“My father, Benjamin Shiller, told me not to believe in authorities or celebrities - that society tends to imagine them as superhuman. It's good advice. People are snowed by celebrities all the time. In academia people have this idea of achieving stardom - publishing in the best journals, being at the best university, writing on the hot topic everyone else is writing about. But that's what my father told me not to do. He taught me that you have to pursue things that sound right to you.” PeopleWritingBelieveIdeasFatherSoundImagineAchieveAdviceTaughtAuthorityHotUniversityPursuePublishingJournalTopicsGood AdviceAcademiaSuperhumanStardomHot Topic Author:Robert J. Shiller
“I think, as most of us do, I put such high expectations on myself that this spills over onto other people. And not everyone is wired this way. Some people can shrug expectations off their shoulders like a cardigan, remaining cool and breezy. Others wear them like a parka with a stuck zipper, hot and stifling.” PeopleThinkingWayExpectationsHotStuckShouldersSpillsStiflingHigh ExpectationsBreezyZippersCardigans Author:Kristin Armstrong
“The problem with Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead is that they worked brilliantly in the UK, the US, and Australia; internationally they haven't worked so well because people don't know the films as well as in the English speaking languages. So when it comes to putting the budgets together it's quite challenging. So those are the problems you have.” PeopleKnowsWellsProblemTogetherFilmLanguageChallengesHavensHotBudgetsAustraliaEnglish Speaking Author:Eric Fellner
“It took me quite a long time to realise that my maleness was cutting off certain areas for Yoko [Ono]. She's a red hot liberationistand was quick to show me where I was going wrong, even though it seemed to me that I was just acting naturally. That's why I'm always interested to know how people who claim to be radical treat women.” PeopleKnowsLongShowsCertainActingKnow HowCuttingLong TimeRedAreasTreatsClaimsHotRadicalRealisingShow MeCutting OffRed HotMaleness Author:John Lennon
“People come to this country from all over the world to pursue their dreams of driving a taxi or selling hot dogs or working in a sweatshop.” PeopleWorldCountryDreamDogHotDrivingSellingPursueTaxiHot DogSweatshops Author:Greg Giraldo
“It's funny - more people talk about my 'babe-dom' now than they did before I had a child. Whatever. I guess I'm a role model in hot pants now. That's cool!” PeopleChildrenRolesModelsHotRole ModelsPantsBabeDomsHot Pants Author:Lauryn Hill
“Normal people, fear the day their parents die. Screwed up people, fear the day their parents kill. My mum killed a guy, at my wedding. So I can pretty much check that off. But, she's my mum. And no matter what she did I just can't walk away from her. She gave me birth. She gave me love. She gave me the ability to make a cigarette fire look like it was started by the hot water heater.” PeopleLooksI CanMatterGuyDiesParentWaterAbilityWalksFireBirthNormalHotNo Matter WhatChecksMumCigaretteScrewed UpHot Water Author:Christopher Titus
“Physical heat sometimes accompanies the filling of the Spirit and people experience it in their hands or some other part of their bodies. One person described a feeling of 'glowing all over'. Another said she experienced 'liquid heat'. Still another described 'burning in my arms when I was not hot'.” PeoplePersonsSaidStillsSometimesFeelingsBodyHandsSpiritArmsHotBurningHeatFillingLiquidGlowingAccompany Book:Alpha - Questions of Life Source: Alpha - Questions of Life
“People usually go through a bad period when they first get successful. You're new and you're hot and things go wrong.” PeopleFirstsSuccessfulPeriodsHot Author:Bill Murray
“Sarah Palin has already had an effect on foreign relations... The new president of Pakistan, Ali Zardari, is in hot water, because last week, Sarah was on a class trip to New York, where she met foreign leaders... And one of the leaders she met was Zardari, and he was gushing over her. He said, oh, you're more gorgeous in person than you are on TV. And so the people in his home country of Pakistan, the Islamists, they issued a fatwa on him, for being too 'flirty.' And when Sarah today was told that Zardari had gotten a fatwa because of her, she said, 'I know, I felt it when he hugged me.'” PeopleKnowsPersonsSaidCountryHomeTodayLastsFeltPresidentWaterLeaderClassWeekEffectsNew YorkTvsMetsRelationHotPakistanGorgeousPalinFlirtyIslamistsHot WaterForeign RelationsHome Country Author:Bill Maher
“We always play clubs. It's not something that I feel above. Those are my favorite shows because they're intimate, they're tight, their sweaty, they're hot. You're close to the people. Those are my favorites.” PeopleFeelsPlayShowsHotMy FavoriteClubsIntimateNightlife Author:Joan Jett
“People got extremely comfortable with being able to turn on their television and see MTV say, "This guy's hot you should buy this record."” PeopleShouldAbleGuyTurnsRecordsTelevisionComfortableHotThis GuyTurn-onMtv Author:David Bowie
“I just think we live in a world where people are so excited about the hot new thing, but you can't necessarily tell a story in one movie. With this platform, we can really dive deep and go for it.” PeopleThinkingWorldStoriesHotExcitedPlatformsNew Things Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol
“Very interesting show. It's "Hotel" with the E missing. Hot L Baltimore. It was about a rundown hotel which had become kind of a residential not quite welfare but almost welfare hotel with a very bizarre collection of people.The desk clerk was played by Jamie Cromwell. That was his first big thing. Conchata Ferrell played April, the main of the two prostitutes, and my character didn't exist in the [stage] show.” PeopleFirstsKindTwoCharacterShowsBigsInterestingStageMissingHotWelfareCollectionsHotelDesksBizarreBig ThingsVery InterestingAprilClerksBaltimoreJamieCromwell Author:Richard Masur
“Just the desire to play a mom, wanting to play someone actually closer to who I am and where I am in my life. People are used to seeing me play the single, hot girl, which has been fun, but at the same time, this role is more akin to my natural proclivities.” PeopleHas BeensPlayUsedDesireGirlFunNaturalRolesSeeingMomHotWho I AmHot Girl Author:Essence Atkins
“It's easy for people to come in when they think you're in a hot moment of your life, but it's really nice also for people who believe in your work for the long term and are there not when something hip's happening at that moment.” PeopleThinkingBelieveLongMomentsEasyTermNiceHappeningsHotHipsLong TermThat MomentBelieve In YouReally Nice Author:Patricia Arquette
“The song writing is different because with this stuff, I write it on my own and with Hot Water, we're more of a collective and I love both sides of that. Honestly, it's two different animals but I love and respect them both and feel really honored to be blessed with people who care about it and come out and support both sides of it.” PeopleFeelsWritingTwoDifferentCareSongStuffSidesWaterMy OwnAnimalSupportHotBlessedHonestlyCollectivesBoth SidesHonoredWho CaresLove And RespectBeing BlessedHot WaterDifferent Animals Author:Chuck Ragan
“I try to show everybody Iceland all the time. My people are like, "Don't tell everybody the secret. It's so peaceful and beautiful here!" It's incredible; I go home and drive across country, and go to my mom's place and it's dark with the Northern Lights, and I like to sit in some hot springs.” PeopleTryingCountryShowsHomeLightBeautifulDarkSecretMomSpringHotIncrediblesMy MomPeacefulIcelandNorthern Lights Author:Anita Briem
“People thought they were going to make a lot of money. And then at one point, it got too hot, and the government wanted to knock it down. Trying to get it up and then knock it down, both were a mistake. And part of the reason, some people think, is that they wanted to equitize some of their companies. A healthy stock market helps equitize companies and reduce the country's debt burden.” PeopleThinkingTryingCountryReasonHelpingGovernmentWantedMistakeCompanyHealthyHotBurdenDebtLots Of Money Author:Jamie Dimon
“And it doesn't matter to me whether you're running a coffee shop or you're an intellectual or you're in business or flying hot air balloons. People who can spread ideas, regardless of what those ideas are, win. But consumers, they got way more choices than they used to and way less time.” PeopleWayIdeasMatterRunningUsedChoicesWinningAirIntellectualHotSpreadCoffeeFlyingConsumersShopsBalloonsCoffee ShopHot AirAir BalloonsHot Air Balloons Author:Seth Godin
“That's why there's lots and lots of kinds of hot sauces, and not so many kinds of mustard. Not because it's hard to make interesting mustard - you could make interesting mustard - but people don't, because no one's obsessed with it, and thus no one tells their friends.” PeopleKindHardCausesInterestingHotObsessedSauceMustardHot Sauce Author:Seth Godin
“I wanted to give people a glimpse of my lifestyle and into the lifestyle of me and all my friends and all the people that I know. It's basically just coming up and going up. It's about growing up, elevating, chilling and vibing. And smoking. I wanted to make a piece of art that you could put on while you are hot boxing your car and riding around with your friends.” PeopleKnowsGivingArtWantedGrowing UpPiecesGrowingCarMy FriendsHotLifestyleBoxingSmokingRidingGlimpseChillElevating Author:Young De
“I miss the hot spots. I miss the hospital calls. I miss the nursing homes. I miss the really intimate human contact with other people, which I did nothing to earn.” PeopleHumansHomeMissingHotContactSpotsIntimateHospitalsNursingNursing Home Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
“I think a lot of things can be misconstrued in a lot of ways. And I think if people open their minds more, and they try to look deeper into something than just something that is a very big, hot, fiery button to hide behind...I think if people looked into something bigger that I was trying to speak upon, they wouldn't be so easy to fire back silly, miscellaneous things.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayTryingMindLooksBigsSpeakEasyBehindsFireBiggerHotDeeperSillyButtonsMiscellaneousFieryMisconstrued Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“Even though it was January, in Los Angeles it was beautiful and sunny and the blue skies were out and it was hot everyday, so I think it was just a product of our environment. And California to me as a concept or as an idea always seems like endless optimism and endless opportunity - when people think of California they think of palm trees and blue skies and gorgeous sunsets and beaches and everything else. But there's also this weirdness to California, this darkness, it's a place where people come to follow their dreams and sometimes don't make it.” PeopleThinkingIdeasSometimesDreamSeemsBeautifulOpportunityDarknessEnvironmentTreeSkyProductsConceptsOptimismHotBlueEverydayEndlessBeachCaliforniaSunsetLos AngelesPalmsGorgeousOur EnvironmentSunnyJanuaryWeirdnessBlue SkyPalm TreesEndless Opportunities Author:Mark Hoppus
“Some people that work for Hot Pockets came to my Denver Paramount Theater show. They brought these hot pocket boxes the size of suit cases for me to sign. I wrote "these are WMD's" on the boxes. The HP people seem to have a good sense of humor about all of it.” PeopleShowsSeemsCasesTheaterHotSizeBoxesSuitsPocketsSense Of HumorGood SenseParamountWmdDenverGood Sense Of Humor Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I hate when any rapper would just use "Rapper X" because "Rapper X" is hot at the time and put them on the record. That's not how I do my thing. I work with my friends and people I consider fam.” PeopleUseHateRecordsMy FriendsI HateHotRapper Author:Donnis
“I know a lot of people in Phoenix, so I've had some great nights there. It's always hot, too, so it's just a nice to be outside in the evening.” PeopleKnowsNightNiceHotEveningPhoenixGreat Night Author:Greg Rutherford
“What tends to happen is that people will go - they've got hot broth, you know, they've added some liquid to their drippings, they've brought that up to heat. And then they try to add in a big clump of just kind of a handful of flour, and of course, it turns into library paste.” PeopleKnowsTryingKindBigsHappensTurnsCoursesHotAddLibraryHeatHandfulLiquidDrippingFlour Author:Alton Brown
“Americans love technology, like jet planes and hot rods and televisions. It's a real conflict between the denial of, "gee this is going to break people out of their regular frames," and "gee it's a new technology I have got to have it."” PeopleRealBreakTechnologyTelevisionConflictHotDenialPlanesJetNew TechnologyJet Planes Author:Howard Rheingold
“When you say a wall, you mean a wall. You want to build a fence, you say fence. You don't use it as a euphemism for a virtual, say surveillance from hot air balloons that are floating over the border which some people have advocated.” PeopleWantMeanUseAirWallHotBordersFenceFloatingSurveillanceBalloonsEuphemismHot AirAir BalloonsHot Air Balloons Author:Steve King
“The streets and the industry are two different things. You could be one super-hot artist in the streets, and you could walk into a corporate building, and people would be like, "Who are you?"” PeopleTwoDifferentWould BeArtistWalksStreetsBuildingIndustryHotCorporateDifferent ThingsTwo Different Things Author:Chamillionaire
“Prayer doesn't sound like a cool hot topic that would cause people to rush to the theatre, stand in line, and buy tickets about prayer.” PeopleCausesSoundLinesPrayerHotTheatreTicketsTopicsHot Topic Author:Stephen Kendrick
“The thing that's the biggest bummer about any live show is a hot, sober room. So if it's during the day and people are a little buzzed, great.” PeopleIfsLittlesShowsRoomsHotSoberBummer Author:Nick Kroll
“I really loved ["The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P" by Adelle Waldman]. It's having a really hot moment. Unlike many hot books, it's actually really wonderful. I tend to have that reaction: I don't want to read it if everyone thinks it's cool. It was a really interesting insight into being young and male. Now that made me feel really thankful for my boyfriend and really thankful because he wasn't like that protagonist, but I know so many people who are like that protagonist.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantFeelsMadeBookMomentsYoungInterestingWonderfulHotMalesAffairInsightReactionsLove AffairReally InterestingProtagonistsMy Boyfriend Author:Lena Dunham
“I'm working on forgiving myself for some not-so-hot choices I've made in my life. I neglected two people I loved dearly. They are both dead now and I obviously can do nothing to repair or change that, and I grieve every day for those choices. That grief can be paralyzing, but it has made me understand the pain of holding on to unfinished business. In my case, I had put work first. I will never do that again. Having made that choice, I find the grief in my heart finally abating. Now I teach the need to forgive yourself and others relentlessly.” PeopleNeedsFirstsHeartMadeTwoPainChoicesCan DoGriefTeachCasesMy HeartHotForgivingGrievingHolding OnNeglectedUnfinishedForgive YourselfUnfinished Business Author:Caroline Myss
“I wanna feed 5,000 like Jesus, I wanna build a community center where the homeless and less fortunate can come take a shower, get a hot meal and a change of clothes. Maybe not new clothes but some clean clothes. Those are my goals, my raps and goals haven't changed. I'm about helping somebody, I use my celebrity status for the good of mankind. That's what I do, so for all the Hip-Hop people, if they just pull from me the gold, they're missing so much.” PeopleIfsHelpingUseJesusGoalCommunityMankindMissingHavensChangedClothesGoldHotCleanHip HopRapHipsFortunateMealsHopsShowersHomelessLess FortunateNew ClothesCommunity CentersCelebrity StatusClean Clothes Author:Mr. T
“Media economics now are so dependent on people saying controversial things and an entire mini-news cycle springing up around this thing that that person said. It really behooves people in the public eye to know what's in the zeitgeist and to have opinions on it. It becomes a thing of is this genuine, or is this just a way for celebrities to keep themselves relevant in a time when this is obviously a hot topic?” PeopleEyeOpinionHotRelevantControversialZeitgeist Author:Andi Zeisler
“The appeal for drugs has dwindled. Except for actual opium. If I could get real opium, I'd stir it in my hot coffee every morning. People keep giving me marijuana. I've got pouches in a drawer. I've been meaning to smoke a joint and watch Abbott and Costello Go to Mars. I planned to do this three months ago and I still haven't gotten around to it.” PeopleGivingRealMorningDrugHotCoffeeMarijuanaEvery MorningGet RealOpium Author:Nick Tosches
“With the artists that I named - Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Madonna, every time they come out with a new album, something's slightly different. In the case of Madonna, she'll come with one joint that'll be left, and then come totally right, but it's always hot. She's just got style. So, at the end, I want my name to be up there with those artists; for people to say, he's one of those iconic figures you can't put in a box.” PeopleDifferentArtistStyleHotIconic Author:Sisqo
“I've been spinning dance music since 1990, and genres always come and go. I think as technology becomes more accessible and it's easier for people to make music, they come and go quicker now, but it just comes with the territory. You come up with something new, something hot, and it rocks for a year. It's nothing different from any other genre of music. I mean, name one genre that's sounded the same for its entire existence. It doesn't happen.” PeopleThinkingMeanDifferentExistenceTechnologyHotSomething New Author:Justin Smith
“I think a lot of people, when they think about the house, they think of the print. But when people think about Emilio Pucci, I want them to think about this really, really hot girl, so my biggest job is to give her a face and an identity - and I do that by trying to associate that kind of print that people have in their minds with a kind of girl who is free-spirited, rebellious, a little bit rock 'n' roll, and who has a lot of energy, who is up.” PeopleThinkingGivingTryingMindKindGirlHouseEnergyIdentityHotPrintRebelliousHot Girl Author:Peter Dundas
“Even though I grew up in an area of England that was more conservative than my personal politics and my family's personal politics, I grew up with a lot of guy friends. There was no real difference between us. When I moved to London, it really became apparent that gender was going to make a mark. I started experiencing sexual intimidation and aggression. People coming up to women on the streets and telling them how hot they are and what they wanted to do to them. For me, that was shocking coming from a village. I thought intersexuality was a great way of exploring that shock.” PeopleRealGuyHotMovedConservativeGenderAggressionExploringIntimidation Author:Abigail Tarttelin
“If you want reach fans on-line definitely pay attention to things like hashtags and to what's trending at the moment. Try to connect to what's hot and to reach out to and to follow the right people. You never know who might re-tweet you and help you get some more followers.” PeopleTryingMomentsHelpingAttentionHotPay AttentionReach Out Author:Christina Milian
“I met a retired police detective. And he said to me that the interesting thing about heatwaves, from a police perspective, is that the number of people who just walk out of their lives when the weather gets unbearable is astronomic. He said the police prepare themselves for it - for a huge rise in the instances of missing persons. People choose to disappear when it's hot. It was fascinating.” PeopleInterestingMissingPerspectiveHotPoliceDisappearRetired Author:Maggie O'Farrell
“A star's the work - the work ethic you put into the business, and the people you excite. We only wanted to excite only a few people at that time, which was some o' the emcees that was hot that was in the game.” PeopleEthicsHotWork Ethic Author:Raekwon
“Americans should be receiving one plate a day of hot food. That's not too much to ask in America. An MRE is very expensive for the American taxpayer. A hot meal is more affordable, it's cheaper. It's what people really need, it's what people really want. They feel all of a sudden that you are caring for them, that America is caring for them.” PeopleHotCaringAffordable Author:Jose Andres
“I had an assistant for a hot minute, because that was offered to me. And literally, after a day I was like, "I don't like this. I don't like someone else making the decisions that I should be making." I'm very busy, yes, but I'm not so busy that I can't make my own decisions. I want people to contact me directly about what time I'm being picked up in the morning.” PeopleDecisionMorningHotBusy Author:Daisy Ridley
“What I consider a good part for a woman and what some other Hollywood people think are good women's parts are very different. I don't' want to play the supportive girlfriend who has nine scenes and just loves that man, maybe cheats on him in one scene but will always be there, and I mean - give me a break. You'll be offered the "lead" in this new hot film with such-and-such A-list director, "a fabulous part" - a fabulous part? A fabulous part is a character with a soul, who starts here and goes to there, you know? There aren't many of those.” PeopleThinkingMenGivingMeanDifferentSoulCharacterFilmBreakSceneHotGirlfriendCheatFabulousSupportiveGood Woman Author:Laura Dern
“We're still making Hot Chip records whilst doing these other things, so why not just try and make music you enjoy making rather than being tied down by things? It would just be crazy to not allow people to make music.” PeopleTryingEnjoyCrazyHotBeing Crazy Author:Alexis Taylor