“I want to do more sci-fi films. I want to play half-alien, half-illegal alien.” WantPlayFilmHalfAliensIllegalSci FiIllegal AliensSci Fi Film Author:Michael Pena
“I tried real hard to play golf, and I was so bad at it they would have to check me for ticks at the end of the round because I'd spent about half the day in the woods.” RealEndsHardPlayHalfComedyGolfRoundsWoodsChecksGolfingTickFunny GolfPlaying GolfGreat GolfingFunny Golfing Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“Creating video games is an especially important act. To me, video games are something I both play and create, so they're "special." If I lost one half, the balance would crumble. I need to be able to both play and create games.” IfsNeedsImportantPlayAbleGamesLostHalfSpecialBalanceCreatingVideoOne HalfLost Ones Author:Hidetaka Suehiro
“When you play the 12-string guitar,you spend half your life tuning the instrument and the other half playing it out of tune.” PlayHalfInstrumentsGuitarTunesStringsOther HalfTuning Author:Pete Seeger
“In theater, there's a lot of discipline involved in doing eight shows a week for a year and a half. It's nice to be able to bring some of that bag of tools with you over to the film world, where you don't have the rehearsal, you don't have an audience. You don't have a month of rehearsal to examine these words, and you meet the guy who's going to play your brother the morning that you shoot the scene. So you need a bag of tools.” WorldNeedsYearsPlayShowsAbleFilmGuyHalfMorningAudienceNiceWeekBrotherMonthsDisciplineInvolvedSceneToolsTheaterEightBagsRehearsalYour Brother Author:William Sadler
“I was hoping in the last fifteen minutes that Barcelona would beat them. I've made my mind up on Benitez tonight. He's a nice man but he's got a huge negative streak running through him. Liverpool was terrible in the second half. They didn't play football. If that was a concert, you'd boo. Gerrard: found out. A nothing player. They were terrible. Terrible.” IfsMenMindMadePlayRunningLastsFoundHalfNicePlayerMinutesFootballHugeTerribleBeatsNegativeTonightConcertsFifteenLiverpoolStreaksBarcelonaNice Man Author:Eamon
“Antigun advocates have always faced an uphill battle in this country. Americans have, to begin with, a constitutional right to gun ownership. Today, half of American households exercise this right, owning a total of about 250 million guns; and over 99 percent of those households do so in a responsible manner. To fight for major restrictions on an item that plays such a valued part in the lives of so many people looks like a nearly impossible task. So if you're really committed to the effort, and you want to win, what do you do? Simple: You lie.” PeopleIfsWantLooksCountryPlayTodayLyingFightingWinningSimpleEffortHalfMillionsImpossibleExerciseBattleMajorsPercentGunTasksResponsibleCommittedHouseholdOwnershipItemsRestrictionUphill BattlesGun Ownership Author:Dave Kopel
“I've done a number of these My Name is Earl shows. I play Earl's father. It's a half-hour comedy. And I'll be doing some more of those. I have a movie coming out that I did with Misha Barton, called Don't Fade Away.” DonePlayShowsFatherNamesHoursNumbersHalfComedyComing OutFadesFade AwayHalf Hours Author:Beau Bridges
“There are times when you do a play when you are living in the character over a two-and-a-half-hour period or longer, and you come to the end of the night, and you can feel like you were hit by a truck.” FeelsTwoEndsPlayCharacterNightHoursHalfLike YouPeriodsTruckHalf Hours Author:Kevin Spacey
“In the second half of life, the questions become: 'Who, apart from the roles you play, are you? What does the soul ask of you? Do you have the wherewithal to shift course, to deconstruct your painfully achieved identity, risking failure, marginalization and loss of collective approval?' No small task.” DoeSoulPlayCoursesAsksLossHalfRolesIdentityTasksCollectivesApprovalMarginalization Author:James Hollis
“I don't do plays without jokes anymore. I've retired from those plays. I think it's bad manners to invite people to sit in the dark for two and a half hours and not tell them the joke.” PeopleThinkingTwoPlayHoursDarkHalfJokesMannersInvitesRetiredHalf HoursBad Manners Author:Bill Nighy
“I don't play polo anymore because I am too old. But we still have a half a dozen horses - a couple of young horses we are teaching how to play polo and older horses that are real trustworthy when you get them up in the mountains.” StillsRealPlayYoungHalfTeachingCoupleMountainHorseDozenTrustworthyPolo Author:William Devane
“What I know is that if you're going to play half-court, you'd better have the greatest executioners of half-court basketball. If you run, you test the stamina and willpower of the other team. That's what I learned as a player.” IfsKnowsPlayRunningHalfPlayerTeamBasketballTestsCourtWillpowerStaminaExecutioners Author:Tom Heinsohn
“I'm a huge Peter Mayer fan, but only when I don't feel like killing him for being so good. I love Peter's work, though it irritates me that he plays so much better than I do. If I rocked half as hard as Peter does, I'd own the world by now.” IfsWorldFeelsDoeHardPlayHalfFansHugeKillingPeterMayer Author:Janis Ian
“After being at the top, I don't think I could play senior tournaments, because you know how good you were. I don't know if I would enjoy that, being half of what I was.” IfsThinkingKnowsPlayEnjoyHalfKnow HowTennisSeniorTournaments Author:Chris Evert
“I just can't ever be a free spirit and just relax. When it comes to work, this is good. I'm very disciplined, which with writing is often half the battle, or more. But it also means that if I want to, say, play hooky and chocolate and watch Bravo all afternoon, I feel horribly guilty. I wish I could find a nice balance.” IfsWantFeelsWritingMeanPlaySpiritWishHalfWatchesNiceBalanceBattleGuiltyRelaxChocolateAfternoonFree SpiritBravo Author:Sarah Dessen
“I've always believed that the range or depth of emotion can be great, whether you're play a three-minute piece, or a half-hour work.” PlayThreeHoursEmotionHalfPiecesMinutesDepthRangeAlways BelieveHalf Hours Author:Anne Akiko Meyers
“I started playing ball when I was 13 and a half. Before that, I just wanted to play football and baseball but I kept growing so I figured it was time for basketball.” PlayWantedHalfGrowingFootballBasketballBaseballBalls Author:Moses Malone
“I don't look at people's expressions, because I still get nervous when I play, especially when I first put the harp up there. I just try to tune - it takes me a half-hour to tune, and I get nervous if I look at anybody when I do it.” PeopleIfsTryingFirstsLooksStillsPlayHoursHalfExpressionNervousTunesTake MeHalf HoursHarps Author:Joanna Newsom
“I play tennis non-obsessively. I seem to beat people I play a lot or half the time, so I guess I gravitate to people who are as bad as I am.” PeoplePlaySeemsHalfBeatsTennis Author:Alan Alda
“I went out and started on my way up in television. I wrote music, I wrote books, I played an instrument half-ass. I would always have liked to play in a band. I would always have liked to be a substantial writer, to write country music for big singers. I had all sorts of proclivities, but I never had any big success.” WayWritingBookCountryPlayBigsHalfTelevisionBandInstrumentsSingersAssMy Way Author:Chuck Barris
“In some ways, I was a little bit surprised [by how dominant we were] but then I look at the players in our changing room and it doesn't surprise me because we've got quality in there. If we click and play well like we did in the first half, we can open up any team.” IfsWayFirstsWellsLooksLittlesPlayBitsRoomsHalfQualityPlayerTeamLittle BitSurpriseDominantClicksSurprise Me Author:Rio Ferdinand