Figuring Things Quotes

• The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Father, Trying Something New, Alive

  Interview with Steven Horn, www.ign.com. May 28, 2004.

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• I happen to love engineering. I love figuring things out in a spatial sense, that whole realm of working with mechanical parts, and the relationship of the parts, and things like ratios and the speeds of particular objects.

  Arthur Ganson

  Engineering, Ratios, Speed

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• I've learned that sometimes love is not enough. You can have a soul mate and be madly in love with that person, but it's not necessarily enough. I think you have to have personalities that mesh well. You have to be the yin to their yang. You also have to be open to figuring things out together and communicating even when it's the last thing you want to do.

  Jessica Simpson

  Love Is, Thinking, Personality

  "Why We Love Jessica Simpson". Interview with Lori Berger, www.redbookmag.com. January 7, 2014.

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• For me acting is pretending. It's illuminating my human struggle - trying to grow and have the courage to be filmed while figuring things out.

  Sherilyn Fenn

  Struggle, Trying, Acting

  Source: www.washingtontimes.com

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• I love that when you're writing your mind is sort of figuring things out on its own, without you directing it.

  Lynne Rae Perkins

  Writing, Mind, Without You

  Source: www.hbook.com

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• Building my career hasn't been attached to my dad. It's been me figuring things out for myself.

  Anthony Evans

  Dad, Careers, Building

  "A conversation with recording artist and The Voice contestant Anthony Evans". Interview With Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I had to figure out my own faith. That was something I figured out a while ago when I was 18. But I can always stand on the fact that my dad has been a great example for me. Beyond that, building my career hasn't been attached to my dad. It's been me figuring things out for myself.

  Anthony Evans

  Dad, Careers, Example

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• My books depend on someone in danger, putting pieces together and figuring things out. They do a lot of thinking, and that gets lost in the movie.

  Stephen King

  Book, Thinking, Together

  "Stephen King has called Ira Levin-author of 'Rosemary's". Interview with Cheryl Lavin, articles.chicagotribune.com. April 7, 1991.

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• One does not divine this by impressions or knowledge. What this means is that no matter how much you try to figure or calculate by means of impressions or knowledge, it will not prove the least bit useful. Therefore, separate yourself from the discrimination of figuring things out.

  Takuan Soho

  Mean, Trying, Doe

  Takuan Sōhō (1986). “The unfettered mind: writings of the Zen master to the sword master”, Kodansha Amer Inc

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• Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has. Use that freedom.

  Michael Ironside

  Use

  "Fictional character: Jean Rasczak". "Starship Troopers", www.imdb.com. November 4, 1997.

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• I was really unfit last year, so I worked out for a long time, then spent time by myself in Oregon.  For about two months the only person I saw was my trainer.  Every day I did a lot of running and I just didn’t want to talk to anyone for two months.  So when I started talking again, it was like you would communicate wrongly, like you wouldn’t really remember how to speak.  That was one of the key things as well as just reading the book, reading the script a million times, just figuring things out.

  Robert Pattinson

  Running, Book, Reading

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• I sat for a moment, figuring things out, then decided to stay there. If I was on the floor, I couldn't fall down.

  Kim Harrison

  Fall, Moments, Sat

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• I was always interested in figuring things out. I'd do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what would happen if I put them together.

  Alan Alda

  House, Together, Found

  "The Givers: Alan Alda Plays With Fire! An Exclusive Interview". Interview with Marlo Thomas, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 10, 2012.

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