“I want people to feel conflicted. I want them to feel for characters they started out hating. I want to start conversations about what it means to be a parent. About the responsibility we bear to ourselves and to each other.” PeopleWantFeelsMeanCharacterHateParentResponsibilityBearsConversation Author:Sian Heder
“I'm always fascinated when people say, "We found rude conversations people had via e-mail." Why are you e-mailing this stuff? It has your signature on it! It has a time stamp!” PeopleFoundStuffConversationFascinatedMailRudeStampsSignaturesMailing Author:Trevor Noah
“The majority of the people I've taken photographs of, I've had conversations with. "What are your goals and aspirations?" "What are you about?" It's not just about me capturing the image; I want to know what you are about.” PeopleKnowsWantGoalTakenConversationMajorityPhotographAspirationGoals And Aspirations Author:Jamel Shabazz
“I had an epiphany where I realised that there are song titles everywhere - in advertising, in conversations with people at the grocery store - and every time I open my mind to that and find titles, I then weave a story around that.” PeopleMindStoriesSongConversationStoresAdvertisingTitlesRealisedGroceriesEpiphanyGrocery StoresSong Titles Author:Bonnie McKee
“People think, "Wow, people in America have so much money, they're sending hundreds of pencils to this guy." I don't think those people realize that most people who are buying these pencils are buying them as art objects or conversation pieces.” PeopleThinkingArtAmericaGuyRealizingPiecesObjectsConversationBuyingWowPencilsThis Guy Author:David Rees
“As for not getting things right: I constantly rerun social situations/conversations I experience/have throughout my head, and I'm always writing them down in notebooks or in word documents/the Internet. I feel like these habits and a generally good memory of people/the interactions I have with them (due to studying people having always been my main interest in life) have lead me to being very accurate in things I write in stories/essays.” PeopleFeelsWritingStoriesSocialInterestMemoriesSituationStudyInternetHabitConversationDuesInteractionAccurateDocumentsEssaysNotebookLeading MeGood MemoriesRerunsInterest In Life Author:Marie Calloway
“People who just wanted to make it work and knew it was going to be a real challenge. We were on the beach the first day and Donald [Sutherland] and I are playing best friends our whole lives. We met each other for 10 seconds the night before and we're sitting on a beach lining up a shot that we shoot a few minutes later, never having had a conversation with each other and then end up going skinny dipping in the Pacific Ocean buck-ass naked, not knowing who the other person is.” PeopleFirstsPersonsRealEndsWholeWantedNightChallengesKnowingMinutesMetsConversationOceanShotsSittingWhole LifeNakedAssBeachSecondsNot KnowingSkinnyBucksPacificPacific OceanLining Up Author:Richard Masur
“I love a small dinner party - let's say six people, max, were everybody's having the same conversation. That's my favorite thing in the world.” PeopleWorldPartyConversationSixMy FavoriteDinnerMaxFavorites ThingsDinner Party Author:Paul F. Tompkins
“Every performance is different. There are so many factors involved... the people I've met that day, the weather, the city I'm in, conversations, sleep, mood, everything. However, there are many nights when the stars align and I feel like both the story teller and the stranger in the crowd, hearing it all for the very first time.” PeopleFeelsFirstsDifferentStoriesNightStarsSleepCitiesInvolvedMetsConversationFirst TimePerformancesCrowdsStrangerHearingMoodWeatherFactors Author:Dia Frampton
“Some people can work amid chaos or conversations, and some can't - and while there's no doubt an element of brain wiring to it, there's also the possibility of acquiring skills that improve your focus.” PeopleBrainDoubtFocusPossibilitySkillsConversationElementsChaosNo DoubtWiring Author:Carolyn Hax
“One of the great things about having been on Lost is people coming up and feeling so enthusiastic about the show and saying, "Oh it provided us so much entertainment," or "It inspired conversations."” PeopleShowsFeelingsLostConversationInspiredEntertainmentGreat ThingsEnthusiastic Author:William Mapother
“I try to make all my work as honest as possible. I want the audience to feel like they're watching two people talking-having a conversation-as opposed to watching actors fake it. I want the audience to get lost in the fact that this is so good it could be real.” PeopleWantFeelsTryingTwoRealFactsActorsLostTalkingAudienceHonestConversationFakeBeing RealPeople Talking Author:Danny Burstein
“Over the last eight years of being on YouTube, I've seen so much progress. I think the reason for that is that a lot of young people are having open dialogue and honest conversations about social justice and human rights.” PeopleThinkingYearsHumansReasonLastsYoungSocialJusticeRightsProgressHonestConversationSocial JusticeHuman RightsEightDialogueYoutube Author:Tyler Oakley
“The more you get into conversations with people, you find out they've been brainwashed by the news and they don't actually know any better.” PeopleKnowsConversationNewsBrainwashed Author:Lissie
“If you go to a diner in the middle of America, people are having these conversations, but our politicians are too scared to bring it up because they're worried about offending the 0.002 percent of the country that may somehow be subject to what the conversation may be. And it's ridiculous.” PeopleIfsMayCountryAmericaMiddleSubjectsPoliticianConversationPercentScaredRidiculousWorriedOffendingDiners Author:Donald Trump, Jr.
“As a writer I'm committed to exploring what I call "The invisible things" - the things that people aren't talking about. I think that's where the juiciest conversations and the juiciest drama lives. My goal with the series is to get people talking about and reflecting on how issues of race play out in their own lives. Since I've spent a fair amount of time watching time travel shows and movies where the leads are White (and can blend in really easily no matter the time period) I thought I would turn that on its head and see what might happen.” PeopleThinkingMatterPlayShowsMightHappensTurnsGoalWhiteRaceTalkingIssuesAmountPeriodsDramaConversationFairsSeriesCommittedInvisibleTime TravelExploringReflectingPeople TalkingTime PeriodsInvisible ThingsDrama Life Author:Steven C. Harper
“In the beginning this was just an idea. Then it was a short story. Then it was a script. Each step was pretty exciting to see people come on board to support the project. It's gratifying to know that more people are seeing my work in this form than my work as a playwright. And it's been fun to hear people's response to seeing it. I've been having some deep conversations with strangers and friends about how much it has made them think about slavery and its impact today.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMadeIdeasStoriesTodayFormFunStepsSupportSeeingConversationProjectsExcitingSlaveryImpactResponseScriptsStrangerBoardsShort StoryPlaywrightStrangers And Friends Author:Steven C. Harper
“I believe that the American people ought to be part of the conversation about what's happening in our economy, and what's happening in Washington and what's happening on Wall Street.” PeopleBelieveI BelieveEconomyStreetsWallOughtConversationHappenings Author:Alison Stewart
“I think certain people would be moved to be nostalgic about America's glory days, when the music set the tone for the cultural conversation and popular musicians had this absurd level of authority.” PeopleThinkingWould BeAmericaCertainLevelsConversationAuthorityMusicianGloryMovedAbsurdToneNostalgicPopular MusicGlory Days Author:David Longstreth
“We don't really listen to what the other person is saying. We have gotten used to information being in such a concentrated form all the time, and so continuously, that conversation somehow seems inadequate for a lot of people, and therefore they can't join in it. You notice how many people can't argue anymore - without getting very upset.” PeoplePersonsSeemsFormUsedInformationConversationArguingUpsetInadequate Author:John Gimlette
“A lot of people especially want to know about going into business. But it's a two-way conversation.” PeopleKnowsWayWantTwoConversationTwo Ways Author:Alek Wek
“Dropping of the atomic bomb was the main subject of conversation for many years and so people had very strong feelings about it on both sides and people who thought it was the greatest thing they'd ever done and people who thought it was just an unpleasant job and people who thought they should have never done it at all, so there were opinions of all kinds.” PeopleShouldYearsKindDoneFeelingsJobsStrongSidesOpinionSubjectsConversationShould HaveAll KindsBombsVery StrongBoth SidesDroppingAtomic BombStrong Feeling Author:Freeman Dyson
“Britain deserves better than people who say they've got a quick fix but won't tell you what it actually means for Britain, we need a much bigger conversation than this.” PeopleNeedsMeanConversationDeserveBiggerBritainQuick FixesDeserve Better Author:Ruth Davidson
“You know, I`ve had so many conversations over the last several months with people who have come up to me and said that they`re going to go vote for the first time because they want to vote against Donald Trump because he`s scaring them.” PeopleKnowsWantFirstsSaidLastsMonthsTrumpConversationFirst TimeVoteCome Up Author:Joaquin Castro
“There are several key pieces to keeping audiences engaged, and the evolution of that. One of them is a content ecosystem, which is leveraging and utilizing as many different platforms as you possibly can to continue to drive the conversation so people have the opportunity to enter your brand from different ways.” PeopleWayDifferentOpportunityAudiencePiecesKeysEvolutionConversationBrandsDifferent WaysEngagedPlatformsEcosystemsUtilizing Author:Stephanie McMahon
“You can have a poem like "B-Movie" and sum up thirty conversations that people have had on the subject, but I wrote it down, and other people didn't.” PeopleSubjectsConversationDown AndThirty Author:Gil Scott-Heron
“My mother was a feminist, and she gave me some tools of self-possession and self-empowerment, but now that I have lived here for forty-three years, it's, like, whoa, there is just so much more to do, other than become myself. I'm still talking about it. I still drop the P-word, "patriarchy," on unsuspecting people in everyday conversations.” PeopleYearsStillsSelfMotherThreeTalkingConversationEmpowermentToolsEverydayFeministPossessionFortyThree YearsPatriarchySelf EmpowermentUnsuspecting Author:Ani DiFranco
“I want to engage people in an honest, enlightened, and provocative conversation about the nature of erotic desire and the intricacies of intimacy and sexuality. The object of my game is to bring nonjudgmental, multicultural understanding to the challenges and choices of modern relationships.” PeopleWantDesireChoicesGamesUnderstandingChallengesModernHonestObjectsConversationSexualityIntimacyEnlightenedEroticProvocativeMulticulturalIntricacy Author:Esther Perel
“I'll get into conversations with other people, and all of a sudden they will say something that sparks that... either the titles to me, or just the conversation itself will spark an idea for a song.” PeopleIdeasSongConversationTitlesSparks Author:LeAnn Rimes
“Even if I live not in a big city, even if I detest to go to parties, I love street fairs and long conversations with people in the countryside.” PeopleIfsLongBigsPartyCitiesStreetsConversationFairsCountrysideDetestBig CitiesLong Conversations Author:Paulo Coelho
“For me, it was a mission on the hill to sensitize people, because they don't know Muslim immigrants. And for the most part, a lot of us just keep our heads down. But if I can engage someone in conversation, someone who maybe does support Donald Trump, or at least isn't speaking out against him, and I can show him the fear that I have, then maybe I can turn that tide.” PeopleIfsKnowsDoeI CanShowsTurnsSupportTrumpConversationMissionsHillsImmigrantsTidesSpeaking Out Author:Andrew Aydin
“I think the best way to invite people into the conversation is to just create something beautiful out of love, and people naturally gravitate towards a new way of looking at fashion.” PeopleThinkingWayBeautifulFashionConversationBest WayInvitesNew WaysSomething Beautiful Author:Nikki Reed
“I don't really know where the rumors started. They just started. Because I saw a number of people rumored for the role and there was never any discussion, never any conversations. I think Chadwick Boseman is a great actor. I saw Get on Up and he killed that role. So, I think he's going to do a great job.” PeopleThinkingKnowsJobsActorsNumbersRolesSawsConversationDiscussionRumorGreat JobGreat Actors Author:Morris Chestnut
“I'm hoping my play opens up conversations, I hope it makes people question textbooks, I hope it makes #OscarsSoWhite and #HollywoodSoWhite question things. I hope my play sparks conversation between Latin kids and Latin parents and people start doing their own due diligence as well, I think it's everyone's responsibility.” PeopleThinkingWellsPlayKidsParentResponsibilityConversationDuesLatinSparksDiligenceTextbooksDue Diligence Author:John Leguizamo
“I also think the more experienced you get as an actor, you start to hear the conversations about why people get cast and not cast, sometimes it's so arbitrary. They decided the moment you walked in the door. And there's nothing you could have done to sway them, even if you'd the greatest performance of all time.” PeopleIfsThinkingSometimesDoneMomentsActorsDoorsConversationDecidedPerformancesCastsAll TimeArbitrary Author:Gillian Jacobs
“People have an actual bias against there being some kind of popularity for political films, and when they get acknowledged, it helps keep the conversation going.” PeopleKindHelpingFilmPoliticalConversationPopularityBias Author:Jay Roach
“I think people are really talking about it. Having conversations about how to make change.” PeopleThinkingTalkingConversation Author:Colin Kaepernick
“For me, anything I do is totally up for conversation and it's not my right to be able to stop a person from writing whatever they want. What's harmful and hurtful is when people speculate.” PeopleWantWritingPersonsAbleConversationHurtful Author:John Krasinski
“What you hear in focus groups and conversations, people will give you 20 minutes of rage about how the borders are out of control. But then you start saying, practically, what are we going to do about it? What are we going to do about the 11 million here? What are we going to do to get some workers we need for the farms? Then people start having a normal conversation.” PeopleNeedsGivingMillionsFocusGroupsMinutesConversationNormalWorkersRageBordersFarmsFocus Groups Author:David Brooks
“Broke people talk about people and problems. Rich people talk about ideas and goals. Your conversation chooses your destiny.” PeopleIdeasProblemGoalDestinyRichConversationBrokeOur DestinyYour DestinyRich People Author:Darren Hardy
“Well, one of the things we felt was missing from the greater conversation is that transgender people have been living and working in America for years...People may think it's a "new" thing; it's not...So we wanted to show not just the political side, which is what you see with Caitlyn Jenner. And not the other side with Laverne Cox, who's great.” PeopleThinkingYearsWellsMayHas BeensShowsWantedAmericaPoliticalFeltSidesGreaterMissingConversationNew ThingsTransgender Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“I think forums are great. It's a weird thing to overhear a conversation about yourself. But, the bottom line is that these people are really interested; they get the image and they get very opinionated and it turns into squabbles. You know that's human nature, that's life.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHumansTurnsLinesHuman NatureConversationBottomAbout YourselfBottom LineWeird ThingsForumsOpinionatedSquabbles Author:Rick Owens
“That's the point, to get the people who wouldn't otherwise think to eavesdrop on a conversation that involves science.” PeopleThinkingConversation Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“It became a question of taste. I have a certain taste in art history. And that - I had a huge library of art history books in my studio. And I would simply have the models go through those books with me, and we began a conversation about, like, what painting means, why we do it, why people care about it why or how it can mean or make sense today.” PeopleMeanArtBookCareTodayCertainPaintingHugeTasteConversationModelsLibraryStudiosMake SenseArt HistoryHistory Books Author:Kehinde Wiley
“In our conversations, he [Michael Jackson] revealed a surprising understanding of art history. We were going through the finer points of the difference between one Italian sculptor to the next. You know, this - these are things that we don't necessarily assume of people in sanctified light.” PeopleKnowsArtLightNextUnderstandingDifferencesConversationAssumingItalianSurprisingSculptorsArt History Author:Kehinde Wiley
“I'm not on Twitter. In theory, I really like Instagram. I think it's a warmer environment. I think, though conversations can erupt that aren't always friendly, you have an opportunity to jump in and redirect and even caution people against language and behavior that I personally object to.” PeopleThinkingOpportunityLanguageEnvironmentObjectsTheoryConversationBehaviorFriendlyCautionInstagram Author:Sarah Jessica Parker
“I'm not talking about just Donald Trump's politics - it's what he's brought up. It's a real conversation. We're just people trying to fall in love as nations and human beings. We need therapy, man. The world does.” PeopleMenWorldNeedsTryingHumansDoeRealFallNationsHuman BeingsTalkingTrumpConversationFalling In LoveTherapyNot TalkingReal Conversation Author:Michael Buble
“I'm constantly on the brink of tears in conversation about things that happen to people.” PeopleHappensTearsConversation Author:Phoebe Waller-Bridge
“Music is a conversation between people and their community, you know, people and - and deejaying, it is a way of amplifying that conversation and kind of putting that conversation on blast in a way. But at a very basic level, it's records talking to records.” PeopleKnowsWayKindCommunityLevelsTalkingRecordsConversationMusic IsBlast Author:DJ /rupture
“I studied philosophy in school, became disgruntled by the fact that it was a way to have a very interesting conversation with very few people about very few things in very narrow terms and yet still believed (and still believe today) that there was something that I was getting myself involved in when I said I wanted to study philosophy.” PeopleWayBelieveSaidStillsPhilosophyFactsTodayWantedSchoolTermInterestingStudyInvolvedConversationVery InterestingDisgruntledInteresting Conversation Author:Jonathon Keats