Of My Mind Quotes - Page 10

• I'M FEARFUL because in the back of my mind I know that although I'm a law abiding citizen I could still be looked upon as a "threat" to those who don't know me. So I will continue to have to go the extra mile to earn the benefit of the doubt.

  Benjamin Watson

  Law, Racism, Doubt

  Benjamin Watson (2015). “Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race. Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us.”, p.14, NavPress

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• I had refused to pay any attention to the moral laws upon which all our vitality and sanity depend: and so now I was reduced to the condition of a silly old woman, worrying about a lot of imaginary rules of health, standards of food-value, and a thousand minute details of conduct that were in themselves completely ridiculous and stupid, and yet which haunted me with vague and terrific sanctions. If I eat this, I may go out of my mind. If I do not eat that, I may die in the night.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Stupid, Silly

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• I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, physical action and gradually transform themselves into physical reality, therefore, I will concentrate my thoughts for thirty minutes daily, upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of that person.

  Napoleon Hill

  Reality, Thinking, Creating

  Napoleon Hill (2007). “The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity”, p.54, Penguin

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• As an artist, even if you are putting out something really dark and disturbing, that's good because it's opening a discussion. Always in the back of my mind is this thought that the world has to be a better place with you in it.

  Shaun Tan

  Art, Dark, Mind

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• People will never forget how you made them feel.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.37, Random House

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• All that I am is because of my mind.

  Paavo Nurmi

  Mind

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• Looking at the world through the sunset in your eyes, traveling the train through clear Moroccan skies. Ducks and pigs and chickens call, animal carpet wall to wall, American ladies five-foot tall in blue. Sweeping cobwebs from the edges of my mind, had to get away to see what we could find. Hope the days that lie ahead, bring us back to where they've led, listen not to what's been said to you. Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express? Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express, they're taking me to Marrakesh. All aboard the train, all aboard the train...

  Graham Nash

  Wall, Lying, Sunset

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• At the back of my mind there is always a fear the depression could return but I do all the right things. I try to get the right amount of sleep because I know that I need sleep to function and I need to eat properly and to do some exercising.

  Melanie Chisholm

  Sleep, Exercise, Mind

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• When I start getting close to the end of a novel, something registers in the back of my mind for the next novel, so that I usually don't write, or take notes. And I certainly don't begin. I just allow things to percolate for a while.

  Richard Russo

  Writing, Mind, Next

  "Richard Russo on Painting a Canvas With His Novels". HBO interview, www.hbo.com.

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• There was no special event that made me decide. I had collected some photos and the idea was in the back of my mind for a long time. It was growing and growing, so finally I said, 'I must paint this.' I come from East Germany and am not a Marxist, so of course at the time I had no sympathy for the ideas, or for the ideology that these people represented. I couldn't understand, but I was still impressed. Like everyone, I was touched. It was an exceptional moment for Germany.

  Gerhard Richter

  Art, East Germany, Ideas

  Gerhard Richter, Dietmar Elger, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (2009). “Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.

  Zane Grey

  Children, Mind, Hours

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• Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my nature, not for any crime.

  Margaret Cavendish

  Mind, Body, Action

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• Just another lonely broken hero picking up the pieces of my mind. Running out of faith and hope and reason, I'm running out of time.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Running, Lonely, Hero

  Song: Running Out Of Time, Album: Down To Earth

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• I'd say that animal rights and environmental issues have always been at the forefront of my mind.

  Corey Feldman

  Animal, Rights, Issues

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• Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind. Memories, sweetened through the ages just like wine.

  Elvis Presley

  Romantic, Memories, Wine

  Song: Memories

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• My view is that our minds are incredibly powerful animals that are, during life, kept somewhat in check by the load of our bodies. Once that load is gone (or so some ancient texts teach us) the mind is like a horse off the tether. So the habits we get into here might have something to do with what happens to us afterwards. An exciting but harrowing idea, given the everyday state of my mind. But also hopeful, since that's something a person can work with.

  George Saunders

  Horse, Powerful, Animal

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

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• I pride myself in taking care of my mind, body and soul, and not just through exercise.

  Stacy Keibler

  Pride, Exercise, Soul

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• I often use music as a handle for very emotionally explosive substances: love, sex, God, fear, doubt, politics, the economics of the soul - these are daunting thoughts in the back of my mind that I rarely visit without the safety gloves of song.

  Jon Foreman

  Song, Sex, Safety

  Source: www.timothywillard.com

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• The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.

  Patrick Star

  Mind, Enigma, Spongebob Squarepants

  FaceBook post by Patrick Star from Jul 28, 2011

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• About half an hour before air time - that's when I become hyper. I put everything else out of my mind and just let that nervous energy surge through my body. I start talking faster and louder. My confidence comes up. It's actually a great feeling.

  David Letterman

  Air, Talking, Feelings

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• When I look back, it saddens me to think that I was so hard on myself - when I was younger, I thought I had to look like everyone else, but I learned that beauty comes from how you feel about yourself. Once I started taking care of my mind, body, and soul, I realized that I didn't need to conform to what's "normal" and started to love myself.

  Demi Lovato

  Thinking, Soul, Mind

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• I've always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind - because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn't be. I thought, 'If I'm successful, I can change her life.'

  Nicki Minaj

  Mother, Successful, Empowerment

  "Nicki Minaj's naughty gift for Lil Wayne". Details magazine interview, www.rap-up.com. April 19, 2010.

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• It's not something that's at the forefront of my mind, but I think I'd regret it if I didn't have children.

  Brendan Coyle

  Children, Regret, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I wish you wouldn't walk in and out of my mind as though it was a railway station!

  Charlotte Lamb

  Understanding, Mind, Wish

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• I think of my body as a side effect of my mind. Like a thought I had once that manifested itself-- Oops! Oh no! Manifested. Look at this. Now we have to buy clothes and everything.

  Carrie Fisher

  Thinking, Clothes, Mind

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