“If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace.” IfsCareersLike YouInner PeaceBest WorkDoing YouPhysical HealthCareer AdviceLike YourselfDoing What You LoveInspirational CareerMotivational CareerWork RelatedLove Your WorkInspired To WorkWork You LoveWork LoveCareer MotivationLoving What You DoWork And LoveWorkplace MotivationWorkplace Motivational Author:Johnny Carson
“And that was my homecoming. It was fine, I guess. Getting back feels like your first breath after nearly drowning. Even if it hurts, it's good.” IfsFeelsFirstsHurtLike YouFineBreathsIt HurtsDrowningHomecoming Book:Redeployment Source: Redeployment
“Some days I'll be like, "You know what? Why don't I go to my daughter's studio and make a song?!" And then I don't! I don't know if I would have all the time it takes to put into a song.” IfsKnowsSongLike YouDaughterStudiosMy Daughter Author:Tameka Cottle
“If the producer doesn't like you, consequently he reads the script with a very negative view. But I wouldn't preoccupy myself with that, I don't give a damn. You can be a hunchback and a dwarf and whatall.” IfsGivingViewsLike YouNegativeScriptsProducersDamnDwarfsDwarvesDon't Give A DamnI Don't Give A DamnDamn You Author:Rod Serling
“When I started acting, I had a really strong discipline of knowing that you had to be on time, knowing that you had to work 12 to 16 hours a day, knowing you had to be prepared, knowing you had to be ready, and it's very interesting because if you're an artist and you're creating, you can work very, very long hours but as you're putting out that love of creation, it's almost like you're charged by it, you're charged by the process of it.” IfsLongArtistStrongProcessHoursInterestingActingKnowingCreationReadyLike YouDisciplineCreatingPreparedBe PreparedVery InterestingLong Hours Author:Jaime King
“When you're part of the opposition you want to stay. It's part of your identity. You're useless if you leave. You feel like you have failed.” IfsWantFeelsIdentityLike YouUselessOpposition Author:Masha Gessen
“A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics.” IfsFeelsPlayLanguageLevelsSecretLike YouMythAccess Author:Zephyr Teachout
“If you think of the way Howlin' Wolf made records, you get the feeling there wasn't a production manager onsite, or a publicist having his say on how he should sing the songs. When you listen to his records, you feel like you're tapping into his voice.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsShouldMadeFeelingsSongVoiceRecordsLike YouProductionsManagersTappingPublicistsHowlin Wolf Author:M. Ward
“You know when you're doing something right and when you're doing something wrong. As long as you feel like you're doing something right, and you're getting rewarded, then you're successful. But, if you're judging it on, Well, if I had that, I'd be successful - that doesn't work. I think doing what you love is success. Pretty cheesy. But it's true.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsWellsLongLove IsSuccessfulJudgingLike YouBeing SuccessfulWhat You LoveCheesyDoing What You Love Author:Derek Waters
“Just because you "liked" my picture, doesn't mean you shouldn't call me and ask me how I'm doing. You know what's funny? If you ever owe someone a call, and it's something you're trying to avoid, notice how many times they "like" your photos until you call them back. It's an alarm, and people abuse that. They know you can see that. They know you'll see their name.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingMeanAsksNamesLike YouAbuseAsk MeCall MeAlarmsDoing You Author:Derek Waters
“I like your own shows because you can have a bit more fun and extend your set, you can go a bit over if you want because it's your show. Whereas at festivals it's very strict, like if you go like two minutes over they get ready to pull the plug kind-of-thing. They're both good and bad.” IfsWantKindTwoShowsFunBitsMinutesReadyLike YouStrictFestivalsGood And BadPlugsI Like You Author:Flume
“One thing that is very different technically is that you don't get a lot of coverage in television. Not like you do on a film. I know we don't have time for separate set-ups, so I will design a scene where I'm hiding multiple cameras within that set-up. That way, if I don't have time to do five set-ups, I can do four cameras in one set-up. It's a different kind of approach for that. For the most part, a lot of television, in a visual sense, lacks time for the atmosphere and putting you in a place.” IfsKnowsWayKindI CanDifferentFilmCan DoFiveFourOne ThingDesignTelevisionLike YouSceneApproachCamerasAtmosphereVisualsHidingDifferent KindsMultipleCoverage Author:Len Wiseman
“I have some idea that if I pick on [boy band] One Direction, I'll get a ton of hate mail, because I know that when you're 15, you love a band like you will kill people. But I don't quite realize that that's true about people - adults - who read The Hunger Games.” PeopleIfsKnowsIdeasHateGamesRealizingBoysLike YouBandPicksAdultsHungerMailOne DirectionBoy BandsHate Mail Author:Joel Stein
“There's also an immediacy to everything that has changed everybody's expectations. Now if I can't get a hold of somebody on their cell phone I'm, like, angry with them. And in my mind, all the things that I really value in terms of art, really good novels or films or comics, I know they all take a long, long time to create, and they take a lot of concentration and dedication...and I just feel like the training for that is becoming more and more rare when people are used to seeing things like YouTube clips, and being able to acquire things instantly.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsMindLongArtI CanAbleFilmUsedValuesTermNovelSeeingChangedLike YouBecomingLong TimeTrainingExpectationsAngryPhonesCellsAcquireConcentrationDedicationYoutubeCell PhoneBecoming MoreClipImmediacy Author:Adrian Tomine
“If there's not someone in your social circle who doesn't look like you, then shame on you.” IfsLooksSocialLike YouShameCirclesShame On You Author:Leigh Anne Tuohy
“What's most troubling is the open water swim. It's windy, the waves are getting in your face and the water is a bit dirty. And there's silly things like you can't touch the bottom if you swallow a mouthful of water.” IfsFacesBitsWaterLike YouBottomWaveSillyDirtySwimYour FaceWindySilly Things Author:Greg James
“It's really on the streets, if I'm in a car, or I'm walking by, and I see a girl. And you can see it, on her face, you can see it in her step and the way that she moves and flows, and you're like: "You go girl." And it's fun, and sometimes you just have to go up and be like, "You look fantastic!"” IfsWayLooksSometimesFacesMovingGirlFunStepsStreetsCarLike YouWalkingFlowFantastic Author:Olivia Palermo
“I could only shoot when the subway was on the other platform. Little things like that, and the platform is very narrow. It's not like you can hide if a subway comes so a lot of things happened because of that. Or a thousand people just came and looked straight into the lens like they didn't expect a movie to be shooting.” PeopleIfsLittlesHappenedLike YouThousandThings HappenShootingLittle ThingsPlatformsLensesSubway Author:Jaume Collet-Serra
“You need to just understand where the ball is and how to use your body. Timing your jump the right way is crucial. Learn how to use your body to shield the receiver and box him out, again, much like a rebound. Trying to beat a receiver to a ball can be a lot like you're posting him up. Rebounding is great practice because you can employ those skills - body position, leverage, timing - a lot more than you might in a football game or practice if the quarterback doesn't look your way.” IfsWayNeedsTryingLooksUseBodyMightGamesPracticePositionFootballLike YouSkillsBeatsBallsBoxesYour BodyCrucialTimingRight WayShieldsQuarterbackFootball GameReceiverRebound Author:Antonio Cromartie
“I once read a quote that I think was Michelle Pfeiffer in an article, who said that she thought people went into acting because maybe if you could convince millions of people to like you, you will finally like yourself, approve of yourself. I don't know if that may have been a part of it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMayHas BeensSaidActingMillionsLike YouConvinceArticlesLike Yourself Author:Geena Davis
“It's, like, you know, if you're sad, it's a way of connecting with other people. And we - a lot of times we sort of feel embarrassed by being sad, and we go off by ourselves to hide and cry by ourselves. But, really, it's a way of re-establishing relationship.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayFeelsCryLike YouEmbarrassedConnectingBeing SadEstablishing Relationships Author:Pete Docter
“When I lace my shoes I can't stand when they are twisted and dirty. It just looks sloppy. Even if it's a new pair of Chuck Taylors and the laces are all twisted it looks like you don't care.” IfsLooksI CanCareLike YouShoesDon't CareDirtyPairsTwistedChuckLaceSloppy Author:Mark McNairy
“Prostitutes have feelings; they are very human. They hurt, bleed cry and laugh just like you and me. To the people that want to legalize prostitution: Let me ask you a question. If you want to legalize it, would you now let your daughter/niece/grand daughter/sister do this? Why not sign them up for what you want legalized? And if not, WHY not? Does it make them too human for you now?” PeopleIfsWantHumansDoeFeelingsAsksHurtLaughingCryLike YouDaughterLet MeWhat You WantWhy NotProstitutionOur DaughterYour DaughterNieceGrand Daughter Author:Annie Lobert
“The first thing you have to do is understand what success looks like. And to understand what success looks like you have to understand the intent. If you understand that intent is to make sure the sea lines are secure, then suddenly bombing Kosovo makes sense, because you don't want Serbia to reemerge as a major power.” IfsWantFirstsLooksLinesSeaLike YouMajorsSecureMake SenseBombingSerbiaKosovo Author:George Friedman
“If you feel like you're not where you want to be in your life, rather than step on someone else's, raise your stature.” IfsWantFeelsStepsLike YouRaisesStature Author:Rib Hillis
“Some people don't even notice. "Oh, you sound exactly like you did!" And I say, "OK, if that's what you want to believe, that's fine."” PeopleIfsWantBelieveSoundLike YouFineWhat You Want Author:Joan Baez
“I don't think I was bullied. If I was bullied, I fought back or turned the other cheek. I have been put in a box, I guess: "Oh you're blonde, you can't play brunette." And I'm always like: "You know what? I'm going to prove you wrong, I'm going to make my hair brown."” IfsThinkingKnowsHas BeensPlayLike YouHairProveBoxesBrownCheeksBlondeBulliedBrunette Author:Laura Bell Bundy
“With touring, it's like you're in this car and you've got this much fuel. You know that if you drive carefully and take your time and search your way so that you don't take the wrong turn, you'll have exactly enough fuel to go where you're going. You are empowered as you go by your audience.” IfsKnowsWayEnoughTurnsAudienceCarLike YouFuelEmpoweredTouringTake Your TimeWrong Turn Author:Lisa Gerrard
“Hearing that [David] Bowie passed was like you don't really believe it. It's as if the sky shifted a little bit, to remind you it was there.” IfsBelieveLittlesBitsSkyLike YouLittle BitHearingBowie Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“I don't know if it was related to the type of music that we were doing at that time or what, but Todd Cook actually just turned to me and was like, "You know what would be a great name for a metal band? Dead Child." We talked half-jokingly that we were going to do a band. I guess as time went on, I started writing songs that were more metal sounding, and it just evolved from there. It actually started with the name first, and then the songs came second.” IfsKnowsWritingFirstsChildrenWould BeSongNamesHalfLike YouTypeBandCooksRelatedMetalsWriting SongsMetal Band Author:David Pajo
“People should quit their jobs, move to Oklahoma, move in with 34 people, pay $100 a month in rent and start a band or start painting. That way you'll feel like you have a purpose if you lose your mind, and you'll have some fun on the way.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsShouldMindJobsMovingPurposeFunLosesPayPaintingLike YouMonthsBandQuittingOklahoma Author:Josh Jones
“When the Irish nun said to me, "Speak your name loud and clear so that all the boys and girls can hear you," she was asking me to use language publicly, with strangers. That's the appropriate instruction for a teacher to give. If she were to say to me, "We are going to speak now in Spanish, just like you do at home. You can whisper anything you want to me, and I am going to call you by a nickname, just like your mother does," that would be inappropriate. Intimacy is not what classrooms are about.” IfsWantGivingDoeSaidUseHomeWould BeMotherGirlNamesSpeakLanguageBoysClearTeacherLike YouAskingStrangerIntimacyLoudAppropriateInstructionClassroomNunInappropriateBoy And GirlNicknamesSpeak Now Author:Richard Rodriguez
“So it's like your brain has a large filing cabinet and it's opening up each drawer and it's taking in various images and memories from the day, consolidating what it needs to and puts in whatever file. And then if there's something that doesn't fit in any of the files and doesn't really belong, you'll forget about it. So it's a way of really getting a succinct way of storing things in your brain.” IfsWayNeedsMemoriesForgetBrainLike YouFitVariousOpeningFilesCabinetsDrawersOpening UpFilingFiling Cabinet Author:Shelby Harris
“If you go to places like YouTube, it's a cesspool, and a lot of the comments are really horrifying and misogynist and harassing.” IfsLike YouCommentYoutube Author:Jessica Valenti
“When someone new comes on and has their first nude scene - and even if it's not full nudity - it's always a weird, awkward setup. We have these famous merkins which are sort of toupees for your delicate areas to make it look like you're naked but cover you up a little bit. But we joke around a little bit with the newbies who are trying that stuff on for the first time.” IfsTryingFirstsLooksLittlesStuffBitsLike YouSceneLittle BitJokesFirst TimeAreasNakedOver YouDelicateAwkwardNuditySetups Author:Deborah Ann Woll
“Sound... if you look at bats you know that navigate with sonar, they're like you know they're very precise. They can even see a bat head towards a building and swerve away, but you'll see a bird that doesn't... you know smash right into a glass window. It's very funny.” IfsKnowsLooksSoundBuildingLike YouBirdWindowGlassesBatsPreciseNavigateSwerve Author:DJ Spooky
“When I am talking to people from Germany, we should know that there are certain things and certain histories that are very important for people. If you look at all the Muslims living in the West, they didn't react in a violent way. They don't like what they saw but they are citizens like you and me and they look at it and say: "This is a silly video but we are not going to react."” PeopleIfsKnowsWayShouldLooksImportantCertainTalkingSawsLike YouCitizensWestSillyViolentVideoGermany Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I know like the Wiz Khalifah one, got me excited because I like his music, and its almost like you know I can relate to his music, so I feel like dang if he listens to my stuff and thought it was good then maybe I'm as good as him, you know what I mean?” IfsKnowsFeelsMeanI CanStuffLike YouExcitedRelateWiz Author:Jhene Aiko
“I make predictions about what I'm going to do before a fight, that makes me nervous because I've gotten so good at it until people really look for me to do it.If I say the man's going to fall in round five, like your man Henry Cooper here, he was stopped in round five but it was on a cut - it wasn't because he was out. But usually 'm on the spot with my predictions and some people really gamble and bet money on the rounds I say.” PeopleIfsMenLooksFallFightingFiveCuttingHe ManLike YouRoundsNervousSpotsPredictionsGamble Author:Muhammad Ali
“I played [baseball] in college, so it wasn't that much a stretch. But I would say the main thing for guys who hadn't played before it's just one word - swagger. If you have swagger on the field, and look like you know how to play, that's 90% of it.” IfsKnowsLooksPlayGuyKnow HowFieldsCollegeLike YouBaseballJust OneOne WordSwagger Author:Tyler Hoechlin
“If you make a film and then two and a half, three years later, suddenly the country's changed and you look like you just happened to hit it. I actually like being contrarian. I would have preferred to come out three years ago when everyone was disagreeing with me. But hopefully it asks a lot of questions about our responsibility in sending young men and women to war, especially a war that's so complex, where there's no right answer, where they're forced with impossible decisions every day.” IfsMenYearsLooksTwoWarCountryFilmYoungThreeAsksDecisionAnswersHalfResponsibilityImpossibleHappenedChangedLike YouMen And WomenYears AgoComplexesHopefullyYoung ManThree YearsRight Answers Author:Paul Haggis
“Everybody loves music and it's fun - you feel like you're not working out. It makes the time go by quick and you're having fun and, especially if you take a class, there's the energy of other people and you're laughing.” PeopleIfsFeelsEnergyFunClassLaughingLike YouWork OutHaving FunMusic LoveTime Goes By Author:Julianne Hough
“I'm like, If you do something dumb, I'll write about it. If you put something out there, to me it's like you're kind of asking for it.” IfsWritingKindLike YouAskingDumb Author:Wanda Sykes
“My mom [comes] to see my shows because she's so proud, but I'm talking about losing my virginity, my ex-wife and our sexual problems, and she's sitting in the front row smiling. I just go, "Mom, you can't sit in the front row, you can't smile. You have to go way in the back and dress in black. If I see you it's like you're breaking in when I'm having sex with my wife. It's just wrong."” IfsWayShowsProblemSexBlackTalkingWifeFrontsLike YouMomProudLosingSittingDressesMy MomMy WifeExesVirginityHaving SexEx Wife Author:John Leguizamo
“There's something profoundly liberating about giving, yet we don't do it often enough. It begs the question: why not? For some of us, our demanding schedules overtake our time to volunteer. For others, our fear of economic instability manifests a mindset dominated by pernicious lies like, "You can't afford to give" and "If you give, you won't have enough". However, truth of the matter is we simply cannot afford to not give back!” IfsGivingMatterEnoughLyingEconomicLike YouMindsetOur TimeWhy NotVolunteerSchedulesGiving BackLiberatingInstabilityPernicious Author:Jen Lilley
“What I think people should realize is that programs like Social Security, programs like Medicare, programs like the Veterans Administration, programs like your local park and your local library - those are, if you like, socialist programs; they're run by [and] for the public, not to make money. I think in many ways we should expand that concept so that the American people can enjoy the same benefits that people all over the world are currently enjoying.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayShouldRunningSocialEnjoyRealizingSecurityLike YouBenefitsConceptsProgramLibraryLocalsAdministrationMaking MoneyParksSocialistVeteranSocial SecurityMedicare Author:Bernie Sanders
“If you just change one person's life, you feel like you've done something. But if you can change a whole lot of them and get them looking at themselves differently, it's amazing.” IfsFeelsPersonsDoneWholeLike You Author:Debbie Allen
“I find that as a female boss in the music industry, it's difficult to actually be treated as if you actually are the boss and to have people act on your instructions and take you seriously. Like you call up people who are working for you and say, "I'd like to see such-and-such document," and they tell you that you don't need it. Then you have to spend time convincing them that it doesn't matter whether they think you need it or not, they're supposed to hand it to you.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsMatterHandsDifficultLike YouIndustryFemaleTreatedBossInstructionDocumentsEnd TimesConvincingSpend TimeMusic Industry Author:Sinead O'Connor
“If you make people think they're thinking they'll like you, but if you make people actually think, then watch out, you're not going to be popular.” PeopleIfsThinkingWatchesLike You Author:Mat Kearney
“All one can do is live the life that God gave you, and you know, you just do the best you can. And if somebody likes you or doesn't like you, that's really, in many ways, something you have no control over.” IfsKnowsWayCan DoLike YouLikesLive LifeDo The Best Author:Hillary Clinton