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The Thing Quotes

You can curl up in the fetal position and try to wish away all the things that need doing, or you can get started on that uphill battle to reclaim your life. The difficulty isn’t what choice to make, because that part is obvious. The difficulty lies in finding the energy and inspiration to make the right choice Picture Quote #1

And once again I believe that nothing that’s important really becomes lost. We just delude ourselves, thinking that we own the things, the moments and the others. Still with me are all the dead persons who I loved, all the friends who turned away, all the happy days that faded. I lost nothing but the illusion that everything could be mine forever Picture Quote #1

It’s important for you to spend your time photographing things that matter to you. You need to understand the things that have meaning to you, and not what others think is important for you Picture Quote #1

If you want to write, find your splinter. Find the thing that pierces you and won’t let you go Picture Quote #1

A woman who can eat a real bruschetta is a woman you can love and who can love you. Someone who pushes the thing away because it’s messy is never going to cackle at you toothlessly across the living room of your retirement cottage or drag you back from your sixth heart attack by sheer furious affection. Never happen. You need a woman who isn’t afraid of a faceful of olive oil for that Picture Quote #1

The writing process for a short story feels more like field geology, where you keep turning the thing over and over, noting its qualities in detail, hammering at it, putting it near flame, pouring different acids on it, and then finally you figure out what it is, or you just give up and mount it on a ring and have an awkward chunky piece of jewelry that seems weirdly dominating but that you for some reason like. I could be wrong about field geology here Picture Quote #1

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Imagine the marvels we would experience if we believed in the things in which we don’t believe Picture Quote #1

When you start photographing yourself, you are going to be amazed at all the things you find out about yourself, and you’ll be glad you did Picture Quote #1

So here are reasons why I talk to strangers: because I never know what might happen, because the world is full of surprises; because the very thing I am most worried about might turn into the thing I need most Picture Quote #1

I happen to believe the world will change only when we change ourselves. And that starts with finding ourselves: learning to quiet the clamor in our minds and the voices of everyone around us and move toward what feels right – toward the things we know, for reasons we can’t explain, that we’re mean to do, the things that makes us feel alive Picture Quote #1

We need some contact with the things we sprang from. We need nature at least as a part of the context of our lives. Without cities we cannot be civilized. Without nature, without wilderness even, we are compelled to renounce an important part of our heritage Picture Quote #1

One of the things you have to learn is that you don’t have to have the ball all the time to be effective Picture Quote #1

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It is likely that human beings will find fulfillment and will be rewarded for the same qualities that they have been rewarded for for 5,000 years. And that is intelligence, hard work, honesty, a sense of character, loyalty to family and friends, and above all, love and faith. If you are trying to decide what you should do, those are the things you should do. And you know it Picture Quote #1

People are my most important asset. Faith in the supreme being, trust, credibility and performance are the things that have brought me to the top Picture Quote #1

Yes, this is what I thought adulthood would be, a kind of long indian summer, a state of tranquility, of calm incuriousness, with nothing left of the barely bearable raw immediacy of childhood, all the things solved that had puzzled me when I was small, all mysteries settled, all questions answered, and the moments dripping away, unnoticed almost, drip by golden drip, toward the final, almost unnoticed, quietus Picture Quote #1

The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them into something beautiful Picture Quote #1

I never trust anyone who’s more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at Picture Quote #1

The problem is no longer getting people to express themselves, but providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something to say. Repressive forces don’t stop people from expressing themselves, but rather, force them to express themselves. What a relief to have nothing to say, the right to say nothing, because only then is there a chance of framing the rare, or ever rarer, the thing that might be worth saying Picture Quote #1

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I’ve never written the things I’d like to write that I’ve admired all my life. Maybe one never does Picture Quote #1

I think that, as a woman, it’s much healthier and more positive to focus on your good parts and the things you like about yourself, not pick yourself apart Picture Quote #1

He who travels much has this advantage over others – that the things he remembers soon become remote, so that in a short time they acquire the vague and poetical quality which is only given to other things by time. He who has not traveled at all has this disadvantage – that all his memories are of things present somewhere, since the places with which all his memories are concerned are present Picture Quote #1

Perhaps it is this specter that most haunts working men and women: the planned obsolescence of people that is of a piece with the planned obsolescence of the things they make. Or sell Picture Quote #1

Every writer has something to say, but those writers whose works endure have dared to say something about the things that frighten them, confuse them, challenge them, and occasionally delight them Picture Quote #1

A lot of the job that one has to do as a writer is to protect the thing that doesn’t match the world Picture Quote #1

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If one looks at a thing with the intention of trying to discover what it means, one ends up no longer seeing the thing itself, but of thinking of the question that is raised Picture Quote #1

One of the things my career as an artist might say to young artists is: The things that are close to you are the things you can photograph the best. And unless you photograph what you love, you are not going to make good art Picture Quote #1

As an artist your trajectory just has to keep going up. the thing that subverts your next body of work is the work you’ve taken before Picture Quote #1

It seems to me that the thing that makes the theater worthwhile is the fact that it attracts so many people with ideas who are constantly trying to share them with the public. Real art is illumination. It gives a man an idea he never had before or lights up ideas that were formless or only lurking in the shadows of his mind. It adds stature to life Picture Quote #1

It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do Picture Quote #1

I’ve always tried to tell myself that the work itself is the thing, that win, lose, or draw, the work is really what counts Picture Quote #1

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You can curl up in the fetal position and try to wish away all the things that need doing, or you can get started on that uphill battle to reclaim your life. The difficulty isn’t what choice to make, because that part is obvious. The difficulty lies in finding the energy and inspiration to make the right choice (The Thing Quotes) And once again I believe that nothing that’s important really becomes lost. We just delude ourselves, thinking that we own the things, the moments and the others. Still with me are all the dead persons who I loved, all the friends who turned away, all the happy days that faded. I lost nothing but the illusion that everything could be mine forever (The Thing Quotes) It’s important for you to spend your time photographing things that matter to you. You need to understand the things that have meaning to you, and not what others think is important for you (The Thing Quotes) If you want to write, find your splinter. Find the thing that pierces you and won’t let you go (The Thing Quotes) A woman who can eat a real bruschetta is a woman you can love and who can love you. Someone who pushes the thing away because it’s messy is never going to cackle at you toothlessly across the living room of your retirement cottage or drag you back from your sixth heart attack by sheer furious affection. Never happen. You need a woman who isn’t afraid of a faceful of olive oil for that (The Thing Quotes) The writing process for a short story feels more like field geology, where you keep turning the thing over and over, noting its qualities in detail, hammering at it, putting it near flame, pouring different acids on it, and then finally you figure out what it is, or you just give up and mount it on a ring and have an awkward chunky piece of jewelry that seems weirdly dominating but that you for some reason like. I could be wrong about field geology here (The Thing Quotes) Imagine the marvels we would experience if we believed in the things in which we don’t believe (The Thing Quotes) When you start photographing yourself, you are going to be amazed at all the things you find out about yourself, and you’ll be glad you did (The Thing Quotes) So here are reasons why I talk to strangers: because I never know what might happen, because the world is full of surprises; because the very thing I am most worried about might turn into the thing I need most (The Thing Quotes) I happen to believe the world will change only when we change ourselves. And that starts with finding ourselves: learning to quiet the clamor in our minds and the voices of everyone around us and move toward what feels right – toward the things we know, for reasons we can’t explain, that we’re mean to do, the things that makes us feel alive (The Thing Quotes) We need some contact with the things we sprang from. We need nature at least as a part of the context of our lives. Without cities we cannot be civilized. Without nature, without wilderness even, we are compelled to renounce an important part of our heritage (The Thing Quotes) One of the things you have to learn is that you don’t have to have the ball all the time to be effective (The Thing Quotes) It is likely that human beings will find fulfillment and will be rewarded for the same qualities that they have been rewarded for for 5,000 years. And that is intelligence, hard work, honesty, a sense of character, loyalty to family and friends, and above all, love and faith. If you are trying to decide what you should do, those are the things you should do. And you know it (The Thing Quotes) People are my most important asset. Faith in the supreme being, trust, credibility and performance are the things that have brought me to the top (The Thing Quotes) Yes, this is what I thought adulthood would be, a kind of long indian summer, a state of tranquility, of calm incuriousness, with nothing left of the barely bearable raw immediacy of childhood, all the things solved that had puzzled me when I was small, all mysteries settled, all questions answered, and the moments dripping away, unnoticed almost, drip by golden drip, toward the final, almost unnoticed, quietus (The Thing Quotes) The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them into something beautiful (The Thing Quotes) I never trust anyone who’s more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at (The Thing Quotes) The problem is no longer getting people to express themselves, but providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something to say. Repressive forces don’t stop people from expressing themselves, but rather, force them to express themselves. What a relief to have nothing to say, the right to say nothing, because only then is there a chance of framing the rare, or ever rarer, the thing that might be worth saying (The Thing Quotes) I’ve never written the things I’d like to write that I’ve admired all my life. Maybe one never does (The Thing Quotes) I think that, as a woman, it’s much healthier and more positive to focus on your good parts and the things you like about yourself, not pick yourself apart (The Thing Quotes) He who travels much has this advantage over others – that the things he remembers soon become remote, so that in a short time they acquire the vague and poetical quality which is only given to other things by time. He who has not traveled at all has this disadvantage – that all his memories are of things present somewhere, since the places with which all his memories are concerned are present (The Thing Quotes) Perhaps it is this specter that most haunts working men and women: the planned obsolescence of people that is of a piece with the planned obsolescence of the things they make. Or sell (The Thing Quotes) Every writer has something to say, but those writers whose works endure have dared to say something about the things that frighten them, confuse them, challenge them, and occasionally delight them (The Thing Quotes) A lot of the job that one has to do as a writer is to protect the thing that doesn’t match the world (The Thing Quotes) If one looks at a thing with the intention of trying to discover what it means, one ends up no longer seeing the thing itself, but of thinking of the question that is raised (The Thing Quotes) One of the things my career as an artist might say to young artists is: The things that are close to you are the things you can photograph the best. And unless you photograph what you love, you are not going to make good art (The Thing Quotes) As an artist your trajectory just has to keep going up. the thing that subverts your next body of work is the work you’ve taken before (The Thing Quotes) It seems to me that the thing that makes the theater worthwhile is the fact that it attracts so many people with ideas who are constantly trying to share them with the public. Real art is illumination. It gives a man an idea he never had before or lights up ideas that were formless or only lurking in the shadows of his mind. It adds stature to life (The Thing Quotes) It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do (The Thing Quotes) I’ve always tried to tell myself that the work itself is the thing, that win, lose, or draw, the work is really what counts (The Thing Quotes)

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