In film after film, we have to wait without words for a character to make up his mind to do something, and even at a faster speed the wait can seem interminable.

NEWYORKER: The Artists

Senator STEVENS: It may be that what we've done leaves an impression we've done something wrong, but you have to make up your mind you're doing something wrong, you have to have an intention to do something wrong to really be guilty of a crime.

NPR: Taped Phone Conversations Played At Stevens Trial

What prisoners try to convey to the free is how the presence of time as something being done to you, instead of something you do things with, alters the mind at every moment.

NEWYORKER: The Caging of America

As Singaporeans, when we're going to do something, we always got this first thing come to our mind.

CNN: Interview with Jack Neo

Mr. DAVID AMARAL (MIND Institute, University of California-Davis): Our hope is that we can do something to intervene to prevent them from becoming autistic.

NPR: Researchers Set Sights on Early Autism Diagnosis

Now the question must be, in what state of mind are they going to come out, because if you treat them like animals they'll reoffend, if you do something to tackle reoffending the chances are that they might not.

BBC: News Online