I Quotes
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“It's basically against the whole idea of what always made rock&roll music interesting to me. I thought it was an unassailable outlet for some pure and natural expressions of rebellion. It was one channel you could take without havin' to kiss ass, you know? And right now it just seems like they're on a big daisy chain, each kissin' each other's asses.”
“It's basically how I choose movie roles. Would I like to see this movie? Is this movie important? Why would I do this? And Headhunters is a movie that I would like to see in the cinema. And when it's sold to 50 countries or whatever, for me it's a great deal. I make movies for an audience so if that audience grows, I feel really honoured and thankful for it.”
“It's basically me saying to the industry that I won't work within the walls in hip-hop. I want to put a twist on things, and that's what that song is all about. It's about putting a twist on stereotypes.”
“It's basically the best job in the world. If you're fortunate enough - and I consider myself fortunate - you get to work with your friends and you get to work on projects that interest you.”
“It's basically the same, just darker.”
“It's basically the same, just darker. (on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991”
“It's beautiful to dance alone, beautiful to dance with your children, beautiful to dance with your friends, beautiful to dance with your lover, or even collectively. But the ultimate dance is the one we do by ourselves, when we make ourselves known to God.”
“It's beautiful when you watch something good happen to somebody when it's well deserved.”
“It's beautiful, it's poetry in motion.”
“It's beautiful," said Mort softly. "What is it?" THE SUN IS UNDER THE DISC, said Death. "Is it like this every night?" EVERY NIGHT, said Death. NATURE'S LIKE THAT. "Doesn't anyone know?" ME. YOU. THE GODS. GOOD, ISN'T IT? "Gosh!" Death leaned over the saddle and looked down at the kingdoms of the world. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.”
“It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart.”
“It's because even a good man can't always be right, that we need ... rules.”
“It's because I do see sex as sacred and potentially spiritual that I believe in commercializing it and making this potentially holy experience more easily available to all.”
“It's because I like you, I don't want to be with you. It's a complicated emotion.”
“It's because I'm a feminist that I can't stand women limiting other women's imaginations. It really makes me angry.”
“It's because I'm alone.. If I could just feel it, it would be different, because I would not be alone. But if I were not alone, everybody would know it. And he could do so much for me, and then I would not be alone. Then I could be all right alone.”
“It's because I'm only interested in the big things that I'm not interested in politics.”
Source: Necessary secrets: the journals of Elizabeth Smart
“It's because it was at a time when women didn't have any power. It was so unusual for a young woman in her 20s to have power that I seized the power but tried not to flaunt it.”
“It's because Jesus spoke so frequently about hell that the church should take the concept seriously.”
“It's because of libraries that books like mine get recommended to book clubs and avid readers, who in turn pass them onto others looking to be whisked away from the world for a little while...and perhaps to learn a bit about themselves in the process.”
“It's because of this fundamental shift towards user-generated information that people will listen more to other people than to traditional resources.”
“It's because of this massive immigration and more in some places, (that) France's image has undeniably changed. There are a number of neighborhoods where you are no longer living a French life. That's undeniable.”
“It's because somebody knows something about it that we can't talk about physics. It's the things that nobody knows anything about we can discuss.”
Source: Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character as Told to Ralph Leighton
“It's because the idea of what's cool is different. When you talk to a girl who goes to regular school, what's cool is whether or not you've been to jail, or if you have a car. If you talk to a girl who goes to art school, what's cool to her is if you do art projects on the weekend with your dad, if you can build something - out-of-the-norm stuff.”
“It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen.”
“It's because we need to determine who in this country is poised, positioned to commit terrorist acts.”
“It's because we're so trapped in our culture, in the being of being human on this planet with the brains we have, and the same two arms and legs everybody has. We're so trapped that any way we could imagine to escape would be just another part of the trap. Anything we want, we're trained to want.”
“It's because when we sneeze, our soul flies out our nose and if no one says 'bless you,' the devil can snatch it.”
Source: The Darkest Powers Series, Book 1: The Summoning
“It's because you alienate half the room talking about sports. Half the crowd will be against you no matter what you say.”
“It's because you aren't thinking very clearly tonight." "I know. Being Drunk is weird." "Oh my god. I love you so much. Especially when you say stuff like that." "Like what?" "Nothing. Never mind. Although I'm dying to know why your shoe is green.”
Source: The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden
“It's because you have no power. You give them all the material and the cinematographer, the director, the editor, boy what they can choose... You better hope they like you because they can slice and dice and make you look like a damn fool when your face and body are up there on a 30-foot screen.”
“It's because you're always fighting sentiment. You're fighting sentimentality all of the time because being a mother alerts you in such a primal way.”
“It's because you're like that that you're still a virgin, you know.”
“It's because you're too scared to tell anyone who you really love. Love makes us liars.”
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
“It's because...you see, if we had souls, which we haven't, and if our souls met--yours and mine--they'd fight to the death. But after they had torn each other to pieces, to the very bottom, they'd see that they had the same root.”
Source: We the Living
“It's become a cliche to think of marriage as a disaster area and a war zone. Although political shows are really popular now, I think what sets this apart is this marriage and this family dynamic, and this way of revealing that people in positions of power or who have public careers are also real people. They have children and lives, and they have to deal with all of the things that everybody else does.”
“It's become absolutely horrible the way the people with the money decide they can fart in the kitchen.”
“It's become almost a cliche at this point that movies in the general sense are the place you go for superheroes and explosions and TV is where you go for actual storytelling.”
“It's become another dimension to who I am. I don't think Sports Illustrated is going to be wanting me. But who cares? I'm at a different place in my life.”
“It's become extremely difficult to speak to active ISIS members now. I was speaking to them in 2015, and the last one was killed in a drone strike.”
“It's become fashionable these days to say that the writer writes because he is not whole, he has a wound, he writes to heal it, but who cares if the writer is not whole; of course the writer is not whole, or even particularly well.”
Source: Ill Nature: Rants and Reflections on Humanity and Other Animals
“It's become fashionable to put down people who we then expect to vote for us.”
“It's become impossible to enjoy most quality television shows because the hurt or endangered women device is so frequently used.”
“It's become more and more of a priority for me to tread as lightly as possible in the world.”
“It's become my brand in a way you know, speaking the truth even though it was not politically correct.”
“It's become normal for me to walk on set as Popeye, Frankenstein or an Elf or even a chicken.”
“It's become popular in recent years to say that the idea doesn't matter.”
“It's become something of a ritual - every year, Google publishes its year-end summary of what the world wants, and every year I complain about how shallow it is, given what Google really knows about what the world is up to.”
“It's become such a cultural norm that people brag about it: "Oh yeah, you did that? I did this." Keeping up with the Joneses used to be about "I have the bigger house and car," and now it's much more about how much stuff you can cram into your calendar.”
“It's become this really odd thing where even some of the folks who build the things that we wear for entertainment are contacted by DARPA-esque companies who are saying, "Yeah, we're really doing that, and we want to talk to you."”