“If you're walking down the street in L.A., people do sort of look at you like you're a hooker because it's so rare to see someone just walking.” PeopleIfsLooksStreetsLike YouWalking Author:Carey Mulligan
“People see you on screen and they like you, but they never really get a chance to meet you. When you're doing music, you know you have to go sit at in-stores, and you're actually in the street, so there's more of a hands-on kind of thing.” PeopleKnowsKindHandsChanceStreetsLike YouStoresScreens Author:Andre Benjamin
“I love the impatience of New York... You ever had somebody not ask you for directions, but demand them? You're just innocently walking down the street, you hear a horn, all of a sudden some guy's like, 'HOLLAND TUNNEL!!!' ...You know, like you were supposed to fax this guy directions. Suddenly, you're wasting HIS time.” KnowsFunnyGuyAsksComedyStreetsNew YorkLike YouWalkingDemandThis GuyHornsImpatienceTunnelsHollandFax Author:Jim Gaffigan
“Everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking. Busking, you learn people, you learn about reading people. You learn about reading the atmosphere of the street. If you stand still in any city long enough, you see everyone pass you by. It's almost like you get to know personality types, just by watching people walk past. You get a sense for things.” PeopleIfsKnowsLongStillsEnoughPastReadingWalksCitiesStreetsLike YouTypePersonalitySingingAtmosphereSongwritingPersonality TypesBusking Author:Glen Hansard
“I used to be a street performer, and performances on Venice Beach, it's like playing the Apollo: They let you know if they don't like you!” IfsKnowsUsedStreetsLike YouPerformancesUsed To BeBeachPerformersApolloVeniceStreet PerformersVenice Beach Author:Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
“One of my first observations about New York that I was so fascinated with was that you'd be at a stoplight and you're with everybody; there's a homeless dude and some weird celebrity and a cop and someone who looks exactly like you. You're on foot and everyone is at street level and eye-to-eye. I think that's what's special about New York, because there's no hierarchy, there's no discrimination.” ThinkingFirstsLooksEyeLevelsFeetStreetsSpecialNew YorkLike YouDiscriminationObservationFascinatedCopHomelessHierarchy Author:Kevin Morby
“That's what New York is like - you can't have real art happen in an institution because rich people can make the world stop. The stuff on the street is a lot more interesting.” PeopleWorldArtRealHappensStuffInterestingRichStreetsNew YorkLike YouInstitutionsRich People Author:M.I.A.
“One of the nicest compliments I would get very often on the street is people would say, 'I love you on 'The Good Wife.' I just can't tell whether I should like you or hate you!'” PeopleShouldHateWifeStreetsLove YouLike YouComplimentHate YouSay I Love YouGood Wife Author:Nathan Lane
“The whole guilt thing of not feeling Mexican enough was a big deal, too. On the one hand, you have your grandmother who is anointing you as a chosen one because you are light, but then you feel like you're less because you are lighter than your cousins, who are more down on the streets. You know? So that confusion was all I wrote about.” KnowsFeelsEnoughWholeFeelingsHandsBigsLightDealsStreetsLike YouGuiltChosenConfusionGrandmotherCousinMexicanBig DealLightersAnointingYour GrandmotherChosen OneYour Cousin Author:Matt de la Pena
“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
“Surprisingly I've never really stolen anything. One time when I was really young, I was walking down the street, found a GI Joe in the mud, and took it home and I was like, "I got a GI Joe!" And then my great grandmother was like, "You stole that." I said, "What are you talking about?" and she said, "That's not yours." I'm like, "But I found it!" She's like, "But it's not yours, and therefore you stole it." So I just went and put it right back in the mud where I found it.” SaidHomeYoungFoundTalkingStreetsLike YouWalkingGrandmotherOne TimeMudStolenGreat GrandmotherGis Author:Baron Vaughn
“You like? You are happy? Yes? Okay, go! Go in the street.” StreetsFashionLike YouOkay Author:Domenico Dolce
“Under what rubric of common sense would you release violent criminals who are illegal back onto the streets in America? Why would you not deport them? I mean, you have them. It's not like you have to go to the shadows and find these people. They are in your jail cell. They're in your prison cell.” PeopleMeanAmericaCommonStreetsLike YouShadowPrisonCriminalsViolentCommon SenseReleaseCellsIllegalJailPrison CellsRubricsViolent Criminals Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Now of course like, you know fancy go to the opera and see drama and they regard them as high culture. And these, are really people for the most part who get uptighter. The idea that people you know might take their clothes off and dance in the street.” PeopleKnowsIdeasMightCultureCoursesStreetsLike YouDramaClothesRegardFancyOpera Author:Howard Rheingold
“I go out in the streets, and I go to shows, and I see my fans turn from "I like your last rap" to "I feel your movement; you're keeping it all the way real." One thing I've always said is that's never been my story, and I'm not going to go back on my word.” WayFeelsSaidRealStoriesShowsLastsTurnsOne ThingFansStreetsMovementLike YouRapI Like YouReal Ones Author:Chamillionaire
“The visual is everywhere in the streets, but in the industry, it's like you have to show up at this party and you can't take on the world in one day. It's a gradual process, but you can't let it frustrate you; you just have to keep grinding.” WorldShowsProcessPartyStreetsLike YouIndustryOne DayVisuals Author:Chamillionaire
“I used to enjoy doing silly walks on the street with my friends. Like, you know, you're walking, and then you break out in something completely ridiculous, to kind of spook out the person walking by you. I can't really do that anymore.” KnowsKindPersonsI CanUsedEnjoyWalksBreakStreetsLike YouWalkingMy FriendsRidiculousSillyBreak Out Author:Lupita Nyong'o
“The rules have changed as information and technology evolve, but it's essential that people stay in the streets, stay visible in their communities, on the news, on the Internet, and in this crucial public discussion. There are a million people just like you (or me), sharing the same doubts, fears, and insecurities that keep us from speaking out. Finding each other in our neighborhoods, online, in the streets - this is what keeps us from believing we're alone, from giving in to hopelessness.” PeopleGivingBelieveCommunityMillionsTechnologyDoubtStreetsInformationChangedLike YouInternetEssentialsFindingsNewsEvolveDiscussionVisibleInsecurityNeighborhoodOnlineCrucialHopelessnessGiving InSpeaking Out Author:Nate Powell