"I was struck by the fact that I hadn't been awed in a while. Did that mean awesome things had disappeared from my life? No. What it did mean was that I'd gotten too caught up in distractions and mind mucking to recognize anything as awe-inspiring. . . . I hadn't been paying attention to the beauty around me."

-- Sue Thoele

#Mean Quotes #Mind Quotes #Attention Quotes

“When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer.”
“My thoughts are messy, my emotions are messy, my body goes in and out at will. The raised white scars on my arms and legs are the only aspect of my being that comes close to minimalism. They came from chaos, but it is hard to carve frustration and unease into the flesh. Only straight lines.”

Source : Emma Forrest (2007). “Thin Skin”, p.52, Simon and Schuster
“Scientists are stuck in this belief that we tell people probabilities, not absolute answers.”
“I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.”
“You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting.”
“I'm depending on other people to take the work and run. And if they run in so many directions, they sort of cancel each other out. So the meaning is always open.”
“Of course, I continue to play and to practice. I think I would do so if I lived for another hundred years.”
“I don't want to write without a sense of drama, without passion, or without both eyes open to the world around me.”

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