“I had no idea that that was around in the family anywhere. Maybe it never was. But - so they broke the way for me, if you know what I mean. I have no idea where I got the idea from to do what I do. But I think they - Ian and Alistair, my brothers kind of opened a lot of doors for me onto the world - you know, made it seem to be a very, very interesting place.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWayKindMeanMadeIdeasSeemsInterestingDoorsBrotherMade ItBrokeNo IdeaMy BrotherVery InterestingInteresting Places Author:Maggie Smith
“I think that [Chris] Christie`s endorsement is, you know, it`s a sign that - you know, he is who we thought he was in so many different respects. He`s someone who ambition is the only thing that I think is bigger than his appetite.I think in this case, it`s a situation where he saw the one guy who he thinks he can maybe get a cabinet post with if he wins in Donald Trump. I think, you know, he kind of went out the door doing a number of favors in beating up Marco Rubio the way he did.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayKindDifferentGuyWinningNumbersSituationCasesSawsDoorsTrumpAmbitionBiggerFavorsPostsAppetiteCabinetsMarcosEndorsementsChristie Author:Ben Domenech
“I'm a prostitute. Do you know what, it really is basically I just really like to work! I'm thrilled that there's a variety. It's why I got into this business to begin with, because I really don't have the discipline or intellect to have a 9-to-5 job. But I came from a classical music background and I merged that to theatre, it kind of opened up the door to a lot of different possibilities.” KnowsKindDifferentJobsDoorsPossibilityDisciplineIntellectTheatreBackgroundsVarietyDo You KnowClassical Music Author:Jason Graae
“There's something about urban life - you walk out your door, and you're in a steady of stream of life happening around you, and it's very easy to get caught up in that stream and simply kind of keep on moving.” KindMovingEasyWalksDoorsHappeningsCaughtStreamsSteadyUrbanCaught UpKeep MovingEasy To GetLife HappensUrban Life Author:Dani Shapiro
“There's no school that you can go to and learn how to be a "Daily Show" correspondent and how to interview people and, you know, essentially leave your soul outside the door and go in there and kind of, you know, destroy people's lives sometimes.” PeopleKnowsKindSoulSometimesShowsSchoolDoorsYour SoulInterviewsDaily Show Author:Aasif Mandvi
“I was taking my advance freefall course, doing my level 1 jump. My heart was racing. Like I said, I have a lot of fear with falling, so I panicked. Then I let go of the door of the airplane and kind of panicked the entire way. But after a few jumps I grew more calm, realized what was going on, and I think that was the key. The more calm I got, the more relaxed I was.” ThinkingWayHeartKindSaidFallCoursesLevelsDoorsKeysGrewMy HeartLetting GoCalmRacingAirplaneRelaxed Author:Dean Potter
“Rituals are important. I get up. I take the dogs on a walk around to the front and then I pick up the papers. Then I walk around to the front door, then me and the two dogs come in the house and I give them treats. I make coffee. It's the regularity of these kinds of rituals that I find deeply satisfying.” GivingKindTwoImportantHouseWalksDoorsDogFrontsPaperPicksTreatsCoffeeGet UpRitualSatisfyingPapersFront DoorsRegularityTwo Dogs Author:Jane Fonda
“The next Wall Street crash is just around the corner. The meltdown of the climate is coming. The wolves are at the door, all kinds of them. We need to stand up and provide the solutions that are there, that are affordable.” NeedsKindNextDoorsStreetsWallSolutionsClimateCornersAll KindsCrashAffordableAround The CornerMeltdowns Author:Jill Stein
“It is an interesting fact about model selection that the evidence at hand can indicate that a model known to be false will be more predictively accurate than a model known to be true. This opens the door to a kind of instrumentalism.” KindFactsHandsInterestingKnownDoorsModelsEvidenceBeing TrueAccurateSelectionInteresting Fact Author:Elliott Sober
“When you're in a band and you're a girl, you know, guys just don't ... it's not the same kind of a groove as a girl walking up wearing a mac with nothing on underneath, or knocking on someone's door at three in the morning.” KnowsKindGuyGirlThreeMorningDoorsWalkingBandKnockingMacsGroove Author:Chrissie Hynde
“I had met Michael Stipe, and he was such a kind person, and extremely understanding, so I asked him if he knew a photographer who would come to Detroit, where I lived, who would be child friendly and who would respect my home. Michael suggested Steven [ Sebring]. One day a knock came at my door, and when I opened it, there was Steven. He's been like a brother ever since.” IfsKindChildrenPersonsHomeWould BeUnderstandingDoorsBrotherMetsOne DayPhotographerFriendlyDetroitKind Person Author:Patti Smith
“You have to be ready to receive help, whether that be through a book, a therapist or counselor, or a doctor of some kind. That willingness can lead you through a door to the other side, and that's where healing can truly begin.” KindBookHelpingSidesHealingDoorsReadyDoctorsWillingnessTherapistsCounselor Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“Chicago is a great place because you can experience theatre, film, television, anything and everything, so for an actor it's exciting. The doors are kind of open.” KindFilmActorsDoorsTelevisionExcitingTheatreChicagoAnything And Everything Author:Charlie Barnett
“All the monsters in your mind just want to be nice. They want to be kind. They want to play nice. They want to be softer than the storms around. You feel them through the windows and the doors.” WantFeelsMindKindPlayNiceDoorsWindowStormMonstersBe KindBeing Nice Author:Regina Spektor
“Even a hundred and fifty years ago, football was popular because it provided a manly spectacle that lots of men needed, after the industrial revolution. We went from a culture that lived out doors and expanded the frontier and fought the Indians to a bunch of guys in offices. So football provided this jolt, a kind of exalted cult of masculinity. And it still does that. Perhaps even more so today.” MenYearsKindDoeStillsTodayGuyCultureDoorsFootballRevolutionNeededOfficeHundredYears AgoBunchFiftyCultMasculinityFrontiersExaltedManlyIndustrial Revolution Author:Steve Almond
“There is also a third kind of madness, which is possession by the Muses, enters into a delicate and virgin soul, and there inspiring frenzy, awakens lyric... But he, who, not being inspired and having no touch of madness in his soul, comes to the door and thinks he will get into the temple by the help of art - he, I say, and his poetry are not admitted; the sane man is nowhere at all when he enters into rivalry with the madman.” ThinkingMenKindArtSoulHelpingDoorsThirdsMadnessInspiredPossessionTemplesDelicateSaneMuseVirginsMadmenRivalryFrenzy Author:Plato
“It might be helping to explore a story visually by going to see a museum exhibit that's relevant to something that somebody's reading, or going to see a show or listening to a piece of music or cooking a meal that's in one of the stories, something practical, something kinesthetic that draws the reader in and helps them to experience the story for themselves. Those are all ways I think we can kind of come in the back door and help kids find the joy, as opposed to the chore or responsibility, of reading.” ThinkingWayKindHelpingStoriesShowsMightKidsJoyReadingResponsibilityPiecesDoorsListeningReaderDrawsCookingPracticalsMealsMuseumsRelevantExhibitsChoresBack Doors Author:Emma Walton Hamilton
“I live on a canyon at the edge of San Mateo. We are fortunate to have lots of suburban wildlife as our neighbors, though I kind of wish the rattlesnakes would stop curling up by our back door.” KindWishDoorsEdgesNeighborFortunateWildlifeCanyonsBack DoorsRattlesnakes Author:Paul Saffo
“The light went on when I heard Phil [woods] play, and I went like, "That is why I'm playing the instrument." So I got very inspired, I started going to clubs through a friend's mom in the city, again, another person who just completely opened all these doors for me and it was amazing how kind she was.” KindPersonsPlayLightCitiesDoorsHeardMomInstrumentsInspiredClubsWoodsVery Inspired Author:Jon Gordon
“I wasn't expecting [the Monk competition] would necessarily do that. So I just did what I did and some good things continued to happen and some doors continued to open and that kind of led me into the different associations that I developed in my 30s and some records that I've made on ArtistShare over the last 10 years or so.” YearsKindMadeDifferentHappensLastsRecordsDoorsCompetitionGood ThingsAssociationExpectingMonk Author:Jon Gordon
“In the beginning I was just a makeup artist and I never really pictured myself doing anything else. But now that I have so many doors open, I kind of want to be that indie rock Paris Hilton - but with actual intelligence - she's just stupid.” WantKindArtistDoorsRocksStupidParisMakeupMakeup ArtistIndie Rock Author:Jeffree Star
“People tell me I'm in a genre kind of movie, but it never crossed my mind that The Matrix was genre. To me it was about, for me anyway, my character, I had this rock outside my door which said "faith" or "believe" or something, and I remember felt like that was my key into her, into Trinity. It was like she was the heart of it.” PeopleMindBelieveHeartKindSaidCharacterRememberFeltDoorsRocksKeysGenreTrinity Author:Carrie-Anne Moss
“Happy accidents are real gifts, and they can open the door to a future that didn't even exist. It's kind of nice sometimes to set up something to encourage or allow happy accidents to happen.” KindRealSometimesHappensNiceDoorsAccidentsHappy Accidents Author:David Lynch