Obsessing Quotes - Page 3

• I spend a lot of time obsessing about getting a dignified eight hours' sleep.

  Miranda July

  Sleep, Eight, Hours

  "This much I know: Miranda July" by Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2011.

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• I've found that sitting around and obsessing about projects moving forward, when there's actually nothing I can do about it, at a certain point, is really counter-productive.

  Danny Strong

  Moving, Sitting, Found

  "Screenwriter Danny Strong Talks HBO’s GAME CHANGE, Adapting Dan Brown’s THE LOST SYMBOL, and Lee Daniels’ THE BUTLER". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 6, 2012.

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• I finally understand that it’s okay to be a little afraid of things but that obsessing over them does not mean you have any more control over what you fear.

  Jen Kirkman

  Mean, Doe, Littles

  Jen Kirkman (2014). “I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• In a period of such obsessing political controversy as the present, I believe that I am that strange animal, the individual without any politics at all.

  Wyndham Lewis

  Believe, Animal, Political

  Wyndham Lewis, David Peters Corbett (1994). “The Enemy: A Review of Art and Literature”, p.183, Taylor & Francis

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• I've found that giving 100% to your job isn't the same as giving 100% of your life to your job. Very often when I thought I was giving 100% of my life to my job, I was simply obsessing over something.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Jobs, Giving, Found

  Source: articles.latimes.com

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• What we are left with then is the present, the only time where miracles happen. We place the past and the future as well into the hands of God. The biblical statement that “time shall be no more” means that we will one day live fully in the present, without obsessing about past or future.

  Marianne Williamson

  Mean, Biblical, Past

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• I say if you're not obsessing about something, you might not be into it quite enough.

  Chris Thile

  Might, Enough, Ifs

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• There are always going to be Muslim atrocities! Whenever the media starts obsessing with ISIS, I think you're hiding something.

  Ann Coulter

  Thinking, Hiding Something, Isis

  "Ann Coulter offers insight on Hillary Clinton's latest woes, Washington's amnesty debate". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. February 18, 2015.

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• People are cooking less but obsessing about it more.

  Dougie Poynter

  Food, People, Cooking

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• I never felt ostracized or made to feel strange by obsessing over The Onion or Calvin and Hobbes. That was considered completely normal.

  Simon Rich

  Onions, Normal, Strange

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• Late night chaining of videos and basically obsessing are rare for me, and often I've never even seen the videos of my favourite songs. That said, in terms of my own personal magic, video has probably rated lower than most music fans.

  Kieron Gillen

  Song, Night, Magic

  "The Return of the Ultimate Music-Obsessive Comic, Phonogram". Interview with Tom Ewing, pitchfork.com. August 12, 2015.

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• I work all the time because it's a great distraction and it keeps me from sitting home and obsessing morbidly.

  Woody Allen

  Home, Sitting, Distraction

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• When you’re obsessing about one thing, you can reach insights about how to solve hard problems. If you have too many things to think about, you’ll get to the superficial solution, not the brilliant one.

  Evan Williams

  Thinking, Brilliant, Problem

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• They're both about the correct or proper way to do something. There is a correct and proper way to use words and there is a correct and proper way to behave with other people. And I behaved improperly with John and feel bad, so I compensate by obsessing with language, which is easier to control than behavior.

  Peter Cameron

  People, Use, Way

  Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.116, Macmillan

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• I'm certainly very influenced by what you would call 'contemporary headline horror,' stuff that is true crime or for one reason or another catches our attention in the media, those strange cases that we end up obsessing about. I'm always influenced by weird anecdotes and news.

  Dan Chaon

  Media, Stuff, Anecdotes

  "Staying Awake with Dan Chaon". Interview with Clare Stein, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 6, 2012.

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