“I try to keep the music fresh in my head. And I don't always listen to rap; I listen to a little bit of everything: R&B, rock.” TryingLittlesBitsRocksLittle BitRap Author:Chamillionaire
“I write with the idea that nobody will care about what I've written; I publish with the idea that nobody will care either. Which is why every time somebody cares enough to read a novel of mine, or respond to it - a reader, a reviewer, even my own editor - I'm a little bit amazed, and so hugely grateful.” WritingLittlesIdeasEnoughCareBitsMy OwnNovelWrittenMinesReaderLittle BitGratefulEditorsAmazedPublishReviewers Author:Lauren Grodstein
“There's always a little bit of disappointment. At the same time, number one, [Hillary Clinton] made a great choice. Secondly, I'm 41. And so I feel like - that I'm excited about the years to come.” FeelsYearsLittlesMadeChoicesBitsNumbersLittle BitClintonDisappointmentExcited Author:Julian Castro
“There is a little bit of that schoolyard attitude of, it's one thing for a guy your own size to mouth off to you, but if there's a little guy, you should just smack him around. And it's probably bad advice in the schoolyard. It's certainly not a good way to run a foreign policy because even when you are dealing with a non-peer, militarily, war is complicated.” IfsWayShouldLittlesWarRunningGuyBitsAttitudeOne ThingAdvicePolicyLittle BitMouthsSizeComplicatedForeign PolicyPeersGood WaySmackBad Advice Author:Barack Obama
“I have to get way more vocal and become a little bit less mysterious.” WayLittlesBitsLittle BitMysteriousVocal Author:Madonna Ciccone
“When [Bill] Clinton came along, it sort of moderated a little bit, but Clinton had a different device for breaking unions called NAFTA [North America Free Trade Agreement]. Because the government was entirely lawless, employers could exploit NAFTA to threaten union organizers with transfer. It's illegal, but when you've got a lawless government, it doesn't matter if it's illegal. I think the number of union drives blocked increased by about 50 percent.” IfsThinkingLittlesDifferentMatterGovernmentAmericaBitsNumbersLittle BitPercentTradeBillsUnionsClintonAgreementIllegalDevicesEmployersExploitsTransfersNorth AmericaFree TradeBlockedOrganizerTrade AgreementsNafta Author:Noam Chomsky
“Archetypes are always [in my film-making]. It's sometimes interesting to just flip them a little bit and see the underside.” LittlesSometimesFilmBitsInterestingLittle BitFlipArchetype Author:Tilda Swinton
“There's a little bit more of a freedom when you're doing radio play-by-play as opposed to television. I prefer the television side of it.” LittlesPlayBitsSidesTelevisionLittle BitRadioRadio Plays Author:Joe Buck
“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
“I say that is because those are the times where sometimes you feel actually a little bit hurt. Because you feel like saying to these folks, "[Don't] you think if I could do it, I [would] have just done it. Do you think that the only problem is that I don't care enough about the plight of poor people, or gay people, or immigrants, or ...?"” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsLittlesSometimesDoneEnoughProblemCareBitsHurtPoorGayLittle BitFolksDon't CareI Don't CareIf I CouldImmigrantsIt HurtsPoor PeopleGay PeoplePlight Author:Barack Obama
“I would say this, I'll go back to those black ladies I was talking about who love them some Barack and love Michelle even more - and by the way, they are not middle-aged anymore, because I'm now middle-aged. So they're a little bit older. As fervent as they were, as excited and happy as they were when I was elected, they had to go to work the next morning. They still had trouble paying those bills. They might have still had a son who was in trouble with the law or couldn't get a job because of a felony record. They didn't stop being grounded.” WayLittlesStillsMightJobsLawNextBitsBlackTalkingMorningRecordsTroubleMiddleSonLittle BitAnd LoveBillsExcitedBarackGroundedMiddle AgedFerventFelony Author:Barack Obama
“I have to be a little bit guarded, because I can be very open and I like to include people, but then again I have to remind myself to be careful.” PeopleLittlesI CanBitsLittle BitCarefulBe CarefulBecause I CanGuarded Author:Eva Mendes
“In the United States and some of the other countries involved it's sort of a "five eyes" global spying alliance. That's the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. They've had a little bit of a more muscular public response. Now, they haven't been satisfying or really meaningful in any country yet. But they have been engaging.” LittlesHas BeensCountryStatesEyeBitsUnitedUnited StatesFiveHavensInvolvedLittle BitResponseMeaningfulCanadaAustraliaSatisfyingOther CountriesEngagingReally MeanAlliancesNew ZealandReally Meaningful Author:Edward Snowden
“Sometimes that irrational commitment to principle is what society needs to survive. Whenever you talk about radicalism, whenever you talk about activism, whenever you talk about progressive activity, that sort of moves the measure of liberty in human society forward, makes us all enjoy a better standard of liberty, it typically starts out criminal. It typically starts out a little bit shaky, and rather radical. And that's irrational to put yourself up to do that.” NeedsHumansLittlesSometimesMovingBitsEnjoyLibertyPrinciplesActivityLittle BitStandardsCommitmentActivismCriminalsRadicalProgressiveIrrationalHuman SocietyRadicalism Author:Edward Snowden
“I'm ultimately satisfied that we know a little bit more about how the world really works.” KnowsWorldLittlesBitsLittle BitSatisfied Author:Edward Snowden
“My father combined many of the elements that were feared in the culture, but also he was a warm figure, a figure we needed. We depended on him to give us a little bit of strength and courage.” GivingLittlesCultureFatherBitsFiguresNeededElementsLittle BitWarm Author:John Edgar Wideman
“If you say, 'Oh, there was a little bit of acidity from the lime juice on the left side of my tongue, and then this beautiful, smooth pureed potato with some crunchy shallots on top, and it all came together,' you never will get out of that sentence alive.” IfsLittlesTogetherBeautifulLeftBitsSidesAliveLittle BitSentencesTongueSmoothPotatoesJuiceLimesCrunchy Author:Pete Wells
“I think that's the role of an artist, right? To touch someone and make us stretch out just a little bit more.” ThinkingLittlesArtistBitsRolesLittle BitTouch Someone Author:Rene Marie
“Probably, the secret is to be less complicated. We of course love to make complications - look at the way we live. We have this tremendous amount of information, and probably it is really not so necessary. Maybe if you just drink water, you are kind to people and walk a little bit it's all done already. But we cannot resist this sophistication.” PeopleIfsWayLooksKindLittlesDoneCoursesBitsWaterWalksSecretInformationAmountDrinkLittle BitComplicatedComplicationSophisticationDrink Water Author:Laura Huxley
“I've done a little yoga, not as a professional, and every time I have a good teacher I see the immense possibilities and subtleties in this discipline. It's a little bit like music.” LittlesDoneBitsTeacherPossibilityDisciplineLittle BitYogaImmenseSubtletyGood Teacher Author:Laura Huxley
“The practice of yoga certainly is a fantastic practice. I only wish I would do it more. I find I can do it alone but it is much better if I have some guidance. Although I can do it alone it is a little bit sloppy. Ultimately, all of those techniques try to bring more oxygen to the brain. We can think and love better if we have more oxygen.” IfsThinkingTryingLittlesI CanWishBitsCan DoLove IsBrainPracticeLittle BitYogaAnd LoveTechniqueFantasticGuidanceOxygenI Can Do ItSloppy Author:Laura Huxley
“We have Latinas in California making 55 cents on the dollar. Black women making 63 cents on the dollar. White women making 78 cents on the dollar. It doesn't change very much year by year, it might go up or down a penny, but oftentimes, the years that it goes up are the same years that men are making a little bit more. It's pretty much always in proportion.” MenYearsLittlesMightBitsBlackWhiteLittle BitDollarsCaliforniaProportionCentsBlack WomenPenniesLatina Author:Patricia Arquette
“The Chinese five-spice works really well in the quantity that I used. It makes it almost imperceptibly just a little bit sweeter without making it really sweet or really even that Asian flavored.” WellsLittlesUsedBitsFiveSweetLittle BitChineseQuantityAsianSpicesReally Sweet Author:Mario Batali
“When you use it in cooked foods, it changes [the Tabasco flavor] a little bit; it loses a little bit of the bright acid that you love on it, but you get that more cooked heat and chile flavor down.” LittlesUseBitsLosesLittle BitHeatFlavorAcidChileTabasco Author:Mario Batali
“When you add just a little bit [of Tabasco] at the end, what you taste is the spectrum between the cooked chile flavor and the kind of nearly raw, just kind of fermented chile flavor at the end.” KindLittlesEndsBitsTasteLittle BitAddFlavorSpectrumChileTabasco Author:Mario Batali
“My favorite thing is always a nice, inexpensive draft beer, but if someone wants something a little more complicated than that, then I'd like a Michelada, which is where I take beer and a little bit of either a spicy or not-so-spicy Bloody Mary, mix it like six to one [ratio], so it's kind of a red beer.” IfsWantKindLittlesBitsNiceSixLittle BitRedMy FavoriteComplicatedBeerMaryBloodyWant SomethingFavorites ThingsRatiosInexpensiveSpicyBloody Mary Author:Mario Batali
“If you could learn how to make a perfect lemon tart then you got a story. If you don't feel like that, make a perfect chocolate chip cookie, but have five go-to dishes like that and you can move them around, change them up just a little bit, and always have something in the can.” IfsFeelsLittlesStoriesMovingBitsPerfectFiveLittle BitChocolateDishesChipsCookiesLemonsTartsChocolate ChipsChocolate Chip Cookies Author:Mario Batali
“There is definitely a sense of pride to it - it's more precious when you cook something up from the beginning and you see it all the way to the end, and you get a little bit more of a say.” WayLittlesEndsBitsPrideLittle BitCooks Author:Jeremy Renner
“Why I'm so stimulated by [producing] is it becomes more proactive. Instead of waiting around for a script to come in, or some movie trying to go. You're waiting around always for that opportunity, which is great, but I like to be a little bit more proactive. I'm a very action-oriented guy - I'm a doer. The company really became this spearhead for that sort of attitude, and so that, to me, was the most exciting part of it.” TryingLittlesActionGuyOpportunityBitsWaitingAttitudeCompanyLittle BitExcitingScriptsDoersProactiveWaiting Around Author:Jeremy Renner
“I think the first thing is to recognize that there is an ebb and flow to your career. There are going to be moments that are really high, and then you're going to have moments where you step away for a little bit, and maybe that's just by choice or maybe you have a family.” ThinkingFirstsLittlesMomentsChoicesBitsStepsCareersLittle BitFlowEbb And Flow Author:Michelle Monaghan
“In terms of talking about what our politics has become, it now seems as if Barack Obama is starting to stand outside of it a little bit and critique what our politics has become. And I think he sees himself as a useful critic that way saying that it's not only become dishonest, he said, but now we have a selective sorting of the facts and our politics has become self-defeating.” IfsThinkingWayLittlesSaidSelfFactsSeemsBitsTermTalkingLittle BitCriticsStartingBarackStanding OutCritiqueSelectiveSorting Author:Gloria Borger
“It's true that mostly in the last years, from the moment when Portugal was subjected to this policy of austerity, imposed by Europe, that I think many Portuguese became a little bit more left-leaning, and so did I too, I could not not care about the situation. I had to deal with it in some way.” ThinkingWayYearsLittlesMomentsCareLastsLeftBitsDealsSituationPolicyLittle BitEuropeLast YearPortugalPortugueseAusterity Author:Miguel Gomes
“At home in the states, I think there's a tendency in the states to go for the latest, greatest thing. The latest, greatest is the latest greatest. I think when you're talking about France, England, things like that, they look for the history of an artist and they go back when it comes to music like this anyway. They will go back a little bit further. I think the United States is very knowledgeable and it's a good place to play.” ThinkingLooksLittlesStatesPlayHomeArtistBitsUnitedTalkingUnited StatesLittle BitEnglandTendenciesFranceBack WhenKnowledgeableGood Place Author:Joe Louis Walker
“I prefer my Mexican food to have a little bit of an animal that suffered a little bit. That's some of the best food.” LittlesBitsAnimalLittle BitMexicanMexican FoodBest Food Author:George Lopez
“There's just something about me and my persona that's a little bit bigger than life and ridiculous at times.” LittlesBitsLittle BitBiggerRidiculousPersonaBigger Than Life Author:Patrick Warburton
“Obviously the trouble with having a hit with something like a cover of a ballad, you attract a whole new set of listeners, which is great, but on the other hand they start to pigeonhole you a little bit.” LittlesWholeHandsBitsTroubleLittle BitListenersBallads Author:Tracey Thorn
“I was just fooling around with the piano and Todd [Phillips] was like, 'Hey there's a great spot in the movie [The Hangover] where we need a little bit of a breath in the narrative. You should write a song and stick it in there.' And I was like, 'Well, what should the song be about?' And he said, 'The tiger.' 'Oh, okay.' So I went off and I wrote this song. I came back and Todd and I tinkered with it a little more and then we shot it right then. It all happened in a day.” NeedsShouldWritingWellsLittlesSaidSongBitsHappenedLittle BitShotsOkayBreathsSticksSpotsHeyNarrativePianoTigersHangoverFooling Around Author:Ed Helms
“I started modeling myself on [ Buckminster Fuller], like with the hair. I reached an age where I sort of, kind of, looked like him a little bit, you know? I thought it was great.” KnowsKindLittlesAgeBitsHairLittle BitModelingBuckminster Fuller Author:Paul Laffoley
“Every performer should learn a little bit of everything. Most performers today only play the guitar.” ShouldLittlesPlayTodayBitsLittle BitGuitarPerformers Author:Debbie Reynolds
“Maybe one thing that has happened is that the claims of non-partisanship of the mainstream media have been a little bit exploded. Mostly I'd say what, if anything has caused the change, are just the obvious technological changes - proliferation of easier access to getting your opinions out and the proliferation of media.” IfsLittlesHas BeensBitsOpinionHappenedOne ThingMediaEasierLittle BitClaimsObviousAccessWhat IfMainstreamTechnologicalProliferationPartisanshipMainstream MediaTechnological Change Author:William Kristol
“Let's let everything come to the surface, even with people we come in contact with for a moment. This situation can help us be a little bit more awake with each other.” PeopleLittlesMomentsHelpingBitsSituationLittle BitSurfaceContactAwake Author:Zoe Kravitz
“You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it.” LittlesSometimesKidsBitsEffortLittle BitConnectedChristmasHolidayWorth ItMeaning Of Christmas Author:Caroline Kennedy
“Actually, as cancers develop in an individual patient, an individual cancer cell might be different - a little bit different - from the cell that's sitting right next to it. And so there's heterogeneity, we call it. It makes the problem that much harder.” LittlesDifferentProblemMightNextIndividualBitsLittle BitSittingHarderPatientCancerCells Author:Tyler Jacks
“I feel like I've got the skills to be at the top, I feel like I've got the mind-state, so basically what I'm saying is there's people all around me, there's artists all around me that are in my zone, but I still feel alone. I feel like I can't relate to them as much as I can related to maybe somebody that was a little bit higher up.” PeopleFeelsMindLittlesStillsI CanStatesArtistBitsHigherSkillsLittle BitRelateRelatedZone Author:SonReal
“I went to Jerusalem, the dead sea, it was just amazing. Because what we see in the TV, I'm sorry to say it, I don't want to insult nobody, but a lot of the image that we see from the middle east in Canada - It's sad to say but it's always bad stuff. I was thinking coming here it would be a lot of military, security, everybody would be a little more on the edge, but I see it's amazing. It feels a little bit similar to Miami.” ThinkingWantFeelsLittlesWould BeStuffBitsSeaMiddleSecurityMilitaryTvsLittle BitSorryEdgesEastInsultCanadaMiddle EastI'm SorryJerusalemMiamiBad Stuff Author:Georges St-Pierre
“The beach in Tel-Aviv I went to, it even looks and feels a little bit like Rio de Janeiro. Some other places are very European and I just like it. I thought it would be fun but it's a lot better than that. It's a lot more relaxed and a lot of fun, and I feel very secure, and I would tell my friends they should come here when they plan a vacation. Not only the history.” FeelsShouldLooksLittlesWould BeFunBitsPlansLittle BitMy FriendsSecureBeachVacationRelaxedRioRio De Janeiro Author:Georges St-Pierre
“I do have to say when we read certain words being used to describe President Trump - it's never been done. It wasn't done about President Obama. It wasn't done about either President Bush, President Clinton, because people have a certain respect for and recognition of the dignity for the office of the president. And so I am beseeching everybody to cool it down a little bit.” PeopleLittlesDoneUsedCertainBitsPresidentTrumpOfficeLittle BitDignityClintonRecognitionPresident ObamaPresident BushPresident Clinton Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Laurence [Fishburn] helped redo some of the dialogue [in John Wick 2], he and Keanu [Reeves] workshopped it. And he couldn't have been more respectful couldn't have been more brilliant on set. I said, "look, I'm gonna have to work you a little bit here cause I only get you for three days." He never left set, was always engaging, always working on his lines, it was awesome.” LooksLittlesHas BeensSaidThreeLeftCausesBitsLinesLittle BitBrilliantDialogueEngagingRespectfulAlways WorkingRedos Author:Chad Stahelski
“I have a range of scenarios. One of them is a chaos, that what could happen is Congress does step up a little bit and the administration is paralyzed. And we go through all kinds of constitutional crises, impeachment or the 25th Amendment removal process. Another frightening scenario is Donald Trump is steering his way to a series of international confrontations at the same time as he's appeasing Russia.” WayKindLittlesDoeHappensBitsProcessStepsTrumpLittle BitCrisisSeriesChaosInternationalCongressRussiaAll KindsAdministrationRangeAmendmentsFrighteningScenariosConfrontationStep UpRemovalParalyzedSteeringImpeachment Author:David Frum
“I remember my parents yelling at each other and at me from an early age, and I remember a lot of things smashing. I try to look for the happy memories from the brief time my parents were married, and I can't really recall that. From the start things were messed up, and I just kept moving through the years and trying to pick out the little bits of evidence that would help me prove to myself that it wasn't my doing. But it took finding out somebody really does love me, who's not my parents or a relative, to really know that I was loveable.” KnowsTryingYearsLooksLittlesDoeI CanHelpingAgeRememberMovingBitsParentMemoriesProveFindingsMarriedLittle BitPicksEvidenceHelp MeRelativeRecallsYellingMessed UpThrough The YearsSmashingHappy Memories Author:Jason Diamond