante
“The US is a country [in which] eighty percent of the population thinks the Bible was written by god. About half think every word is literally true. So it's had to appeal to that - and to the nativist population, the people that are frightened, have always been... It's a very frightened country and that's increasing now with the recognition that the white population is going to be a minority pretty soon, "they've taken our country from us."” PeopleThinkingCountryWhiteHalfTakenWrittenPercentPopulationOur CountryRecognitionAppealsMinoritiesFrightenedEighty Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think if I had known then what I know now, I would have been a lot more relaxed. I'm really happy with the result and I think Bjorn helped me take it in directions I couldn't have taken it in myself. It is a scary thing to be putting it in other people's hands, but it's really necessary sometimes.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsHas BeensSometimesHandsResultsKnownTakenScaryRelaxedReally HappyScary Things Author:Sarah Blasko
“We have what is happening as a result of the current administration in our country, which I think has taken us in a totally wrong direction, postulating totally wrong things.” ThinkingCountryResultsTakenHappeningsCurrentsOur CountryAdministrationWrong ThingsWrong Direction Author:Edgar Mitchell
“First off, I think nudity is taken differently in America, though they did make a fuss in England, too.” ThinkingFirstsAmericaTakenEnglandNudity Author:PJ Harvey
“I think it's criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they're paid.” PeopleThinkingShouldLittlesLongTakenMilitaryPeriodsPaidCriminalsLong Periods Of Time Author:Ben Stein
“The most dangerous thing that can happen to us, I think, is to permit a feeling to develop that any client is a problem. I have always taken the attitude that no account is a 'problem account' but that all accounts have important problems attached to them - that you can waste more time and burn up more nervous energy by fighting a problem than by taking a positive attitude and solving it. It sure gives you a nice, warm glow when you do.” ThinkingGivingImportantFeelingsProblemHappensFightingEnergyAttitudeTakenNiceDangerousWasteAccountsWarmNervousPositive AttitudeMore TimePermitClientsDangerous Things Author:Leo Burnett