Moments Quotes - Page 128

Their eyes met with a singular directness of gaze. Between them a spark passed which was not afterwards to be extinguished, though neither of them knew the moment of its kindling.

There's nothing wrong with changing your mind if you think something's right at a certain moment.

I am racing to the studio the moment that God affords me the opportunity to hear again.

Have you ever had a moment where you finish a piece, and then all of a sudden the piece sort of takes on it's own life beyond you? It doesn't happen every time, but there are some pieces where that happens, and I love that. I feel like that's what I'm seeking nowadays, that moment of transcendence with a piece. Where this thing becomes larger than me as a person. It becomes otherworldly, and then I get separated as maker from it, and then it has it's own life. I love that.

I would've never dreamt that my skydive would trigger such gushing enthusiasm. I still don't really understand exactly what I've accomplished, although I always suspected it would be a truly spectacular moment.

Those moments when you don't feel self-conscious, when you escape that, are when you produce something meaningful.

I love walking onto the set and the blindfold is taken off and then everything I do is fresh and in the moment. That's why I loved working with Darren Aronofsky.

The writing process was some of the most exciting and rewarding moments of my life. It felt a lot like being in a band.

The fact is that everything I have in my pockets is carefully chosen so I’ll always be prepared. Everything is there so I can be at an advantage at the moment of truth. Actually, that’s not accurate. Everything’s there so I won’t be at a disadvantage at the moment of truth.

Writing is very castrating in the moment. Fiction in general, it has no function, nobody asks for it.

Every moment of your experience is the peak of life experience. This is where your powerful now is.

I actually don't like this term, "classic." It's wrong, but we don't have a better word at the moment.

Reason cannot account for those moments in life that "bewilder the intellect yet utterly quiet the heart," as G.K. Chesterton observed.

The trick is not to look back, but keep on expressing where I'm at now. It's challenging to create something new, so it's crucial to dwell in the present moment.

There wasn't a moment where I got into cars. It wasn't a conscience decision or something that came later, it was there since I was born. I just love it.

When the moment comes, will you take your chance to be a hero?

I've had so many moments where seeing other women be fully and truly and authentically themselves, and express that, has given me permission. Once you see it happening, you're like, "Oh, I have permission to do that, too."

I would say at the moment the only person who could have played me this past year would have to be Angelina Jolie.

I've had a couple of pinch-me moments.

We must love while these moments are still called today.

There were moments where I was being kicked in the stomach, and even though I had this brace on to protect me, I still had to prepare myself for it . You can't be relaxed when that's happening. You have to brace your muscles. I can remember thinking as it was about to happen "Wasn't that how Houdini died?" I think it was.

As actors, we need a moment to take a breath and have a moment of slowness.

I think that we have to consciously be aware that every moment we're in, every different stage in our lives, we can control.

We are all deep in a hell each moment of which is a miracle.

The turning point is that moment of naked acceptance of the truth.