“I don't really sit in the sun I have a flagstone terrace surrounding the swimming pool and just carrying the script from the office to the living room gives me an instant suntan.” GivingRoomsSunOfficeGive MeScriptsInstantSwimmingPoolLiving RoomSwimming PoolTerrace Author:Lester Persky
“There hadn't been one done since the late 70s. I was living in Brooklyn, had no connection to Roger Corman, to no one in this movie. I didn't go to film school. I'm like the person who should have never made this film. But I just decided to put one foot in front of the other. I was writing film articles for magazines at the time. I convinced an editor from one of the magazines that I was working for to give me a shot to do a piece on Roger. This was an excuse to go meet him.” GivingShouldWritingPersonsMadeDoneSchoolFilmPiecesFeetFrontsLateShotsConnectionsDecidedShould HaveGive MeExcuseConvincedMagazinesEditorsArticlesBrooklynRogerFilm School Author:Alex Stapleton
“The lessons learned on a pure practical production standpoint were immense. It instilled a faith that you can accomplish what you want if you just believe and stick together and continue to work at it. In that sense, it gives me the confidence to go into the next project with the belief that we can do it. This was an experiment in whether you can find a film without a singular conceit.” IfsWantGivingBelieveTogetherFilmNextBeliefCan DoLessonsPureProjectsGive MeSticksProductionsAccomplishWhat You WantPracticalsExperimentsImmenseConceitStandpointJust BelieveLesson Learned Author:Sam Pressman
“Fidel Castro is a man with a great sense of self-criticism and respect for his political friends. He is not going to give me instructions, and I am not the type of man who would take them. That's not to say that I don't approve of what is happening in Cuba, but he would never send me a letter telling me what to do or not to do.” MenGivingSelfPoliticalTypeHappeningsCriticismLettersGive MeInstructionCubaSense Of SelfCastroSelf Criticism Author:Salvador Allende
“I'm going to keep on keeping on as long as I've got my health and strength, and God gives me that will to do it.” GivingLongGive MeHealth And Strength Author:Sharon Jones
“If I do a lot of television, than I miss theater. If I do a lot of theater, than I miss film. This global thing of performing arts gives me strength.” IfsGivingArtFilmMissingTelevisionGive MeTheaterPerformingPerforming ArtsGive Me Strength Author:Richard Sammel
“I remember once Prince dropped by to see me when I was in Minneapolis and I was sick, with a bag of cough drops and a spoon of cough medicine. I said to him, "Hey, can I have another spoon of that? It's just over the counter," and he'd go, "No, I didn't come here to start up new drug addictions for you." And I was like, "C'mon, give me that bottle!" He was very watchful over me.” GivingSaidRememberDrugSickGive MeMedicineAddictionHeyBagsBottlesSpoonsDrug AddictionDrug AddictMinneapolisCough Drops Author:Stevie Nicks
“When people call me either a girl crush or their best friend, like, the best friend they want, that's, to me, the best compliment anyone could ever give me.” PeopleWantGivingGirlFriendshipGive MeCrushCall MeComplimentGirl Crush Author:Mindy Kaling
“Mel Bochner was able to give me the tools to look at those types of experiences, register them with my own, but also hold them far enough away to see them 360.” GivingLooksEnoughAbleMy OwnTypeToolsGive MeRegister Author:Kehinde Wiley
“There's a team of filmmakers who follow me in the streets when I'm finding these models, to give me a sense of legitimacy to a casual stranger. This is New York City. No one's going to follow you back to your studio.” GivingCitiesTeamStreetsNew YorkFindingsModelsGive MeStudiosStrangerFilmmakerNew York CityCasualFollow MeLegitimacy Author:Kehinde Wiley
“One thing that I've been doing for a long time is to wake up really early. I try to get up around 4 or 5 in the morning, long before most of my lab members are up, which gives me some quiet time to really think without distraction. I think that's important.” ThinkingGivingTryingLongImportantMorningOne ThingQuietMembersLong TimeGive MeWake UpGet UpDistractionLabsQuiet Time Author:Edward Boyden
“I've had a lot of consoles as a kid so there has always been something that I've done as a pastime or with friends and for personal enjoyment. I don't play many sports so it gives me an opportunity to have that same competitive feeling and the same reward when you win but using different techniques. It's much more mental.” GivingDifferentDonePlayFeelingsKidsOpportunityWinningSportsGive MeRewardsTechniqueEnjoymentConsolePastime Author:Asa Butterfield
“I'm so glad that social media gives me a chance to do that, to celebrate books I love and help proselytize for books I love.” GivingBookHelpingSocialChanceMediaGive MeSocial MediaGladCelebrateGive Me A Chance Author:Jennifer Weiner
“[Role of Dr.Strange] gives me an excuse as an actor to be learning with my character, which is something you can do authentically - I'm not a martial arts expert, I'm certainly no sorcerer, so all these things, the movement of the body, the physicality, the changes he goes through mentally and physically, obviously we're not shooting in sequence, but it's a great part.” GivingArtCharacterBodyActorsCan DoRolesMovementStrangeGive MeExcuseShootingExpertsMartial ArtsDrsSequencePhysicalityDr Strange Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I don't really remember much before was eight, but I do remember that my dad brought me to drop me off at my grandmother's house, and he was a very emotional guy, but that was the first time I really saw him cry, cos I knew it killed him to have to give me up, but he knew I needed some family structure. That was the last time I'd see him or talk to him when he was sober for the next 10 years.” GivingYearsFirstsLastsRememberGuyNextHouseSawsCryEmotionalNeededDadFirst TimeGive MeStructureMy DadEightGrandmotherLast TimeSoberMy Grandmother Author:Diamond Dallas Page
“I kept saying to myself, this is a calling that God has given me. And so with intention I said, "Okay I'm going to write books not only for the Christian community, but also for the secular community." I found it really rewarding because the last one to use my gifts and advantages to people who look at church as not on their radar screen at all, it gives me favor with - I do a lot with Fortune 500 companies now.” PeopleGivingWritingLooksSaidBookUseChristianLastsFoundGivenCommunityChurchCompanyCallingAdvantageOkayGive MeFortuneIntentionScreensFavorsSecularRadarChristian Community Author:John C. Maxwell
“I've worked very hard at giving excellent training and good materials, resources, books, and then the corporate community gives me respect. And I'm finding now that they really want a relationship with me, they're letting me in their lives, and of course, when you get in their lives you find a tremendous need for God.” WantNeedsGivingBookHardCoursesCommunityMaterialsFindingsTrainingResourcesGive MeCorporateExcellent Author:John C. Maxwell
“My potential is what God gives me - that's His gift to me - what I give back to Him is what I do with that potential.” GivingGive MeGiving Back Author:John C. Maxwell
“I want to go to someone's world. I'll buy it if the world is full of zombies - I'll live there if you give me a strong enough vision of what that world looks like.” IfsWorldWantGivingLooksEnoughStrongVisionGive MeZombieStrong Enough Author:Samantha Bee
“I love that I'm able to take people away just for a little while. Even if they come to my show and it's an escape from taxes or heartbreak or a shitty workplace experience - all those human beings I get to sing for laugh and emote with give me more happiness than I could ever give them.” PeopleIfsGivingHumansLittlesShowsAbleHuman BeingsLaughingTaxesGive MeWorkplaceEmote Author:Michael Buble
“I wake up and I do class straight away, so that gives me a free day to do things.” GivingClassGive MeWake Up Author:Sergei Polunin
“I feel so grateful to my mother and father for a happy childhood. There are things I now understand that they were able to give me that are very special.” GivingFeelsAbleMotherFatherChildhoodSpecialGive MeGratefulMother And FatherSo GratefulHappy Childhood Author:Tom Hiddleston
“If the lyrics have meaning to it and it gives me a certain emotion, I think that's the most beautiful part about music - you can feel it and connect to it.” IfsThinkingGivingFeelsBeautifulCertainEmotionGive Me Author:Sarah Barthel
“Just trying to keep everything in check, you know, it gives me a lot of respect for closers. You're doing that 75 times a year, so that's pretty impressive.” KnowsGivingTryingYearsGive MeChecksImpressive Author:Clayton Kershaw
“Not to sound cliché or anything, but with the downtime that I have and the possible platform that my work could give me, I'd like to figure out a way to give back and make a difference, you know?” KnowsWayGivingSoundDifferencesFiguresGive MeMaking A DifferencePlatformsGiving BackDowntime Author:Luke Grimes
“I looked at enough of American Idol in the first weeks, and they're all about humiliation. I listen to Rush Limbaugh because I find it so repulsive. There are people with a little less sophistication who watch a lot of it, because we allow things to appeal to our baser instincts. But at the same moment, give me a little choice, and I'll make a better decision, because I have that ability too. And so does everybody else.” PeopleGivingFirstsLittlesDoeEnoughMomentsChoicesAbilityDecisionWatchesWeekGive MeInstinctAppealsIdolsHumiliationSophisticationAmerican Idol Author:Norman Lear
“The people that are around me that give me ideas that I pass along or we try, the one thing I never do, I never give credit to anybody but myself. So I take all of the ideas. So everybody thinks that all of the ideas are mine.” PeopleThinkingGivingTryingIdeasOne ThingMinesGive MeCredit Author:John Calipari
“I want to get paid for doing my job and whoever don't like it or whoever don't give me my just due then that's on them.” WantGivingJobsGive MePaidDues Author:Master P
“I don't think it was much of a forum for positive or negative feedback; it was mainly, "How can I make somebody laugh?" It wasn't a serious thing where I needed people to give me feedback.” PeopleThinkingGivingLaughingSeriousNeededNegativeGive MeFeedbackForumsSerious ThingsNegative Feedback Author:Cakes da killa
“For my 21st birthday, I think my mother wanted to give me a watch, or something, you know, some kind of traditional thing. And I said, "Well, if you're going to buy me something, there's a Gibson Melody Maker guitar advertised in the paper for 60 dollars. Do you think I could have that?" And I think that she was very disappointed that at 21 I was still messing around with that sort of thing. She didn't understand what it was all about. But now she understands it, and likes it.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingWellsKindSaidStillsWantedMotherWatchesPaperGive MeDollarsGuitarLikesTraditionalMelodyMakersDisappointed21st Birthday Author:Chrissie Hynde
“Then you got Newt Gingrich up here who - didn't he leave his wife while she was dying to marry the next wife? Give me a break, Newt.” GivingNextBreakWifeDyingGive MeNewts Author:Star Jones
“I met Indira Gandhi in her office in the government palace. The same office that had been her father's - large, cold and plain. She was sitting, small and slender, behind a bare desk. When I entered, she got up and came forward to give me her hand, then sat down again and cut the preliminaries short by fixing me with a gaze that meant: Go ahead with the first question, don't waste time, I really have no time to waste.” GivingFirstsHandsGovernmentFatherBehindsCuttingColdMetsOfficeWasteSittingGive MeSatWasting TimeDesksPalacesFixingSlenderDon't Waste TimeNo Time To Waste Author:Oriana Fallaci
“There's something wrong - the performance, the weather, the set design, the lighting. Something is not working. And so you say, "Give me 10 minutes." When you're first directing, you're terrified. But when you've been in that situation enough times, you know that under pressure, it will come to you.” KnowsGivingFirstsEnoughSituationMinutesDesignPerformancesGive MePressureWeatherTerrifiedLightingEnough TimeUnder Pressure Author:Paul Schrader
“I go anywhere I want, do whatever I want when I get there, they let me make self-indulgent TV about that experience, and give me about as much creative freedom as anyone's ever had in the history of television.” WantGivingSelfCreativeTelevisionTvsLet MeGive MeSelf IndulgentCreative Freedom Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Every time I ask for visa, they (USA) give me visa for five years. I have never had any problem in getting a visa to any nation.” GivingYearsProblemAsksNationsFiveGive MeUsaFive YearsVisa Author:Mother Teresa
“What a director is looking for is someone who will follow you and no matter what. And if you ask for blue, he's gonna try blue. And if you say, give me a piece of red with it, and they try. And you don't mind so much if it's difficult to get the blue and the red together. As long as they try. And as long as they give everything they can to give you what you want. That's what I'm looking for.” IfsWantGivingTryingMindLongMatterTogetherAsksDifficultPiecesDirectorsRedGive MeNo Matter WhatBlueWhat You Want Author:Luc Besson
“Lovecraft gives me the pip as he uses so much description that needs heavily condensing.” NeedsGivingUseGive MeDescriptionLovecraft Author:Leah Moore
“I must say, the people who started this whole Masterclass series have been very helpful and very intelligent to point out certain things and also give me some guidance, "isn't there something missing, shouldn't we address this or that?" so it's not completely alone out of the blue. It's very well thought through.” PeopleGivingWellsHas BeensWholeCertainMissingGive MeIntelligentBlueSeriesGuidanceAddressesHelpful Author:Werner Herzog
“When I've heard a piece of music or seen a painting that moves me, it gives me something.” GivingMovingPiecesHeardPaintingGive Me Author:Kate Bush
“Watching people react, watching people be inspired, be taken on a journey, forgetting their problems, looking ahead in their own lives to doing impossible things. That's kind of what drives me, gives me a sense of focus.” PeopleGivingKindProblemForgetTakenFocusImpossibleJourneyGive MeInspiredBe InspiredImpossible ThingsLooking Ahead Author:David Copperfield
“With Erin [from Paper Girls], I wanted to show what she might look like when she's 40, and I wanted it to feel authentic. In terms of inspiration I ended up using my wife for a lot of it. Just to kind of to give me almost an anchor so that I would be invested in making this character real.” GivingFeelsLooksKindRealCharacterShowsInspirationMightWould BeWantedGirlTermWifePaperGive MeMy WifeAnchorsErin Author:Cliff Chiang
“I've noticed since I've been out is Eddie Hearn and this fight gives me an opportunity to shut him up.” GivingFightingOpportunityGive Me Author:David Haye
“That was a brave and principled thing for Ecuador to do [give me asylum application]. Now we have the U.S. election [campaign], the Ecuadorian election is in February next year, and you have the White House feeling the political heat as a result of the true information that we have been publishing.” GivingYearsHas BeensFeelingsPoliticalNextHouseWhiteResultsInformationGive MeElectionBraveCampaignsHeatWhite HouseApplicationPublishingNext YearAsylumsFebruaryPrincipledEcuador Author:Julian Assange
“Man, just tryin' to get as much sleep as possible, to drink in water, and tryin' to make sure that my people give me the proper information to be able to get in front of people and speak. That's all I need.” PeopleMenNeedsGivingAbleSpeakWaterSleepFrontsInformationDrinkGive Me Author:Kanye West
“I was here at Spurs as a kid, too, and I cleaned David Ginola and David Howells boots. I got a nice tip of £60 from each of them at Christmas. Howells was quick to give me this but I had to ask Les Ferdinand to explain to Ginola about our boot etiquette and the tradition of tipping at Christmas. Everyone wanted to clean Les Ferdinand s boots because he was the best tipper. He gave out £100 one year.” GivingYearsKidsWantedAsksNiceTraditionGive MeCleanBootsEtiquetteSpursTippingChristmas Eve Author:Peter Crouch
“I had this fantastic collection of Grateful Dead T-shirts and live concert music the band had give me over all these years, decades of material, and when our boys became teenagers they started going through everything and wearing the shirts and listening to the music and that's what the Grateful Dead is all about.” GivingYearsBoysMaterialsListeningBandGive MeGratefulDecadesFantasticTeenagerShirtsCollectionsConcertsT ShirtLive Concerts Author:Bill Walton
“From 1940 to about 1960, I had been writing just regular comics, the way my publishers wanted me too. He didn't want me to use words of more than two syllables if I could help it. He didn't want me to waste time on worrying about good dialogue or characterization. Just give me a lot of action, lot of fight scenes.” IfsWayWantGivingWritingTwoHelpingUseActionWantedFightingWorrySceneWasteGive MeDialogueIf I CouldWasting TimeWant MePublishers1960sSyllablesCharacterization Author:Stan Lee