Most Interesting Quotes - Page 11

• Man, considered not merely as an organized being, but as a rational agent and a member of society, is perhaps the most wonderfully contrived, and to us the most interesting specimen of Divine wisdom that we have any knowledge of.

  Richard Whately

  Men, Divine Wisdom, Interesting

  Richard Whately (1855). “Introductory lectures on political-economy, delivered at Oxford, in Easter term MDCCCXXXI. With remarks on tithes and on poor-laws and on penal colonies”, p.64

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• As sheer casual reading matter, I still find the English dictionary the most interesting book in our language.

  Albert J. Nock

  Book, Reading, Interesting

  Memoirs of a Superfluous Man ch. 1 (1943)

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• The Indian navigator naturally distinguishes by a name those parts of a stream where he has encountered quick water and forks, andagain, the lakes and smooth water where he can rest his weary arms, since those are the most interesting and more arable parts to him.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Native American, Names, Lakes

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.680, Delphi Classics

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• What's most interesting about trying to figure out AI is the questions that it forces you to ask about the nature of consciousness.

  Oscar Isaac

  Nature, Interesting, Trying

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• And God must be a pretty big fan of today, because you keep waking up to it. You have made known your request for a hundred different yesterdays, but the sun keeps rising on this thing that has never been known. Yesterday is dead and over. Wrapped in grace. Those days are grace. You are still alive, and today is the most interesting day. Today is the best place to live.

  Jamie Tworkowski

  Yesterday, Interesting, Grace

  Jamie Tworkowski (2015). “If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For”, p.32, Penguin

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• Stanley Kubrick was very selective when he went into a close-up. Every director has his taste in a performance, but Stanley would explore a scene to find what was most interesting for him.

  Tom Cruise

  Interesting, Directors, Taste

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• When I first started working on movies as a production assistant, we were shooting 65, 75, 85 days. I mean, granted some of those things were "Godzilla," "Deep Impact," and those kinds of things, but these days it's like 30-35 days or 40-45 days and you just feel like you're humping trying to get everything done. It's like "Move on, move on, move on!" That's not the way to get the best performances or the most interesting shots. You have to constantly balance schedule and quality of work. For me, that's the biggest thing.

  Michael Sucsy

  Moving, Mean, Impact

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• The most interesting place by far was Afghanistan. Just because it is a place that I cannot see myself living. The hardness of the people and the history of the country is just so completely intense.

  Henry Rollins

  Country, People, Interesting

  Interview with Danny Stygion, www.sinicalmagazine.com. October 1, 2011.

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• If I could go to Kabul and not die, I would go back to Afghanistan as soon as I could. And, that was the most interesting place that I've been to.

  Henry Rollins

  Interesting, Kabul, Afghanistan

  Interview with Danny Stygion, www.sinicalmagazine.com. October 1, 2011.

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• I've always just followed my own course, whatever I found the most interesting to me at the moment. I've never had a real plan of, "I want to get from here to there, and I've got to do this."

  George Lucas

  Real, Interesting, Want

  "Cinematic Phenomenon". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 19, 1999.

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• My most interesting memory is of my first real dream. I was a caterpillar, wriggling around in the earth, just the way a caterpillar would. Following my caterpillar whims, completely unaware of anyone.

  Zhuangzi

  Dream, Memories, Real

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• The most interesting things you learn in an interviews come from the: 'interesting', 'tell me more'

  Emmett Shear

  Interesting, Interviews, Interesting Things

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• I think that the book in some ways is the most interesting from our own present standpoint, particularly when we want to think about the way the internet is changing us.

  Nicholas G. Carr

  Book, Thinking, Interesting

  Source: bigthink.com

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• One of the most interesting things for me in playing another species is that you want to make them different enough to be alien but have enough human qualities to be relatable. This really forces you to look at what it is to be human from a totally new perspective!

  Jaime Murray

  Interesting, Perspective, Quality

  "Jaime Murray: Taking Care of Heart, Mind, and Body". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Celebrities are fun, but you don't really get a lot out of them. It's not like they're going to sit and tell you the most interesting thing, unless you're friends with them.

  Jillian Barberie

  Fun, Interesting, Interesting Things

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• I said this man [Donald Trump] is peeling back the onion of White civility; and every level of that onion that he peels back, more and more of the nakedness of rancor and hate and bitterness is coming up out of the followers. This is one of the most interesting of all of the political presidential runs that I have had the blessing of seeing in my 83 years on this planet.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Running, Hate, Blessing

  "The Breakfast Club" Interview, www.finalcall.com. May 24, 2016.

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• When we started the band, I was really like, "We just want to make a lot of records" - not quite unlike Guided By Voices' schedule. I've always thought that our live thing is what we do best, and having a really robust, big catalog makes for the most interesting live band - especially with people, at this point, traveling to see us night after night. For us to have almost 100 songs to pull from is a really cool thing. The sets can be different. They can be invigorating on an intellectual level. I definitely hope to continue to release records at an accelerated pace.

  Craig Finn

  Song, Night, People

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• There's a page in #2 where I did one of the most interesting pages I've ever drawn. I had to think, "This is a big, blockbuster comic book." You're prepared to be more fan service-y or bombastic. Yet I did one of the most challenging pages I've ever drawn, and it was incredibly satisfying to do that on a project like this [All-Star Batman].

  Declan Shalvey

  Stars, Book, Thinking

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• I have some sort of affinity for compulsive behavior. The most interesting stories come up from the people on the outside.

  Willem Dafoe

  People, Interesting, Stories

  Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. September 25, 2007.

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• People at a point of conflict are always the most interesting stories to tell.

  Anne-Marie Duff

  People, Interesting, Stories

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 12, 2015.

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• I always think that the most interesting characters are those that are trying to cover something or those that have some sense of bravado or composure.

  Emily Blunt

  Character, Thinking, Interesting

  Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. January 19, 2010.

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• The most interesting part of filming is what the actors do. That's the primary link between the story and the audience.

  Richard Ayoade

  Interesting, Stories, Actors

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The most interesting people are never perfect.

  David McCullough

  People, Perfect, Interesting

  Source: belmontvision.com

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• I always feel when you work with an artist and whenever I work with a really good photographer, I try to give him or her their own artistic freedom because that's the way you get the best work or at least the most interesting work.

  Helen Mirren

  Artist, Giving, Interesting

  Source: collider.com

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• Understanding the history of matter and searching for its most interesting forms, such as galaxies, stars, planets and life, seems a suitable use for our intelligence.

  Robert Kirshner

  Stars, Interesting, Understanding

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