“I never wanted to be aligned to a mature group because they go off and become politicians and stuff.” WantedStuffGroupsPoliticianMature Author:Richard O'Brien
“I don't particularly dislike any kind of person that might be reading my stuff. They like it and that's cool, but I don't do the work for any kind of group in particular, except for hobos, who just plain kick ass and light up my life.” KindPersonsLightMightReadingStuffGroupsParticularAssKicksDislikeLight UpKick AssHobos Author:Jhonen Vasquez
“And I said - Styx - as a musical group it is our place to reflect the light that is shining on us back onto this place and say - this is where so much great stuff started.” SaidLightStuffGroupsShiningMusicalStyx Author:James Young
“I suppose it's not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do - to feel, discuss feelings. So that's what I'm giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff...what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsFeelingsBodyMightSocialStuffRelationshipGroupsAcceptanceProjectsFingersThings To DoNormManlySocial NormsSocial Acceptance Book:Trouble (poetry, contemporary) Source: Trouble (poetry, contemporary)
“If anyone asks me about the George Martin years I usually say I group all of that stuff together as the single greatest experience but I wasn't scared I was just really looking forward to it.” IfsYearsTogetherAsksStuffGroupsScaredAsk MeLooking Forward Author:Gerry Beckley
“I made a list of the happiest periods in my life, and I realized that none of them involved money. I realized that building stuff and being creative and inventive made me happy. Connecting with a friend and talking through the entire night until the sun rose made me happy. Trick-or-treating in middle school with a group of my closest friends made me happy. Eating a baked potato after a swim meet made me happy. Pickles made me happy.” MadeMotivationalSchoolNightStuffTalkingSunCreativeGroupsMiddleBuildingInvolvedPeriodsRoseListsI RealizedTricksClosestBe CreativeConnectingMiddle SchoolPicklesClosest Friends Author:Tony Hsieh
“Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest group of all was The Beatles.” StuffGrowing UpGrowingGroupsListeningMotown Author:Eddie Murphy
“People wouldn't go on Facebook unless they wanted to share with groups of people. But there is this perception that you have been on a course to push people's information where it's visible across the Internet unless they do a bunch of stuff.” PeopleHas BeensWantedCoursesStuffGroupsShareInformationGoes OnInternetPerceptionBunchVisible Author:Walt Mossberg
“I listen to a lot of 80s stuff, like Owner of a Lonely Heart, by the group Yes. And Mr. Misters Broken Wings.” HeartStuffGroupsBrokenLonelyWingsOwners80sLonely HeartBroken Wings Author:Timbaland
“There are a lot of doors that still get shut, and there are a lot of walls to still breach. But, the stuff that does come across to me, or that I hear about or read about, that I'm willing to go out there and fight for, I still have to go audition. I do have a certain leeway to choose, from that group, what I want to say, as an artist.” WantDoeStillsArtistCertainFightingStuffDoorsGroupsWillingWallAuditionsBreach Author:Jimmy Smits
“Personally, I think SmackDown! has to be a little spicier than it is, a little more electrifying than it is. It's got great athletes and they've got great action, they've done some tremendous stuff, but I want it to knock you off the couch when it opens up. And I think we as a group have the ability to do that.” ThinkingWantLittlesDoneActionStuffAbilityGroupsAthleteCouchesGreat Athlete Author:Dusty Rhodes
“There was a male sketch group in my college. I was like why isn't there a female sketch group? So then I started doing sketch comedy and all that stuff. It just happened.” StuffComedyHappenedGroupsCollegeFemaleMalesSketch Comedy Author:Missi Pyle
“I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it. I think we ask too many questions of ourselves. We make too much importance of stuff. But I do say to actors when I have taught in classes, or when I sometimes do a talk to a group. I'll say, “If I never acted again, the world wouldn't stop, nor would it stop if I didn't stop acting. That's how important it is. I know it [seems] important when you're young. But I say, “Lighten up. Don't take it all so seriously.” All the gurus and teachers will take your money and run.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldImportantSometimesSeemsRunningYoungActorsAsksStuffEnjoyActingClassToo MuchTeacherGroupsTaughtImportanceGuru Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I LOVE WAL-MART. I CONSIDER MY JOKES TO BE VERY JEUVINILLE. STUFF A 14 YEAR OLD WOULD LAUGH AT BECAUSE THATS THE SENCE OF HUMOR I HAVE. ALL THE STUFF I TALK ABOUT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR CHURCH GROUPS HOWEVER WAL-MART AINT SUNDAY SCHOOL. AS LONG AS I DIDNT USE OFFENSIVE FOUL LANGUAGE I KNEW ID BE FINE. WAL-MART GETS IT, THATS WHY THEY BLOW AWAY THE COMPETITION. BESIDES ITS THERE STORE THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT. THATS AMERICA BABY!” WantYearsMayLongUseSchoolAmericaLanguageStuffCan DoChurchLaughingGroupsBabyFineJokesCompetitionBlowStoresAppropriateSundayOffensiveFoulSunday SchoolFoul Language Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“Without my women friends, I wouldn't know anything. They've been my teachers and my mothers. My mother was a wonderful person, but she didn't give me a lot of the stuff I needed to advance myself as an adult woman. I have a really strong group of girlfriends, and we share a lot with one another - the complications of raising children, marriages, personal and physical struggles.” KnowsGivingChildrenPersonsMotherStrongStuffStruggleTeacherWonderfulGroupsShareNeededAdultsGive MeGirlfriendRaising ChildrenComplicationWonderful Person Author:Jamie Lee Curtis
“People go through different stages of their lives at different times. If you're out of sync with your friend group, that gets exploded once everyone starts having kids because they just have to deal with different stuff that you don't really relate to.” PeopleIfsDifferentKidsStuffDealsGroupsStageRelateDifferent TimesHaving KidsSync Author:Jon Hamm
“I was starting a group of musicians and we had a group of young composers in Finland back in the '70s, and the real conductors, the professional conductors at the time were not interested in our stuff.” RealYoungStuffGroupsMusicianStartingComposerNot InterestedConductorFinland Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“People expect your life to change completely. The main difference is I can get work now. I can do my hobby as a job. It's great. It's a privilege. But in terms of the rest of the stuff, I still got all the same group of friends I always had. I don't do anything different. We still go to the same dirty bars and do the same things. So nothing really changes.” PeopleStillsI CanDifferentJobsStuffTermCan DoDifferencesGroupsPrivilegeBarsDirtyHobbiesGroup Of Friends Author:Jeremy Irvine
“I will say that going to these meetings and things, you know, I thought that, you know, be in a room with a bunch of drunk people. Ugh! I can't do that. And the truth is, it is the cheapest therapy that you could ever get. You're in a group of people that are from all walks of life, you know. Some guy that's got, you know, construction stuff on and dust still on, to a person that's the CEO of a company. And it's a common - it's a common abyss that you shared.” PeopleKnowsPersonsStillsI CanGuyStuffWalksRoomsCommonCompanyGroupsTruth IsMeetingsBunchDrunkDustTherapyConstructionCeoAbyssWalks Of LifeUghDrunk People Author:Lynda Carter
“As an actor, I relish and delight in doing things that I'm not necessarily the demographic for. This is a demographic that is touching the psyche of a certain age group, facing the real internal questions of people who are going through rites of passage into adulthood. It's earth-shaking stuff.” PeopleRealAgeEarthCertainActorsStuffGroupsDelightInternalsTouchingPassagesAdulthoodShakingRelishDemographicsRiteRite Of Passage Author:Ray Stevenson
“I was in bands as a singer-guitarist-songwriter until 1980-81. So, there's a bunch of stuff. A lot of the stuff is hard to come by-stuff by the Special Interest Group and the Zobo Funn Band. The Zobo Funn Band was a big Northeast cult band. We had about a billion skirmishes with the big rock industry.” HardBigsStuffInterestGroupsSpecialRocksIndustryBandSingersBillionsBunchSongwritersCultGuitaristSpecial InterestsInterest GroupsSpecial Interest Groups Author:David Torn
“The main reason for the break was a combination of travel and going back to university, which drew me into theatre more than music. I did stuff on acoustic guitar when I was traveling, filed it away and made notes, without it being musical notation. Just taped the odd thing, did a sketch, stuck it on a cassette. I thought at some point, I'll go back to it. Some of it I did use in '84-'85 when I started working in the Free Theatre in Christchurch. So it might seem like I had given up after the Pin Group, but I just went into a different avenue.” MadeDifferentReasonUseSeemsMightGivenStuffBreakGroupsNotesGuitarMusicalUniversityTheatreStuckCombinationOddPinsAvenuesGiven UpAcousticsOdd ThingsAcoustic GuitarCassettes Author:Roy Montgomery