Kind Quotes - Page 182

I'm honest enough to say I don't know everything. You know, I don't. I don't understand all of God. I don't understand, you know, some kind of why bad things happen.

You surround yourself with amazing, grade-A talent, and you're going to have to lift your game. You kind of thrive just by being around such people.

Some people don't know what to do with an act of kindness.

There's a lot of different kinds of success. I'm so dedicated to the making of the art that the rest of my life atrophies, unfortunately.

There's been a thoughtfulness to everything I do. Even the stupidest things I do have some kind of point.

Swan, by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming kindness on every page.

It was clear to me that I was never going to be the same kind of player I had been. It was time to quit.

I don't want the kind of theater that I love and grew up seeing to die out.

I realised how paranoid and guarded and not trusting - walled-in - I had become. Not consciously so, but just this armour that I kind of have, protective armour. It's not for my friends or family, but for being.outside in the world, always on guard.

I'm a takeout kind of girl. Whole Foods prepares most of my meals.

Random acts of kindness and the desire to do the best job possible lead to trust.

If everyone's comfortable, you can pretty much make any kind of movie that the director wants.

When I do something, I like it when it's perfect. I'm kind of hard on myself that way.

More than anything else, kindness is a way of life. It is a way of living and walking through life. It is a way of dealing with all that is-our selves, our bodies, our dreams and goals, our neighbors, our competitors, our enemies, our air, our earth, our animals, our space, our time, and our very consciousness. Do we treat all creation with kindness? Isn't all creation holy and divine?

Kindness holds the key to the secret of our own transformation and, in the process, of the transformation of the world.

Eloquence may be found in conversations and in all kinds of writings; it is rarely found when looked for, and sometimes discovered where it is least expected.

The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.

If you are truly involved in a film and if you are going to do any kind of good work, you have to have that full commitment to the work. If you aren't willing to do that, or if that is not in your nature, I say steer clear of it.

I think it is fatal to specialize. And all kinds of things show us that and that the more diverse we are in what we can do, the better.

What kind of world is this? And what do you do about it? What do you do when the worst thing that can happen actually happens?

It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.

Courtesy gives its owner a passport round the world. It transmutes aliens into trusting friends.

I kind of cherish at least the idea of Midwestern candor and openness. But I couldn't live there.

We need to seek wise leaders who will seek common ground among Americans instead of dividing us further for political gain. As citizens, we must embrace those who embrace ideas, thoughtfulness, civility and kindness to others no matter what their political beliefs.

What kind of future is in God's plan? A good one to which you can look forward. That's why you can hope.