A. E. van Vogt Quotes

I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.

A. E. van Vogt

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• Student cartoonists as well as professionals should always be careful that they're not doing a cartoon that already has been done.

  

  Walt Handelsman
  • Done
  • Doing
  • Student

• All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.

  

  Sallust
  • Opinion
  • Friendship
  • Anger

• Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.

  

  Ian Dunbar
  • Opportunity
  • Single
  • Training

• When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.

  

  Ieyasu Tokugawa
  • Heart
  • Through
  • Recall

• You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Movie
  • You
  • Acting

• I don't know that I've ever bought anything online. I'm about 10 years behind the technological curve, I think.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Think
  • Know
  • Technological

• Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Life
  • Music
  • Professionalism

• I recall the first time my agent told me to wear clothes specifically chosen for me, I would try and find excuses not to do it.

  

  Tahar Rahim
  • Time
  • Me
  • Wear

• When I was 21, I wanted to write like Kafka. But, unfortunately for me, I wrote like a script editor for 'The Simpsons' who'd briefly joined a religious cult and then discovered Foucault. Such is life.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Life
  • Religious
  • Editor

• Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • Friendship
  • Depend
  • Depth

• There has been a change in men's attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion; they're not afraid of it.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Men
  • Change
  • Fashion

• ...it is a longstanding principle that sitting national security advisers do not testify before the Congress.

  

  Condoleezza Rice

• If suffering were an unavoidable part of our existence, we should try to alleviate it as far as possible in practical, earthly ways.

  

  Aung San Suu Kyi
  • Suffering

• I've been playing since I was a teenager, and I put out a few albums when I was younger. When 'Crazy Heart' took off, it gave me another reason to get into music in a more serious fashion.

  

  Jeff Bridges
  • Music
  • Heart
  • Fashion

• I love Jesus Christ with all my heart and everything He stands for. I think that sums up everything that I want for my life, everything I want for my family, everything I want for my career. I want it to be entertaining. I want people to smile and tap their toes, but I want it to be meaningful when the day is done.

  

  Josh Turner
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires.

  

  Kerry Washington
  • People
  • Time
  • Control

• You guys own the Muppets, and you're just kind of sitting on 'em. I really love the Muppets, and I think I know how to bring the franchise back.

  

  Jason Segel

• The way we designed self-driving payroll, it ends payroll as an independent system that you're entering information in by hand.

  

  Parker Conrad
  • Hand
  • Independent
  • Driving

• I don't want to write poems that are just really clear about how I'm aware of all the traps involved in writing poetry; I don't want to write fiction that's about the irresponsibility of writing fiction and I've thrown out a lot of writing that I think was ultimately tainted by that kind of self-awareness.

  

  Ben Lerner
  • Writing
  • Fiction
  • Poems

• Since then neuroscience research has shown that we possess two distinct forms of self-awareness: one that keeps track of the self across time and one that registers the self in the present moment. The first, our autobiographical self, creates connections among experiences and assembles them into a coherent story. This system is rooted in language. Our narratives change with the telling, as our perspective changes and as we incorporate new input. The other system, moment-to-moment self-awareness, is based primarily in physical sensations, but if we feel safe and are not rushed, we can find words to communicate that experience as well.

  

  Bessel van der Kolk
  • Safe
  • Sensations
  • Self-Awareness

• Time, of course, topples everyone in its path equally- the way that driver beats his old horse until it dies. But the thrashing we receive is one of frightful gentleness. Few of us even realize that we are being beaten.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Time
  • Horse
  • Gentleness

• Achievement doesn't come from what we do, but from who we are. Our worldly power results from our personal power. Our career is an extension of our personality.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Power
  • Career
  • Personality

• I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.

  

  A. E. van Vogt
  • Self-Awareness
  • Recall