“I could never work in a recording studio where you have this lovely view and a beach and the waves are crashing. For me, it's all about being in a tiny room with little windows. It's almost like you have to be in a prison. And you can create beauty when you're in that sort of deprived environment, which is a re-creation of your formative years.” YearsLittlesRoomsViewsEnvironmentCreationLike YouWindowPrisonWaveStudiosTinyLovelyBeachDeprivedRecording StudioFormative Years Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Malibu: With sounds of waves crashing, and the ocean at the doorstep, you feel like you are hours away from civilization. And with L.A. traffic, YOU ARE.” FeelsSoundHoursLike YouCivilizationOceanWaveTrafficDoorstepMalibu Author:Jennifer Harrison
“It's rare when you're actually making a movie and it feels like you're watching a movie in the theater. You feel like a surfer in a wave, catching the wave, going for it every time, there's electricity in the room, it doesn't feel like acting, you ride the wave.” FeelsRoomsActingLike YouTheaterWaveElectricityCatchingSurferGoing For It Author:Jon Lovitz
“It's like you're surfing... The same wave that can be a source of pain can be a beautiful flowing grace and source of power. It's all a matter of how you respond to it.” MatterPainBeautifulGraceLike YouSourceWaveSurfing Author:Trey Anastasio
“TV commercials make parenting look like there are going to be good days and bad days - like, it'll be this gentle wave, like you'll have a blissed-out, really wonderful day or two, and then, you know, then you'll have an issue. And what parenting is, is kind of earthquake.” KnowsLooksKindTwoIssuesWonderfulTvsLike YouWaveBe GoodGentleGood DayBad DayEarthquakesWonderful DayTv CommercialGood Days And Bad Days Author:Dan Savage
“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
“I saw an article where the manager of the Pussycat Dolls, which is kind of this like striptease band, girl band, said, oh well, the girls are totally third-wave feminist. This is what third-wave feminism is about. Like you don't get to use that word. You don't get to say that something is feminist as a way to sell back sexism to women, as a way to further consumerist ideas.” WayWellsKindSaidIdeasUseGirlSawsFeminismLike YouBandThirdsSellsWaveFeministManagersSexismArticlesDollsOh Well Author:Jessica Valenti
“You can't force other people to like you and you just kind of have to ride the wave. I think I could have saved myself a lot of sleepless nights with that advice.” PeopleThinkingKindNightForceAdviceLike YouWaveSavedSleepless Nights Author:Lena Dunham
“There were a few before me, there was a generation that started a little bit before me of women producers and Sherry Lansing, she was the first woman studio president, and she was really inspiring to me. I was inspired by other women in other fields, I was an adolescent in the 70s with the second wave feminism, and I got very inspired by that and felt like, you know what, there's no reason why I can't do this.” ReasonPresidentFeminismLike YouInspiredWaveProducers Author:Denise Di Novi