"We read each other through our eyes, and anatomically they are an extension of our brains. When we catch someone's eye, we look into a mind."

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Source : Siri Hustvedt (2008). “The Sorrows of an American: A Novel”, p.36, Macmillan

Siri Hustvedt

#Eye Quotes #Mind Quotes #Brain Quotes

“Once I do something, I need to be obsessed - or maybe I don't need to be obsessed, but I get obsessed because that's just the way my brain works - but I need to pay a lot of attention to detail. Because everything counts to me once I do something, even if it's a movie that nobody cares about. That's why I need to choose very well what I want to do. But in real life, when I watch TV or whatever, I guess I'm not that obsessive guy, and I'm pretty boring.”
“The leader for today and the future will be focused on how to be - how to develop quality, character, mind-set, values, principles, and courage.”

Source : Frances Hesselbein (2002). “Hesselbein on Leadership”, p.8, John Wiley & Sons
“I would loathe to work on modern films.”
“If my mother hadn't thrown my football boots on the fire, I might have become as famous as Denis Compton.”
“By God, we will make the fire eat up half of Isreal if it tries to do anything against Iraq.”
“Take a bunch of little kids to the beach and they all make art. Adults are too stupid to call it art, but it is art. They'll use their imaginations, make drama, make up characters, make pictures in the sand, they'll make up songs that no one's ever heard before. All kids, I think, are creative, but they get it pounded out of them in school.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.”
“Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense.”

Source : Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.47, BookBaby

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