“When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid, you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story, you're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.” PersonsStoriesKidsAgeEmotionGrowingTalentAddInstinctHopefullyTrajectoryRaw TalentRaw EmotionDirecting MoviesGrowing As A Person Author:F. Gary Gray
“The hardest thing in a novel is time. You've got [a line like] "two weeks later, he woke up with a headache," and you've got to add up that entire two weeks and what the date is and whether it works. That kind of stuff drives me crazy and if I don't have it exactly right, I can't move forward because I don't feel confident.” IfsFeelsKindI CanTwoMovingStuffLinesNovelWeekCrazyAddHardestMoving ForwardHardest ThingTwo WeeksHeadacheDrive Me Crazy Author:T.C. Boyle
“It really made me nervous to write about it [Holocaust] and to approach it, because I was nervous about how to do it respectfully, and I was also thinking about how I could add something new to something that had already been so explored.” ThinkingWritingMadeApproachAddNervousSomething NewHolocaust Author:Molly Antopol
“I often feel like the woman in your life is your driving force. She's your muse. She plays a big role in determining how confident you feel when you walk out the door. She can add 1,000 kilowatts of energy - or drain that out of you. She said, "No, you're not that funny." I thought, She knows better than anyone.” KnowsFeelsSaidPlayBigsLife IsEnergyForceWalksRolesDoorsAddDrivingMuseDrainsDriving Force Author:Trevor Noah
“You don't know how people are going to respond. But I would add to that, that getting your heart broken is not the worst thing and it's actually quite unavoidable. I think in some ways I had to break my father's heart and then face that in order to have a real relationship with him.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayHeartRealFacesOrderFatherBreakKnow HowWorstBrokenAddWorst ThingsHeart BrokeReal Relationship Author:Melissa Febos
“I tend to think that the onus is on the writer to engage the reader, that the reader should not be expected to need the writer, that the writer has to prove it. All that stuff might add up to a kind of fun in the work. I like things that are about interesting subjects, which sounds self-evident.” ThinkingNeedsShouldKindSelfMightFunStuffSoundInterestingSubjectsReaderProveAddExpectedEvidentProve It Author:Lorin Stein
“[I like to cook] Shepherd's pie, which is a classic British dish. But my version reflects my Jamaican roots, because I add jerk to it as well.” WellsRootsAddBritishVersionsCooksClassicDishesPieJerkShepherdsJamaicans Author:Naomie Harris
“It's quite clear that Gore won most of the votes. I think the accurate description for them is a military plutocracy. Having lived and worked in the United States, I must add that I don't want to make too much of the distinction between the Bush regime and its predecessors. I don't see a great deal of difference.” ThinkingWantStatesDifferencesUnitedDealsUnited StatesClearToo MuchMilitaryVoteAddDistinctionDescriptionRegimesAccurateGorePredecessorsPlutocracy Author:John Pilger
“What you eat, how much you exercise, what example you set for those you influence are all matters of choice. Consistently making that best choice will add up to living your best life. Your health is the key to that.” MatterChoicesInfluenceExampleKeysExerciseAddConsistently Author:Adam Rodriguez
“A new thing I've been doing is just making sure I clear off my desk and try to only touch a piece of paper once, so I get the mail, open it up, deal with it then. My son's homework, or what I get from his teachers, the same way. That way, it's not nagging me, things to add to my to-do list.” WayTryingDealsClearTeacherPiecesSonPaperAddListsMy SonMailNew ThingsDesksHomeworkNagging Author:Adina Porter
“Someone's always calling for my resignation. It's nothing new. It's something that's been part of my tenure at Exodus over the last decade plus. So he can add his voice to the chorus of others whether it's gay activists or now a New Testament professor.” LastsVoiceCallingGayAddDecadesPlusActivistProfessorsTestamentNew TestamentResignationChorusNothing NewTenureExodus Author:Alan Chambers
“I'm a shareholder in Microsoft Corp. of some size, and while I don't work for the place anymore, I think a lot about that investment, how - as an outsider - might I add value or not add value? Do I believe that things are headed in a good direction? So I wouldn't say I spend the majority of my time on that, but I spend some time on that as well.” ThinkingBelieveWellsMightValuesI BelieveMajorityAddInvestmentSizeMy TimeOutsidersMicrosoftShareholders Author:Steve Ballmer
“Because the utopian's worldview was framed around moving toward this perfected future, it helped stimulate the private exertions that add up to social progress. Progress is work. People need to build things and sacrifice and have a harder life for things to get better. On its own, I don't think even the most brilliant critique stimulates that kind of effort as well as an appealing vision of the future.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWellsKindMovingSocialEffortVisionProgressSacrificeHarderAddBrilliantGet BetterWorldviewCritiqueUtopianExertionFramedSocial ProgressVisions Of The Future Author:Christine Jennings
“I look at what the president [Barack Obama] it doing, it adds up to me. We just have to keep - try to get more support for those people on the ground in Syria and Iraq who have to actually physically take the territory back.” PeopleTryingLooksPresidentSupportAddIraqBarackTerritorySyriaPresident Barack Obama Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think that the coalition that President [Barack] Obama put together to win twice is a coalition that I can put together and add to.” ThinkingI CanTogetherWinningPresidentAddBarackCoalitionsPresident Barack Obama Author:Hillary Clinton
“I am 100 percent confident. This is a security review that was requested. It is being carried out. It will be resolved. But I have to add if there's going to be a security review about me, there's going to have to be security reviews about a lot of other people, including Republican office holders, because we've got this absurd situation of retroactive classifications.” PeopleIfsSituationSecurityRepublicanOfficePercentAddIncludingAbsurdReviewsClassification Author:Hillary Clinton
“Instead of trying to manufacture feelings, use the way you already feel. Or at least add that in.” WayFeelsTryingUseFeelingsAdd Author:Geena Davis
“Some stories feel like they need more time or less time to tell. To not obsessively have to trim or add that final two or three minutes is very helpful, because you can just organically follow how the story feels.” NeedsFeelsTwoStoriesThreeMinutesAddFinalsHelpfulMore Time Author:Judd Apatow
“I don't think theory adds to criticism. (Methodology does, for better or worse.) Theory's function is to make criticism self-conscious, maybe even a little sheepish, about its ex cathedra pronouncements.” ThinkingLittlesDoeSelfTheoryConsciousCriticismFunctionAddExesSelf ConsciousMethodology Author:Paul Fry
“Being blonde means people decide on sight that you are much prettier and nicer than you really are, just as Americans automatically add 10 points to someone's IQ when they hear an English accent. Fact.” PeopleMeanFactsSightAddAccentsBlondeMean People Author:Rachel Johnson
“I have a scar on my forehead and the bangs were an attempt to cover that. Life sort of pushed a hair change on me, which has actually been really fun to play with. It does add a little bit of maintenance, but I have a teeny-tiny flat iron that I bought on Amazon for $20 and that has been my lifesaver. Even if all I do to get out the door is flat iron my bangs, I feel like I'm good to go.” IfsFeelsLittlesDoeHas BeensPlayFunBitsDoorsHairLittle BitAddTinyIronFlatsScarBangsForeheadsMaintenanceAmazon Author:Danielle Panabaker
“It is a work of psychogeography, albeit in a less explicit sense than Iain Sinclair's or Will Self's. It had to be fiction though, because I needed that freedom of including whatever belonged, and cutting out whatever didn't. The main fiction in it was matching Julius' generous and self-concealing character to New York's generous and self-concealing character. I think this also adds to my answer about New York's personality in the book.” ThinkingBookSelfCharacterAnswersFictionCuttingNew YorkPersonalityNeededAddIncludingGenerousExplicitMatchingJuliusConcealing Author:Teju Cole
“I suggest in my own discussion of this episode, Mann invites us to set the attempt to philosophize about his predicament in the context of Aschenbach's life. The literary presentation thus adds to the naked philosophical skeleton.” My OwnPhilosophicalAddNakedDiscussionInvitesEpisodesPresentationSkeletonsPredicaments Author:Philip Kitcher
“Just the way LA is laid out - 30 miles of disparate neighborhoods - adds to the loneliness of the characters. There's a lot more space to feel isolated in. In Los Angeles, you have to meet the person, then walk out separately to your own cars, and follow the person to their neighborhood, and then pray that street parking isn't going to mess things up.” WayFeelsPersonsCharacterSpaceWalksStreetsCarLonelinessPrayingAddMilesMessNeighborhoodLos AngelesIsolatedParking Author:Paul Rust
“I think the more people you add on stage, the more locked it things become. Whereas fewer members on stage gets the audience to notice any small idiosyncrasy or unique moment that one of the three people onstage is having. It also means that mistakes are accentuated, but to good affect generally if you are that type of band.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanMomentsThreeMistakeAudienceStageTypeBandMembersUniqueAddFewerLockedIdiosyncrasies Author:Chris Cain
“I feel blessed to have had the accumulation of life experiences that I've had, life experience just adds to the depths of a persons richness, as with acting!” FeelsPersonsActingBlessedAddDepthLife ExperienceRichnessAccumulation Author:Aeriel Miranda
“We got a lot of excellent people and businesses from Bear and WaMu. But Bear definitely was more painful. WaMu got us into Florida, California, and other states, which was a huge benefit - to expand and grow and add middle-market, private banking, investment banking, and other products, too.” PeopleStatesGrowsMiddleProductsHugeBearsBenefitsAddInvestmentPainfulExcellentCaliforniaFloridaBankingInvestment Banking Author:Jamie Dimon
“I don't want to play into the perception that all women should look like fourteen year old boys. I don't want to add to that pressure for young girls. But in Hollywood, there is a constant pressure to look a certain way.” WayWantShouldYearsLooksPlayYoungCertainGirlBoysPerceptionHollywoodPressureConstantAddFourteen Author:Amber Heard
“The distraction, particularly of technology, impedes the innovative process. And when you add to that the distraction of working with colleagues who are in different time zones and/or who have a different approach to urgency and distraction, the potential for losing focus is abundant.” DifferentProcessTechnologyFocusApproachLosingAddZoneDistractionColleaguesInnovativeUrgencyDifferent TimesDifferent ApproachTime ZonesLosing Focus Author:David Livermore
“When in doubt, I go to the phones a lot because it adds a new dimension and a new energy. It kind of takes me out of the equation if I feel like I irritated them or they aren't into the experience.” IfsFeelsKindEnergyDoubtAddPhonesDimensionsTake MeEquationsIrritatedWhen In DoubtNew Energy Author:Andy Cohen
“At midlife, you're pregnant with the best self you can be - someone who has learned enough from both successes and failures to add up to a fine human being.” HumansSelfEnoughHuman BeingsFineAddPregnantSuccess And FailureBest SelfMidlife Author:Marianne Williamson
“Once you figure out what your own thing is it's all about trying to develop shows, programs that can, I guess, enhance what you already have and what you can add to Hollywood.” TryingShowsFiguresProgramHollywoodAdd Author:Ice Cube
“That the policies - from energy to labor policies, trade policies, government policies relating to debt and deficits are all aligning in such a way that America, far from being one of the places people are running from, is a place people are going to come to and add jobs.” PeopleWayGovernmentRunningJobsAmericaEnergyPolicyLaborTradeAddDebtDeficitGovernment Policy Author:Mitt Romney
“Twenty five years in business, including business with other nations, competing with companies across the world, has given me an understanding of what it is that makes America a good place to grow and add jobs, and why jobs leave America - why businesses decide to locate here, and why they decide to locate somewhere else.” WorldYearsJobsAmericaGivenNationsGrowsUnderstandingCompanyFiveTwentiesAddIncludingFive YearsCompetingSomewhere ElseTwenty FiveGood Place Author:Mitt Romney
“You're always thinking, "What does that add up to?" You can't really get a handle on it. I was curious. I felt like it would be an interesting challenge for me to write down what I'd seen and done and learned - all the convolutions captured in one item that I could look at and get some grip on what the hell happened.” ThinkingWritingLooksDoeDoneWould BeFeltChallengesInterestingHellHappenedAddHandleCuriousItemsUp To YouCapturedAlways Thinking Author:Richard Hell
“As a music listener, I'm becoming more and more ADD - like, "Eh, I'm bored with this". So who knows how long I'll be playing music.” KnowsLongKnow HowBecomingAddBoredListenersBecoming MorePlaying Music Author:Chaz Bundick
“There's nothing more fun than feeling frequencies and learning about equipment - everybody should do that. But if you're going to put your heart into an album and you want to give it to the world and add to the conversation, I think it's really important to take your time.” IfsThinkingWorldWantGivingShouldHeartImportantFeelingsFunConversationAddAlbumsEquipmentFrequencyTake Your Time Author:Tamaryn
“Oh my research. Well, I got an English Degree. And I got that degree in a certain time/at a certain place. If you add UC Berkeley + 1984 the other side of the = is "new historian" meaning that I studied with and was influenced by those who were interested in how the personal shaped the political (and literary), how science and literature might interact, and what the body got to do with it.” IfsWellsBodyMightPoliticalCertainLiteratureSidesDegreesResearchAddHistorianBerkeleyUc Berkeley Author:Laura Mullen
“We know taxes slow down economic growth, so if you add a carbon tax you have to also minus other taxes. You can't take more money out of people's pockets. I don't think you can build a consensus in this country about environmental policy if you're going to make people poor.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsCountryGrowthPoorEconomicPolicyTaxesAddEnvironmentalPocketsMore MoneyCarbonSlow DownConsensusEconomic GrowthMinusEnvironmental PolicyCarbon Tax Author:Christy Clark
“Sometimes it's not like I write very specific, it's more like I add an atmosphere almost to something that might have been quite awkward in my mind from the beginning. Something has happened and I want to force myself to think of it in a more positive way. And then I force myself to write something that convinces me that this is actually something pretty good or something that I learned something valuable from.” ThinkingWayWantWritingMindHas BeensSometimesMightForceHappenedAddValuableAtmosphereConvinceAwkwardMight Have Been Author:Jens Lekman
“I started out in theatre and I definitely have wanted to add extra musical elements to my music with both imagery and text.” WantedElementsAddMusicalTheatreExtrasImagery Author:Glenn Branca
“To be a good hairdresser, you have to understand what the vision is of the designer or the photographer and then sort of add your thing.” VisionAddPhotographerDesignerHairdresserGood Hair Author:Guido Palau
“Trying is not enough. We have to go out and set goals and measure definitive progress so that four years from now we are in a better position to add new voters to our base of support.” TryingYearsEnoughGoalSupportFourProgressPositionAddVotersFour YearsSetting Goals Author:Kevin Madden
“I believe that it is made out of the same cloth of mind, but it is an add-on, it was something that was specialized to create what we call the self. And it exists for very special purposes and it has very special, and I think by and large good consequences, although not only good consequences.” ThinkingMindBelieveMadeSelfPurposeI BelieveSpecialConsequenceAdd Author:Antonio Damasio
“Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character.” ThinkingHumansCharacterLife IsJesusChristVirtueStandardsJesus ChristIdealsAddSupremeCodeHuman Life Author:E. Stanley Jones
“I failed everything in school. I left when I was 13 because I had no comprehension of what the hell they were talking about up there at the blackboard. I must have that ADD thing. But, listening to people I thought, that's wonderful to be able to tell a story.” PeopleStoriesAbleSchoolLeftTalkingHellWonderfulListeningAddComprehensionBlackboard Author:Malachy McCourt
“To the extent I can, I try to maintain a laser focus on what needs to get done from a priority standpoint. And not just from an urgency standpoint, but from a value-added standpoint. So where can I add the most value? Where is my time best spent?” NeedsTryingI CanDoneValuesFocusAddPrioritiesMy TimeUrgencyStandpointLasersLaser Focus Author:Ivanka Trump
“When I was born, my dad and my mom gave me names, but in Africa, when your child is born, especially close family members can suggest names they want to add on.” WantChildrenNamesBornMomDadMembersOur ChildrenAddMy DadMy MomYour ChildrenFamily MembersClose Family Author:Dikembe Mutombo
“I love funky shoes and hats. I'm into large-brimmed fedoras with big feathers in fun colors like purple and lime-yellow. I just think hats add pizzazz to your outfits.” ThinkingBigsFunColorAddShoesHatsYellowFeathersPurpleOutfitsFunkyLimesFedorasPizzazz Author:Kim Kardashian
“There are many reasons why photography does not attract the social and cultural attention it deserves. I would add one more which has received scant attention: it does not make a lot of noise. ... Perhaps photography would be more appreciated if camera shutters fired with the sound of a .357 Magnum.” IfsDoeReasonWould BeSocialSoundAttentionPhotographyDeserveCamerasAddNoiseReason WhyAppreciatedShutters Author:Bill Jay