Instinct Quotes
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If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
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By instinct I'm an adventurer; by choice I'd like to be a writer; by pure, unadulterated luck, I'm an actor.
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[My choice about scripts] is just a question of what I fall in love with. You have to use some kind of instinct meter about it. I think I'm getting closer to my instincts now. I don't think there needs to be a plan. I think there needs to be love. I think you need to love what you're doing and then the rest is anybody's guess.
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I've done so many movies with first-time directors, and honestly I just go with gut instinct. People that usually can tell me a good story, and talk to me about why the movie is the movie they want to make. I just go with my gut.
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My Hindu instinct tells me that all religions are more or less true.
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Life is an instinct for growth, for survival, for the accumulation of forces, for power.
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The spread of personal ownership is in harmony with the deepest instincts of the British people. Few changes have done more to create one nation.
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I go by the gut. I might not appear to have any talent but I've got plenty of gut instinct.
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I could make Basic Instinct 16. If guys will keep thinking I'm hot, I might turn it into a TV series.
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Management is like making love. There's heat from both sides. You have an instinct to get there. You have no idea what you're really in for, but you do it anyway.
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Donald Trump amplifies the worst instincts. And his nationalism is really a white racist supremacist nationalism.
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I do think on some basic level we are animals, and by instinct we kind of breed accordingly. But as much as I believe that, I work really hard when I'm in a relationship to make it work in a monogamous way.
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I don't know if I'm teaching my kids right, but you have to go with your own instincts. You can't be so sure that other people are going to do right by you.
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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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As an actor, you deal with so much rejection and humiliation. When the good things come around, you tend not to trust your instincts.
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There is an instinct for realism, a powerful drive to reproduce oneself. The fascination of photorealistic paintings lies partly in their apparent replication of life, but these are not merely replications. These paintings are often out of life scale, varying from over life-size to under life-size, from brilliant, heightened color to pale, undertone hues.
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Oh darling, don't be bitter. It's the first instinct of the weak.
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When I hear health professionals suggesting that you shouldn't worry about the balance of calories in versus calories out, but rather eat clean and follow your hunger instincts, well, I really just want to pinch their heads off. That's like a millionaire suggesting that instead of worrying about that's in your bank account, just listen to your shopping instincts and buy high-quality goods . . . weight loss is not magic. To a great extent, it's accounting.
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I prefer not to overthink things because I think if I did I would never end up releasing anything. I tend to just follow my instincts when it comes to imagery or whatever is inspiring me. I just fit it together in a weird way, and I have to let it go at some point or else I would hold onto it forever.
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For me, that's natural. The instinct to score comes naturally and if you have it, you've got to go to it.
