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Unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct ... hold us to the earth and dictate the relatively good and useful.
As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person.
He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires.
When somebody is doing something really funny, in real life and as a performer, my instinct is to join them.
My intellect as well as my instincts lead me to the conclusion that men have a positive yearning to be good.
Her maternal instinct told her Natasha had too much of something, and because of this she would not be happy
I'm not looking for any particular genre or role because I will pick up a role based on my mood and instinct.
I think the novel form chose me. I was a writer before I became a criminal... my first instinct was to write.
I've always been one to take chances and I've always been one to, to create or follow through with instincts.
The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.
It's more this instinct to get in trouble, and then get myself out of trouble. That's what painting is for me.
Learn to trust your instincts. Only something dead goes with the tide. Only something living can go against it.
In terms of what we share from our lives, I tend to share everything. My instinct would be to share everything.
Improv requires one thing I lack that I think most mothers need - the basic instinct to put someone else first.
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.
My finely honed political instincts tell me that almost nobody believes that they should be paying higher taxes.
I had a very strong background in journalism, so it's my instinct to try to be as fair and accurate as possible.
Who's to say what would have happened if I had trusted my instincts and moved to New York like I thought I would.
Technology will never last if it ignores human beings' basic instinct to express and discover through expression.
There seems to be a human instinct for prayer. Swiss theologian Karl Barth calls it our 'incurable God-sickness.'
One thing I have learned is that I should trust my 'gut' instincts. Ultimately, only we know what is best for us.
Every time I trust my instincts I land on my feet and every time I don't, I go, "Why didn't I trust my instinct?"
Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.
We, as humans, have actually developed a sense of social responsibility. We have gone beyond our basic instincts.
I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand As is a man were author of himself And knew no other kin.
Self-preservation shouldn't be the first instinct in politics. It should be doing the right thing for the country.
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
Humans will always tell you the story. Dogs can only tell you the truth. Trust your instincts and listen your dog.
There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings.
Some instinct - and I think it was a correct one - led me to do something difficult enough to give my life meaning.
When you change, you change with what you got. What I got is my speed. I got a little bit of my instinct and flair.
In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand.
Sometimes instinct can be wrong. But sometimes it can be right too. And sometimes you just have to take it on faith.
Everything I have is natural. I do everything by instinct. I am not like the 'gringos,' with all of their apparatus.
If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.
Show me a congenital eavesdropper with the instincts of a Peeping Tom and I will show you the making of a dramatist.
I don't always trust my own instincts. It would be nice if someone else would tell me what I should do with my life!
Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the resulting actions.
John Podesta said Hillary Linton has terrible instincts. Bernie Sanders said she has bad judgment. I agree with both.
I make all my decisions by listening to my instinct and then keeping my fingers crossed it will lead to a good place.
I can't stand the idea of missing something. I've got to know what's going on - it's like an animal instinct with me.
I think maternal instinct is a male construct that has been used for centuries to keep women in their place, at home.
Horror is edgier. Dark fantasy feels mushier to me. Finding the difference - it's an instinct. And they overlap a lot.
I have an instinct to want to be part of a group of people. I feel safe there. That's why I was in school for so long.
Before you look to blame another, look within yourself, for at some point you have not listened to your own instincts.
An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life.
I feel like girls should dress down a little bit on the holidays, even though the instinct is to get really dressed up.
Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.
If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence.