“I just have to remind myself that my daily quotidie in life has almost nothing to do with any aspect of my professional life as a public figure. And I think a lot of people get to that point - specifically, sort of getting comfortable looking out for yourself and taking care of yourself and defining yourself based on healthier criteria, and not criteria that's established by complete strangers that you've never met.” PeopleThinkingCareFiguresMetsComfortableAspectStrangerDefiningCriteriaTake Care Of YourselfLook At YourselfProfessional LifePublic FiguresDefine Yourself Author:Moby
“Well, some people die and then they sell more records, go figure.” PeopleWellsDiesRecordsFiguresSells Author:Tommy Lee
“I mean, it's not just the rappers, you know what i'm saying? People want to attack anybody that's a large figure, you know what I'm saying? They did it to [Michael] Jordan, they did it to [Mike] Tyson, they did it to Bill Cosby, you know what I'm saying? They're gonna' attack you if you on top.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantMeanFiguresBillsRapperMikeJordanTyson Author:The Notorious B.I.G.
“People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers.” PeopleThinkingJobsCareersFiguresOfficeBoxesDistractedBox Office Author:Andrew Scott
“I'm not making excuses for the missed opportunities of the Israelis, or the lack of generosity, the lack of empathy that I think goes hand-in-hand with the suspicion. So, yes, there is more that the Israelis need to do to really demonstrate that they do understand the pain of an oppressed people in their minds, and they want to figure out, within the bounds of security and a Jewish democratic state, what can be accomplished.” PeopleThinkingWantNeedsMindStatesHandsPainOpportunitySecurityFiguresEmpathyDemocraticBoundsExcuseGenerosityAccomplishedSuspicionOppressedHand In HandMissed OpportunityMaking ExcusesLack Of Empathy Author:Hillary Clinton
“It's pretty clear we have enough Guard people in the United States, but are they capable of handling our oversees commitments as well? We need to figure out how that impacts our ability in Iraq.” PeopleNeedsWellsStatesEnoughAbilityUnitedUnited StatesClearFiguresCapableCommitmentImpactIraq Author:John McCain
“I've concluded that getting the categories right is an absolutely crucial step to building useful management theory, and unfortunately too few writers do this. You've got to engage in serious scholarship, and then figure out how to write it in a way that lots of people can understand.” PeopleWayWritingStepsFiguresBuildingSeriousTheoryManagementCategoriesCrucialScholarship Author:Clayton Christensen
“Facebook will figure out ways to allow people to have good businesses.” PeopleWayFiguresGood Business Author:Jonah Peretti
“Musicians, actors, writers - we're all neurotic, odd people who've lucked into accidental careers. So I just don't like being around public figures with that sense of entitlement, it just seems unhealthy, and it strips so much potential for them to develop as a human being.” PeopleHumansSeemsActorsHuman BeingsCareersFiguresMusicianOddNeuroticEntitlementUnhealthyPublic FiguresSense Of Entitlement Author:Moby
“I've dated attractive people and I don't find a correlation between amorous enthusiasm and beauty and public figure status.” PeopleFiguresEnthusiasmAttractiveCorrelationPublic FiguresAmorous Author:Moby
“I've dated some very enthusiastic, attractive people and some very unenthusiastic, less attractive people. I see no correlation. But female friends of mine who have dated male public figures have found that is the case. They say male models are terrible in bed, because they feel like just showing up is all the effort they need to make.” PeopleNeedsFeelsFoundEffortCasesFiguresMinesTerribleBedModelsFemaleMalesAttractiveEnthusiasticShowing UpCorrelationPublic FiguresFemale Friends Author:Moby
“When you make a lotta money, you got a lotta people shooting at you. Anywhere you go, the tab goes up. People borrow stuff from you, you don't see it again - they figure, Hell, Moses ain't gonna miss it, why do I have to return it?” PeopleStuffHellMissingFiguresReturnShootingMoses Author:Moses Malone
“When I was writing the memoir, every page was a battle with myself because I knew I had to tell the truth. That's what the memoir form demands. I also had to figure out how much of the truth do I tell, how do I make the truth as balanced as I possibly can? How do I make these people as complicated and as human and as unique and as multifaceted as I possibly can? For me, that was the way I attempted to counteract some of that criticism.” PeopleWayWritingHumansFormFiguresBattleDemandPagesUniqueCriticismComplicatedMemoirTelling The TruthBalanced Author:Jesmyn Ward
“One of the first things I do with people is help them figure out what their limiting beliefs are and then encourage them to question, "Well, do I really want to keep that one? Is it limiting me? Does it not fit me? Is it holding me back?"” PeopleWantFirstsWellsDoeHelpingBeliefFiguresFitLimiting Beliefs Author:Deborah King
“I figure I write for people who are intelligent enough to do some labor. Lazy readers are not my ideal readers.” PeopleWritingEnoughFiguresReaderIdealsLaborIntelligentLazy Author:Rigoberto Gonzalez
“I think my philosophy has evolved over the years. I started teaching almost 15 years ago and I've learned that how one student learns is obviously much different than how another student learns and so I've had to figure out how to get through to people honestly without hurting their feelings - which is no easy task just in the scope of being a human being, much less in the classroom, but which is something that is more important to me now than it was when I was 30 - and to show them a path to improving.” PeopleThinkingYearsHumansImportantDifferentPhilosophyShowsFeelingsEasyHurtHuman BeingsPathTeachingFiguresStudentsYears AgoTasksHonestlyI've LearnedClassroomImprovingScopeEasy Tasks Author:Tod Goldberg
“Luckily, there's enough people who have recorded songs that I can just go online and kind of figure out how to play them.” PeopleKindI CanEnoughPlaySongFiguresOnline Author:Regina Spektor
“I think it would be really hypocritical of me to make the films I make, where I delve into people's lives, to say that my life can't be looked at or that I have to be this pristine, isolated figure.” PeopleThinkingWould BeFilmFiguresIsolatedHypocriticalPristine Author:Brian Lindstrom
“Benjamin Netanyahu is a fascinating figure.We say Nixonian about a lot of people. He really is Nixonian. He's brilliant. He's very isolated and insular.” PeopleFiguresBrilliantFascinatingIsolated Author:David Brooks
“When you consider the many ways in which people have to make a living every day when they wake up, I figure that eating 20 eggs isn't that bad.” PeopleWayFiguresEatingWake UpEggs Author:Casey Affleck
“You don't have to fit into a particular box. You fit into a box that you're comfortable in, and you'll attract people with like minds. It took me a while to figure this out, but there are many ideals. You have to figure right what's best for you and that will radiate out of you. I think a certain amount of letting go and being brave and not being afraid to make mistakes to get there.” PeopleThinkingMindCertainMistakeFiguresParticularAmountFitLetting GoComfortableIdealsBraveBoxesMaking MistakesBeing Afraid Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“One of the reasons I think that Donald Trump has been a popular figure, he's very available to the media. But he also has a reputation for and has a history of attacking people when he thinks they're not sufficiently deferential to him. I think that's clear.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensReasonClearMediaFiguresTrumpAvailableReputationAttacking Author:Michel Martin
“I figure that I'm always going to be fine, one way or another, but I do worry about other people who have difficulty moving from one world to the next. It's the folks who are truly invested in their lives who have the hardest time with change.” PeopleWorldWayMovingNextWorryFiguresFineDifficultyFolksHardestOne WayHardest Times Author:Bonnie Jo Campbell
“When you have a liberal class that no longer functions, when those people who traditionally defend and care about a civil society no longer do so, then you cede power to very frightening, deformed figures, all of which we are watching leap up around the fringes of our political establishment - this lunatic fringe, which has largely taken over the Republican Party.” PeopleCarePoliticalPartyClassTakenFiguresRepublicanFunctionLeapEstablishmentFrighteningRepublican PartyFringeLunaticCivil Society Author:Chris Hedges
“'m starting to get a swimming physique, which I'm very pleased about, because for me that's the most appealing male physique. It's not show-y off-y Mr Muscle, "Look how much I can bench." It's just a real lean, athletic figure and it doesn't look like you try too hard. When you see people who have huge biceps, it looks like they're in the gym all day. But I think there's a difference between looking muscly and being fit.” PeopleThinkingTryingLooksI CanRealHardShowsDifferencesFiguresHugeLike YouFitMalesStartingMusclesGymSwimmingAthleticBenchesPhysiqueBiceps Author:Greg James
“People who thought that she was busy going around trying to stir up difficulty where there was none or less than she imagined, were quite critical of her. She was, we must never forget, a public figure. And in democracies, public figures tend to attract criticism as well as praise. The most dangerous thing would be if anybody were regarded as above criticism. And Eleanor Roosevelt is, in recent years, getting there.” PeopleIfsTryingYearsWellsWould BeForgetDemocracyDangerousFiguresCriticismDifficultyPraiseBusyCriticalNever ForgetDangerous ThingsEleanorPublic Figures Author:William A. Rusher
“The question is gonna be, what is the pope doing? For whom is the pope doing it, if the pope is doing it for anybody? But that's gonna be what it boils down to: What is the pope doing here? Why? And I'll tell you this. The more establishment figures - and the pope qualifies as an institutional leader, and therefore the pope would qualify in many people's eyes as an establishment figure, particularly this pope, who has not hidden his ideological alignment, much less his political alignment.” PeopleIfsEyePoliticalLeaderFiguresEstablishmentPopeIdeologicalAlignment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I was living in Japan at the time, Shoko Asahara was an important figure and you could say his name and people would immediately know who you were talking about but since being back in America I've realized most people don't know who he is, which I find odd because he was far worse than Charles Manson. He killed many more people than Manson and was actually trying to kill thousands but wasn't careful enough in his process.” PeopleKnowsTryingImportantEnoughAmericaNamesProcessTalkingFiguresCarefulOddJapanManson Author:Brad Warner
“When I was trying to figure out why lives have improved so much in the last 300 years, where we've gone from a third of kids dying before 5 to - by 1990 it was down to 10% - now it's down to 5%. And saying why, over all history, there were smart people, but that number didn't change. Average life span didn't change. What's magical about what's been deemed the Industrial Revolution? It's really energy intensity.” PeopleTryingYearsKidsLastsEnergyNumbersGoneDyingFiguresRevolutionSmartThirdsAverageIntensitySmart PeopleIndustrial RevolutionLife SpanAverage Life Author:Bill Gates
“So if I can give anyone advice in this business on love and balancing, it's that you truly have to take a second, step back, to figure out who you are and what you want. And it is okay if those people around you don't fit into that. Because what you don't want to do is end up living your life for someone else.” PeopleIfsWantGivingI CanEndsStepsAdviceFiguresFitOkayWho You AreWhat You WantLive Your Life Author:Eva Marcille
“People want to get immersed and lost in a world. They want to lean in and figure it out, and that's true of both of these shows. You don't know quite what it is, and that's great.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantShowsLostFigures Author:Miles Millar
“The kind of über-objective is to make people laugh. You always have to have that in the back of your mind, "Eh, I've got to figure out a way to make this funny."” PeopleWayMindKindLaughingFiguresObjectivesMaking People Laugh Author:John C. Reilly
“And they just slam the door. And they don't peek into that land any more. And they forget that teens and tweens are people, absolutely just as much as adults are. And their problems may play out on a smaller scale, but the things they go through are equally as valid as a CEO trying to figure out how to deal with a crisis at work. I just write for teens because I love 'em.” PeopleWritingTryingMayPlayProblemForgetDealsDoorsLandFiguresAdultsCrisisScalesEmsTeensCeoSlamTweens Author:Lauren Myracle
“If you can figure out what their motivation is, then you're ahead of the game. I think that's why a lot of people who are in this industry don't have a lot of friends - but have a lot of acquaintances - because you never know what everyone's ulterior motives are.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMotivationGamesFiguresIndustryMotiveAcquaintanceLots Of FriendsUlterior MotiveAhead Of The Game Author:Donald Faison
“People tell me the Netflix series, House of Cards, is sort of like my class come to life. The movie Margin Call portrays the realities of hierarchical relationships and rivalries beautifully, and how people respond when under pressure. Gandhi and Long Walk to Freedom both have the virtue of presenting larger-than-life figures in a more realistic way, showing their flaws and contradictions - their humanity - in a way that is very helpful.” PeopleWayLongRealityHumanityHouseWalksClassVirtueFiguresPressureSeriesCardsContradictionHelpfulFlawsRealisticMarginsPresentingRivalryUnder PressureLarger Than LifeNetflixLong WalksLong Walk To FreedomHouse Of Cards Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“I kind of grew up a guitar nerd and I tried to figure out how to shred on an acoustic guitar as a kid, while listening to jazz or whatever. So that is kind of a different thing and my church background, growing up with worship kind of the ground that I learned how to play music from. Those are all odd ways of growing up, compared to most people, so I think the music has plenty of uniqueness in that.” PeopleThinkingWayKindDifferentPlayKidsChurchGrowing UpGrowingFiguresListeningGrewWorshipGrew UpJazzGuitarBackgroundsPlentyOddDifferent ThingsUniquenessNerdAcousticsAcoustic Guitar Author:Michael Gungor
“I hope I'm better looking than Yoda, but - I'm really interested in people who have something to say, a change they want to make and can't figure out why they can't make it spread.” PeopleWantFiguresSpread Author:Seth Godin
“Somebody else does the rigor and then I listen. I have an assistant, and my manager, and other people who hunt and find and send it to me, and then I just figure out which ones I can do justice to.” PeopleDoeI CanCan DoJusticeFiguresManagersHuntsAssistantsRigor Author:Joan Baez
“Becoming a public figure gave me a platform to help people.” PeopleHelpingFiguresBecomingPlatformsPublic Figures Author:Simon Weston
“I want to get a handle on the music. There's only so much you can do alone. I want everyone else there. I can't wait until we feel we've got it down and we can really figure out what it's all about! I can't wait to meet Harvey Keitel, too! I'm so used to working with musical theatre people... I'm really curious how he works. He's the only one that doesn't sing in the show - he acts and weaves himself through the show as the ring-master. I hope I learn something from him.” PeopleWantFeelsI CanShowsUsedWaitingCan DoFiguresMastersDown AndMusicalTheatreRingsHandleCuriousHarveyMusical Theatre Author:Max von Essen
“I think he [Vaclav Havel] is one of the great figures of the 20th century. He is one of the people that was able to be a part of overthrowing a dictatorial system by talking to people and understanding what the elements of democracy really are and respect for each other and elevating.” PeopleThinkingAbleUnderstandingTalkingDemocracyCenturyFiguresElements20th CenturyElevating Author:Judy Woodruff
“There's really no "bad" people; there's just humans who are doing the best they can to figure life out. It's hard! We can all relate to that.” PeopleHumansHardFiguresRelateBad People Author:Sara Bareilles
“I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveHumansSoulCoursesDealsDarknessSadnessConditionsFiguresRageHorribleHuman ConditionUpbringingReservedFeeling SadReally SadSadness Of LifeRage And AngerSad SoulSadness And Anger Author:Kevin Bacon
“We also had a team of costumers that would do samples for us, of fabrics, textures, people doing silhouettes of things up on dress forms, just to kind of inform the design process. Through all of that we got to the point that we had to figure out how to light them up. So that was a huge undertaking.” PeopleKindLightFormProcessTeamFiguresDesignHugeDressesFabricTextureUndertakingsSampleSilhouettesDesign Process Author:Christine Bieselin Clark
“In terms of being a kind of popular artist figure and knowing how isolating that is, and knowing what it feels like to be skeptical of people, and to be taken advantage of, especially by your friends. That's a hard to pill to swallow, and we've been through that together, or watched each other go through it. It helps to have somebody that close to you who can relate. I can say with some confidence that I feel like Sky saved my life.” PeopleFeelsKindI CanHardHelpingTogetherArtistTermKnowingTakenSkyFiguresAdvantageSavedRelatePillsSkepticalTaken Advantage Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“I understand maybe some people are more impressionable than my hard, cynical self, but maybe they need to figure out how to be less of that.” PeopleNeedsSelfHardFiguresCynicalImpressionable Author:Jessa Crispin
“It's a tale of redemption. It's a tale of a girl who is going on a journey, who makes mistakes as most young people do... the credit card companies love sending you credit cards so you exceed your limit and they can charge you interest. And this is a girl who overcomes her problems and figures a way out of her financial crisis, and hopefully the world will do the same thing.” PeopleWorldWayProblemYoungGirlInterestMistakeCompanyJourneyFiguresLimitsOvercomingCrisisFinancialCreditTalesCardsRedemptionHopefullyMaking MistakesExceedCredit CardFinancial Crisis Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“We've got the wrong vision, the wrong values, the wrong priority, and as the great prophetic figure Marian Edelman Wright puts it, we have been AWOL when it comes to poor people and poor children.” PeopleChildrenHas BeensValuesPoorVisionFiguresPrioritiesPoor PeoplePropheticPoor Children Author:Cornel West
“In my book "Sound Unbound" we traced the guy who actually came up with the main concept for the graphic design of the record cover sleeve. His name is Alex Steinweiss. And one of the things in my book that we really tried to figure out was the revolution in graphic design that occurred when people put images on album covers.” PeopleBookGuyNamesSoundRecordsFiguresDesignRevolutionConceptsAlbumsGraphicAlexSleevesGraphic DesignUnboundAlbum Covers Author:DJ Spooky
“Phonetics, you know speech, all this kind of stuff, phonograph, simple, but when you unpack the meaning it actually kind of expands out and that is what I was going for in my book "Sound Unbound" was to try and get people to figure out how do we unpack some of the meanings that go into these kinds of sonically coded landscapes.” PeopleKnowsTryingKindBookStuffSoundSimpleFiguresSpeechLandscapeUnboundPhonographPhonetics Author:DJ Spooky