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"Authors are the vanguard in the march of mind, the intellectual backwoodsmen, reclaiming from the idle wilderness new territories for the thought and activity of their happier brethren."
"Mockery is an important social tool for squelching stupidity. I’ve never seen anyone change his mind because of the power of a superior argument or the acquisition of new facts. But I’ve seen plenty of people change behavior to avoid being mocked."
"Have you ever noticed that things that don’t kill you make you weaker? And great minds don’t think alike. If they did, the patent office would only have about fifty inventions. I started getting suspicious when I cried over spilt milk and the cashier took it off my bill.” - Wally"
"Turning, then, from this loathsome combination of church and state, and weeping over the follies of our fellow men, who yield themselves the willing dupes and drudges of these mountebanks, I consider reformation and redress as desperate, and abandon them to the Quixotism of more enthusiastic minds."
"Minds were made for blowing."
"I prime my mind. I wake up every morning and say, "Look, if you don't have 10 minutes for yourself, you don't have a life." I take 10 minutes."
"Unless you feed your mind, those suffering states will take over."
"I don't mean I'd mind being rich and famous. That's very much on my schedule and someday I'll try to get around to it."
"Lay my head on the railroad line. Train come along; pacify my mind."
"Who in their right mind counts the tiles on the floor when they go visiting a neighbor?"
"Change happens not just by giving the mind new arguments but also by feeding the imagination new beauties"
"A good mind is a lord of a kingdom."
"Our minds must relax: they will rise better and keener after rest. Just as you must not force fertile farmland, as uninterrupted productivity will soon exhaust it, so constant effort will sap our mental vigour, while a short period of rest and relaxation will restore our powers. Unremitting effort leads to a kind of mental dullness and lethargy."
"I don’t mind citing a bad author if the line is good."
"The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies."
"I really fancy Eddie Redmayne. I wouldn't mind a few steamy scenes with him."
"The mind can be convinced, but the heart must be won."
"To be honest, I don't want No. 1's anymore. Now, don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind the odd few, but I'd also like a record going in at eight and staying around."
"I'm always open. I try not to have a closed mind. In fact the only reason why I'm able to continue to make films since 1986 is I have been adaptable. If I weren't flexible I sure wouldn't be making films this many years as I've been doing it. I've been making a film a year almost since 1986 and that's hard. That ain't easy."
"Your desire for consistency itself will set you on the right path. As long as you keep going up, never mind if you come down once or twice."
