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“If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list.”

Ifs Writing Book Might Romance Culture Names Forget Lucky Paper Pops Lists Ignorant Spells Topics Lit Fascination Pop Culture Chicks New Yorkers

Author:Jennifer Weiner

“I wonder if novels work for women because they give us a safe place to talk about our ish.”

Ifs Giving Wonder Novel Safe Safe Places

Author:Jennifer Weiner

“When I read a script, I have to see the funny, and if I can see it's funny, it helps me to be able to transmit that.”

Ifs I Can Helping Able Scripts Help Me Transmit

Author:Jessica Walter

“I don't know if fame will come.”

Ifs Knows Fame

Author:Jessie Ware

“I don't know if I should say this, but I feel more like a singer than an artist.”

Ifs Knows Feels Should Artist Singers

Author:Jessie Ware

“If I make a song where I'm happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs.”

Ifs Thinking Song Sound Voice Mad

Author:Jessie Ware

“If you're from South London you feel like you're always trying to win people over, so perhaps that underdog passion comes through.”

People Ifs Feels Trying Passion Winning Like You South London Always Trying Underdog

Author:Jessie Ware

“I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't subsidize proselytizing or worship or religious activity. It can't.”

Ifs Thinking Should Government Religious Activity Worship Organization Good Work Doing Good Congregation Proselytizing

Author:Jim Wallis

“There's so many people that dislike you all the time, so when somebody loves anything that you do, you go 'Yes! Finally!' Even if it means the dyn-o-mite thing.”

People Ifs Mean Like You Dislike

Author:Jimmie Walker

“What I didn't know was that if I didn't stand with my back to the wall, Hollywood people would unscrew my ass and sell it down the river.”

People Ifs Knows Wall Rivers Hollywood Sells Ass

Author:Joseph Wambaugh

“When I interview people accused of capital offenses, I never even ask if they did it. I would consider that unprofessional.”

People Ifs Asks Interviews Offense Accused

Author:Joseph Wambaugh

“I tend not to dwell on the parallels between chess and business, chess and the martial arts, or any two things for that matter, because the truth is that all pursuits are connected if we gain an eye for the thematic links.”

Ifs Art Two Matter Eye Truth Is Gains Connected Chess Pursuit Two Things Martial Arts Links Parallels Thematic

Author:Joshua Waitzkin

“If you spend enough time in or around Washington, you'll meet amazing people who work for the government.”

People Ifs Enough Government Enough Time Amazing People

Author:Judy Woodruff

“Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice of medicine in that State if they decide to allow a doctor to prescribe marijuana, because that is what we are talking about.”

Ifs States Political Levels Talking Practice Doctors Bases Medicine Marijuana Competent Practice Of Medicine

Author:Barney Frank

“Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.”

Ifs Wells May Bigs Age Numbers Havens Hollywood Notion Ages Is Just A Number

Author:Kate Walsh

“People always say you can't do a red lip if you have red hair but I've never shied away from it. I think you can absolutely do that. It's more about hair colour and complexion.”

People Ifs Thinking Hair Red Lips Colour Red Hair Red Lips Complexion

Author:Kate Walsh

“I love a good argument and sometimes I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut if I think someone is wrong... I've always fought for what I believe in, and I don't quit until I have accomplished what I set out to do.”

Ifs Thinking Believe Sometimes Hard I Believe Mouths Argument I Believe In Quitting Hard Times Accomplished Time Keeping

Author:Kenny Wormald

“Apparently the show happens even if I'm not there. Who knew?”

Ifs Shows Happens

Author:Laura Wade

“You can't tell a story linearly if you want people to understand.”

People Ifs Want Stories

Author:Lawrence Wright

“Hubbard set up the Church of Scientology in Hollywood in 1954 for a reason. He understood that celebrity was increasingly a feature of American public life, and celebrities themselves were going to be worshipped as minor deities were in the ancient world. The idea was: if you could get them, think how many people would follow.”

People Ifs Thinking World Ideas Reason Church Understood Hollywood Ancient Features Minors Deities Public Life Scientology Ancient World

Author:Lawrence Wright

“If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.”

Ifs Firsts Chance Failing First Time Starting Over

Author:Lenny Wilkens

“If you want it, you've got to give it.”

Ifs Want Giving

Author:Lenny Wilkens

“I don't have one role that I'm particularly fond of doing, and I don't really look for it to differ all the time, but I will try anything and do anything. If it's a role I connect with, I'll go for it, no matter what's involved.”

Ifs Trying Looks Matter Roles Involved No Matter What

Author:Mae Whitman

“My perspective was always being on a number one show doesn't mean anything if I'm not still working consistently at 40 to 50 and 60 years old.”

Ifs Years Mean Stills Shows Numbers Perspective Consistently

Author:Malcolm-Jamal Warner

“When my wife gets mad at me, I remind myself that she is much smarter than I am and so I probably deserve it, even if I don't really understand it!”

Ifs Wife Deserve Mad My Wife Smarter

Author:Michael Weatherly

“I think the thing that makes 'NCIS' so special is the team and the group. And there's our fearless leader, Mark Harmon. We all really enjoy working together, so it would be a shame if we weren't all there having fun together.”

Ifs Thinking Would Be Together Fun Enjoy Leader Groups Team Special Mark Shame Fearless Having Fun Working Together

Author:Michael Weatherly

“If you take suede leather and put it on a piece of steel, and put moisture on it, it actually sticks.”

Ifs Pieces Sticks Steel Leather Moisture

Author:Nik Wallenda

“What I'm doing is a natural wonder. If not, there'd be 150 people behind me on the wire.”

People Ifs Natural Behinds Wonder Wire Natural Wonders

Author:Nik Wallenda

“If you're into a certain band, you're into the way they dress.”

Ifs Way Certain Band Dresses

Author:Paul Weller

“There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said.”

People Ifs Said Certain Honest Edges Cruelty Wince

Author:Pete Waterman

“If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch and staggering under the weight of it for a bit and then passing it on to somebody else.”

Ifs Feels Done Play Bits Stage Like You Weight Passing Passings Instance Torches Staggering Passing It

Author:Samuel West

“I would consider a half hour sitcom if the script was good.”

Ifs Hours Half Scripts Sitcom Half Hours

Author:Sela Ward

“If I wasn't an actress I would run a fortune 500 company.”

Ifs Running Company Fortune Actresses

Author:Sela Ward

“For me, my rule in this industry is I've got to listen to my butterflies. So if I got butterflies, then those are the scripts I go after.”

Ifs Industry Scripts Butterfly

Author:Shailene Woodley

“Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breaking out of something or doing something because you need to do something else. For me it's all about what fuels my soul and if I'm passionate about a screenplay then that's what I'll do next.”

Ifs Needs Soul Next Fun Acting Involved Strategy Passionate Refuse My Soul Fuel Get Involved Screenplays Semantics

Author:Shailene Woodley

“If somebody tells me I'm famous I say, 'I'm not.' I can't see myself as famous and I don't think I'll ever call myself famous. I definitely don't feel famous. To me, this is just a job.”

Ifs Thinking Feels I Can

Author:Shayne Ward

“You know, I just tend to do the scene that I'm given, really. If it really needs it, then I'll go to them and ask 'What's she talking about? What's she referring to?' But often they don't know, or they do know and they're not going to tell me, so I've learned just to work with what I'm given.”

Ifs Knows Needs Asks Given Talking Scene I've Learned Referring

Author:Sonya Walger

“If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.”

People Ifs Want Needs Children Suffering Next Interest Natural Doubt Generations Mountain Consequence Appreciate Climbs Surroundings Next Generation

Author:Tamae Watanabe

“I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else.”

People Ifs Trying Sometimes Hate I Hate Phones Enormous Get Back Personal Business

Author:Vera Wang

“If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony.”

People Ifs Feels Special Treats Behave Ceremony Obliged Special Someone

Author:Victoria Wood

“If anybody doubts my loyalty to my country, I'll punch him in the nose, and I don't care how old he is.”

Ifs Country Care Doubt Don't Care Loyalty I Don't Care Noses

Author:William Wyler

“I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or something like that, like you'd feel if you have a cold, so I didn't really think it was anything.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Littles Feelings Like You Cold Throat Lumps Swollen Glands

Author:Adam Yauch

“If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.”

People Ifs Enough Good Enough

Author:Al Yankovic

“I honestly believe that you have to be able to play the guitar hard if you want to be able to get the whole spectrum of tones out of it. Since I normally play so hard, when I start picking a bit softer my tone changes completely, and that's really useful sometimes for creating a more laid-back feel.”

Ifs Want Feels Believe Sometimes Hard Play Whole Able Bits Creating Guitar Honestly Tone Spectrum Laid Back

Author:Angus Young

“If it is warming, it's because it's happened before, cyclitic, it will happen again, regardless of what you and I do.”

Ifs Happens Happened

Author:Don Young

“You've got to be willing to forgive and say, 'God, get something good out of something bad.' And if you'll make that choice... God will do it.”

Ifs Choices Willing Forgiving Gods Will

Author:Don Young

“However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt.”

Ifs Self Moving Ability Doubt Acquire Self-doubt

Author:Dwight Yoakam

“If the Court were to extend its reach to the base, judges could begin managing conditions of confinement, interrogation methods, and the use of information.”

Ifs Use Conditions Information Judging Method Court Confinement Interrogation

Author:John Yoo

“Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition forces, the Geneva Convention permits the use of more coercive interrogation approaches to prevent future attacks.”

Ifs Use Force Clear Members Approach Engaged Permit Articles Conventions Civilians Coalitions Armed Forces Interrogation Geneva Geneva Convention

Author:John Yoo

“If listeners aren't carried away to Heaven, I'm failing.”

Ifs Heaven Failing Listeners Carried Away

Author:La Monte Young

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