“I'm somebody who finds adversity is almost as good as encouragement. It's almost like, you close the door, and I'll find ten ways to kick it in and go around it or dig under it or something.” WayDoorsLike YouTenEncouragementAdversityKicks Author:Diane Warren
“People that are brilliant and successful, we think they've just always been that way. That's not the case. Most of them have had some tough adversity in their life. It's prepared them. I've never felt like you could develop character without adversity.” PeopleThinkingWayCharacterFeltCasesSuccessfulLike YouToughAdversityPreparedBrilliant Author:Bobby Bowden
“When you think about it, there's no way to input things into a computer. It's all... the holes only go out, right? Like you can plug a keyboard or a mouse in but that's a trick because the computer thinks the inputs are outputs. That's a programmer trick, basically magic. The key to the future is to make holes that go in too.” ThinkingWayMagicLike YouKeysComputerTricksHolesMiceProgrammersInputKeyboardsPlugsOutput Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“What you are is a human being, sensitive and alive, with genius inside of you. Not only that, but you are one of a kind. There has never been anyone like you before. You see the world in a unique way because you have unique gifts. That's the way nature made you. And it will feel like nothing less than fulfilling your destiny to follow those gifts to a rich and exciting life, full of purpose and meaning and enjoyment.” WorldWayFeelsHumansKindMadePurposeHuman BeingsDestinyRichAliveLike YouGeniusUniqueExcitingSensitiveEnjoymentFulfillingOur DestinyYour DestinyFulfilling Your DestinyOne Of A KindExciting LifePurpose And MeaningUnique Gifts Author:Barbara Sher
“You know, when you're real and speak your truth (in respectful ways), people won't always like you. But you'll like you.” PeopleKnowsWayRealSpeakLike YouRespectful Author:Robin Sharma
“I don't know if any of you feel this way, but it's like eventually, you see a woman come on screen and you go, "Oh, thank God!" You just sort of need a break from all this testosterone, which happened, I think, in one of my films, The Hurt Locker. I was in it for like five minutes, and people were like, "You were in that movie!" And I was like, "Well, kind of." And they were like, "No, you were!" 'Cause they needed a woman!” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayNeedsFeelsWellsKindFilmCausesHurtBreakFiveHappenedMinutesLike YouNeededScreensThank GodFive MinutesLockersTestosteroneHurt Locker Author:Evangeline Lilly
“With TV, there's a continuum with the crew and the cast so you feel like you have a sense of community in a way, which is similar to theater.” WayFeelsCommunityTvsLike YouTheaterCastsCrewContinuum Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“When I stepped back from the gallery I was in a phase where I thought I wasn't going to be making work for a gallery context for a while. People were like, "You should never leave a gallery if you didn't have somewhere else to go," but I wasn't trying to disrespect the gallerists in that way.” PeopleIfsWayShouldTryingLike YouPhasesSomewhere ElseGalleryDisrespect Author:Kalup Linzy
“One of the great things about drama is that it makes you feel like you're not a crackpot, and that there are other people who think and feel the way you do.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsLike YouDramaGreat ThingsCrackpots Author:James Purefoy
“I have had viewers that come up to me, and they're, like, "You know, we used to watch ('Breaking Bad') as a family, and once the melted body came falling through the ceiling, my mom was just, like, 'I can't watch this show anymore. This is just way too disturbing for me.' So it's not for everybody.” KnowsWayI CanShowsBodyUsedFallWatchesLike YouMomCome UpMy MomViewersDisturbingCeilings Author:Aaron Paul
“It was just a little weird coming into the seventh season (of 'Gilmore Girls'), where everyone is already set in their ways and their dynamics, and you sort of feel like you're coming into a party late. So I was just, like, 'Ugh! How do I make friends?' It's like high school dynamics!” WayFeelsLittlesSchoolGirlPartyLike YouLateHigh SchoolSeasonsDynamicsUghGilmore Girls Author:Krysten Ritter
“I have definitely noticed that I care less about certain things. Other actors are like: "You can't do that", or "You can't do this. This will position you in the wrong way." That's not my thing. And obviously so, because you can see I don't craft or cultivate my career.” WayCareCertainActorsCareersPositionLike YouCraftsI CareWrong Way Author:Ben Affleck
“I'm not someone who's an immigrant who's struggling in that way, but between New York and L.A., I had someone tell me very early on, "If you're going to be broke anywhere, it's better to be broke in L.A. At least the weather is nice." I was like, "You're right." I didn't take them up on that.” IfsWayStruggleNiceNew YorkLike YouWeatherBrokeImmigrants Author:Greta Gerwig
“It's so hard for people to give up their cell phones or their ideas of being connected to everything all the time in order to get an immersive experience. That's the best way to make art. It's almost like you have to treat it like you're going into a submarine, and Noah Baumbach totally agrees with that. There's not a real other life that happens outside of the movie while it's being shot, which I like.” PeopleWayGivingArtIdeasRealHardHappensOrderLike YouGiving UpShotsTreatsAgreePhonesConnectedBest WayCellsCell PhoneSubmarines Author:Greta Gerwig
“I used to be able to sit in a chair and for four hours straight in a very focused meditative way be in my own world without ay interruption. And now it's like your brain is getting so trained to check your phone, and there is like a dopamine release every time you get a text whether it's a good or a bad one. I'm really worried about what it's doing to our minds.” WorldWayMindAbleUsedHoursMy OwnBrainFourLike YouPhonesFocusedChecksUsed To BeReleaseWorriedChairsInterruptionsDopamineMy Own World Author:Brit Marling
“It's funny: when people always talk about the importance of role models, I used to think that was so exaggerated, but as I get older, I start to realize I don't feel that way so much anymore. If you see somebody like you who's doing something, an older version of what you are, it does make you feel like it's more possible.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFeelsDoeUsedRealizingRolesLike YouModelsImportanceVersionsRole ModelsExaggerated Author:Demetri Martin
“I love New York ... I think it's the best city in the world. As far as cities go, everything's there. I think it's so vibrant. I love the people, I think they're honest, in your face. If they don't like you, they'll say, 'Get out of my way,' if they like you they'll slap you on the back and support you. It's a very intoxicating environment to be in.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayFacesCitiesSupportEnvironmentHonestNew YorkLike YouMy WayYour FaceSlapSupport YouCities In The WorldI Love New York Author:Hugh Jackman
“It's a hard job to get the camera to see it like you see it. Sometimes you have it just the way you want it, and then you look in the camera and you don't have the balance. The main thing is to get the camera to see it the way you see it.” WayWantLooksSometimesHardJobsLike YouBalanceCameras Author:James Van Der Zee
“And so getting to meet Aubrey Plaza and Mae Whitman and getting to know two awesome girls who are just kick-ass. It's been nice that way where we probably wouldn't have worked together on any other crazy project. And just like you know Chris Evans teaching us all the high-five because he's dealing with like non-jocks (laughter) and we're like yeah!” KnowsWayTwoTogetherGirlFiveNiceCrazyTeachingLike YouProjectsLaughterYeahAssKicksKick AssJocksMae Author:Alison Pill
“I'm usually writing or producing for other people. I'm like Burger King most of the time; I let people have it their way like "You want it like this? I'll give it to you like this."” PeopleWayWantGivingWritingLike YouKingsBurgersBurger King Author:Warryn Campbell
“I think things like YouTube and Twitter are really cool and really good in some ways, but the fact that the news is cutting to a YouTube clip on national TV, I think is really weird.” ThinkingWayFactsCuttingTvsLike YouNewsYoutubeReally CoolClipReally Weird Author:Andrew VanWyngarden
“I have a friend who swears by food combinations - have you heard of this nonsense? She's nuts. She's like, 'You know what? You should eat food combinations, and that way you can eat whatever you want. It's just the combinations of how you put the food together.' And then her examples are like, 'You wouldn't want to eat steak and potatoes together, but you could have, like, a lemon rind and raisin skins - not the whole raisin, take the skins and steam them.” KnowsWayWantShouldWholeTogetherHeardExampleLike YouSkinsCombinationNonsenseNutsSwearPotatoesSteamLemonsSteakRaisins Author:Brian Regan
“I certainly do believe that a lot of comedy comes from awkwardness and embarrassment - pointing out the ways things are uncomfortable. Definitely the stuff that interests me. I don't necessarily think that comedy comes from a dark place, like you have to be a strung-out heroin addict. But I don't think it comes from happiness, that's for sure. It comes from frustration and suppressed rage, and wishing the world were different.” ThinkingWorldWayBelieveDifferentHappinessWishStuffInterestDarkComedyLike YouRageUncomfortableFrustrationAddictPointingEmbarrassmentHeroinDark PlacesAwkwardness Author:Christian Finnegan
“I'm a Christian. Years ago, I went broke, so I decided to run every part of my life according to the Bible. It sounds hokey, but it works. You run your marriage that way, and it works. It will work with business, too, and finances. Treat people like you want to be treated.” PeopleWayWantYearsRunningChristianSoundLike YouYears AgoDecidedTreatsTreatedFinanceBrokeWorking It Author:Dave Ramsey
“I hope to shine through my transparency and just let people know that we are all the same. I want children to look at things different like "You're shining too! You just shine in a different way."” PeopleKnowsWayWantLooksChildrenDifferentLike YouShiningDifferent WaysTransparency Author:Avery Sunshine
“It is not like the white Republican, the conservative, who clears it up for you and says, "I don't like you", to your face and then you know immediately he is an antagonist. Racism operates in a lot of ways, and so I live it every day.” KnowsWayFacesWhiteLike YouRepublicanRacismConservativeYour FaceAntagonistI Don't Like You Author:Bocafloja
“I think the more that I can find myself getting out of the way - like you said yourself - trying to get out of thinking too much, and sometimes something truly special can happen. That's the beautiful mystery of song writing - that you really don't know where these songs come from exactly, and you don't know how you came up with them - and god bless it that you should have the gift of channeling that.” ThinkingKnowsWayShouldWritingTryingSaidI CanSometimesHappensBeautifulSongKnow HowToo MuchMysterySpecialLike YouShould HaveBlessGod BlessChannelingThinking Too Much Author:Kimbra
“As a woman, you feel like you can change the person, but I don't think that's the way it works.” ThinkingWayFeelsPersonsLike You Author:Eva Longoria
“It's not like you're closing the old doors and that investigators working away in a laboratories on a unique hypothesis are no longer needed. My gosh, they are indeed. But this becomes a real engine for hypothesis generation and even for proof if you have interventions that you can carry out in this kind of large scale and conduct them in a rigorous way. I guess, yeah, it's different. But it's different in a good way.” IfsWayKindDifferentRealGenerationsDoorsLike YouNeededUniqueYeahProofScalesEnginesHypothesisInterventionClosingLaboratoryGood WayLarge ScaleInvestigators Author:Francis Collins
“Throughout the whole Stroll album, I'm breaking barriers. Whether I'm doing acoustic hip-hop, singing my own hooks or singing my own verses... There's always going to be people who don't like it, cause they're stuck in their ways, or they just don't like you in general... but it's been good.” PeopleWayWholeCausesMy OwnLike YouSingingHip HopAlbumsStuckHipsHopsBarriersVersesHookAcoustics Author:SonReal
“I think that watching artists, soulful artists, they get into it. It's always the way I perform, so when I'm on stage I just try to get into it - I'm in my own world. That's the whole thing about the stage, it's like a sacred place. They're [the audience] watching into the different world, right, so it's like you see performers and they're in the same room, so it's a different vibe. Sometimes it's great, but I try to separate it, you know, I wanna separate it 'cos otherwise I feel naked. It just feels natural.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayFeelsTryingDifferentSometimesWholeArtistNaturalMy OwnRoomsAudienceStageLike YouSacredNakedPerformersDifferent WorldsSoulfulMy Own WorldSacred Places Author:Justin Nozuka
“I know that each and everyone of you have felt, at one point, like you couldn't go on. But then you found hope. There's always a way to find hope. Remember that.” KnowsWayRememberFoundFeltLike YouGoes On Author:Nick Jonas
“When you're DJing, there are songs I love to play, but I know people are going to walk off. It doesn't matter what I like. You have to be able to play the popular song and slip in one of yours, in such a way that they don't notice it. You've got them in such a roll that you get them back into what they think they like.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayMatterPlayAbleSongWalksLike YouSlipsPopular SongI Like You Author:Russell Peters
“I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.” PeopleWayWantFeelsIdeasChallengesDecisionLike YouFeels RightMaking Decisions Author:Mackenzie Davis
“When someone writes something hateful and threatening I respond with something like, "I want to be so much like you; I want to wear your skin." By messing with them in that way you change what they're selling. They won't share it. And it halts the conversation. Or I'll change it to "Jenny, you're like a rose bush that grew a watermelon." They come back pissed off and write, "I didn't say that!"” WayWantWritingShareLike YouGrewConversationSkinsRoseSellingThreateningHatefulHaltPissed OffJennyRose Bush Author:Jenny Lawson
“I think it's the strange irony that we make all these life choices before we're 40, because really we shouldn't make any until we're 40. It almost feels like you get a software upgrade and you start to experience life in such a different way, because you just don't suffer fools, you go straight for what means something and what feels good, and you stop caring about pleasing other people.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsMeanDifferentSufferingChoicesStrangeLike YouFoolCaringFeel GoodIronyDifferent WaysSoftwareLife ChoicesStop CaringPleasing Others Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“Certainly as actors, and maybe as directors, you've got to hang on to something childlike. You've got to know what play is. I haven't worked with Mike Leigh, but I know him very well and there's something open in his eyes about what's in front of him. And the same is true of Alfonso in a Mexican, mad way. There's an enthusiastic response to something. Neil Jordan, the same, when he gets excited . You just want to know there's a human being in there.” KnowsWayWantHumansWellsPlayEyeActorsHuman BeingsFrontsHavensLike YouDirectorsMadResponseExcitedHis EyesMexicanMikeEnthusiasticJordanChildlike Author:Alan Rickman
“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
“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
“It's not like you're being fake, it's just the way you color it, like a guitar player uses pedals or different effects. That's why I get so mad about people who are down on vocal reverb. It's not a crutch, people, it's an aesthetic choice!” PeopleWayDifferentUseChoicesPlayerEffectsColorLike YouMadGuitarFakeAestheticVocalGuitar PlayerCrutchesPedals Author:Kelly Hogan
“Sometimes it seems like America is the Christian and Israel is the little Jew they love in this fetishistic way. Like, you're my little sister and I'll kick anyone's ass that messes with you. But when we're alone and no one's looking I'll harass you.” WayLittlesSometimesSeemsChristianAmericaLike YouJewIsraelAssMessKicksLittle Sister Author:Jill Soloway
“I really feel that actors should really know who they are as characters; they should really study their lines; they should be prepared; but once they come to set, for me the most exciting way to shoot a scene is to really find it, really kind of grind your way through it, until you feel like you have something that you can put together.” KnowsWayFeelsShouldKindCharacterTogetherActorsLinesStudyLike YouSceneExcitingPreparedBe PreparedGrind Author:Oren Moverman
“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
“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
“Life is one passage and then you keep moving into another state. It's like you might be reborn, but the process of being born you won't remember - the same way that the dying process is a slow movement from consciousness to unconsciousness.” WayStatesMightRememberMovingLife IsProcessBornConsciousnessDyingMovementLike YouPassagesKeep MovingRebornUnconsciousness Author:Hiroshi Sugimoto
“When you shoot nude, you always find a way to, like, cover yourself up in a way. So you really don't feel like you're truly naked because you're still covering yourself.” WayFeelsStillsLike YouNakedOver YouCovering Author:Ronda Rousey
“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
“There's a way of doing comedy that feels true to the person doing it, that doesn't feel like clown-work or silly faces and antics, but that feels real - like you're playing a real person who has real thoughts and feelings, and it's very grounded. I started to watch all comedy through that prism.” WayFeelsPersonsRealFeelingsFacesWatchesComedyLike YouSillyGroundedClownThoughts And FeelingsReal PersonPrismsAntics Author:Andy Daly
“The way I perform or the setup is always same - just me and a microphone and the text - and they usually have some relation of how physical that stack becomes. When I'm editing it together, the density of the papers is an indicator to be like, "You need to stop."” WayNeedsTogetherLike YouPaperRelationEditingPapersMicrophonesIndicatorsDensitySetups Author:Sue Tompkins