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“If you're talking about musically, I think I understand just a little bit more about things that were mostly intuited back then - how certain timings and tones work, so I can be a little more analytical about things now.”

Ifs Thinking Littles I Can Certain Bits Talking Little Bit Tone Timing

Author:David First

“If you're talking about the narrow issue of public assistance, I would like to see us move to a more healthy system. But until we come up with certain guarantees - for example, guaranteed jobs where mothers move off welfare - I support welfare very strongly. The worst thing we could do is impose time limits and then expect people to sink or swim once they move off welfare.”

People Moving Mother Support Worst Healthy Welfare Swim Very Strong

Author:William Julius Wilson

“If you're talking to a child, you're going, 'This is the wonder of science and here's why I'm so fascinated by it.'”

Ifs Children Talking Wonder Fascinated

Author:Brian Andreas

“If you're talking to an architect, he can look at a blank piece of paper, and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks in. Each room should have something unique and different about it - much the same way that in a song, every eight bars or so, a new piece of information should be introduced.”

Ifs Way Should Looks Different Song Rooms Talking Pieces Information Design Paper Unique Should Have Eight Bars Kicks Formulas Architect Blank Initials

Author:Ryan Tedder

“If you're talking triple threat of a writer, singer and actress, that would probably be Beyoncé. If Aaliyah were still here, she and Beyoncé would be neck and neck.”

Ifs Stills Would Be Talking Threat Actresses Singers Necks

Author:Ginuwine

“If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.”

Ifs Years Today Five Teaching Fields Years Ago Five Years

Author:Noam Chomsky

“If you're tearing around in a panic about something, then it puts everyone else in a panic as well.”

Ifs Wells Panic

Author:Julie Andrews

“If you're telling a story it's always best not to play the ending.”

Ifs Play Stories

Author:John Hawkes

“If you're telling me I'm not mature, that's one thing I don't cry over since as far as I can make out it's the same thing as being dead.”

Ifs I Can One Thing Cry Maturity Mature Make Out

Author:John Updike

Source: Rabbit, Run

“If you're tempted to believe with Governor Cuomo that government is just like Mom and Pop rather than Big Brother, just ask yourself one question: When was the last time all the IRS wanted from you was a hug and a kiss.”

Ifs Believe Bigs Government Wanted Lasts Asks Brother Mom Kissing Pops Hug Governors Last Time Tempted American Politics Irs

Author:Paul Laxalt

“If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl' I'm going to kill you”

Ifs Thinking Texting Alec Lightwood Warlocks City Of Ashes

Author:Cassandra Clare

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

“If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl,' I'm going to kill you." "Who's Magnus?" Max inquired. "He's a warlock," said Alec. "A sexy, sexy warlock," Isabelle told Max, ignoring Alec's look of total fury. "But warlocks are bad," protested Max, looking baffled. "Exactly," said Isabelle.”

Ifs Thinking Looks Said Sexy Fury Max Magnus Bane Texting Baffled Warlocks

Author:Cassandra Clare

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

“If you're that depressed, reach out to someone. And remember, suicide is a permanent solution, to a temporary problem.”

Ifs Problem Remember Solutions Suicide Permanent Temporary Reach Out

Author:Robin Williams

“If you're that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her? Humans are full of contradictions.”

Ifs Humans Obsessed Contradiction

Author:Ai Yazawa

“If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.”

Ifs Asks Leader Band Raises Bars Raising The Bar

Author:Kristin Hersh

“If you're the best then take the test!”

Ifs Motivation Tests Fighter You Re The Best

Author:Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

“If you're the biggest DJ in the world, you're in a position where you can play stuff that people don't know and blow people's minds. But if you just chose to play stuff they know just to get a reaction, that's just being lazy.”

People Ifs Knows World Mind Play Stuff Music Position Blow Reactions Lazy Laziness Just Being Music Industry Djs Mind Blowing Electronic Music Being Lazy

Author:John Digweed

“If you're the creative, artsy one who goes off to study painting or filmmaking, you're often seen as an outsider partly because traditionally, it has never been seen as a way to have a career.”

Creative Study Painting Filmmaking Outsiders Creative Art

Author:Dan Fox

“If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody is to be their own greatest fan. Weaker personas and personalities define that as egotistical or arrogant, but what it means is their self-esteem isn't that strong.”

Ifs Mean Self Strong Fans Self Esteem Personality Okay Esteem Arrogant Suggestions Persona Egotistical

Author:Gene Simmons

“If you're the guy who basically shows up with coal at the locomotive, they will put it in the train. Like, they won't even assess whatever or not it's good coal. Just throw it in there.”

Ifs Shows Guy Train Coal Locomotives

Author:Damon Lindelof

“If you're the head of the organization that has to pay salaries, bills and keep the money coming, you have to be concerned with pleasing the middle. I find it means you have to dumb down your message to something less radical than the gospel. It can't be the real gospel. It has to be "churchiness" that pleases everyone, so they come back next Sunday and keep putting money in the collection plate. I don't mean that in a cynical way. I just think it's what happens.”

Ifs Thinking Way Mean Real Happens Next Pay Middle Please Messages Concerned Organization Bills Radical Dumb Collections Sunday Cynical Plates Salary

Author:Richard Rohr

“If you're the kind of kid who thinks that all that's important in life is making money, Wall Street is probably still the place to go, especially now that Trump's elected.”

Ifs Thinking Kind Stills Important Kids Life Is Streets Wall Trump Making Money Places To Go

Author:Michael Lewis

“If you're the King of Jordan, if you're a part of the royal family in Saudi Arabia and he's made this deal with Iran which gives them $150 billion to wage a war and try to extend their empire across the Middle East, why would you want to do it now? When I stand across from King Hussein of Jordan and I say to him, "You have a friend again sir, who will stand with you to fight this fight," he'll change his mind.”

Ifs Want Giving Trying Mind Made War Fighting Deals Middle Kings East Billions Empires Iran Middle East Royal Hussein Jordan Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudis Royal Family Friends Again

Author:Chris Christie

“If you're the leader, you've got to give up your omniscient and omnipotent fantasies - that you know and must do everything. Learn how to abandon your ego to the talents of others.”

Ifs Knows Giving Leader Fantasy Talent Ego Giving Up Abandon Omnipotent Omniscient

Author:Warren G. Bennis

“If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.”

Ifs Years Waiting Four Champion You Again

Author:Usain Bolt

“If you're the only hot dog stand in town, you're hot dogs don't have to be good.”

Ifs Dog Towns Hot Be Good Hot Dog

Author:Andy Stanley

“If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters.”

Ifs Knows Mean Mother Parent Daughter

Author:Eminem

“If you're the play-by-play announcer, I think it's your job to be better than just saying what's on people's TV screen.”

People Ifs Thinking Play Jobs Tvs Screens Just Saying Announcers

Author:Joe Buck

“If you're the president you only have two jobs: peace and money.”

Ifs Two Jobs President Two Jobs

Author:Chris Rock

“If you're the singer in the band, you always get more attention than anyone else.”

Ifs Attention Band Singers

Author:Mick Jagger

“If you're the smartest one of your friends, you need new friends.”

Ifs Needs New Friends

Author:Dennis Kimbro

“If you're the smartest person in the room, it can sometimes be hard to learn to delegate - the person to whom you're delegating will do the task worse than you would - and it will annoy you!”

Sometimes Annoying

Author:Robert S. Kaplan

“If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.”

Ifs Persons Motivational Rooms

Author:Marissa Mayer

“If you're the type of person who has to fulfill your dreams, you've gotta be resourceful to make sure you can do it. I came out to California when I was 21, thinking my New York credentials would take me all the way. I came back home a year later all dejected and a failure.”

“If you're the village blacksmith and a model T comes along, you better become a mechanic. People's lives are better when they get news online versus having to wait for the morning paper. It's a lot more efficient, a lot more real time, a lot less waste.”

People Ifs Real Waiting Morning Waste Paper News Models Online Village Efficient Versus Mechanic Blacksmiths Model T

Author:Marc Andreessen

“If you're thinking about the idea in the shower. If you're thinking about the idea while you're walking your dog, there's probably something to it.”

Ifs Thinking Ideas Dog Walking Showers

Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda

“If you're thinking bout me, text 143 that means I Love You”

Ifs Thinking Mean Love You

Author:Cody Simpson

“If you're thinking of becoming a critic, why not make other plans?”

Ifs Thinking Plans Becoming Critics Why Not

Author:Ruth Gordon

Source: Ruth Gordon, an open book

“If you're thinking of coming to America, this is what it's like: you've got your Comfort Inn, you've got your Best Western, and you've got your Red Lobster where you eat. Everybody's very fat, everybody's very stupid and everybody's very rude - it's not a holiday programme, it's the truth.”

Ifs Thinking America Stupid Like You Comfort Red Western Fats Holiday Rude Programmes Inns Lobster Very Stupid Coming To America

Author:Jeremy Clarkson

“If you're thinking of debt, that's what you're going to attract.”

Ifs Thinking Debt Attraction Law Of Attraction

Author:Bob Proctor

“If you're thinking something good about your players, say it; don't save it for later.”

Ifs Thinking Sports Player

Author:Vic Braden

“If you're tired and pooped out all the time, do you have love and compassion in your heart for your fellow man? You don't even like yourself!”

Ifs Men Heart Compassion Like You Healthy Fellows Tired Fellow Man Love And Compassion Like Yourself

Author:Jack LaLanne

“If you're tired of getting additional information, you can just close your eyes, get some sleep. But earlids, covering of the ears, never evolved. Not once do we find it, even in the fossil records. Because while we let our eyes relax, our ears are still hearing. And that's why alarm clocks work and wake us up. We still gather information. Every animal is gathering information 24/7. So I like to think of acoustic ecologists as people who are trying to become better listeners, 24/7.”

People Thinking Trying Eye Sleep Animal Tired Clock Relax

Author:Gordon Hempton

“If you're to fulfill your vision for a better life, you must formulate a plan of action. Effective planning involves identifying and prioritizing those actions that will move you most efficiently toward your goal.”

Ifs Action Moving Goal Vision Plans Planning Better Life Identifying Prioritize

Author:Stedman Graham

“If you're to succeed at any endeavor, the first and most important person you must convince is yourself. Success comes not from merely a belief that you can do it. Success comes when you absolutely know you can achieve it”

Ifs Knows Firsts Persons Important Success Belief Can Do Wise Achieve Succeed Convince Endeavor You Can Do It Important Person Most Important Person

Author:Ralph Marston

“If you're to the point where you're trying to overcome that means you're at the point where you've admitted that you have a problem, and that might be your strongest point in the addiction.”

Ifs Trying Mean Problem Might Overcoming Addiction Strongest Your Strong

Author:Ryan Montgomery

“If you're too big to fit into fashion, then you just have to do your own fashion.”

Ifs Bigs Fashion Fit

Author:Vivienne Westwood

“If you're too big to serve. You're too small to lead.”

Author:Rich Wilkerson Jr.

“If you're too busy to meditate twice a day, you're just too busy.”

Ifs Busy Too Busy

Author:Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

“If you're too busy to pray...you're too busy”

Ifs Praying Busy Too Busy

Author:Mother Teresa