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“A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.”

Thinking Men Passion Understanding Emotion Design Draws Affection

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“I think the most important thing that I can offer young musicians is once you get up on the bandstand, understanding that you're now asking this prayer to come through you. When you think about music it's got to be that way. Just the thrill of being able to play another note, not to win anything or get a trophy.”

Thinking Way I Can Important Play Able Young Winning Understanding Prayer Offers Musician Asking Important Things Notes Get Up Thrill Trophies

Author:Bobby Hutcherson

“Writing is always a way, for me, of coming to some sort of understanding that I can't reach otherwise.It forces you to think. It forces you to work the thing through. Nothing comes to us out of the blue, very easily.”

Thinking Way Writing I Can Force Understanding Blue

Author:Joan Didion

“I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding.”

People Thinking Understanding Too Much Pursuit Certainty Suspicious

Author:Barack Obama

“Obviously there have been historically many different theories of the atonement and I think each of them has a part. But I think fundamentally it is the substitutionary understanding that God - Jesus took our payment and you can't understand.”

Thinking Has Beens Different Jesus Understanding Theory Payment Atonement

Author:Rick Warren

“I think the most common meme is that it's too difficult to change. It's too risky to change. My nature doesn't allow me to change. When you're thinking that, you're not understanding what your nature is. All of us come from this place of well-being, love, and kindness. But we've taken on these other things, and we think that they're our nature. Our nature really is to be like God.”

Thinking Wells Difficult Understanding Common Kindness Taken Well Being Love And Kindness Memes

Author:Wayne Dyer

“The reason we might lose love is because we are always looking outside of us, thinking that the object or action of love is out there. That is why we allow the love, the harmony, the mature understanding, to slip away from ourselves.”

Thinking Reason Might Action Understanding Loses Love Is Objects Harmony Mature Slips

Author:Nhat Hanh

“I think my favourite thing is understanding the responsibility of raising two human beings and putting them into the world.”

Thinking World Humans Two Understanding Human Beings Responsibility Favourite Favourite Things

Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“I don't want to rescind American directors but I think that European directors in general, because of the size of the nations in Europe are exposed to all different cultures, they can easily travel from one distinct culture to another in a matter of hours - you can drive for two weeks across the United States and you're in the same basic culture - so there is a certain breadth of understanding and sophistication that they bring to it and frankly, in some cases they are less expensive than American directors.”

“I think sometimes I might scare the editors, because they might feel they're getting old and they're not understanding it. The problem lies on their side of the fence, not mine. I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era.”

Thinking Feels Different Sometimes Problem Might Lying Understanding Sides Design Mines Clothes Eras Editors Scare Fence Getting Old Different Eras

Author:Alexander McQueen

“My mother gave me an understanding that as good as you think you are, you're not so great. There's always room for improvement. The reality is when people don't have someone to give them a sense of guidance, and say, "Hey, man, that's not happening," it's really hard.”

People Thinking Men Giving Hard Reality Mother Understanding Rooms Happenings Improvement Hey Guidance Always Room For Improvement Room For Improvement

Author:Stevie Wonder

“His response is more than sensible. It reflects his understanding that evens unfold as a refelction of precise karmic order and that a benevolent response in all circumstances will be the most healing one. I think he is so universally admired becuase he exemplifies by his behavior the truth that the essence of natural mind, unclouded by greed or anger or delusion, is that of peace.”

Thinking Mind Order Peace Understanding Natural Healing Circumstances Behavior Essence Response Greed Delusion Sensible Precise Benevolent

Author:Sylvia Boorstein

“I'd like to see education play a larger role in our daily lives, have people come to a larger understanding - a "bigger picture" understanding - of how we fit into the world, and how we fit into the universe. Not necessarily thinking of ourselves, but thinking of others.”

People Thinking World Play Universe Understanding Roles Fit Bigger Daily Life Bigger Picture Thinking Of Others

Author:George Lucas

“My mother gave me a piece of bread, which was love and encouragement. The correction was the meat, the substance. And then she would sandwich that, sandwich that with another piece of bread, which was love and encouragement. That was very important in shaping and molding our morality, our understanding of ourselves, making sure that we didn’t think we were better than or less than anyone, feeling no more worthy or no less worthy than anyone else.”

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Author:Lauryn Hill

“I don't have any insight or understanding on anything about the government. All I think is that it's stupid - which is the one perspective that's almost completely lacking in Washington.”

Thinking Government Understanding Stupid Perspective Insight Lacking

Author:Dave Barry

“I'm not much of a preparer. I think sometimes as an actor you need to go out and learn some skills, but in terms of preparation for understanding the character, it's all on the page, and if it's not on the page, you're in trouble.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Sometimes Character Actors Understanding Term Trouble Skills Pages Preparation

Author:William H. Macy

“Mindset changes are not happening from change in legislation. Like desegregation. We legally got rid of legal segregation, but schools are still segregated. You can demand people have better math understanding, but it depends how you interpret math understanding, and what you want it for, and if you think everybody can and should have that.”

People Ifs Thinking Want Should Stills School Understanding Depends Demand Happenings Should Have Mindset Math What You Want Legislation Segregation

Author:Deborah Meier

“I don't think there's any way that war can have a place in peace. I think that peace is the active and difficult resistance to the temptation of war; it is the prerogative and the obligation of the injured. Peace is something that has to be vigilantly maintained; it is a vigilance, and it involves temptation, and it does not mean we as human beings are not aggressive. This is a mistaken way of understanding non-violence.”

Thinking Way Humans Mean Doe War Difficult Understanding Human Beings Violence Active Obligation Resistance Temptation Aggressive Mistaken Injured Non Violence Vigilance Prerogative

Author:Judith Butler

“I think one of the primary reasons young women don't identify as feminist is because they don't know any feminists and/or don't really have an accurate or comprehensive understanding of what it is - by proudly identifying as a feminist.”

Thinking Knows Reason Young Understanding Feminist Primaries Accurate Young Women Comprehensive Identifying

Author:Julie Zeilinger

“I think the biggest thing that motivates me when I'm choosing a part is a role that will help me continue to grow as a person and as an artist, and a role that will deepen my understanding of humanity, and my connection to it.”

Thinking Persons Helping Artist Humanity Grows Understanding Roles Connections Help Me

Author:Forest Whitaker

“Because my graduate academic training at law school was not one that included most of the intellectual traditions I find useful for understanding the conditions and problems that most concern me - anti-colonial theories, Foucault, critical disability studies, prison studies and the like are rarely seen in standard US Law School curricula, where students are still fighting on many campuses to get a single class on race or poverty offered - I developed most of my thinking about these topics through activist reading groups and collaborative writing projects with other activist scholars.”

“I think the artwork is very important because it gives people a visualization of my music. I wanted to create a whole visual aspect, so that the people listening to me can get a better understanding of my universe and integrate it fully into their own worlds.”

People Thinking World Giving Important Whole Wanted Universe Understanding Listening Aspect Visuals Integrating Visualization Artwork

Author:Shook

“I think humans in general, make associations and feel the need to group things together to have a better understanding of them. Though I would say my music is more country in a lot of ways, than it is surfy.”

Thinking Way Needs Feels Humans Country Together Understanding Groups Music Is Association

Author:Tristan Prettyman

“I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.”

Thinking Understanding Notion Relief Hanging Out Understanding Each Other

Author:Joshua Homme

“It's not anything that is just perpetuated by White America or just perpetuated by Black America. It's just a cultural understanding that you're just not a part of the equation when it comes to sexuality and I think that people mistake your lack of opportunity with the level of your talent.”

People Thinking America Opportunity Understanding Black White Levels Mistake Talent Sexuality Equations Black America

Author:Viola Davis

“Art is about asking questions and engaging a dialog. By challenging or investigating conventions contemporary art helps promote an on-going sense of discovery, contemplation, and understanding. I think these are all important things.”

Thinking Art Important Helping Understanding Challenges Art Is Discovery Asking Important Things Contemporary Contemplation Conventions Engaging Asking Questions Investigating Contemporary Art

Author:Kim Anderson

“A lot of people manage to find common ground and not let disagreements or tensions build up and destroy them, and other people break up or get divorced. I don't think anything is ever going to change that situation. You simply try to find an accommodation and an understanding with another person and work from there.”

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Author:Jack Nicholson

“I want to use film to tell stories that need to be told to spark discussions that will lead to change. I really want to see a change in the mindset of youth, how they see themselves and how they value life. Young audiences will be able to see themselves in this film and older audiences will gain an understanding of what their kids are dealing with on a daily basis. Kids discuss what they see on TV, social media, film so I want to create content that they will discuss and will change the way they think.”

Thinking Way Want Needs Stories Use Kids Able Film Young Values Social Understanding Audience Media Youth Tvs Gains Bases Social Media Mindset Discussion Sparks

Author:Jamie Hector

“I will keep faith with death in my heart... For the sake of goodness, for the sake of love, Let no man's heart be ruled by death... The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life; to regard it, with the understanding and the .emotions, as the inviolable condition of life.”

Thinking Men Way Heart Understanding Religious Emotion Conditions My Heart Goodness Regard Sake Sympathy Keep The Faith Parcel

Author:Thomas E. Mann

“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster? To see rare effects, and no cause ; a motion, without a mover ; a circle, without a centre ; a time, without an eternity ; a second, without a first : these are things so against philosophy and natural reason, that he must be a beast in understanding who can believe in them. The thing formed, says that nothing formed it ; and that which is made is, while that which made it is not, This folly is infinite.”

“Nature never makes excellent things, for mean or no uses: and it is hardly to be conceived, that our infinitely wise Creator, should make so admirable a Faculty, as the power of Thinking, that Faculty which comes nearest the Excellency of his own incomprehensible Being, to be so idlely and uselesly employ'd, at least 1/4 part of its time here, as to think constantly, without remembering any of those Thoughts, without doing any good to it self or others, or being anyway useful to any other part of Creation.”

Thinking Should Mean Self Use Remember Science Understanding Nature Wise Creation Excellence Creator Excellent Faculty Admirable

Book:An essay concerning human understanding. Also extr. from the author's works, i. Analysis of mr. Locke's doctrine of ideas [&c.].

Source: An essay concerning human understanding. Also extr. from the author's works, i. Analysis of mr. Locke's doctrine of ideas [&c.].

“More people have access to education today than ever before. But I cannot help but feel that the modern educational experience is not preparing us adequately to attend the rich banquet of life. Certainly the young people of today have mastered the use of technology and are capable of solving complex scientific and mathematical problems, but who and what do these serve if they cannot think for themselves? If they have no understanding of the meaning and purpose of their own lives? If they do not know who they are as individuals?”

“If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists do, then they can tend to think that global warming, for example, is just a matter of opinion.”

People Ifs Thinking Matter Understanding Opinion Example Scientist Global Warming

Author:Brian Cox

“I think that one of the greatest connections and attractions you can have with somebody, is understanding somebody.”

Thinking Understanding Connections Attraction

Author:John Mayer

“Most of my characters are romantic rather than sexual. I think that's an essential difference in my pictures. I think they are more accurate in portraying young people as romantic - as wanting a relationship, an understanding with a member of the opposite sex more than just physical sex.”

People Thinking Character Young Sex Understanding Differences Inspiring Members Essentials Opposites Filmmaker Movie Accurate Portraying

Author:John Hughes

“Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul They are its actions, but they are not its essence.”

Thinking Soul Action Understanding Willing Essence Reasoning

Author:Akhenaton

“Someone with a fresh mind, one not conditioned by upbringing and environment, would doubtless look at science and the powerful reductionism that it inspires as overwhelmingly the better mode of understanding the world, and would doubtless scorn religion as sentimental wishful thinking. Would not that same uncluttered mind also see the attempts to reconcile science and religion by disparaging the reduction of the complex to the simple as attempts guided by muddle-headed sentiment and intellectually dishonest emotion?”

“If you think there is no action that you can perform in your current circumstances that will increase the supply of love in the world, you are believing a lie. At the very least, you always have the option to offer yourself kindness and understanding. That alone can increase the supply of love in the world.”

Ifs Thinking World Believe Action Lying Understanding Kindness Circumstances Offers Increase Currents

Book:The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life

Source: The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life

“There is another ground of hope that must not be omitted. Let men but think over their infinite expenditure of understanding, time, and means on matters and pursuits of far less use and value; whereof, if but a small part were directed to sound and solid studies, there is no difficulty that might not be overcome.”

Ifs Thinking Men Mean Matter Use Might Science Values Understanding Sound Study Overcoming Let Me Difficulty Infinite Pursuit Small Parts Expenditures

Book:The Great Instauration

Source: The Great Instauration

“It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives”

Thinking Humans Understanding Moved Errors Excited Peculiar Perpetual

Book:Novum Organum

Source: Novum Organum

“Defects and weakness in men's understandings, as well as other faculties, come from want of a right use of their own minds; I am apt to think, the fault is generally mislaid upon nature, and there is often a complaint of want of parts, when the fault lies in want of a due improvement of them.”

Thinking Men Want Mind Wells Use Lying Understanding Weakness Faults Dues Improvement Faculty Complaints Defects

Book:Some Thoughts Concerning Education: (Including Of the Conduct of the Understanding)

Source: Some Thoughts Concerning Education: (Including Of the Conduct of the Understanding)

“Actors can be very precious about their work and their scenes, but I think good actors have a strong understanding of narrative and are very often not as precious about that stuff. They just can't be because they understand what makes for a better film, and that it's the job of the actor to work toward that, and then if you want you can go to acting class or workshops. But making movies is not workshops.”

Ifs Thinking Want Jobs Film Actors Strong Stuff Understanding Acting Class Scene Narrative Workshops Good Actors Acting Classes

Author:Kristen Stewart

“I think I've gone through my life with the understanding that you've got to let go and you can't think that you're going to control your destiny.”

Thinking Understanding Destiny Gone Letting Go Our Destiny Your Destiny Control Your Destiny

Author:Kristen Stewart

“I think you can fan the flames, but I think in the same way that a mathematician is a mathematician - He's not taught to be a mathematician. He either has a feeling for equations and an understanding and delight in it, not only in the purity of it, but in its beauty as well.”

Thinking Way Wells Feelings Understanding Fans Taught Delight Flames Purity Mathematician Equations

Author:John Hurt

“I know friends of mine who have never changed their mind about anything in their lives, despite evidence from all directions. And I think if you can keep an open mind and some understanding, that helps you stay young.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Mind Helping Young Understanding Changed Mines Evidence Despite Never Change Open Mind Keep An Open Mind

Author:Dick Van Dyke

“When I think about directing a film, the thing that stops me short is wondering if I'm a natural at it the way I think you, and PTA, and Fincher are born directors. Maybe some people's talent is in understanding the ways that film communicates, without dialogue, without plot.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Film Understanding Born Natural Wonder Talent Directors Communicate Dialogue Plot Pta

Author:Edward Norton

“I think people all over the institution recognize that different ways of understanding are valuable. Artists may think in a different way than biologists or chemists, but you can learn something from that. It is true that the arts at MIT don't have the same amount of funding or same status as the sciences or engineering.”

People Thinking Way May Art Different Artist Understanding Amount Institutions Valuable Different Ways Engineering Funding Biologist Chemist Mit

Author:Alan Lightman

“I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism. I think the journey of understanding any character is to see how they tick and how they differ from you.”

Thinking World Character Understanding Journey Not Interested Tick Prisms

Author:Cate Blanchett

“Please don't make the mistake of thinking that the arts and sciences are at odds with one another. That is a recent, stupid and damaging idea. You don't have to be unscientific to make beautiful art or to write beautiful things... science is not a body of knowledge or a belief system, it is just a term that describes humankind's incremental acquisition of understanding through observation. Science is awesome. The arts and sciences need to work together to improve how knowledge is communicated.”

“The cost of scientific advance is the humbling recognition that reality was not constructed to be easily grasped by the human mind. This is the cardinal tenet of scientific understanding. Our species and its ways of thinking are a product of evolution, not the purpose of evolution.”

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Author:E. O. Wilson

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