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“I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.”

Ifs Thinking Trying Persons Character Worry Let Me Agents Description

Author:Vanessa Lengies

“If you are prepared to make a fool of yourself for them then you usually get that back. I think that there are points where you become so close to an actor, you know them so well, almost as well or better than their spouse. You have to know them, warts and all.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Wells Actors Fool Prepared Spouse Warts

Author:Adrian Lyne

“If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.”

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Author:Camilla Lackberg

“I'm pretty actively involved with the military because I think they're incredible human beings. If I can give back to them for what they're doing for us, it's a good thing. And I think to have happy soldiers, you need to feed them well.”

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Author:Emeril Lagasse

“I think there is a great difference, in that when the poet is reading you get the whole personality of the person, especially if he's a good reader. Whereas a person just sitting gets what he puts into it.”

Ifs Thinking Persons Whole Reading Differences Poet Personality Reader Sitting

Author:James Laughlin

“Man, I have had so much plastic surgery, I don't even recognize myself, sometimes. If I catch a glimpse in a window or something, I think it is someone else.”

Ifs Thinking Men Sometimes Window Plastic Surgery Glimpse Plastic Surgery

Author:Vince Neil

“I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really looking to do is constantly defy expectations. I'm very curious to see if you can actually have a character actor and a movie star's career combined.”

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Author:David Oyelowo

“I think it's vital to have something outside your acting to keep you rooted in the real world, and help you fill the vacuum. If you have nothing else, it can be unhealthy. For me being a Christian has been invaluable: it simply means acting isn't the centre of my life.”

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Author:David Oyelowo

“If there's anything I think that you've seen about me, it's that I'm the rebellious girl.”

Ifs Thinking Girl Rebellious

Author:Aubrey O'Day

“If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small wandering tribes to large settled law.”

Ifs Thinking Law Growth Views Civilization Wander Evolve Tribes

Author:John Boyd Orr

“If you create something, whether it's a painting or a company, I think if you care about it, you have some obligation to go out and tell people about it.”

People Ifs Thinking Care Company Painting Obligation If You Care

Author:Daniel H. Pink

“The quality of life in America is dependent on the quality of the journalism. Most people don't realize that, but if you think about it, journalism is one of the pillars on which our society is perched.”

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Author:Scott Pelley

“If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.”

Ifs Thinking Men Would Be Able Culture Acceptance Men And Women Compromise

Author:Tamora Pierce

“The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.”

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Author:Tamora Pierce

“Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.”

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Author:Alain Prost

“If they don't think, people act senselessly.”

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Author:Andrei Platonov

“You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no.”

Ifs Thinking Film Parent Walks Effects Wind Huge Adults Eight Dinner Brilliant Kurosawa

Author:Ann Patchett

“I don't think I would take the game with the same mentality that I do now if I hadn't been injured.”

Ifs Thinking Games Mentality Injured

Author:Candace Parker

“I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.”

“For me, being in front of a camera is a matter of practicing and refining your art. I think, if you're telling a story worth telling, it's worth investing the time into developing.”

Ifs Thinking Art Matter Stories Fronts Cameras Investing Developing Refining

Author:Danny Pino

“I think I'm a really good partner and very sensitive to the other person's feelings. I want somebody else to be comfortable, to understand about my job, and if they want to come on a set and see me work, they always can.”

Ifs Thinking Want Persons Feelings Jobs Comfortable Partners Sensitive

Author:Franka Potente

“I think if you look at yesterday's New York Times poll, particularly when you judge Democrats in Congress versus the Republicans in Congress, people put a little more faith, or even a little more than a little more faith in the Democrats in Congress.”

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Author:John Podesta

“If that's your definition of the Clinton faction, then I think that that seems to be in ascendancy. That might include a guy like John Edwards, who's just starting this new center in Chapel Hill to deal with issues of poverty and work.”

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Author:John Podesta

“If you're going to think mean things about me or not be a true friend, then we don't need to be friends.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Mean True Friend

Author:Kay Panabaker

“You're wrong if you think young people don't deserve the vote.”

People Ifs Thinking Young Deserve Vote

Author:Lucy Powell

“I think that I'm so psychotic and so mentally ill that if I could tap into that I could do something really interesting.”

Ifs Thinking Funny Interesting Ill If I Could Really Interesting Psychotic Mentally Ill

Author:Megan Fox

“I'm probably an actor that tends to, instead of putting things on, think about it more in terms of taking away what's not in the character, until I'm left with what is. If that makes sense. That's probably a particularly American way of working, but maybe not. The end of any movie is a readjustment.”

Ifs Thinking Way Ends Character Actors Left Term Make Sense

Author:Molly Parker

“I'm sure there are a lot of things I should have done differently. But I don't think I've stepped on anyone along the way. If I have, I didn't mean to.”

Ifs Thinking Way Should Mean Done Should Have

Author:Patti Page

“I always tell myself that when you're playing a character, pretend they're on trial and you're giving the best witness of their life. You really need to think about every element of the character and represent them properly, as if they were a real person. You want to give 100 percent of what they're worth and what they deserve as people.”

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Author:Pauley Perrette

“I always have those feelings - lucky and blessed - and I don't know if they'll ever go away. I really hope they don't, as I think it keeps you grounded. That's how I feel about every film I do.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Feels Feelings Film Lucky Blessed Going Away Grounded

Author:Teresa Palmer

“If you'll think about various series you've read, can you think of any instance in which, say, the tenth volume of the series is notably better than the first nine? I can't.”

Ifs Thinking Firsts I Can Series Various Nine Instance Volume

Author:Thomas Perry

“When I talk about my husband, I feel as if people roll their eyes. It's like when you're 16 and order a martini, and the waiter says, 'Do you think I'm stupid?'. They can't grasp that I'm old enough to be married.”

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Author:Megan Fox

“I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers, but there's a great deal of opportunity out there if you've got the right story.”

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Author:Ian Rankin

“I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. If I walked into a creative writing class, all I could say to them was 'I tend to make it up as I go along.' I'm not sure that's brilliant advice.”

Ifs Thinking Writing Book Class Creative Advice Approach Brilliant Not Sure Creative Writing Suitable

Author:Ian Rankin

“You'd be naive if you think you are going to retain any control once you option a character to TV.”

Ifs Thinking Character Tvs Naive

Author:Kathy Reichs

“I think my mother would be very happy if I found a nice Welsh girl.”

Ifs Thinking Would Be Mother Girl Found Nice Very Happy Welsh

Author:Matthew Rhys

“But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on your songwriting and you have to work on being able to play in front of people, I think. That performance is how you create the groundwork for a lasting career.”

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Author:Amy Ray

“I don't put any rules to my style; I think fashion is something that you should play with... even if you make a mistake, it's okay, it's only fashion.”

Ifs Thinking Should Play Mistake Fashion Style Okay

Author:Anja Rubik

“If you think about it, candidate Obama, Sen. Obama, was running on sort of long-run economic issues, like restoring prosperity to the middle class, dealing with the perennial problem of health care in the United States. He talked a lot about the budget deficit, about the need to transition to clean energy.”

“I started to be much happier in my relationships when I realized that I can only control myself. That way, you don't worry about people and don't waste your time thinking, 'What if he cheats on me?' You can't control that.”

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Author:Crystal Reed

“My dad believes in God, I think. I'm not sure if my mom does. I don't.”

Ifs Thinking Believe Doe Mom Dad My Dad My Mom Not Sure Believe In God

Author:Daniel Radcliffe

“You can only do three things with your money. You can spend it. You can invest it. Or you can give it away. And if you invest it, you're really just getting more money to give away or buy something. How many things can you buy? So I don't really think there's a lot of choices.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Choices Three More Money Three Things

Author:David Rubenstein

“Mostly I work really unconsciously, and I think if the scenes are really well written, which they are, and if I just throw myself into it, I don't really think about it.”

Ifs Thinking Wells Written Scene Well Written

Author:Elizabeth Reaser

“If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinking about Parkinson's. And honestly, I don't think about it that much either. I talk about it because it's there, but it's not my totality.”

Ifs Thinking Whole Kids Lists Honestly Totality Parkinson Parkinson's Describe Me

Author:Michael J. Fox

“I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good for me, I'll put it down. That said, most of what I read would be considered high-end or good for you, I suppose. But, I also think that reading should be enjoyable.”

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Author:Josh Radnor

“I think right now the jury is out on where and how much profit is available in the consumer electronics industry, because if you look at the current consumer electronics players, the biggest ones on the planet struggle to make profit consistently.”

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Author:Kevin B. Rollins

“You won't see me writing about particle physics, or even planetary geology, or chemistry. I practically failed chemistry, and if I had to write a book in any of those areas, I don't think it would go well.”

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Author:Mary Roach

“I find being a mother is a huge advantage. Of course, I'm probably a little more tired than I might be if I didn't have children, but I think they provide me the balance that I need to keep my mind off of lifting.”

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Author:Melanie Roach

“I wonder if these people today would think Reagan was a Reagan conservative.”

People Ifs Thinking Today Wonder Conservative

Author:Michael Reagan

“The most important thing is to write material that YOU think is funny. If you don't think it's funny, but you're convinced that other people will think it is, well they won't.”

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Author:Mo Rocca

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