“We always joke now like, you know, the more experienced we get making stuff, we're like, "Never leave set without a shot of each of our lead characters driving in the car looking happy, looking moderately blank and looking sad." Because we know we're going to need these things.” KnowsNeedsCharacterStuffCarLike YouJokesShotsDrivingBlankLead Characters Author:Mark Duplass
“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
“In Buddhist ideology, the conventional self is that which is constructed in a way by the use of the pronoun, and when you realize there is no absolute ego there, no disconnected one, self, or ego, then that actually strengthens your conventional ego. It does so in the sense that then you realize it's a construction, and you can strengthen it in order to help others, or do whatever you're trying to do, it's not like you no longer know who you are. Then you can organize your behavior by using your ego, as it's now the pronoun.” KnowsWayTryingDoeSelfHelpingUseOrderRealizingLike YouEgoBehaviorAbsolutesWho You AreHelping OthersIdeologyBuddhistConstructionConventionalOrganizeDisconnectedPronouns Author:Robert Thurman
“But the biggest beauty advice I've given my daughter is every morning I say, "Genesis, what are the two best parts of you?" And she says "my brain and my heart." And I say, "You've gotta remember that, Genesis. You've gotta remember that you're not what you look like," you know? I think that's the best beauty advice I could give her.” ThinkingKnowsGivingLooksHeartTwoRememberGivenBrainMorningAdviceLike YouMy HeartDaughterMy DaughterEvery MorningGenesis Author:Viola Davis
“It's a social media time, where you have YouTube and everything it's kind of like you see my career grow up on camera. But a lot of the things that you would see from artists would be behind the scenes that nobody would know about before, now it's all on display.” KnowsKindWould BeArtistSocialGrowsBehindsCareersGrowing UpMediaLike YouSceneCamerasSocial MediaDisplayYoutubeBehind The Scenes Author:Young De
“And these [pharmaceutical] companies are still threatening to sue. And it's like, you know, do you not have a conscience? Do you not want the world to be a better place? You're still making a profit. How much more of a profit do you want to make?” KnowsWorldWantStillsCompanyLike YouConscienceProfitThreateningBetter PlacePharmaceuticalPharmaceutical Companies Author:Elton John
“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
“You don't just - you often have to defend the freedoms of people you don't like, you know, whose work you don't like, because freedom of speech is not just for serious people. It's also for trashy people. So, and, unfortunately, this is at the trashy end of the scale.” PeopleKnowsEndsSeriousLike YouSpeechScalesFreedom Of Speech Author:Salman Rushdie
“I read every single letter. Some just break my heart. I've cried over letters that have come in, from young women and older women alike, saying to me, "You know, you made me want to stop crash dieting and just be healthy. You are my role model. I want to be like you."” KnowsWantHeartMadeYoungRolesBreakLike YouMy HeartHealthyModelsLettersRole ModelsCriedCrashYoung WomenDietingBreaking My HeartOlder Women Author:Evangeline Lilly
“I am generalizing, of course, but in hip-hop, it's like you get this shine for using the word "pussy" a billion times, and I think that that's weirdly healthier than not doing it at all - even though I really hope it ends soon because, you know, how many decades can we do that?” ThinkingKnowsEndsCoursesKnow HowLike YouShiningHip HopDecadesBillionsHipsHopsPussy Author:Justin Vernon
“I never imagined I'd meet Berry Gordy who told me when he first heard me sing, "You know, your singing's okay, but I like your harmonica playing better."” KnowsFirstsHeardLike YouSingingOkayBerriesI Like YouHarmonicas Author:Stevie Wonder
“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
“Every song has a different genesis, or feeling. Usually the lyrics, I don't really know what it's all about, I just kinda do it. I mean, there's a combination of, like you're saying, that kind of lyrics about commitment or vaguely relationship lyrics mixed with jokey 90s Beck-style non-sequiturs and stuff.” KnowsKindMeanDifferentFeelingsSongStuffStyleLike YouCommitmentCombinationGenesis Author:Stephen Malkmus
“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
“Sometimes you can have a reputation for not being relatable and nice because you had a bad day once. That's the thing. You know, I think that's particularly pertinent with Justin [Bieber] because, like, you just forget how young he is.” ThinkingKnowsSometimesYoungForgetNiceLike YouReputationBad DayRelatableJustinPertinentHad A Bad Day Author:James Corden
“There was actually a camera on your face. I don't know so much about the animation process but the camera was in our face so it could get expressions from our faces that would eventually arrive on the gnomes. It almost felt like you were cheating at times because it was a wee bit too much fun. You were in that box on your own. Kelly [Asbury] was in Toronto, I was in LA, so I was just on my own. I thought: "I can't be getting paid for this as well!"” KnowsWellsI CanFacesFunFeltBitsProcessMy OwnToo MuchExpressionLike YouPaidCamerasBoxesCheatingYour FaceAnimationTorontoGnomeToo Much Fun Author:Ashley Jensen
“I think I was in high school, actually, and it was a guidance counselor or someone said, you know, you're just too loud; like you need to just stop talking so much and stop being so opinionated; like no one wants to listen to you because you're really annoying. And I'm glad that I didn't shut up, because it seems like people are listening.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantNeedsSaidSeemsSchoolTalkingLike YouListeningHigh SchoolGladLoudGuidanceAnnoyingShut UpCounselorOpinionatedGuidance Counselor Author:Jessica Valenti
“I've never had something - like, you know, drunk people have tried to do that to me, and I instantly shut it off. I say, don't to this, dude; you'll feel terrible about this later. It'll be - I'll bring it up all the time; I'll make fun of you. Just save yourself the embarrassment and don't do it.” PeopleKnowsFeelsFunLike YouTerribleDrunkEmbarrassmentSave YourselfDrunk People Author:Seth Rogen
“I think as far as straight actors playing gay roles, "Brokeback Mountain" was a big breakthrough. I'm pretty sure when they were casting that movie that - I think the story is, like you know, 10 to 15 other actors turned it down.” ThinkingKnowsStoriesBigsActorsRolesLike YouGayMountainCastingBreakthroughBrokeback Mountain Author:James Franco
“I'm basically like, you know, learned pretty quickly the guy who throws the first punch usually wins, so when people gave me a hard time I just punched them.” PeopleKnowsFirstsHardGuyWinningLike YouHard Times Author:Quentin Tarantino
“I like the idea of it as a trickster motif. You know like you're kind of just messing around with people's memories of songs.” PeopleKnowsKindIdeasSongMemoriesLike YouMotifsTricksters Author:DJ Spooky
“You know, in the sentence of humanity this place needs to be a parentheses. And when I say parentheses I mean I'm talking like you go around it. Leave it alone. Let it exist. And what I want people to see with this film is not only a respect for this place from the bottom of my heart.” PeopleKnowsWantNeedsHeartMeanFilmHumanityTalkingLike YouMy HeartBottomSentencesParentheses Author:DJ Spooky
“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
“This whole business of all these lenses is ridiculous. You know, it's like you have to capture your picture. You have to create it. You have to see it. You have to seize it and you have to move in to get it, so those lenses are just an escape of some sort or a shield.” KnowsWholeMovingLike YouRidiculousCaptureLensesShields Author:Carol Friedman
“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 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
“As guilty and fun as it is to go through a drive-thru and get a cheeseburger or whatever, I just feel like you can make your own burger at home. You know what's going into it. You know where it came from. And it's just easy to go back and forth to those drive-thrus. Just kick that habit!” KnowsFeelsHomeFunEasyLike YouHabitGuiltyKicksBack And ForthBurgersCheeseburgerDrive Thru Author:Julianne Hough
“You don't say "Maybe I should go to bed early tonight" or do any of that stuff. It's almost like you know you're alone and you have to get through it by whatever means - distracting yourself. Because, the more alone time the worse, you know?” KnowsShouldMeanStuffLike YouBedTonightAlone Time Author:Ladyhawke
“What Taika [Watiti] still bring to it [Hunt for the Wilderpeople], it really sums up what life is like in New Zealand, or what our sensibilities, our sense of humor, how we come together, how easy it would be, feels like. You know, we have a small population and so you know the bizarreness of the police getting involved in this manhunt, how the men... And then eventually, the army all get intwines.” KnowsMenFeelsStillsWould BeTogetherLife IsEasyHe ManLike YouInvolvedArmyPolicePopulationSense Of HumorSensibilityHuntsLife Is LikeNew Zealand Author:Rhys Darby
“You didn't question - kind of like, you would go to college. You would wear a tie to work. You would, you know, you would work for 40 years. And then you would play golf for three years, and then you would die. That was how I was raised.” KnowsYearsKindPlayDiesThreeCollegeLike YouGolfRaisedTiesThree Years Author:Jim Gaffigan
“A lot of people around the world were, like, very frustrated, you know "Why don't you just release the name? Why is it taking so long?" But the cool thing is that it brought people together, like you said, it brought our fans into the experience, it sort of exposed us, exposed the process, and I think it welcomed Mike Magini, because people saw what happened to get to that point.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldLongSaidTogetherNamesProcessSawsHappenedFansLike YouReleaseAround The WorldExposedFrustratedMikeCool Things Author:John Petrucci
“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
“Just like you, your partner wants to be loved for who they are, in spite of their shortcomings. Make an effort to let them know they are loved, even if some of their behavior is not. Work towards co-creative solutions.” IfsKnowsWantEffortCreativeLike YouBehaviorSolutionsPartnersSpiteShortcomingsCreative Solutions Author:Arielle Ford
“Love is when you can completely trust one another, you feel like you can conquer the world together, you know that person will be there for you, and most importantly, you make each other laugh.” KnowsWorldFeelsPersonsTogetherLove IsLaughingLike YouConquerConquer The World Author:Chelsea Krost
“You know that you wouldn't take a baby on a plane without diapers, so when you leave your house, take care of you, like you would a baby. Don't leave your house without packing some healthy things.” KnowsCareHouseLike YouBabyHealthyTake CarePlanesDiapersPacking Author:Sandra Cisneros
“You only know who you think you are. You sort of feel like you could change at any minute.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsMinutesLike You Author:Rachelle Lefevre
“Afterwards, people come and say, "I felt like you said that just to me. What you said is something I'm going through right now," so you know that spiritual connection is going on.” PeopleKnowsSaidSpiritualFeltLike YouRight NowConnectionsSpiritual Connection Author:Sandra Cisneros
“For a long period of time, the media covered rap music and hip hop the same way they cover a lot of black people, people of color, you know, the bad news happens to be news. They used to have these little stupid colloquialisms that pop up like, "You know what? No news is bad news!" They trick the masses into thinking that any news is great for you. And I just think that's a piece of crap.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayLittlesLongHappensUsedBlackPiecesMediaStupidColorLike YouPeriodsNewsMassHip HopPopsRapTricksHipsHopsCoveredBlack PeopleCrapBad NewsLong Periods Of TimeRap Music Author:Chuck D
“Serve your neighbors (like your next-door neighbors). It's a good way to get to know them better and show them what Jesus is about.” KnowsWayShowsNextJesusDoorsLike YouNeighborGood WayNext Door Neighbors Author:Matt Hammitt
“Kids think the world is about them, so if you forgot to put the right flavor yogurt in their lunch, and they have too much homework when they come home, they're like, "You know I hate peach!" There's a part of me that's like, "I'm so sorry. I could have shown my love more."” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldHomeKidsHateToo MuchLike YouI HateSorryComing HomeLunchFlavorHomeworkPeachesYogurtI'm So Sorry Author:Julie Bowen
“This is many, many years ago. It was shortly after "Starman" I think. I don't know how close I was to getting the part. I met with [director] Penny Marshall and that's one that I knew would be a hit. It just felt hit-ish. But it's like you go to a store and you see a jacket and you go "I love that jacket" and you try it on and it's too big or too small for you and it's the only one they have. For some reason that part just didn't fit me.” ThinkingKnowsTryingYearsReasonBigsWould BeFeltKnow HowLike YouFitMetsDirectorsYears AgoStoresJacketsPennies Author:Jeff Bridges
“It's funny how people will think I'm being sarcastic a lot and joking. So I'll say, "I like your dress," and they'll go "(bleep) you!" Or I say something serious and they go, "Oh, yeah, ha-ha." They're strangers. They're people who know me from comedy, but luckily I am on pretty much all the time!” PeopleThinkingKnowsComedySeriousLike YouDressesYeahStrangerSarcasticKnow MeI Like YouBeing Sarcastic Author:Sarah Silverman
“When I went off to college, I went believing I was a Republican. And actually I was president of Young Republicans for a couple of months and then I decided that I was much more in the camp of people like, you know, President Johnson - trying to promote civil rights, voting rights, ending poverty.” PeopleKnowsTryingBelieveYoungPresidentPovertyRightsCollegeLike YouMonthsCoupleRepublicanDecidedCivil RightsVotingCampsJohnsonRight To VoteEnding PovertyOff To CollegePresident Johnson Author:Hillary Clinton
“Jews took it very seriously to marry other Jews and repopulate the Jewish bloodline, and my father's generation gets very serious in my household when they're like, "You have to marry another Jew," because that's still kind of the mentality coming from the baby boomers. So I know that type of pressure.” KnowsKindStillsFatherGenerationsSeriousLike YouBabyTypePressureJewMentalityHouseholdBoomersBaby BoomerBloodline Author:Logan Lerman
“Before I was a vegetarian, I traveled to South Africa and hung out there for a little bit. And they had different animals - did you know different parts of the world have different animals? Because I didn't until I got there! This is what being an American is like. You're like, "Every place has these animals."” KnowsWorldLittlesDifferentBitsAnimalLike YouLittle BitSouthVegetarianSouth AfricaHungTraveledDid You KnowDifferent Animals Author:Cameron Esposito
“I'm quite sure that they've got everything in the world going on, but when you're in their presence, you feel like you're the only person on the planet. They [ Barack and Michelle Obama] definitely know how to be present.” KnowsWorldFeelsPersonsKnow HowPlanetsLike YouBarack Author:MC Lyte
“I don't know if it's more acceptable or if black men are more comfortable. Black men certainly are more comfortable with it. I don't know that society, like white society loves it or black women. When you see a black man with a white woman there is a feeling that you have and I think the feeling is an instinctual feeling of you want her you don't want me. I don't look anything like her, so you don't like. You know what I mean? Something like that. It's a real instinctual primal thing.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWantLooksMeanRealFeelingsBlackWhiteLike YouComfortableWant MeAcceptableBlack WomenPrimalLike Her Author:Sanaa Lathan
“Write like you write, like you can't help but write, and your voice will become yours and yours alone. It'll take time but it'll happen as long as you let it. Own your voice, for your voice is your own. Once you know where your voice lives, you no longer have to worry so much about being derivative.” KnowsWritingLongHelpingHappensVoiceWorryLike YouTake TimeDerivatives Author:Chuck Wendig
“I went through puberty really early, when I was 11. It makes you feel weird - you know, like your uncle is now hugging you a little bit longer than he used to. I think we all go through wanting to go back - you're not sure you're ready for that body.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsLittlesBodyUsedBitsReadyLike YouLittle BitNot SureHugUnclesPuberty Author:Jessica Alba