Iain McGilchrist Quotes

Hunters and trackers learn not only to understand intellectually a bunch of facts about the animal they follow, but to feel their way into the very being of the animal.

Iain McGilchrist

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AnimalFactsFeelLearnUnderstand

I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.

Jim DeMint

ConfidenceCharacterCourageWorld

Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit.

Robert J. Flaherty

LieYouSometimesTrueSpiritCatch

Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old.

Robert Herrick

New ThingsSucceedGrowNewTurn

It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we started taking requests and figuring it out.

Jeff Ament

GoodPoliticsBadHardOutStarted

It's always nice to come home and work in Australia with friends I've known since I started.

Alyssa Sutherland

WorkHomeFriendsNiceAustralia

That was the beginning of modern acting for me. You don't have to tell a camera everything. It gets bored if you do and wants to look elsewhere.

Stephen Rea

BeginningMeCameraYouLookActing

The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready.

Steve Martin

MyselfJoyWritingSomeoneActing

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

Shirley Temple

MotherMeBelievingChristmasSee

The good thing about being a writer is that you don't need anything except for a laptop. You can really do your own work, and if you're not manically compelled to write all the time before you do it professionally, it's probably not a business for you, anyway.

Robert Ben Garant

WorkGoodBusinessTimeYouNeed

How long does it take to make 'They Think It's All Over?' It's just laughing at each other and thinking, 'Aren't we clever?'

Ronnie Corbett

ThinkThinkingLongCleverOverHow

Nothing would make me happier than doing nothing but drama for the foreseeable future.

Jason Bateman

FutureMeDoingDramaNothingWould

I'll just say that there are certain people who continue to be hired in Hollywood, and that leaves me truly shocked.

Doug Liman

PeopleMeSayHollywoodJustWho

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