“I dabbled a little bit in acting in high school and then I forgot about it completely. And then at about twenty-five I went to a class. I don't think anybody in my family thought it was an intelligent choice. I don't think anybody thought I'd succeed, which is understandable. I think they were just happy that I was doing something.” ThinkingLittlesSchoolChoicesBitsActingClassSucceedLittle BitHigh SchoolMy FamilyIntelligent Author:James Gandolfini
“When I was young I was on punishment a lot and I used to watch a lot of TV, and I asked myself a question: 'How come people like Mike? How come they like Magic? How come they like Bird? How come they don't like the big guys?' So I just throw a little bit of what they were doing. You smile, you act crazy and silly. And I think people like me because I'm different. I've always been a class clown type of guy. It comes natural.” PeopleThinkingLittlesDifferentBigsYoungUsedGuyBitsNaturalClassWatchesMagicCrazyTvsTypeBasketballLittle BitBirdSillyPunishmentLike MeClownMikeDoing YouBig GuysType Of GuyLike Mike Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I could always see myself being a teacher. I remember sitting in class as a kid, listening to the teacher and thinking, you know, I'm pretty sure I could explain that a little bit better.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesKidsRememberBitsClassTeacherListeningLittle BitSittingBeing A Teacher Author:Rick Riordan
“Good genre movies are a little bit like trying to write a haiku. There are certain things that you have to do to fulfill the audience's expectations, but inside that, you have complete freedom to talk about whatever you want. Who wants to see a movie about gun violence in America and class? But, if you set it in this terrifying, fun, roller coaster ride of a movie, you can talk about whatever you want. That's been the game that genre movies play, when they do it well.” IfsWantWritingTryingWellsLittlesPlayAmericaCertainGamesFunBitsClassAudienceViolenceLittle BitExpectationsGunGenreHaikuRoller CoasterGun ViolenceCoastersComplete FreedomRoller Coaster Rides Author:Ethan Hawke
“When I go to a great movie, I can live somebody else's life a little bit for a while. I can walk in somebody else's shoes. I can see what it feels like to be a member of a different gender, a different race, a different economic class, to live in a different time, to have a different belief.” FeelsLittlesI CanDifferentBeliefBitsWalksRaceClassEconomicMembersLittle BitShoesGenderDifferent TimesDifferent RacesDifferent BeliefsEconomic Class Author:Roger Ebert
“I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.” LittlesBitsClassLaughingCollegeLittle BitPublic SpeakingSpeaking In PublicFear Of Public Speaking Author:Kevin James
“Yoga is my luxury workout. If I'm on vacation or I have a day off, I love a 90-minute yoga class. It's a really strong workout, but it takes a little bit longer.” IfsLittlesStrongBitsClassMinutesLittle BitYogaLuxuryVacationWorkoutDays Off Author:Alison Sweeney
“I've always felt a little different than everyone - you know, most of the other kids in my class - and I didn't quite see things the way they did or I didn't experience things the same way they did. I often felt a little bit like an outcast.” KnowsWayLittlesDifferentKidsFeltBitsClassLittle BitOutcast Author:Erin Davie
“The books people are writing today, they're too long. You get a little bit of plot, and then pages and pages of Creative Writing. They teach classes in how to do this. They should teach classes in how to stop!” PeopleShouldWritingLittlesLongBookTodayBitsClassTeachCreativeLittle BitPagesPlotCreative Writing Author:Douglas Adams
“It’s innate in me to be a Democrat — a true Southern populist kind of Democrat. There’s not a lot of those anymore. I’m not saying I’m right or wrong. That’s just the way I feel. The issues that matter to me are the social safety nets for people, health care, middle-class concerns. We need to take care of the middle class and the poor in our country. The chasm is getting larger between haves and have-nots, and that’s something we need to close down a little bit.” PeopleWayNeedsFeelsKindLittlesCountryMatterCareSocialBitsPoorClassIssuesMiddleLittle BitConcernSafetyDemocratTake CareOur CountryHealth CareMiddle ClassSouthernInnatePopulistChasmsSafety NetHaves And Have Nots Author:Tim McGraw
“That's the choice they allow you - now the outlet is being a pop star, which is really what I'm saying on the album in 'Working class hero'. As I told Rolling Stone, it's the same people who have the power, the class system didn't change one little bit.” PeopleLittlesChoicesStarsBitsClassHeroLittle BitStonesAlbumsPopsRollingWorking ClassOutletsRolling StonesPop StarsClass SystemWorking Class Hero Author:John Lennon
“I'm the youngest of five kids, and I wanted attention. And in Santa Barbara, there was lots of theater going on, so for that area, it was a little bit like playing Little League baseball. There were dance classes, theater classes, and I just loved it.” LittlesKidsWantedBitsAttentionClassFiveLittle BitAreasBaseballTheaterLeagueSantaBarbaraDance ClassLittle LeagueLittle League BaseballSanta Barbara Author:Anthony Edwards
“I wanted to learn a little bit about acting, not because I thought I'd find a star vehicle and set the world on fire, but I thought the discipline of it would be good for me. I met a good coach, and I joined her class - with a lot of hungry young actors who really didn't acre if I was a rock 'n' roll singer or not. I started to learn to get a focus, without having to jump up and down every few seconds.” IfsWorldLittlesWould BeWantedYoungActorsStarsBitsActingClassFireFocusRocksDisciplineMetsLittle BitBe GoodCoachesSingersHungrySecondsRock N RollVehicleUp And DownAcresYoung ActorsGood Coaches Author:Iggy Pop
“Banks don't want certain asset classes, and that's created opportunities for private equity, hedge funds, Silicon Valley. In this case I think he was referring to some of the European banks shedding assets, and the big buyers are probably not going to be big American banks. Someone like Blackstone may have a very good chance to buy those assets, leverage them, borrow up a little bit, and do something good there.” ThinkingWantMayLittlesBigsCertainOpportunityBitsChanceClassCasesLittle BitVery GoodFundAssetsValleysEquityReferringSiliconBuyersSilicon ValleyGood ChanceHedge FundPrivate Equity Author:Jamie Dimon
“When I got a little bit older I wanted to play piano - that's all I wanted to do. I remember learning how to play a blues progression on the xylophone in music class and thinking "This is the greatest thing I've ever learned."” ThinkingLittlesPlayWantedRememberBitsClassLittle BitPianoProgression Author:Zooey Deschanel
“"Stuffed and Unstrung" started as a workshop, actually, classes within our company. We found that our puppeteers were not ad libbing as well as traditionally, Jim Henson Company puppeteers have. We're sort of famous for going off script a little bit and ad libbing.” WellsLittlesFoundBitsCompanyClassLittle BitScriptsAdsWorkshopsPuppeteer Author:Brian Henson
“The biggest issue for me is whether large numbers of Americans can begin to think that government can actually help make the country a fairer place. And that's partly a matter of policies that achieve results in terms of reducing inequality and raising middle-class and working-class incomes, which have been flat for decades. But it's also symbolic and rhetorical, it's whether Hillary Clinton can - or whoever's president - can persuade Americans that it's happening and that they can begin to trust their elected officials a little bit more and their institutions of government a little bit more.” ThinkingLittlesHas BeensCountryMatterHelpingGovernmentBitsPresidentTermResultsNumbersClassIssuesMiddleAchievePolicyLittle BitHappeningsInstitutionsClintonDecadesIncomeInequalityOfficialsMiddle ClassFlatsWorking ClassReducingSymbolicLarge NumbersRhetoricalElected Officials Author:George Packer
“There was a Yale even before Larry [Kramer] and I got there, and there were three designations of students: "white shoe," "brown shoe," and "black shoe." "White shoe" people were kind of the ur-preppies from high-class backgrounds. "Brown shoe" people were kind of the high school student-council presidents who were snatched up and brushed up a little bit to be sent out into the world. "Black shoe" people were beyond the pale. They were chemistry majors and things like that.” PeopleWorldKindLittlesSchoolThreeBitsBlackPresidentWhiteClassStudentsMajorsLittle BitHigh SchoolShoesBackgroundsBrownChemistryPaleCouncilLarryYaleDesignationHigh School StudentsKramerHigh ClassWhite ShoesStudent Council Author:Kevin Sessums
“If we got there and we looked up and we said, "You know what? Black folks are still doing a little bit worse off than whites, but it's not like it was 20 years ago," then we can have a discussion about how do we get that last little bit. But that's a high-class problem to have.” IfsKnowsYearsLittlesSaidStillsProblemLastsBitsBlackClassLittle BitYears AgoFolksDiscussionHigh Class Author:Barack Obama