“It wasn't about mechanics; it was about a feeling, wanting to give someone something, which in turn was really gratifying. That really resonated for me.” GivingFeelingsTurnsGive MeMechanic Author:Thomas Keller
“I think what gives me hope is I have the sense that the people of Kenya have turned the page. They are keen to get a new political dispensation. They are keen to fight corruption and impunity, and in that sense they are leaving the political elite behind.” PeopleThinkingGivingPoliticalFightingBehindsPagesGive MeLeavingCorruptionElitesKenyaImpunity Author:Kofi Annan
“I do understand that going out and promoting the movie is a big responsibility, and part of the reason they give me the job in the first place.” GivingFirstsReasonBigsJobsResponsibilityGive MeGoing OutPromotingBig Responsibility Author:Mark Wahlberg
“When I got drafted I was sitting at home with my Mom watching the draft live on the internet when my name popped up on the screen. We both jumped up in joy and I immediately called my Dad who was out of town for work. Everyone was thrilled and then about 10 minutes late Matt Anderson (the Marlins scout who drafted me) called to give me the news as well and to start negotiating a contract.” GivingWellsHomeJoyNamesMinutesMomInternetDadLateNewsSittingGive MeTownsMy DadMy MomScreensContractsNegotiating Author:Graham Taylor
“To me the question right now is: How do I close that first three-quarters of the achievement gap, education gap, wealth gap? What gives me the best chance to do that? And I'm pretty darn sure that if America is a just society and treating people well right now, irrespective of past wrongs, that I'm going to close a big chunk of that gap. I've seen it.” PeopleIfsGivingFirstsWellsBigsAmericaPastThreeWealthChanceRight NowAchievementGive MeGapsQuartersChunksAchievement GapPast Wrongs Author:Barack Obama
“When my husband gives me this ultimatum, "You either stop singing, or you move out," then it became very clear that what I needed to do - not just because I wanted to sing, but because I didn't want to live with anybody who issued ultimatums to me like that - would be to move out.” WantGivingWould BeWantedMovingClearNeededHusbandSingingGive MeMy HusbandUltimatum Author:Rene Marie
“I'm really lucky because I surround myself onset with people who I really trust to give me feedback, so I'm directing myself.” PeopleGivingLuckyGive MeSurroundFeedback Author:Lena Dunham
“The movie industry is one big collaboration. Music gives me that freedom to create things straight from my heart and my mind.” GivingMindHeartBigsIndustryMy HeartGive MeCollaborationMovie Industry Author:Ice Cube
“Black Americans are the only people in history who are for education instead of liberation. George Washington wasn't beating up on British for the right to open a college! The line isn't "Give me education or give me death."” PeopleGivingBlackLinesCollegeGive MeBritishLiberation Author:Dick Gregory
“I'm really happy, and beating Marc [Marquez] at the very last chicane gives me an extra boost.” GivingLastsGive MeExtrasReally HappyBoostMarquez Author:Valentino Rossi
“I could do Superman, the Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, this kind of stuff [at school]. And kids would give me their lunch money to have these things.” GivingKindKidsSchoolStuffWonderGive MeGreenLunchLanternsWonder WomanGreen Lantern Author:Paul Laffoley
“I'm not going to pretend that bad things don't happen. I just hope my daughter has enough understanding that when they do, just give me a call.” GivingEnoughHappensUnderstandingDaughterGive MeMy DaughterBad Things Author:John Krasinski
“When I was growing up, I never heard anyone pray, "Give me this day my daily bread." It was always, "Give us this day our daily bread." That stuck. We're all in this together.” GivingTogetherGrowing UpGrowingHeardPrayingGive MeStuckBreadThis DayDaily BreadOur Daily Bread Author:Bill Moyers
“To put things back into perspective, back when we as people were struggling to survive through winters, or even through the night, I feel like there's a lot of whining about whether or not you use Asian or the words Asian or Oriental, and how it's going to offend somebody, I mean give me - I mean, just shut up.” PeopleGivingFeelsMeanUseNightStrugglePerspectiveGive MeWinterShut UpAsianBack WhenWhiningStruggling To Survive Author:Maynard James Keenan
“And at the time, for one of the few times in my life I didn't have a band, I just had myself and the guitar, so I was going to have to do something with just my voice, just the guitar and just my songs that was going to move someone enough to give me a shot. So I wrote songs that were very lyrically alive and lyrically dense. And they were unique, but it really came out of the motivation to - or I understood it was - I was going to have to make my mark that way.” WayGivingEnoughMovingMotivationSongVoiceAliveBandUniqueUnderstoodShotsGive MeMarkGuitarDense Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Sometimes I think to myself, "I wonder if Meryl Streep is ever like, 'Oh gosh, everyone thinks I'm so perfect! I wish that someone would give me a note.'"” IfsThinkingGivingSometimesWishPerfectWonderGive MeNotes Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“I always love directing because it gives me a chance to be with everyone 24/7.” GivingChanceGive MeGive Me A Chance Author:Aline Brosh McKenna
“Reading a good poem can give me a far bigger kick than a novel. But it's not something I can keep doing. It would be like shooting up 10 times a day.” GivingI CanWould BeReadingNovelBiggerGive MeShootingKicksShooting Up Author:Stephen Dobyns
“I knew Zico hyung ever since I was a young child. I believe that hyung's actions in general show me a lot. It gives me help, but also stimulates me.” GivingBelieveChildrenHelpingShowsActionYoungI BelieveGive MeShow MeYoung Children Author:Kim Nam-joon
“[At Conventions] they give me all the photos to sign. Star Wars, Superman. And Hammy the Pig is right up there.” GivingWarStarsGive MeConventionsPigs Author:John Ratzenberger
“Silence is golden! [Malcolm Subban] knows not to talk too much smack cause you don't want to give me that incentive right?” KnowsWantGivingCausesSilenceToo MuchGive MeGoldenSilence IsIncentivesSmackSilence Is Golden Author:P. K. Subban
“What I do feel with the different scripts that they give me where I feel like this is done for one of those reasons, I share my point of view. I don't just say, "No, thank you." I say, "I feel that this represents Latinos in a wrong way, in a bad way."” WayGivingFeelsDifferentReasonDoneViewsShareGive MeScriptsPoint Of ViewLatinoWrong WayJust Say No Author:Karla Souza
“God, give me a good humiliation every day. It's good for the soul and it's good for the ego.” GivingSoulEgoGive MeHumiliation Author:Richard Rohr
“The left are not bipartisan. Somebody give me an example of left-wing bipartisanship. They don't even define it the way we do. Bipartisanship, as they define it, as in we cave on our core beliefs and agree with them. That is bipartisanship. There is no compromise.” WayGivingBeliefLeftExampleGive MeAgreeWingsCoreCompromiseCavesLeft WingBipartisanNo CompromiseBipartisanshipCore Beliefs Author:Rush Limbaugh
“When I look back at my paintings, they don't give me a sense of where I was when I first met that guy. They don't give me a sense of what I felt like when I first saw that original source material. They give me a sense of the world that I'm trying to create. And we all just have to deal with that.” WorldGivingTryingFirstsLooksGuyFeltDealsSawsPaintingMaterialsSourceMetsGive MeOriginalsThat Guy Author:Kehinde Wiley
“The blank page doesn't bother me. It's the voice in my head (not always my own) that gives me the yips. It's worse when I'm not making stuff up.” GivingStuffVoiceMy OwnPagesGive MeBotherBlankBlank PagesVoices In My Head Author:Tim Winton
“I train myself. I don't have trainers who want hundreds of thousands of dollars to train me. I hire who I want to put the grease on my face, to rub my neck and rub my back, to take my mouthpiece out and rinse it off and put the mouthpiece back in. And then I go about my business. And if they want to say something, they can give me little reminders. All you need are reminders. You don't need 'big-time' trainers.” IfsWantNeedsGivingLittlesBigsFacesGive MeDollarsTrainNecksRemindersTrainersGreaseMouthpiece Author:Larry Holmes
“You could be a poet, an artist, a comedian - if you're in the culture of innovation then you embrace those who do and you're going to protect the science curriculum in the classroom because you understand the meaning and the value of it. And science discoveries don't scare you. You say, "Give me more science", not less. "Give me more technology", not less.” IfsGivingArtistValuesCultureTechnologyPoetProtectDiscoveryGive MeInnovationEmbraceComedianScareClassroomCurriculum Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“To me, it's an honour to be accepted as a hip hop artist, it gives me a lot of opportunity to express myself.” GivingArtistOpportunityGive MeHip HopAcceptedHipsHopsHonourHip Hop Artist Author:Nas
“I have to keep inspiration close to me. I'm always on YouTube looking at the greats or anything that can give me the spark that I need.” NeedsGivingInspirationGive MeSparksYoutube Author:Earl Thomas
“I want an actor to try to give me what I ask in the best and most exact way possible. He mustn't try to find out more, because then there's the danger that he'll become his own director.” WayWantGivingTryingActorsAsksDangerDirectorsGive Me Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Sometimes actors' mistakes give me ideas I can use, because mistakes are always sincere, absolutely sincere.” GivingI CanIdeasSometimesUseActorsMistakeGive MeSincere Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“The concept of an "architect" is one of the oldest professions in the world. Whereas, some professions, such as a "lawyer", have their roots in Latin, "Archi - tecton" is actually a Greek word, and much older. Just knowing how old the profession is gives me hope that we will still exist for years to come, even if we are changing.” IfsWorldGivingYearsStillsKnowingConceptsRootsGive MeProfessionLawyerGreekLatinArchitect Author:Santiago Calatrava
“I sometimes think I was perhaps the only girl in India whose mother said, "Whatever you do, don't get married". For me, when I see a bride, it gives me a rash. I find them ghoulish, almost.” ThinkingGivingSaidSometimesMotherGirlMarriedIndiaGive MeBrides Author:Arundhati Roy
“People just want to see something happen that is positive for them in their lives. If you're struggling to pay your student-loan debts, or if you've got a kid trying to go to college and don't think you're going to be able to afford it, it really matters whether you get help or not. If you don't have health care or you have insurance but the insurance company won't pay for what your doctor says you need, then what's the point of people arguing in Washington? Why don't you give me some help to fix this problem? I will work with anybody if I think we can actually produce results for people.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsGivingTryingMatterHelpingProblemHappensCareKidsAbleResultsPayCompanyStruggleStudentsProduceCollegeDoctorsGive MeDebtArguingThings HappenHealth CareLoanInsurance CompaniesStudent Loan Author:Hillary Clinton
“It is because of these irrelevant people, who held no position, they happened to join an organisation, and because of these irrelevant people being demonised by liberal media, I've had to live years, frankly, of being frightened of walking out into the street all because the media picked out these people. And because of these people, attempted to demonise me and give me a bad name.” PeopleGivingYearsNamesHappenedStreetsMediaPositionWalkingGive MeFrightenedIrrelevantOrganisationWalking OutLiberal Media Author:Nigel Farage
“Of course, art in and of itself gives me some feeling of elation or power and is in some way curative. But actually what's interesting at the end of the day is the various interpretations and conversations between us. Something that exists between us is probably better than you and better than me.” WayGivingArtEndsFeelingsCoursesInterestingConversationGive MeVariousThe End Of The DayInterpretationBetter Than YouElation Author:Sarah Morris
“If I'm fighting for the possibility of having a kind of desire and possibility, that right now is not too likely, it gives me a different kind of engagement with the future, than if I say, "sex doesn't matter; it's private."” IfsGivingKindDifferentMatterDesireFightingSexPossibilityRight NowGive MeEngagementDifferent Kinds Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select - doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors.” MenWorldGivingWellsMightArtistMy OwnAbilityRaceTalentTypeHealthyDoctorsGive MeTrainLawyerTendenciesChiefsGuaranteesDozenAncestorThievesVocationInfantSelectBeggarMerchantsSpecialists Author:John B. Watson
“I also met Charles McPherson around that time, end of high school. I was 17 and I had followed Phil around for a year and pestered him enough to finally give me saxophone lessons. So all of a sudden I've got Phil Woods and Charles McPherson around me.” GivingYearsEndsEnoughSchoolLessonsMetsHigh SchoolGive MeWoodsSaxophoneHigh School Ending Author:Jon Gordon
“I want a big man physically as well as intellectually. l want a man with the thigh muscles to give me a good frolic in the sack, the kind who'll tear hell out of a thick steak, and yet who can go to the ballet with me and discuss Hegelian dialectic and know what the hell he's talking about.” KnowsMenWantGivingWellsKindBigsTalkingHellTearsGive MeMusclesBalletThickSteakThighsDialectics Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“The difference between EAZY E the artist and Eric Wright the human being, was two separate worlds apart. Behind closed doors, Eazy-E was a real generous giver, A true philanthropist.In 1991, I remember when Eazy-E drove out to Fontana California to drop off $20,000 cash because my twin boys were having hernia problems & and slight medical issues because of being born premature. He stopped his meeting & drove to give me the cash for my twins operations.” WorldGivingHumansTwoRealProblemRememberArtistBornDifferencesHuman BeingsBehindsBoysIssuesDoorsGive MeMeetingsMedicalCaliforniaOperationsGenerousCashTwinsRemember WhenGiverEricPrematureClosed DoorsPhilanthropistBehind Closed DoorsWorlds ApartHerniasEazy E Author:Kokane
“I like when a poem ends on its "receipts," meaning it gives me something tactile or tangible to dwell on as I exit the reading experience. So I strive to end my own poems that way as well.” WayGivingWellsEndsReadingMy OwnGive MeStriveTangibleExitReceiptsTactileReading Experience Author:Allison Joseph
“I look at my kids as the Harry Potter Generation. There's a sense of justice about that, in beating Voldemort. It's a classic tale of good versus evil. To have a role model like Harry Potter that says you can defeat evil, but still be a complicated human being. That gives me a lot of hope.” GivingHumansLooksStillsKidsEvilJusticeHuman BeingsRolesGenerationsModelsGive MeDefeatComplicatedTalesClassicRole ModelsHarry PotterVersusPotters Author:Mike Dirnt
“I don't have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. Because as long as the Lord gives me strength I want to keep writing and keep preaching. I love what I do.” WantGivingWritingLongDesireLordGive MeRetiringPreachingGive Me Strength Author:Max Lucado
“Music just gives me so much energy and inspiration. Music and literature in a way probably influence me more than cinema does because they're different forms and yet related. I probably know as much about music history as I do about the history of cinema.” KnowsWayGivingDoeDifferentInspirationFormLiteratureEnergyInfluenceGive MeCinemaRelated Author:Jim Jarmusch
“The process of creating art allows me to learn about the subject I'm illustrating. So, if I want to learn more about plantation life and slavery, I try to find clients that will give me an opportunity to work on projects that will visualize those experiences of the enslaved African and people of color. I get to learn about my roots, and my artwork allows the reader into that world by creating images that are accessible.” PeopleIfsWorldWantGivingTryingArtOpportunityProcessSubjectsColorReaderProjectsCreatingRootsGive MeSlaveryClientsArtworkPlantationsCreating ArtIllustrating Author:Jerry Pinkney
“I obviously am cognizant of the fact that being handsome gives me greater breadth of opportunity. I'd hope that what I bring to the table far surpasses just being handsome.” GivingFactsOpportunityGreaterGive MeTablesJust BeingHandsomeBreadthCognizant Author:Charlie Hunnam
“I love playing rock music, man. You give me a guitar in my hands, and I go out there, and, for me, it's like...you know, some dudes like hunting, fishing, going out and playing ball in the backyard with their buddies on a rainy day. I like being out with my buddies playing rock guitar. That's what I love to do.” KnowsMenGivingHandsRocksLike YouBallsGive MeGuitarFishingHuntingGoing OutBuddyRock MusicRainyRainy DayBackyardsMusic Man Author:Robby Takac
“Of course it's a lot easier for me if I think of myself as a character to say certain things; it gives me a kind of liberty to say things that I otherwise wouldn't. It's always my hope that it will come across as me and not me at the same time.” IfsThinkingGivingKindCharacterCertainCoursesLibertyEasierGive Me Author:Moyra Davey