“I believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good writer should be able to cross gender lines and people of all social classes. So for me, writing from a male point of view would be a great challenge, that I would look forward to taking on.” PeopleNeedsShouldWritingBelieveLooksPlayCharacterWould BeAbleI BelieveSocialChallengesLinesViewsClassCrossesMalesGenderPoint Of ViewGood WritersSocial ClassChameleon Author:Marisha Pessl
“I just want to be in the best shape I can be. Not to stand on that start line and say: 'Oh my God, I have this injury and that injury.' I just want to be able to go out and race.” WantI CanAbleLinesRaceShapesInjury Author:Paula Radcliffe
“People who tap the kundalini and are able to release it are more successful. Anyone who is really on top has some access to the kundalini. They have learned somewhere down the line, in this or other lives, ways of releasing power.” PeopleWayAbleSuccessLinesCareersSuccessfulBuddhismAccessRelease Author:Frederick Lenz
“Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why.” ImportantStoriesAbleLinesDirectorsDrawsActresses Author:Sheryl Lee
“I think every single point will be important, .. I think more than anything, I'll just have to be able to compete better. When you're playing Serena Williams, you have to compete better than her. I got a lot of tricks from Serena just watching her. She inspired me so many times. I also got motivated by her in the early part of my career, and even now. I just have to compete better, bottom line.” ThinkingImportantAbleLinesCareersInspiredBottomTricksMotivatedBottom Line Author:Venus Williams
“Even one word, or certainly one sentence, should be able to describe the basic characteristic that the scene has, or the character has, or the story has. And then you begin to detail that one spine, and you have offshoots from that spine, and it becomes more and more complex, but all of it stems from that one-word, one-line theme, which can give the character, the scene, or the play its uniqueness.” GivingShouldPlayCharacterStoriesAbleLinesSceneComplexesDetailsSentencesCharacteristicsThemeUniquenessStemOne WordSpineOne LineOne Sentence Author:William Shatner
“Elijah Wood confirms his standing as the foremost actor of his generation. ...Wood acts so eloquently with his sentient face and searching eyes that his job becomes one of concealing how redundant his spoken lines are - a tricky job he largely is able to bring off commendably.” EyeAbleJobsFacesActorsLinesGenerationsStandingWoodsTrickyElijahConcealingRedundant Author:Jay Carr
“Speaking of line, what artist of line was ever able to find more depth and volume than Hirschfeld? He was an illustrator and a caricaturist, but first and foremost, an artist.” FirstsAbleArtistLinesDepthVolumeIllustrators Author:Billy Cannon
“We're always pitching ideas and being told "no thank you." No offense taken, because I would so much rather be told the truth that they're not interested and be able to find the right show for that network down the line.” IdeasShowsAbleLinesTakenNot InterestedOffensePitching Author:J. J. Abrams
“Adolf Hitler may have been wrong all down the line, but one thing is beyond dispute: the man was able to work his way up from lance corporal in the German Army to Führer of a people of almost 80 million. His success alone proved that I should subordinate myself to this man.” PeopleMenWayShouldMayHas BeensAbleLinesMillionsOne ThingHe ManArmyDisputesSubordinates Author:Adolf Eichmann
“The worship of the nation has been able to make men tolerate under its authority what they could never have tolerated from princes: a submission to rule, which, through sumptuary laws on food and drink, through conscription, through a cast-iron system of compulsory instruction for all on State ordered lines, and through a State examination at the gate of every profession, has almost killed the citizen's power to react upon that which controls him, and has almost destroyed that variety which is the mark of life.” MenHas BeensStatesWisdomAbleLawPoliticsNationsLinesEconomyCitizensDrinkAuthorityWorshipMarkCastsProfessionDestroyedVarietyLiberalismIronGatesInstructionTolerateSubmissionExaminationCompulsoryFood And DrinkConscription Author:Hilaire Belloc
“If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I'd probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one. Everything happens for a reason.” IfsPersonsReasonHappensAbleGamesLinesBasketballHumbleThings HappenArrogantEverything Happens For A ReasonHappens For A ReasonFree ThrowArrogant Person Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Towards orthodox religion, father's own attitude remained one of tolerance. He looked upon the New Testament as the noble story of a human being which, because of ignorance and the lack of printing presses, had become exaggerated. He maintained that religions served their purpose; some people depended on them all their lives to make them honest. Others did not need to be so held in line. But subjection to any church was a reflection on strength and character. You should be able to get from yourself what you had to go go church for.” PeopleNeedsShouldHumansCharacterStoriesAblePurposeFatherChurchLinesHuman BeingsAttitudeAtheismHonestIgnoranceReflectionPressesPositive AtheismNobleToleranceOrthodoxTestamentNew TestamentPrintingExaggeratedPrinting PressSubjection Book:The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger Source: The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger
“[To her younger sister on using drugs:] If you do that stuff, you're dancing with the devil, because you never know when you're going to cross the line and not be able to get back.” IfsKnowsAbleStuffLinesDrugDevilCrossesDancingGet BackYounger SisterDancing With The Devil Author:Demi Lovato
“I never wanted to give up my power. I wanted to be able to make my own decisions, so that's why I became involved in management, bottom line.” GivingAbleWantedLinesMy OwnDecisionInvolvedGiving UpManagementBottomBottom Line Author:Queen Latifah
“It must be a source of great chagrin to those in charge to think of so many people being able to stick a stamp on a letter and drop it in a mail box without any trouble or suffering at all. They are probably working on a system this very minute, trying to devise some way in which the public can be made to fill out a blank, stand in line, consult some underling who will refer him to a superior, and then be made to black up with burned cork before they can mail a letter.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingMadeAbleSufferingBlackLinesTroubleModernMinutesSourceLettersSticksBoxesSuperiorsMailBurnedBlankStampsModern LifeCorkChagrin Author:Robert Benchley
“In the retail business, many people are too consumed with the bottom line. How much am I going to be selling? Am I going to be able to do all the things I need to get done? Instead, if they are at peace and feeling good about themselves - if they are treating customers with love and acting as statesmen and stateswomen and people who are connected to God in a spiritual sense - then every day for them is a real joy.” PeopleIfsNeedsRealDoneFeelingsAbleSpiritualJoyLinesActingBottomConnectedCustomersSellingFeel GoodBottom LineConsumedStatesmenRetailReal JoyRetail Business Author:Wayne Dyer
“I like being prepared. When things are going on and I have to learn my lines at the last minute, I'm never quite secure enough to allow it to be spontaneous. So the more prepared I am, the more I'm able to kind of let it go . . .” KindEnoughAbleLastsLinesMinutesPreparedSecureSpontaneousNever QuitLet It GoLast MinuteBe Spontaneous Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“The philosophy of being able as a woman to decide what you want and being unashamed about making it happen was new. Most successful businessmen are in that role. 'No' is never perceived as the end of the line. 'No' just means picking a new avenue.” WantMeanEndsPhilosophyHappensAbleLinesRolesSuccessfulWhat You WantBusinessmanAvenuesSuccessful BusinessSuccessful Businessman Author:Sharon Stone
“... geometry became a symbol for human relations, except that it was better, because in geometry things never go bad. If certain things occur, if certain lines meet, an angle is born. You cannot fail. It's not going to fail; it is eternal. I found in rules of mathematics a peace and a trust that I could not place in human beings. This sublimation was total and remained total. Thus, I'm able to avoid or manipulate or process pain.” IfsHumansAblePainCertainFoundProcessBornLinesHuman BeingsFailingEternalRelationMathematicsSymbolsAngleManipulateGeometryHuman Relations Author:Louise Bourgeois
“Life expectancy in America is about 79, we should be able to live to 92. Somewhere along the line, we're leaving 13 years on the table. So my quest is -- how do we get those extra 13 years? And how do we make those extra 13 years good years?” LifeShouldYearsAbleAmericaLinesTablesLeavingExtrasQuestsExpectancyLife ExpectancyGood Years Author:Dan Buettner
“The only way I'd want to do something in television would be if it was about how I think as a comedian. I'd need to be able to be a creator. That's what I enjoy - I enjoy coming up with comedy, so it'd be very difficult for me to be sitting in a room and have somebody come in and say, "Here's your script! Learn these lines!" That's not fun. At least not for me.” IfsThinkingWayWantNeedsWould BeAbleFunEnjoyDifficultLinesRoomsComedyTelevisionSittingScriptsCreatorComedian Author:Brian Regan
“I can't do the whole run but I am able to start the race and I will be there at the end when winners cross the line.” I CanEndsWholeRunningAbleLinesRaceCrossesWinner Author:Fabrice Muamba
“I think for me in terms of this kind of dichotomy you have to hold the sense of negative capability in your mind - which is Keats line about being able to hold two different ideas 'without any irritable reach after fact or reason.'” ThinkingMindKindTwoIdeasDifferentReasonFactsAbleTermLinesNegativeCapabilityDichotomyDifferent Ideas Author:Anne Waldman
“People have thought that some of my writing and lines are done by a machine. I'm able to move in a way that's part gestural dance performance, and it's fun for me, so I incorporate that into the painting.” PeopleWayWritingDoneAbleMovingFunLinesPaintingMachinesPerformancesDance Performance Author:Jose Parla
“It's always important to draw a line somewhere in a respectful way where you're still approachable, you're still there for the people and meeting them halfway, but you're not neglecting your own duties and your own time to rejuvenate to be able to do it again.” PeopleWayStillsImportantAbleLinesDutyDrawsMeetingsNeglectHalfwayRespectful Author:Chuck Ragan
“I haven't been able to grasp the concept of putting your life on the line for whatever reason people go into the military for. Some people just want to pay their bills, some people believe in their country and some people do it because their parents did it, but that's rough.” PeopleWantBelieveCountryReasonAbleParentLinesPayMilitaryHavensConceptsBillsRough Author:Anthony Mackie
“There is a thin line between the policeman and the criminal. The best cops are always crossed. The best cops are the ones who are able to think like criminals. But for a quirk of fate, they might have been criminals.” ThinkingHas BeensMightAbleLinesFateCriminalsCopMight Have BeenPolicemenQuirks Author:William Friedkin
“Russell Means is quite a legend in the Indian community for what he's been able to achieve. It was a real honor to work with a guy who's been on the front lines of fighting for what he believes in.” BelieveMeanRealAbleGuyFightingCommunityLinesAchieveFrontsHonorIndianLegends Author:Karl Urban
“Practice your improv more than learn your lines. 'Cause there's no way you'll be able to learn all those lines in a short time. You have to realize what you know and what you don't know - and what you don't know, just come up with three alternate lines or improv that you can put in that spot.” KnowsWayAbleThreeCausesRealizingLinesPracticeCome UpSpotsShort Time Author:Anthony Mackie