“I'm pretty much able to play any style. I'm not here to demand 40 or 50 shots. But I would like 30.” PlayAbleStyleDemandBasketballShotsNba Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“This was one of the greatest test of his faith he had ever experienced. The thought of deceiving the kind and faithful wife of his youth... was more than he felt able to bear.... his sorrow and misery were increased by the thought of my mother hearing it from some other source, which would no doubt separate them, and he shrank from the thought of such a thing, or of causing her any unhappiness.” KindAbleMotherFeltDoubtWifeYouthSourceBearsSorrowTestsMiseryHearingFaithfulNo DoubtUnhappinessDeceivingPolygamyFaithful Wife Author:Orson F. Whitney
“I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. The horse is out of the barn... In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.” PeopleThinkingTryingImportantPlayAgeAblePastGenerationsTalentLateHorseTricksToo LateBarnsPast Generations Author:Clint Eastwood
“I don't know how many more movies I'm going to get the opportunity to make and I don't want to look back and go: "Man, I just floated through that one." Or: "I did that one for the money." I want to be able to say that I worked as a hard as I could and I did the best work that I could do.” KnowsMenWantLooksHardAbleOpportunityKnow HowBest Work Author:Tina Fey
“I always wanted to be an actor and I'd never dreamt that not only would I be able to do this for a living, but also on top of that I'd be able to choose and steer the course of my own career.” AbleWantedCoursesActorsMy OwnCareersSteers Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“I always felt blessed that I was able to make a living in a profession [acting] that not a lot of people can make a living at, and I was able to do something I liked, rather than be in a job that I hated.” PeopleAbleJobsFeltActingBlessedProfessionHated Author:Clint Eastwood
“I respect Snoop even aside from the music, just as a man, and especially the way he still represents who he is, after being a pop star and an icon. He's done it successfully and has still been able to balance it.” MenWayStillsDoneAbleStarsBalancePopsIconsPop Stars Author:Nipsey Hussle
“I'd always thought that if I could get sober and stay sober, I would be able to have a career making music. My drug and alcohol addiction was the one thing holding me back. I had finally gotten the tools to stay sober, and it was just a matter of writing the songs.” IfsWritingMatterWould BeAbleSongCareersOne ThingDrugToolsAddictionAlcoholIf I CouldSoberDrugs And AlcoholAlcohol Addiction Author:Macklemore
“For me, being transparent about every aspect of my life is what makes my music relatable and how I'm able to be an individual amongst the mass amounts of other artists.” AbleLife IsArtistIndividualAmountMassAspectTransparentRelatable Author:Macklemore
“When I was young, I thought I was a god. Now, I just basically work on staying humble. My priorities changed. Just to be able to try to change them - that was frightening to me.” TryingAbleYoungChangedHumblePrioritiesStayingFrightening Author:Mike Tyson
“I've read horoscopes before and what they say. But I would actually love to not be what somebody writes down - I don't want to be described. I don't want you to be able to read something and say, "This is how Wayne is." I'd rather you meet me and decide. I'd rather be different, basically.” WantWritingDifferentAbleWayneHoroscopes Author:Lil Wayne
“If you chase the art, you really can't fail because you'll always be able to look at yourself in the mirror. And that's not about making angry decisions, either, it's about always doing the right thing for you, your fans and your art.” IfsLooksArtAbleDecisionFailingFansMirrorsAngryRight ThingDoing The Right ThingLook At YourselfLook At Yourself In The Mirror Author:Gerard Way
“I think artists should be able to do different things whenever they want and I like the way I am. I'm like - I ain't gonna say the only street rapper, but the only mainstream, new, young street rapper there is right now and I'm doing well with it.” ThinkingWayWantShouldWellsDifferentAbleYoungArtistStreetsRight NowDifferent ThingsRapperMainstream Author:Meek Mill
“We are a nation at war. This is also a time for hard choices. It's about ensuring that we are able to prevail in the conflicts in which we are now engaged. But it's also about being able to be strong and disciplined in applying our nation's limited resources to defending America.” WarHardAbleAmericaChoicesStrongNationsConflictResourcesEngagedLimited ResourcesDefending America Author:Leon Panetta
“It's the best gift in the world to be able to get up and dance because it's the best gym. You artistically stretch your brain and you physically stretch your body to a higher point than a singular rotation movement like running. It makes your whole body move in lots of different ways, and it can make you very flexible as well, which is good for later life.” WorldWayWellsDifferentWholeBodyRunningAbleMovingBrainMovementHigherYour BodyGet UpDifferent WaysGymFlexibleBest GiftRotation Author:Andrew Stone
“I think people are at their most creative when they're relaxed. I don't believe that tension is good for creativity. Everyone is relaxed and therefore can feel able to express their own individual creativity and lots of ideas come in. It's a joy like that.” PeopleThinkingFeelsBelieveIdeasAbleJoyIndividualCreativityCreativeDon't BelieveTensionRelaxed Author:Joe Wright
“I don't think I'd be able to flat-out write a pop song and make it satisfying to me. I'm ready to make a consistent sound in whatever way I can.” ThinkingWayWritingI CanAbleSongSoundReadyPopsConsistentFlatsSatisfyingPop Song Author:Leon Bridges
“I never really thought about my music being universal. When I set out to write, it is just a feeling that feels good to me. I never thought about being able to reach everybody.” FeelsWritingFeelingsAbleMusic IsUniversalFeel Good Author:Leon Bridges
“I definitely want to direct. This is just another learning experience for me, to get a chance to hear the questions and concerns the directors have, some of their fears. It's a team sport. You have to give everybody what they need so they are able to perform at their best.” WantNeedsGivingAbleSportsChanceTeamDirectorsConcernDirectLearning ExperienceSports Team Author:Michael B. Jordan
“With directing, you have to know what you're doing, but you have to actually be able to control what's going on.” KnowsAble Author:Joe Hahn
“I love making films. I'm happiest when I'm doing it. For me, the fear is not being able to make the next thing and not being able, as a woman filmmaker and as a filmmaker of color, to put together the resources to make another thing.” AbleTogetherFilmNextColorResourcesFilmmakerLove Making Author:Ava DuVernay
“Legislatively, the thing I'm most proud of is healthcare, and I will continue to be most proud of it because not only do we have 30 million people who are going to get healthcare, we've got six million young people who are able to stay on their parents' plan until they're 26.” PeopleAbleYoungParentMillionsPlansProudSixHealthcare Author:Barack Obama
“I think because I have quite a normal family and I'm bored with how normal my family is. I want to mess stuff up a bit. I chose the messed up characters because I find that that's acting. I want to explore emotions that you otherwise wouldn't be able to explore.” WantCharacterAbleStuffBitsActingEmotionNormalMy FamilyMessBoredMessed UpNormal Family Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“I think technology is such that we can reach new heights but we need some of the basics of the pre-technological age. It's counter-productive to be able to type a hundred words a minute but not know what the words mean.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsMeanAgeAbleTechnologyMinutesTypeHundredHeightProductiveTechnologicalBasics Author:Larry Gelbart
“Things go wrong for me, all the time, with technology. I'm not familiar enough with it, and I'm too old school a brain to be able to figure it out. I'm dumb. Anything that I have to attack with my thumbs, for any period of time, makes me feel stupid. So, I try to avoid it, as much as possible, to protect my thumbs.” FeelsTryingEnoughAbleSchoolBrainTechnologyStupidFiguresPeriodsProtectFamiliarDumbThumbsOld School Author:Johnny Depp
“I feel like I've been able to live a dream life, but my view of things is absolutely inside behavior about how I behave and how I count on other people behaving.” PeopleFeelsDreamAbleViewsBehaviorBehave Author:Kevin Costner
“I don't particularly like to go see 3D movies, but when I'm doing it I kind of do enjoy it. I enjoy seeing the image in 3D, there's a childhood fun about being able to see those dimensions.” KindAbleFunEnjoySeeingChildhoodDimensions Author:Bryan Singer
“Everest has a special place in all of our imaginations. For centuries, Everest was a little bit like the moon. It was the place where everyone wanted to go. Empires wanted to be able to say that they were the first to put a climber on top of Everest. So when a tragedy happens up on that mountain, I think it has a global resonance. Everybody's heard of Everest. Everybody knows what Everest is and what it means, and the significance.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsMeanLittlesHappensAbleWantedBitsImaginationHeardSpecialCenturyMoonMountainLittle BitTragedyEmpiresSignificanceResonanceEverestSpecial PlacesClimbers Author:Richard Engel
“I think your emotion changes from person to person. As you get older, a lot of people become cynical because of the experiences they have had and haven't been able to let go of, whether they've been cheated on or whether it hasn't worked out. It's so easy to turn around right now and say, "Just let it go."” PeopleThinkingPersonsAbleTurnsEasyEmotionHavensRight NowLetting GoCynicalLet It GoCheatedCheated OnJust Let It Go Author:Alex Pettyfer
“Once you realize you can make people laugh, it's a superpower. When you're really young, you don't know how to use that power, so I would just say the meanest things I could to get a laugh. I was so awful. I would make fun of kids who didn't deserve to get made fun of. I was just mean, when I was really young. You don't realize that you don't have to be mean to be funny. But, it was something that I was just able to grow into.” PeopleKnowsMeanMadeUseKidsAbleYoungFunGrowsRealizingLaughingKnow HowDeserveAwfulMaking People LaughSuperpower Author:Nick Swardson
“What's so great about television. You're able to tell a long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.” LongTwoStoriesAbleFilmHoursHalfTelevisionLong Story Author:Aaron Paul
“I want to know in this day and age, whether it is possible for any candidate who is not a billionaire or who is not beholden to the billionaire class, to be able to run successful campaigns.” KnowsWantRunningAgeAbleClassSuccessfulCampaignsCandidatesThis DayBillionaire Author:Bernie Sanders
“I look for things that are very different from my life, and that are curious and idiosyncratic to me. And then, I like to find if I'm able, just a little bit, to step into a world that I know very little about. That's great fun.” IfsKnowsWorldLooksLittlesDifferentAbleFunBitsStepsLittle BitCurious Author:James Spader
“That's always stuck with me, with music. I've never really gotten jaded about it. I've always loved music for the sake of doing it, and the longer I do it, the more I like it. Hopefully, I'll be able to have that same point of view in this business, or at least with doing this.” AbleViewsSakePoint Of ViewStuckHopefullyJaded Author:Slash
“I consider theater, this is a vacation for me from LA, I sort of view this as I get to have this vacation and during my vacation I get to work on acting. It's like an acting class. And if I go too long without doing a play, I just feel empty. Like approaching a role, I feel like the pool is very shallow, like I'm drawn from it. So I need to come back and do a play, fortunately I've been able to, every couple of years.” IfsNeedsFeelsYearsLongPlayAbleViewsActingClassRolesCoupleEmptyTheaterPoolVacationShallowActing Classes Author:Alan Tudyk
“I really love newspapers. They are disposable. They are recyclable. They fall apart so easily. They are not like iPads or Kindles that can't be disposed of and end up on some third-world shore. And I love the heritage of them, the whole history of mass communication. Newspapers changed the world from being a really class based, feudal system to people being able to cheaply get information that informed them.” PeopleWorldEndsWholeAbleFallClassInformationChangedCommunicationMassThirdsNewspapersShoreHeritageFalling ApartThird WorldKindlesIpadsDisposableMass CommunicationFeudal System Author:Stanley Donwood
“In fine arts, when you make a painting, it's just a painting. But if you make a painting in the entertainment industry, it can be an album cover or a t-shirt or a logo. I like that entertainment has this usefulness - that it's ultimately trying to make a bunch of people feel something, and to think about life and be able to use things that were so simple and direct but potentially have a really powerful effect.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsTryingArtUseAbleSimplePowerfulEffectsPaintingFineIndustryDirectAlbumsEntertainmentBunchShirtsT ShirtUsefulnessFine ArtsEntertainment IndustryLogosReally PowerfulAlbum Covers Author:Andrew W.K.
“I have things that I'm interested in, and I'm not really interested in writing about anything that I'm not interested in. But it's important to me to be able to see it from a different perspective, and add something new to the whole picture.” WritingImportantDifferentWholeAblePerspectiveAddSomething NewNot InterestedDifferent PerspectiveWhole Picture Author:Nick Cave
“One of the things that I think is true is that encryption actually is able to secure our communications, that every individual can use encryption, and that it's accessible and in many cases free.” ThinkingUseAbleIndividualCasesCommunicationSecureEncryption Author:Laura Poitras
“Being able to allow people to be who they are without trying to change them is important.” PeopleTryingImportantAbleTrying To Change Author:Tina Weymouth
“I think, even a lot of people that make movies forget is that, in my mind, a movie should work with the sound off. You should be able to watch a movie without the sound and understand what's going on. That's your job, to build a series of chronological images that tell the story.” PeopleThinkingShouldMindStoriesAbleJobsSoundForgetWatchesSeries Author:Channing Tatum
“I would have issues with directions songs were taking, but I never heard one of Carlos' [Dangler] basslines and said, "I don't like that, do something else." The same goes for the beat and the guitars. I think that's why we were able to make four albums together.” ThinkingSaidAbleTogetherSongIssuesFourHeardBeatsGuitarAlbums Author:Paul Banks
“Attention spans are shrinking on a daily basis, and it's getting harder to make an impression that lasts. So the fact that we were able to make a mark in a way that led to the continued relevance of the record is kind of crazy. I'm in awe of that.” WayKindFactsAbleLastsAttentionRecordsCrazyBasesHarderMarkImpressionAweRelevanceShrinkingAttention Span Author:Sam Fogarino
“I really enjoy the direct dialogue with the fans. I'm very cognizant of my audience. I'm a trained storyteller and entertainer, and I know I wouldn't be able to work at the level I work at if people didn't enjoy what I did.” PeopleIfsKnowsAbleEnjoyLevelsAudienceFansDirectDialogueStorytellerEntertainersCognizant Author:Elizabeth Banks
“[On charity] I try to pick subjects that I can learn about and then focus on and then do as much as I can. If you have a tremendous amount of heat from the spotlight, then you're able to shine a little bit more of your light in a different direction. It's just deflecting. My dad calls it a celebrity credit card that you can cash in. I think if you're in this position you should do it.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingLittlesI CanDifferentLightAbleBitsFocusSubjectsPositionAmountDadLittle BitPicksShiningCharityMy DadCreditCardsHeatCashCredit CardSpotlightDifferent DirectionsDeflecting Author:George Clooney
“What I've learned over the years is it's so much better to surround yourself with real talent and hire real chefs. I learned more from the chefs I have working for me than you could ever imagine. There's nothing wrong with being able to create opportunities for people, and you don't have to do everything, take credit for everything, and have all the weight be on your shoulders.” PeopleYearsRealAbleOpportunityImagineTalentWeightCreditShouldersI've LearnedSurroundChefSurround YourselfReal Talent Author:Michael Mina
“I could always hold a melody, but I was never like, I'm going to be a singer. So I'm able to use that when I write. I'm actually playing the beat with my voice. Instead of thinking about coming up with melodies, it's like filling in the instruments. So sometimes it's better to have beats with less melodies in them, because then I can play more with my vocals.” ThinkingWritingI CanSometimesPlayUseAbleVoiceBeatsInstrumentsSingersMelodyFillingVocalFilling In Author:Kid Ink
“When I was a kid, I was always enamored by - I appreciated the movies, and I was able to see them on VHS when I was a kid, but I was so enamored by the one-sheets and the posters. I had them in my room when I was a kid.” KidsAbleRoomsSheetsAppreciatedPostersEnamored Author:Dwayne Johnson
“The most interesting to me were Doctor Strange, because he was so mystic, and Thor, because that was really cool. I mean, I had never been able to relate to the idea of a bearded guy in the sky, you know, and I'd always really liked mythology, and with Thor, it was like Stan Lee was actually saying, "Yeah, it's okay, there really is this Nordic god, there really is something besides the bearded guy in the sky". So I loved that!” KnowsMeanIdeasAbleGuyInterestingSkyStrangeDoctorsOkayYeahMythologyRelateMost InterestingReally CoolMysticNordic Author:Trina Robbins
“My grandmother was an English teacher for a while. And she stressed to me the importance of reading, being able to articulate well.” WellsAbleReadingTeacherImportanceGrandmotherMy GrandmotherStressedEnglish TeacherImportance Of Reading Author:Kevin Gates