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Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.
My career is not well thought out. Every choice has been instinctive and, quite literally, impulsive in many ways.
Character is that quality of mind which makes truth-telling instinctive rather than strange.
Sometimes I can spend months doing things to make sure that my instincts work correctly, but ultimately it's still instinctive.
I don't really have a specific formula I follow to find the right script or role. It's always just very instinctive.
I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being denied individuality.
All knowledge, we feel, must be built up upon our instinctive beliefs; and if these are rejected, nothing is left.
Suffering predisposes the mind to devoutness; and most young girls, prompted by instinctive tenderness, lean towards mysticism, the obscurer side of religion.
Our instinctive emotions are those that we have inherited from a much more dangerous world, and contain, therefore, a larger portion of fear than they should.
An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches with spire steeples which point as with a silent finger to the sky and stars.
As a player, you can be more spontaneous and instinctive, but now as a coach I have to find a psychological balance within the team.
When I say I'm instinctive [in writing], I do feel like I need to hide what I'm doing from myself. My mind just needs to be able to operate untrammeled.
I can't tell people how to have style. No amount of money can buy you style. It's just instinctive.
It's more instinctive to want revenge, but we are also capable of immense amounts of forgiveness and love and a compassion that extends even to those who have brutalized us.
For me, casting is very instinctive, and if I don't feel good about it, I just can't go ahead and make the film.
For me, writing Bridget's [Jones] stories is an instinctive, organic thing, which tends to happen more by accident than design.
Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place.
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
My queer black women peers are the ones who make me not feel crazy. The way we act is so instinctive.
Being extremely honest is quite funny. But there's no recipe or concept that I can bring up that fully defines what we find humorous. It's instinctive.
Perfume opens endless horizons. It appeals both to the senses and to the imagination. Like an enchantment, it works on an instinctive level and at the same time is extremely subtle.
If you have an intuitive or instinctive feeling, follow it, and you will find that the Universe is magnetically moving you to receive what you asked for.
stinginess seemed instinctive to him. Darwinian even. He hadn't gotten to his current size by sharing.
Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.
Never be too busy to listen to your instinctive feelings when something feels wrong.
It is the instinctive wish of most American businesspeople, even those unlikely to be directly affected, that General Motors not go bankrupt.
As an idea occurs to me, I'll either follow it or not, but I'm more instinctive than master-planner about stuff.
Sarcasm, as it turned out--even when it was instinctive and quick--cut into the time one had to manufacture one's escape.
I'm instinctive. I'm still learning how to run the ball. What I've done may look good to everyone else, but I know I'm capable of more than I've shown.
Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.
Style is instinctive and few achieve it in a notable degree. Its development is not hastened by instruction. It comes or it doesn't. It will take care of itself.
People call me an instinctive actor. I used to consider that an insult early on, only because I had never studied. Now... I love it.
Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other.
Religions which have any very strong hold over men's actions have generally some instinctive basis.
For me, my music is part of me, and which is why it seems second nature, and my compositions are instinctive.
I actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing.
All women are born dancers in the sense that natural movement becomes their body and grows out of their instinctive feeling for womanhood, motherhood and tenderness.
Rachel Weisz is amazing, instinctive, volcanic - an amazing force of nature.
Homosexuality, like androgyny, might be an instinctive racial response to overpopulation, crowding, and stress. Both flourish when empire reaches its apogee.
Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.
The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of the equality of citizens, which even voting and elections have not destroyed.
People believe what they believe when they are shown something that may be new and different to what they know. It's instinctive to be defensive.
Usually the nonsense liberals spout is kind of cute, but in wartime their instinctive idiocy is life-threatening.
You've got to go with what feels instinctive and true to your heart, and filter out all of the other stuff.
I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.
Much of the Western world emphasizes rationality and reason, but overlooks or ignores the enormous value of intuition and instinctive wisdom.
understanding the true nature of instinctive decision making requires us to be forgiving of those people trapped in circumstances where good judgment is imperiled.
You have to be true to your instinctive way of writing. You have to find your identity.
My anatomy was self-taught. I feel everybody has that ability. I drew instinctively. Mine was an instinctive style.
For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
For me, as I began to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I became aware of how on an instinctive level I made choices to cover myself.
Fashion is instinctive and sensual. Learn to love what you wear. It should feel like eating chocolates...wi thout the calories
It seems that these phenomenal feats that race car drivers are performing are instinctive. They [require] very little mental workload.
I am less instinctive as I try to be more professional - about the music, about the sound.
What I am seeking is not the real and not the unreal but rather the unconscious, the mystery of the instinctive in the human race.
As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person.
Imagination is actually a form of computation. Imagination gives calculated and instinctive solutions for the future.
I'm hopeless at playing scales. Try and be instinctive first and analytic afterwords, although it's good to study the theory of music.
You can't think about basketball or you ruin your game. It is an instinctive game.
